Disneyland: Day two

Today was a lot better than yesterday, at least for me! We had a great night of sleep and woke up well rested. We had a breakfast buffet at 9 am, it was quite good! We packed our backpacks and waited for the bus again. This time, we went to the moviestudio's first, which is a separate department of Disneyland. There are a lot of shows in this part, so we had to plan the times quite carefully before we left the hotel, to make sure we would see everything.

The first show we saw was called Cinemagique, it was a tribute to lots of non-animated (also non-Disney) movies, like Titanic, Star Wars (Dylan went crazy when he found out), and Narnia. It was about a man, who got trapped in the screen and then travelled through lots of movies (from old, black and white, to new in color) and eventually got out. It was very cool to see! After that, we went to a motor/car stuntshow, where they also explained how the vehicles were different from normal ones, and they showed how they put separate stunts together into a scene from a movie. Very spectacular of course!

Afterwards, we were ready for some action again, and went on the 'Rock 'n Roller Coaster' featuring music by Aerosmith. We were launched from 0 to 57 miles per hour (92 km) in less than 3 seconds. That feels very weird, but it gives you so much energy! The ride itself was almost completely in the dark, which made it even scarier. Dylan didn't like it, but felt like he had to accompany me and my siblings. Afterwards we were telling my mom to come with us, because it was cool. And Dylan went again, so it couldn't have been that bad. My mom really didn't like it though, she felt a little sick afterwards so we felt kind of guilty for making her go. She enjoyed it anyway.

We moved on to the Studio Tram Tour, which is a little tram/train that takes you past parts of sets, equipment, special effect areas and props which have been used in the movies, such as the cars. I took some cool pictures there, it was great to get a little look 'behind the scenes'! We then moved on to Toystory playland, a recently built addition to the studio's park. We went on the 'Soldiers Parachute Drop', so you were lifted up in a 6-person seat under a really big army parachute, and then you were dropped down again. This wasn't Dylan's cup of tea either, but he likes Toystory a lot so he really wanted to go. It wasn't quite as bad as he thought, so that was good! After that, the parade came by, a different one then we saw yesterday. However, we were quite late (if you want to see it and take pictures without heads all over it, you have to line up along the route at least 30 minutes in advance...) so we didn't see much. This one wasn't as cool as the one in the main park though, so it wasn't that bad.

Then we went to the Animagique show, which was about Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, who both took drawing classes. After school, Mickey went home and Donald stole his key to the forbidden cinema. He went inside to get some inspiration. He go moved from one movie to the next, these were all the animated ones. The characters were played by people in costumes so it wasn't a movie like the other one. There were a lot of cool lightshows with it, and it was a lot of fun! The only thing was, that we get fed up with everything being in French here... Maybe ten percent of the visitors actually speaks French, so there is no point in translating every single song... All well, at least the costumes and rides are cool.

My sister and I then went to the Tower of Terror, a old, cursed, hollywood hotel with elevators that shoot up and down randomly. It was so cool, you were lifted very high and then just dropped down to the ground. We were quite scared to go in at first  but we're both really glad we've done it, as it was super cool! Then we moved on to the normal Disney park, where me and my siblings went on the 'Space Mountain' rollercoaster. It was fast and scary but also quite beautiful, as you only saw stars and planets. Dylan might go with tomorrow if we do it again.

Then, we waited about 1,5 hours for 'Disney Dreams', we sat in front of the pink castle and watched an amazing show. They projected lots of different disney movie-parts on it, accompanied by music, water fountains shooting up, laser lightshows and fireworks. It's hard to describe, but I hope my pictures make it a little clearer! It was so pretty, definitely worth the wait. It was a lot colder today then yesterday, we didn't see the sun a lot... Tomorrow is my mom's birthday, so let's hope it's better then!