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Old 12-01-2015, 06:23 PM
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The last time I went to the movie studio it was called MGM, it's now Hollywood Studios. It has to be just as good, if not better, see map below. I can't see how anyone would have an adult not go here first. You have some really neat shows. The Indiana Jones where Indiana is fighting another guy (real actors) and the two wrestle around on the ground while a twin engine airplane with spinning propellers is rolling around just overhead. Then spears shoot up through the floor as Indiana is running. Nothing is more exciting in person then that show alone.

Everyone needs to do the 'Tower of Terror' as least once. First off, you get to see the late Rod Serling introduce you to the hotel over an old B&W TV. Then you get in the elevator. All day you've been listening to people scream and you look up 9 stories and see a door fly open and people flying by. Well, now it's your turn. The elevator goes up slowly, but it makes a stop at the second floor and you feel like you've moved along horizontally outside the elevator and clocks and baby dolls float around in the air. Then the elevator starts up and when you get to the top, and the door flies open, you get hit by a flash and bright sunshine and a 100' view of the park. After you come back down, you see photos of your faces at that moment, now you realize what the flash was.

If you're a fan of Back to the Future at Universal Studios, then don't miss the Star Wars ride. BTTF you're inside a DeLoren with just 4 people, here you're now in a space ship with 25 people and R2D2 is talking to you over a screen. Suddenly your space ship starts floating around and moving, but in reality it hasn't moved, it's all done with hydraulics. Really neat ride.

I could go on and on, but the point is, go to Hollywood studios if anything and you won't regret your decision.

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I could of been an original employee of Disney. In 1968 to 1969 I was enrolled at St. Petersburg Jr. College studying Hotel Restaurant Mgmt. During my second year I went in and there was a room set up with about ten people in business suits and attire. I asked what was going on, they said, Disney World is opening in Orlando next year and they are interviewing job applicants, are you interested. Unfortunately I had a change of heart about my major after have worked the past 3 years in restaurants. I enlisted in the Army soon after that day.