We did a Star Wars ride called Star Tours first. It featured C3PO taking a room of us through a spaceship battle. The whole room moved like the ship we were in. It was cool.
Having MS, I qualified for a special DAS (Disability Access Service) Fast Pass that I could use to avoid standing in line in the heat. The Fast Pass line for any ride would give me a time to come back, and that one Fast Pass was good for the night, until my whole party used it, and then I could book another one. Disney is very accommodating for disabilities, and I never felt singled-out or frowned-upon. There's even lots of room and access everywhere for the scooter I rode. Happiest place on Earth.
Although here I was starting to feel like I wanted to walk more. Grandma rode the scooter for about half of the time this day, and I felt good moving around. I was also happy to have the scooter/seat when I needed it.
As the rest of them wandered the Star Tours gift shop, I dashed to the most popular ride: Toy Story Mania and booked a DAS Fast Pass for it. They're opening a whole new section of park dedicated to Toy Story in June. Toy Story is my favorite Disney film. Hollywood Studios has a whole 'Pixar Place' section where this ride is housed. Here I saw three of the green Army men from Toy Story marching down the street. They were painted fully green, and it was my favorite thing I saw.
We had lunch at a 50s diner where the staff gives you a hard time. Our server was really nice, and sprinkled in a few barbs at Grandma (You eat too much salt. Your doctor doesn't like that.), and Mama whom he made eat one more bite (and fed it to her) before clearing our plates.
This diner had milkshakes! I had a chocolate shake with lunch, and then got their signature peanut butter and jelly shake for dessert. I didn't taste the jelly. It was basically a peanut butter milkshake that we all tried, but I didn't finish. I am glad I got it.
Our server warned "No Tower for an hour" as he dropped off the bill. The Tower of Terror is a Twilight Zone haunted elevator that drops and speeds upwards, and likely makes you sick if you've just eaten.
We went to our Toy Story Mania Fast Pass ride, and it was Ozzie and my favorite ride for the whole trip. It typically has a 100-150 minute wait in line. I liked the ride a lot, but I can't think of anything for which I'd stand in line for over an hour (or even 30 minutes).
It was in Hollywood Studios that I bought my Mickey dad-hat to keep the sun out of my eyes.
Grandma took Ozzie back so we could go on grown-up rides. We rode the 'Rock N Rollercoaster' which features Aerosmith (for some reason). It takes off at about 60 MPH and speeds through corkscrews and loop-the-loops in pitch-darkness as Dude Looks Like a Lady blares into your ears from your seat back. It was fun, but turned my stomach.
I had a Fast Pass to do the Tower of Terror, but no one would go with me. I almost went alone, but I was ill from the Aerosmith coaster, so I skipped it. I don't regret missing it.
This felt like the smallest of all of the parks. Still quite large, but we got thought the whole park with time to spare (before closing). I liked Hollywood Studios a lot.
Ozzie got a "Wishing Star' at Cinderella's dinner on Monday. Today he asked when his wish was going to come true?
Wanna know his wish? "That all of the bad guys in jail will die before the police can kill them."
Tomorrow: Disney's Animal Kingdom
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