This park was our absolute favorite. Learning from our EPCOT experience we immediately split up to secure fast passes for the Tower of Terror and a lunch reservation at 50's Prime Time Cafe. With those secured we could wander around.
We were on the Backlot Tour when we heard and saw cars burning out making lots of smoke and noise. Gary figured they were warming up for something...and they were. Lights, Motors, Action! is a great show of extreme stuntdriving using cars, motorcycles, guns and fire. We busted right over to see the show and it was great.
Tower of Terror was Gary's favorite ride. It has a Twilight Zone theme where you are taken into a mysterious hotel by creepy bellman and placed on a service elevator where the terror begins. You are basically lifted and dropped 13 floors repeatedly and very rapidly. My stomach was not too fond of this one but I did it two more times. Taryn however loved it enough to go on it 6 times.
But the greatest ride in all of Disney - in my humble opinion - was Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Oh my goodness, this was amazing fun! Somehow we were not paying much attention as they loaded us up, so going from zero to 60 mph in 2.8 SECONDS [magnetic exceleration] was a total shock. It was so shocking I laughing outloud the whole ride. Our picture was hysterical. It is snapped right after you take off, and the looks on our faces say it all. I could not wait to do this ride again.
As it ended up we were not able to use our evening fast pass because Gary snagged us tickets to the Hoop Dee Doo dinner show back at Fort Wilderness. We got back just in time to change and get to the 9:30 show. Now that's a bit late for dinner but what a great time we had. It was very fun and family friendly. The lead singer actually came to our table, asked where we were from and then made a verse of their song about us coming from Washington state. Taryn laughed so hard thru the whole show. It was great.
The next night we blitzed back to MGM to do that coaster again. We were so dissappointed that by the time we got there all the fast passes for that day were gone. We opted to wait an hour in line and try to go on as single riders. We were in that very, very long line watching all the fast pass people running by when four young people stopped beside us and asked if we wanted to join them - they had extra fast passes. We jumped at the chance thanking them profusely and followed them right to the front of the line. They were from Canada working at Epcot, and as Disney employees had extra fast passes. They seemed just as excited to share them with us as we were to get them. They even made sure we got the front row. What a blast! ...and this time we did get the picture.
When we got off they were waiting to see how we enjoyed the ride, and then they gave us fast passes for our other fav - Tower of Terror. How great was that?? We enjoyed another series of drops on that ride all thanks to our new friends from Canada!
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