IT'S VACATION TIME HULKY HUMPERS!!!

[Corporal_Hicks]

The itinerary over the next several days looks something like this:

Beach
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Beach
Beach
Disney's Magic Kingdom
Beach
Beach

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Cut out all that beach, and it looks like fun.

[neglet]

Cut out the beach and that Dismey, and it looks great!

[Corporal_Hicks]

Do you know how much a day x 3 people at any Disney park costs?

The beach is free.

Disney ain't.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Nothing really ever looks like fun to me. I just say it does.

[Space Tycoon]

I could see myself becoming a serious beach bum.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I could see myself becoming a beach bum, but I couldn't see myself becoming a serious one.

[Space Tycoon]

Fair point.

[neglet]

Sand in your shorts, too much sun, horrible public toilets ... There's a reason it's free. Although I suppose if you have kids you can amuse yourself by watching them.

Sorry, I'm a flower of the arctic tundra, and I wilt if it gets above 70-75F.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I suppose if you have kids you can amuse yourself by watching them.

I can't. That novelty wore off almost two years ago.

[Dalty]

I love a Disney park, screw it, I love Orlando full-stop.

[Corporal_Hicks]

Hollywood Studios is still fantastic. All of the Disney blogs would have you believe otherwise.

It's just...awesome.

(I wrote a big, long piece right now, but deleted it because it does not do the park justice).

My advice: Don't read the blogs. They are too consumed with the texture of the French fries to enjoy
the endless awesomeness of the experience.

I just can't get over Star Tours. It is a plow your mind awesome.

[Dalty]

This is new and improved Star Tours too, isn't it?

[Corporal_Hicks]

Yes, new Star Tours. It's orgasmic.

[Dalty]

And isn't the old Indiana Jones thingy nearby, very large, and coming to the end of its natural life? Now Disney owns Star Wars, reckon it will expand into that space? I mean, Jeebus, they already have a full sized AT-AT! Imagine Star Wars + Disney when the theme park guys get their hands on it?

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

And isn't the old Indiana Jones thingy nearby, very large, and coming to the end of its natural life?

You mean Harrison Ford?

[Dalty]

How very dare you! Indy doesn't age. He just gets to a point where he ends up hunting himself.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

While he does continue snapping a whip, I'm not sure this makes him a whippersnapper.

[Dalty]

Maybe that should have read "....ends up hurting himself."

[Mal Shot First]

No, you're thinking of River Phoenix.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

LOOK THATS HOW INDY GOT HIS SCAR LOLOL

[Dalty]

Drug overdose in the Viper Lounge?

Why does it always have to be snakes.

[Corporal_Hicks]

And isn't the old Indiana Jones thingy nearby, very large, and coming to the end of its natural life? Now Disney owns Star Wars, reckon it will expand into that space? I mean, Jeebus, they already have a full sized AT-AT! Imagine Star Wars + Disney when the theme park guys get their hands on it?

We didn't watch the Indy Jones stunt show this time. My kids are still too small (4 and 1) to deal with that on a hot day.

Disney, smartly, diverted a lot of human traffic to Hollywood Studios with their Frozen attractions.

Frozen is huge. I don't thnk any of us realize how huge it is. Anna and Elsa are rock stars for the kids, and Disney had to find new ways for kids to get to see them without standing in a 3 hour line (still happens). They do a great Frozen show at Hollywood Studios. It beats anything at the Magic Kingdom (which is an ordeal).

Long story short, my 4 yr old got to experience the Muppets, Star Wars, and Frozen all in one spot = Mind blown.

[Mal Shot First]

I don't get all the ado about Frozen. It's decent, but way too song-heavy in the first 20-30 minutes - the pacing just didn't feel right. The fact that all the songs were crammed into the beginning had a negative impact on character development, in my opinion, but maybe that's not really what kids are looking for.

I wonder if people who were in their 30s back when The Lion King came out felt about it the way I feel about Frozen. To me, The Lion King felt like an instant classic, but Frozen feels like the big Disney movie until the next big Disney movie.

[Corporal_Hicks]

Mal, I am with you on this. As an adult the film doesn't really make much sense, and loses A LOT of steam by the time it gets to the Let it Go sequence.

Also, it seems to me that Anna is the main character, yet Elsa is the Disney princess that people will murder each other to see in person.

Maybe Anna is C3PO and Elsa is Luke/Han/Leia?

Anna and Elsa are both rock stars now, and will likely be forever because of the impression they've made on this generation. If those kids have good parents, they will learn to love The Lion King, too.