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Tips
Snacking in the Parks
For our money, you can't beat the smoked turkey drumsticks sold for about $6 in
WDW parks (they're called “Galactic Gobblers” at the Lunching Pad in Tomorrow-
land). How popular are they? Each year, Disney guests gobble-gobble 1.6 million
of them.
hit from their lasers (my 4-year-old, however, aimed just about everywhere but at the
target and still had loads of fun). A display in the car keeps score, so take multiple cars if
you have more than one child. This ride uses the same technology as Universal Studios
Florida's Men in Black Alien Attack (p. 274), but it's aimed at a younger audience, and
therefore, it's far tamer.
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor
Frommer's Rating:
B+
Recommended Ages:
4 and up
Taking its cue from the hit Disney/Pixar flick
Monsters, Inc.,
Mike, along with an entire
cast of monster comedians, pokes fun at audience members in hopes of getting enough
laughs to fill the gigantic laugh canister. This new immersive experience is live and
unscripted, using real-time animation, digital projection, sophisticated voice-activated
animation, and a tremendous cast of talented improv comedians. Text message your
favorite jokes to the show from your cellphone (just prior to showtimes)—and you may
find yourself laughing at a joke or two of your own! The number is available near the
attraction's entrance (and works only within a very short radius).
Space Mountain
Frommer's Rating:
B+
Recommended Ages:
10-adult
This cosmic roller coaster usually has
long
lines (but it has FASTPASS), and most guests
find only marginal entertainment value in the preride space-age music and exhibits
(meteorites, shooting stars, and space debris whizzing past overhead). Once aboard your
rocket, you'll climb and dive through the inky, starlit blackness of outer space. The hair-
pin turns and plunges make it seem as if you're going at breakneck speed, but your car
doesn't go any faster than 28 mph. As on many coasters, the front seat of the train offers
the biggest thrills and is the best place to maintain the illusion of flying through space.
It's a bit outdated when compared to the newer rides out there but is a good coming-of-
age test for future thrill-ride junkies; so if your kids are just starting out on the coasters
and don't mind a spin in the dark, this is a good place to begin.
Note:
Riders must be at
least 44 inches tall. Also, expectant moms and people prone to motion sickness or those
with heart, neck, or back problems shouldn't climb aboard.
Note:
At press time, this ride
was closing down for an undisclosed amount of time thanks to what is said to be a
lengthy (and much needed) rehab. Though details are sketchy, word has it that upon
reopening, the coaster (an original that dates back to park opening) will have been made
more up to date (though changes are said to be modest when compared to the rehab
recently completed at its California counterpart—its classic elements retained rather than
redone).
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