25th: Hooray for Hollywood

We're at Disney's Hollywood Studios today and we're going to ride the new Toy Story Midway Mania ride. EVERYONE was heading back for this ride as soon as the Park opened. Disney does a great job of directing everyone where to go since they know there is a rush to this attraction.

The queue line contains tons of old toys we've all played with. I'm sure from this picture you can see at least 5 that you recognize.



This talking, moving Mr Potato Head is voiced by Don Rickles and is very funny. It is a great photo opportunity and most everyone is handing their camera to the person behind them to take a picture. It seems like more and more people can actually shoot pictures fairly well these days.



When you are in the ride you are wearing 3-D glasses. In front of you is a shooting device to shoot with. There are five places along the ride where the vehicle stops and you are allowed to shoot objects like in a Midway Arcade - your darts hit balloons, your suction cup arrows hit moving ducks, you shoot rings onto targets, you break plates - all in 3-D. After each stop your score is shown. The object is to get a score better than your friend.

It's a simple game but when you are done you want to get back on the ride and do it all over again. Everyone would love one of these to take home with them.

Once again we are laughing hysterically trying to take our own pictures and get what we want in the pictures. This is so much fun.



Guess which movie this is from?



Another new attraction is American Idol. This is just like the TV show. Guests can audition in the morning. They do three shows where the audience picks the best singer. The Final Show pits all three winning singers against each other and the winner gets to audition in front of the real judges (Randy, Paula, and Simon) on the real American Idol some day. The first show we went to was OK (they are currently just in TEST mode so this isn't the final product yet). (I went to another show later in the week and it was much better. I think once the real show starts there will be great singers and the show will be better).

This is what the stage looks like.