Monday, January 21, 2019
Today, I take in the last of the parks in Disney World: Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
The park is (mostly) laid out to look like downtown Hollywood (and the MGM movie lot) in the 1940’s. All the usual streets are there: Sunset, Vine, Hollywood Blvd, etc. As you walk in you are instantly transported back into time through the magic of Disney.
There’s even a mock-up of the old Chinese Theater where so many stars preserved their hand prints for posterity.
But, on this visit, there was so much construction going on that it was hard to suspend my disbelief (something that the movies are supposed to encourage us to do.) Plus, the newly added “Toy Story Land” seemed very out of place in what is supposed to appear as a movie studio back lot.
Even if Toy Story Land didn’t seem to fit, it was extremely popular. Wait time in lines for the most popular rides varied between 1.5 and 2.25 hours. Having just experienced that kind of wait in the Animal Kingdom, I was in no mood to experience another one. So, I decided to enjoy one of my old favorite attractions that had a much shorter line: Muppet Vision 3D!
I also passed by a ride that I remembered from the past and chose to just keep on walking.
Ultimately, I found this park to be somewhat less than I remembered it to be, so I left early. Walking out, though, I was convinced that Joe and Elease, with their limited time in Florida, had actually visited the best of what Disney had to offer. Nice.
I also ran into another well known guest in the park.
Back on the bus I go, and I returned to the Coronado Springs resort. This is my last full day in Disney World. I’ve seen all of the parks and I’ve had my fill of rides. This afternoon, I’m happy to sit at the outdoor bar in front of the lagoon at the resort and just enjoy the ambiance of the place. I paid a premium to stay here and I wanted to soak up more of the spectacle of the place before I left in the morning. So, a couple of glasses of wine and a stroll around the grounds to take in the beauty was how I filled the remainder of my afternoon.
Flora 
Fauna
Tomorrow, I leave Disney World and fly to Port Canaveral.
