The screenbum has returned from vacation and even though I didn’t really watch anything on t.v. I have decided to talk about my visit to the magical world of Disney. It does somewhat follow my screenbum criteria considering the fact that there isn’t on ride or attraction that doesn’t have some kind of video that coincides with it. I went along with my wife and her sister, and we actually had a great time. The attractions at the parks we visited ranged from the mundane to the magical. Nonetheless, we had an amazing time, despite seeing all the big sloppy tourists stuffing those oversized turkey legs down their throats. I’m not going to list every single thing we saw, but I will tell you about a few.
We started the day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Our first stop was Star Tours, a Star Wars flight simulator. The excitement of getting our day started was energizing, and the Star Wars environment was miraculous. While we were waiting in line there was a kid behind us that said, “Daddy I’m scared, is this ride scary?” His Dad replied no. We entered the chamber and strapped ourselves in. The lights went down and the whole compartment began to move as if we were in the X-fighter. It was just ok until we heard the same little kid behind us yell, “This is awesome”. That made it so much better. The once scared kid was sad when it was all over, but we weren’t.
Our next stop happened to be one of the best experiences we had all day. Muppet-Vision 3-D brought me back to my childhood. The movie was a blast, and it was some of the best 3-D I’ve ever seen, but it was walking in to the theater that really brought me back. If you ever watched The Muppet Show when you were a kid you would recognize the theater it took place in, in a hot second. It was a blast from the past that put a childlike grin on my face immediately. The thing is that you didn’t have to watch the show 30 years ago to fall in love with the Muppets again.
The greatest thing at Hollywood Studios was also one of the best rides I’ve been on in years. It was the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith. I wanted to go on it based upon a recommendation from a friend, and boy I am glad I did. I had no idea what to expect, but once you enter the chamber and see the coaster car take it’s passengers out of the room like a bullet getting shot out of a gun you know it’s going to be an adrenaline filled trip. We strap ourselves in, keep our heads back (as directed), and before we know it we go from stand still to 60 in seconds. Loops, twists, and turns begin before you can think, and it’s done in the pitch-blackness. There are some lights that represent the streets of L.A. and a rockin’ soundtrack by Aerosmith that goes along with it. It was, hands down, the best ride of the entire day.
We then jumped on a shuttle bus to the once miraculous EPCOT. We started off with the ride inside the iconic silver ball called Spaceship Earth. The entire thing was laughable, and extremely slow. Especially since the ride got stuck for 10 minutes. By the time the tour through time ended I could understand why it was cutting edge 30 years ago when it was built, but it is completely out of date now. Even the ride attendant told me that E.P.C.O.T. used to stand for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, but the higher ups know how dated it is so they have now just dubbed it the single word of EPCOT.
The rest of the park consisted of tours that were drawn out and absurd. We even walked around the whole park, and if it wasn’t for our ability to laugh about it all, and a whole lot of alcohol then our time at EPCOT would have been considered a complete waste of time. Sure, there were a couple of things that made us say, oh that’s cool, but not enough to give any of us a reason to ever go back there. We did however redub the whole experience PoopCot.
Finally we took the monorail to hit the anchor of the whole Disney experience, The Magic Kingdom. We made a B-line for what’s known to some as the most exciting ride in the kingdom, Space Mountain. After waiting in-line for almost an hour, and a ride on another indoor roller coaster I realized that I understood why it used to be the most talked about ride around, but I just saw it as Rock-n-Rollin Coaster light.
We then hit a few of the famous rides, It’s a Small World, Haunted Mansion, and Pirates of the Caribbean, all were charming in there own ways. Eventually the sun went down and the summertime Disney Electrical Parade began. The parade consisted of all of your favorite Disney characters. Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Cinderella, Snow White, all seven Dwarfs, Pinnochio, and pretty much any one of the others you can think of all danced up main street or rode on one of the light covered floats. The parade was fun, but not as much fun as the faces of all the kids watching it. Once the parade ended everyone reserved their spots for the big nightly million dollar fireworks spectacular over Cinderella’s Castle. It really is the cherry on top of a wonderful day. The fireworks were just as amazing of any of the New York Macy’s shows I’ve seen over the years.
Before we left we hit a couple more rides including the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, an improvised interactive hysterical show that gave us some of the biggest smiles of the day. We did some shopping at the over priced merchandise shops and then made our way out of the park.
All in all we had an absolutely amazing day, and I do have to thank one of my best friends in the world for it. You know who are (Zabazoo). Disneyworld is still too big to do in just a day or even two, but I think we did a great job of hitting the mainstays. Next time I would love to checkout the Wide World of Sports, both of the water parks, and the Animal Kingdom. The despite Epcot, Disney World is truly a magical place that will make every kid’s imagination go wild, and every adult forget about all the crap in their lives and get to relive the carefree lives of their youth. I think that is exactly what Walt Disney had in mind when he created this extraordinary world. And for that, I thank him, we all should.
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