Disney-MGM Studios

Disney-MGM Studios (soon to be renamed, Disney Hollywood Studios after the first of the year)is Mom's favorite park and Syd seems to really like it as well. Everything in the park is themed around movies and television, which explains why Mom loves it so much. Instead of areas, this park is divided into streets: Hollywood Blvd, Sunset Blvd, Animation Courtyard, Mickey Avenue, Commissary Lane, Streets of America, and Echo Lake.

The Burns family favorites in this park include the following:

-Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
-The Great Movie Ride
-Star Tours
-Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
-The Disney-MGM Studios Backlot Tour
-Muppet Vision 3-D
-Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage
-Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith (though we didn't get a chance to ride this one because Syd is not tall enough)
-Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (again, Syd's not tall enough for this one so we didn't ride it this time)

Our favorite restaurant at MGM is the Sci-Fi Dine In Theatre. Here they seat you in cars and serve you like you're at a drive in while you watch a huge movie screen up front playing old silly sci-fi movies and shorts. It is very cool and the shakes are incredible. Last time we were there (2 years ago) Syd, at 2 1/2, ended up drinking almost all of my shake. So this year we got her her own. I threatened to drink all of hers this time.



Syd's absolute favorite part of MGM Studios was the Wildcats High School Musical 2: School's Out show. Five times a day a float with people singing and dancing would come down Hollywood Blvd and settle in front of the magic hat (from Fantasia) to do a whole show based on the two High School Musical movies. Since these movies are her obsession she enjoyed this most of all. In fact, we saw it three times because she loved it so much. These pictures are from when we sat in the front row for it.





The other cool thing MGM had going on for the Christmas season was the Osborne Family Festival of Lights. On one end of the park there was this amazing city street that was covered in millions of lights. Some family by the name of Osborne had decorated their entire house and all of their property with these lights and then donated them to Disney. The coolest part was that they were timed with music. It was very very cool and Syd loved it. She even sang along to Feliz Navidad (if you want to video let me know).



We also had time to shop in Al's Toy Barn from Toy Story fame.