291 days to go: BACKLOT TOURS

291 days to go: Today I'm going to do a run though on Disney's Hollywood Studios: Backlot Tour. During the line of this ride you'll see props from movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, Pearl Harbor and U-571. The have TVs that have director of the these movies explaining the difficulties and techniques used to film the special effects from the movies. You start the attraction by walking down a 2 tier viewing platform that over looks a small watery set area with a submarine and a naval ship. They take volunteers from the crowd to act in a small skit. This skit shows on a small scale how they shoot the battle scenes in the water using torpedoes and explosions. After the small skit is over. You continue through a warehouse full of movies props and then load up onto a tour bus. The tour take you along a drive lined with larger props some being the motorcycle and airplanes from Indiana Jones, the roller from Who Frames Roger Rabbit, and Herbie. Then you get a peek at the wardrobe warehouse and an animatronic warehouse. After all that you'll enter a canyon and enter an other live action scene with flooding, an earthquake, and a semi truck explosion. This is practically the only unchanged part of the attraction. you will then go past the larger props again one of the being Walt Disney's personal airplane and all other kinds its fun to try to name what movie they are from. This ride is more targeted towards teens to adults, they explosions get the younger kids attention for a minute but the care very little for most props. I give this ride a 3 out of 5 stars just because its not a thumbs up to keep all age groups happy.

276 days to go: INDIANA JONES EPIC STUNT SPECTACULAR

276 days to go: Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular is my next subject of topic. I used to be really fascinated with this when i was younger but my parents never really wanted to take time to watch the show. This is a live action stunt show featuring re-enactments from the Indiana Jones movies. They explain how these stunts are done and even though they have been made safe as realistically possible and in a controlled environment, they can still be dangerous. They changes sets 3 times. The show feature famous scene re-enactments like the boulder rolling behind Indy, the Nazi base scene from raiders of the lost ark, and the fight scene in the streets from the temple of doom. The duration of this show is roughly 35 minutes. This show has the highest thrill factor off all Disney park shows. This attraction is very entertaining for toddlers to seniors, but is a little too much for infants. I give this attraction a 4.3 out of 5. I would have gave it a 5, but the show gets distance in some parts even sitting in the front row, you need to be sure to get towards to the center. But all and all an amazing show. Watching this show was a must because my son loves the Indiana Jones movies.

297 days to go:TOWER OF TERROR

297 days to go: Here's what I'm going to blog about today, Hollywood Studios Tower of Terror. This is the first big thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios (MGM Studios). The story starts October 31, 1939 in the Hollywood Tower Hotel. The tale is that a group of people where going to the 13th floor and elevator was stuck by lightning, trapping the people in the Twilight Zone. You enter the ride by walking through an eerie path over grown with ivy and Spanish moss. You'll follow the path under an old wooden canopy and along the building. When entering the Hollywood Tower Hotel, you can cleanly see there was an upset. Everything was left the way it was the day of the tragic accident. This most have been truly disturbing to the guess because it seems a lot of them were in such a hurry to get out they left a lot of their belongings behind. The inside of this ride is amazing, everything looks so creepy. The lobby's furniture is covered in dust and cob webs( look on the desk with the ink jar on it for a hidden mickey). Once you "check in" the bus boy will take you to the library. When you enter the library the lights flicker and The Twilight Zone comes on the TV. The Twilight Zone tells you the story about what happened that night everything went wrong and what we can do to try to help them back to this dimension. After leaving the library you journey into a dark boiler rooms and prepare to board the service elevator. Strap in and get ready for a thrill. There is one pit stop on the way though. On the way up you'll stop to see ghostly figures of the people in the Twilight Zone as they fade to nothing( look at the doll the little girl is holding for another hidden mickey). Finally when you reach the top you will go forward through a room full of clocks, gears, and stars. Then you come to a sudden halt and 2 vertical lines appear and start to move towards each other. When the lines meet the doors to outside kick open, your eyes adjust to the sun light, you get a split second of an overview of the park, and goodbye. You drop then it shakes you up and down, kind of like you would a can of paint. The drops are completely random will never be the same. I give this ride a 4.5 out of 5. It would have a 5 if it was for the line. Everything else is great. The ride has an amazing story. The imagineers did an outstanding job on this attraction. The interior is so beautiful and eerie. Thats all for today though hope you enjoyed this.