The former MGM Studios would be the last day of our trip before heading to the airport. We packed our things up and headed for the desk/breakfast area for the last time. I was able to get the housekeeping charges for the room knocked off thanks to the toilet mishap earlier in the trip (came to almost $70!) and with some more bagels and juice to get us prepped, we headed to what I think is the weakest of the WDW parks.
Without Star Tours there, there’s really only 4 “must ride” attractions and then you start to get into live shows fast. No Disney park in the US is as heavily reliant on the live show as MGM, err, Hollywood Studios – mop up the rides in the first two hours, and its off to watching American Idol, one of two stunt shows, Beauty and the Beast, Voyage of the Little Mermaid, a couple of a movie attractions (One Man’s Dream and Muppetvision), and then maybe you stick around to close and get a seat for Fantasmic. Or you don’t get a seat and you get pissed at Fantasmic. In a nutshell, that’s my problem with the place. It isn’t that I don’t like live shows, but when I pay a premium for entertainment in an amusement park, I prefer rides. If I want to see live entertainment, I will pay for live entertainment. I have a performing arts theater 20 minutes walk from me and an arena about 45 minutes walk away. I can walk to see U2 in a month’s time or full Broadway shows, and they might cost me a lot less than going to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I don’t pretend to talk for everyone because I know my wife likes a lot of the live shows there and my mom will enjoy a show from time to time too as an escape from crowds. They do take up a lot of people and they don’t require much standing in line or whatever. I can see the appeal. But scheduling around from show to show to show just isn’t my idea of fun. I paid for an amusement park, not an open air music festival with multiple stages. I guess there’s a lot of similarities there, right down to $3 waters.
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