We woke up eager to see MGM properly. Our last visit was pretty much a wash as we had both been exhausted after the MK Shoot.
Neither of us were that hungry but we agreed to go upstairs and take advantage of the spread that The Grand Floridian laid out every day. I was very surprised at the amount that was on offer, luckily it wasn't that busy so I decided to sample a few things! I thought I wasn't hungry, but that was before I bit into a cheese Danish! I had never tried this before; I had this idea of a cheddar Danish, which I thought sounded horrible so I always chose against it. Steven had assured me that it was really nice so I gave in and picked one up. OH MY GOD, these were outstanding, notice I say the word these, yup, I had two, I would have had more but I didn't want to appear greedy
Steven had decided to be healthy and went for assorted melon with yoghurt. I love melon and picked up some honeydew and watermelon, that and my Danish was enough to fill me until lunch.
We decided that for the majority of the week we would come here for breakfast.
Skipping over to the bus stop (well I did) Steven and I talked about what we wanted to see at MGM this time. Knowing this would be our last chance here, we were determined to see as much as possible.
The bus arrived quickly and we all piled into the ice box on wheels. Although it was still early it was shaping up to be a scorcher. We pulled up to MGM within 10 minutes. You know I was sure that amongst all my research, many websites had stated how terrible the shuttles were and how inconsistent they were. So far we had no problems with the buses, or boats or monorails; this was all a load of nonsense if you ask me. We rarely waited longer than 10 minutes for a bus and quite often we were on it for even less.
So MGM was ready to be busted by us was it? We headed straight for the hat, as I'm sure most people do:
It was a pretty cool focal point!
I was determined to go on 'The Great Movie Ride' I heard this was pretty good and although the wait time was long, we decided to go for it as I knew it was a quick loader (it pays to research!)
We stood for what seemed like ages but luckily the queuing area was interesting, they had props and costumes from different movies which I was intrigued with. Once we got inside there were several TV screens showing clips of movies that I assumed would be part of the ride. Again, I never pay attention to these things, I am not the most patient person and not one pre show has appealed.
We weaved in and out of the posts as we moved forward and a CM noticed that we had on our 'Just Married badges. He of course made a big deal about this and said that newlyweds shouldn't have to wait in a queue and ushered us to the front. He made us wait to board the next tram as he thought it best that we had the front seats!!! Woo Hoo, I loved these badges, without them I dread to think of all the things we might have missed! Top tip, wear those badges!!!!
So we waited and secured seats in the front row, right beside our usher. I hadn't read too much about the ride as I don't like to spoil the surprise to myself, but I always research a bit to see whether or not there is any point coming on the ride at all.
We were all seated and we began or tour. Our usher seemed quite nice, a bit bored if I'm honest, like she was at a Drive-Thru. She didn't have much to say, out with her lines that she had clearly memorised to a tea. She did have nice make-up though
We approached musical scenes of 'Singin in the Rain' and 'Mary Poppins', I have never seen the latter, yes I know, blasphemous right? I have just never got around to it, but I have seen 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks', go figure! Anyway, 'Singin in the Rain' is a brilliant movie and the scene they show is of course the most memorable.
We then stop in a 1930's movie set, tribute to James Cagney I think, and while stopping at a red light our usher gets involved in a shoot out (no worries, no one was hurt in the making of this) our guide disembarks our vehicle (how dare she) and leaves it to the remaining gangster to steal. So we are in the hands of Mugsi, who may overact, but is entertaining none the less.
We enter Indiana Jones territory which I really enjoyed, our hijacker leaves us here after being tempted by a jewel. She should know better, has she never seen the movie, since when is Indy ever able to just take the jewel with no consequences? Okay, ignore the warnings, bye bye Mugsi.
Our usher joins us again for the remaining part of the tour; I guess she picked up a coffee in her break as she appeared slightly more animated. We moved on to view scenes of 'Tarzan' and the famous scene of 'Casablanca'. Of course dancing brooms are next and the magical 'Fantasia' scene.
Now I always knew the best and brightest would be saved 'til last, and it didn't disappoint. 'The Wizard of Oz' probably the all time best Disney movie, was the final scene. The colors were so bright I almost had to put on my sunglasses to view it. I was being welcomed home by the munchkins, that's a trip, I tell you! After seeing the Wicked Witch of the West argue with our guide, she disappeared in a puff of smoke. The munchkins returned and sang there little hearts out as we all took the yellow brick road to the Grand Finale
We stop in front of a big screen and watch a fast paced montage of some of the greatest movie scenes of the century.
I enjoyed this ride, it was a slower pace than I'm used to but it was interesting and entertaining. I wouldn't say it was a must do but it was worth visiting and I would likely return. It was maybe a bit overlong but if you did have to stand a long time in those queues, you at least want to make sure you get your time back!
We exited the ride and we headed straight for Indiana Jones. Steven had been going on and on about this since the last time we visited MGM. I promised we would see the show, no matter what, so off we went.
Coming up
Indiana Jones and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, OH MY GOD!!!
another time travel lover
I LOVED Quantum Leap!
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and I'm glad you decided to stop by, I hope my TR may be of help to you. I am so interested to find out how many words I have written, I bet you it's up there as a novelette. May 2010 will come round before you know it, I ownder if my TR will be finished before then
I bet still writing your TR keeps all those memories so alive, so take as long as you need!! Sounds like you have been really busy...the summer always keeps me busy, I'm looking forward to the fall when life will slow down a bit.
...gotta love free food! I can't wait to hear more...you so intrigued me with the butler thing. I'll be waiting 
