Au Revoir to Disneyland Post 2
In the Production Courtyard
Walt and Mickey from a different angle
Armageddon
On display outside Armageddon is the drilling machine Armadillo. This was the actual prop used in the movie to bore into the impending asteroid.
Nearby is the Hollywood Tower Hotel or is it?
I loved this statue in the Tower garden
Armageddon was ready to load so we jumped in, only to have the doors close just in front of us. We should have exited and done something else-I didnt realise so we waited the longest here I think-25 mins. It was actually pretty slack meant to be filming the movie and they talked a bit about making the effects. Then you are taken inside a space crafts control room supposedly for the film shoot as it is being bombarded by rocks from a huge asteroid so there are explosions and it rocks and fire shoots out at you if you were 6 this could have been scary and exciting perhaps for us it was a bit ?????
Next we lined up for the Moteurs Action Stunt Show Spectacular. Now we have seen a lot of these over the years, and perhaps we are jaded, but we found this one to be the least spectacular we have seen. There was also a lot of talking and explanations and not a lot of actual action. The warm up was a guy on a motorbike doing typical stunts then we had some very simple car chases with the baddie dodging a group of cars in formation driving in and around the set sort of thing. Lightening McQueen got a feature..
They had a member of the audience selected at the start of the show and the end piece of trickery using that person was quite good. There was the usual small explosion and guy in flames at the end too but the stunts were nowhere near as clever as eg the Indiana Jones Stunt Show at WDW or the old Stunt show at Movieworld where you used to (many many years ago) have a helicopter blow up. At the conclusion they played on a big screen the scenes put together to show it as it would look as an action film.
We joined the small crowd heading straight into Cinemagique but the theatre was only about half full and we had centre row seats. This was a lot of fun very cleverly incorporating clips of classic movies from the old B&Ws to Titanic and Star Wars, and embedding live actors to tell a story very funny, and much better than the movie ride at WDS at WDW.
It was now well past lunch and we had a 6pm dinner booking at Walts. Decided to eat lightly and use the internet at Maccas rather than grabbing a QS at the Studios.
I loved this chefs hat seen on the way out.
The Art of Animation hat
Posters under the railway arch.
Lunch over, checked dog still alive and happy, we caught the bus back for a little pre-dinner nap/Disney TV viewing.
We headed back in to Disneyland around 5pm. Outside Hotel New York they had zorbs:
We took some pics of the foyer and surrounds but it is very dark with lights strung up and the pics are blurry. Back in Disneyland we did a spot of shopping before dinner.
I found a faded retro DLP T shirt I liked but it was only L and XL and the L was way too L. So did a bit of a race around seeking an M to no avail.
Dinner at Walts was very nice. We just chose off the a la carte menu as didnt fancy the entrée and main choices on the 2 course deal. We were seated by a window but in a quiet corridor between 2 rooms rather than in one of the main rooms. I had the lamb cooked two ways (roasted and seven-hour confit) with gnocci and DH had the fillet of grilled beef (I think some sort of steak). Then we shared a desert sampler plate of crème brulee, warm chocolate pudding, fresh fruit salad (was just passionfruit I think) in a chocolate case and mini macaroon. The chocolate pudding was the best of the samples. Accompanied by a nice glass of wine and DH a beer and total cost was E73 (E61 for food) so not much more than the 2 course specials and we like desert not entrees and had a wider choice.
(Borrowed pic since it seems we neglected to take one??)
We were out just in time to see the parade (I had determined the view from our window wasnt very good or I might have prolonged desert and coffee!). Only took a few more pics which I posted with yesterday's views.
We tried a few more stores to find my T shirt with no luck so I bought a 2013 celebration one. Re-rode our favourite rides Pirates, BTM and Phantom Manor while we were in the vicinity then walked over to Discoveryland.
Did the walk through Les Mysteres du Nautilus shades of Tokyo Disneysea.
I am sure this is Mysterious Island in Tokyo Disneysea?
Watch out for this sea creature that is rapidly approaching:
Safe on the surface, an alternate way to fly into Space.
And another, the Hyperion
I prefer the Enterprise it's a lot more comfy.
More favourite friends
Continued next post.
) and Singapore looks lovelier than I imagined it to be.
Not up to some of the experts on here but we were pleased with most -they captured our memories which is what the aim is! NO Duffy didn't make it right to the top-it got a bit high for a little bear...and I think I was definitely Mama Bear not Goldilocks. As for Spain - lot of short listing to be done - but first ditto the Chelsea Flower Show and Harry Potter Studios Tour-that's gonna' be hard-every display was click click click.
