The two main focuses of this Labor Day weekend trip to Walt Disney World were Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival and Hollywood Studio’s Toy Story Land. The Food and Wine Festival was covered in our last post so please check this link to view that post. Thanks to our Disney Vacation Club (Disney timeshare program) ownership we were able to stay at The Grand Floridian Hotel. The relatively new rooms were very nice and having two showers in a studio room helped us to get ready quickly in the mornings.
Alien Saucer Swirl is a copy of Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree in Disneyland with a green alien overlay. It’s very cute and the techno soundtrack is fun.
Other Fun
Toy Story Land
This section of Hollywood Studios opened up in the early summer. Guests are made to feel like hey are in Andy’s backyard experiencing his creations from a toy’s POV. The land is home to a new roller coaster, spinner ride, and the new entrance to Toy Story Midway Mania. As of now there is only one narrow entrance into the land. We rope-dropped the new coaster (Slinky Dog Dash) on both our visits. These ended up being the most aggressive rope-drops ever experienced since this was the longest distance we’ve ever traveled with the hordes. We made it on the first coaster of each day (unfortunately Dave takes pleasure in navigating the rope-drop) making enemies with pushy selfie-loving millennial along the way.
Slinky Dog Dash is not a thrilling coaster. It is a fun ride with lots of cute features and nods to the movie lore.
Alien Saucer Swirl is a copy of Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree in Disneyland with a green alien overlay. It’s very cute and the techno soundtrack is fun.
The rest of the land is filled with giant statues of Toy Story characters and vignettes of toys.
Other Fun
In the Magic Kingdom we visited Stitch’s new meet and greet location in the old location of Stitch’s Great Escape. The meet took place in the preshow lobby and they did not spend one cent on remodeling. When finished we walked through the preshow theater and out the door that must have been a chicken exit. We got to walk on a little back area path we’ve never been on before and saw a cool poster about a rocket expo.
The Incredible Summer Celebration (Tomorrowland takeover) was still going on. We spent a few moments at the Purple Wall (made a thing on Instagram so now Disney is capitalizing on it) having Photo Pass guy take our picture. We were on Splash Mountain when the lights came on for the end scene. We were hoping to get evacuated but it never happened.
The Incredible Summer Celebration (Tomorrowland takeover) was still going on. We spent a few moments at the Purple Wall (made a thing on Instagram so now Disney is capitalizing on it) having Photo Pass guy take our picture. We were on Splash Mountain when the lights came on for the end scene. We were hoping to get evacuated but it never happened.
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