Archive – Day 13
Thursday, April 22, 1993
Looking Back...
This was our second day at Disney World, and we went to the Disney-MGM Studio park. Again I didn’t write about any of the big stuff, like the Great Movie Ride or the Sci-Fi Dine-In restaurant we ate at, where the whole restaurant is made to look like a drive-in movie theater, each of the tables is housed in a classic car, and a huge screen on the wall plays cheesy 50’s sci-fi movies all day.
This park has also changed a lot since our visit, with at least two major rides being added.
Our excursion for today was the Disney-MGM Studios. It was quite an interesting day, although it was probably the least “Disney” of all the parks. But yet it was still enjoyable and a very pleasant day.
Star Tours was not exactly what I remembered, but I was still able to have fun. Although it seems that on Star Tours half the fun is located on the queuing area. Travel information, C3PO and R2D2 chattering back and forth, the repair droid; all of it is an elaborate show which is greatly missed out on when there are no crowds.
The animation studio I found interesting, but since I was already familiar with the process there was no education in the presentation. Watching the procedure only reminded me how tedious the whole process is. A fact that I am also familiar with. We also saw storyboards for “The Lion King”. They say that only thirteen minutes of it are being made in Florida.
The backstage and studio tour was disappointing. All the behind-the-scenes glances we got were through glass viewing areas, and not very thorough or revealing.
I think that yet again it is bedtime. Tomorrow we go to the Magic Kingdom, the third and last of the parks.
