Disney, Disney, Disney!

 

As we only have 6 days to fit in as many parks as possible, Wednesday was “Disney Day” and we decided to ‘hop’ between 3 parks; Hollywood Studios was first, followed by Epcot Center and finishing in Magic Kingdom for the firework display.

In my opinion, Hollywood Studios has the best ride in Orlando, the Tower of Terror! Fortunately Jon already agrees and after one ride, so did Esp and Robin (although it was the first ride we went on and Robin ‘may’ have been regretting that last drink the night before!) With that and the Rock ‘n’ Rollercoaster plus an Indianna Jones stunt show and Star Tours, a Star Wars themed 3D ride, it was lucky the park was empty as we got to try all the rides we wanted to, then back to the Tower of Terror (twice more, yep, big kids!)

We then took a boat ride over to Epcot to have a look round and go on Soarin’, a gentle flight simulation that glides you over lots of American scenery – it sounds a little tame, but it’s quite impressive, not least for the ride structure, with hundreds of people all in rows and hanging from mechanical arms, facing a giant screen several stories high. Follow this with TestTrack (where you take the part of crash test dummies in around a high speed test track) and Spaceship Earth and a wander around a few of the ‘countries’, and we were running out of time, so had to move on

Our final (and by this time, quite exhausted) leg of the Disney-fest was to Magic Kingdom. You can’t do Disney without seeing a parade (well, that’s my excuse for barging small children out of the way to get to the front) and we managed to arrive just minutes before one started which was pretty good timing. The main reason to go to Magic Kingdom last was for the fireworks, but we managed to fit in Pirates of the Carribean and the Haunted Mansion whilst we were waiting, the fireworks in Disney are always fantastic, this year “Wishes” was narrated by Jimminy Cricket and featured a zip-lining Tinkerbell… well why not!

And sleep… next park is in less than 12 hours!