Thursday, July 7, 2011

We're going to HollyWood!

Ok, so day 2 was exciting for my oldest kids knowing they were going to Hollywood Studios.  The Aerosmith Rockin' Roller coaster is explained by 2 words.   ~Crazy Fun~  My oldest son, Jason is a roller coaster fan.  The faster the better.  This starts off in a dark, but not scary, dark alleyway with trash cans, old road signs and buildings that look like they have been vacant for a long time.  Once you are buckled in and the harness comes down over your head, you are immediately jetted off to 60 mph with Aerosmith music blasting in your ears.  AWESOME!  Another important note, we had a short wait once again with this attraction and Tower of Terror because we followed our touring plans. 
I must say before we got on the Rockin' Roller coaster we did almost sprint over to the new attraction.  Toy Story Mania 3D.  After waiting in the 15 minute fast pass line, we did get fast passes for that night, but I think it was for somewhere in the 9:00 pm hour.  CRAZY!  This ride must be good.  Soon after we got our passes, I heard others say they ran out for the day and the regular line was already at 85 min.  It was about 9:30am.  We took our chance and decided to come back around the lunch or dinner hours hoping it would be shorter.  And it was around dinner.  We waited a bit but it was worth it.  This ride is a new favorite with everyone.  You are wearing 3D glasses, with 4 to a car and moving through this maze of carnival type games.  You have a shooter where you pull this string and the 'paint balls' come popping out trying to hit targets.  These are moving targets.  There are scenes from balloons to plates to flying dinosaurs.  All while you are racking up points listening to Woody and Buzz motivate you.  The turns are quick and you are shooting as fast as you can.  We quickly realized this was Camerons favorite.  Very very fun!
Before all of this our day started off a little rocky, but we recovered quickly.  What happened?  Well, earlier that morning I was getting our backpack ready and realized we were short a park pass.  It was one of the kids.  WHAT??? How can we lose a ticket?  What do we do?  Will Disney replace it?  How did it get lost?  Where did it get lost?  Lots of loud discussion was going on right now. 
Calm down everyone...I read somewhere during my planning that as soon as you get your passes, TAKE A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF EACH ONE WITH THE BAR CODE.  So I did and I had them on my phone camera. 
I went to the guest services at Hollywood Studios that morning as they were able to see the 'lot' of thousands we had bought our tickets from and with the photos, they were able to see which one was lost.  No problem she said...here is your new ticket.  AMAZING!  Again, we saved over 340.00$ just by following through on this one little tip. 


It pays to research people!  Another important tip if you are driving.  Take a picture of the parking row number so you don't forget at the end of the day.  It's easy to lose track after a long day in the sun.  Once again...we had a lot of fun. 

No comments:

Post a Comment