Monday 30th April

MGM Studio

Today was spent at MGM studio.

We didn't arrive there until gone 11am, but although the main area seemed pretty busy, the attractions and rides were not as busy as they could have been - certainly less busy than Magic Kingdom.

First went to see the 'Lights Camera Action' stunt show. Lots of car stunts, fire, motorcycles etc.

Most dangerous was the fire stunt.

We followed that by the Indiana Jones show.

Using Fastpass and 'single rider' I got a couple of goes on Rock'N'Roll Rollercoaster - 0 to 60 in 3 seconds!

Temperature was very hot again today. No rain forecast for the next few days. It was very tiring to walk around all day so we stopped as often as we could.

On the backlot tour, I volunteered for the "Harbour Attack" show. This involved me and some other guys dressing up in waterproof (huh!) oils to act out some parts of an action scene. This time I got to be the mechanic (last time I got chosen, I was a deckhand) and this meant I had to act that the engine of our 'boat' had stopped, then call the captain and then get hit by 800 gallons of water from a nearby dump tank.

Needless to say, the oils were not as waterproof as they could have been!

Evening was taken up by waiting for the Fantasmic show. 90 minutes waiting for a 25 minute show!!! Still, we got a reasonable seat. We weren't the first in there by any means.