Hollywood

It must have been a really big Airfix kit

Disney Hollywood today. In the rain. Turns out you can get rain in Florida. We’ve been skipping around the puddles and pulling waterproofs on and off all day. I’m not complaining though, it’s great to be here and see all this.

There’s a gift shop on every corner

The Star Wars area in the park is really impressive. It boasts a great big model of the Millennium Falcon and lovingly creates a market area with tons of period detail. Even if the period itself doesn’t really exist.

Random artifacts outside the shops

We had a good mooch around, went on a few rides and generally had a great time. Lunch was at the Prime Time Diner.

I’d love to see the signs when they are lit up

Like everything else on the park, this is a recreation of something, in this case fifties kitchens.

The fake TVs are all custom made and had authentic video noise and picture artefacts

Another selling point of this place (over and above the décor and the superb food, was the waitresses that tell you off for putting your elbows on the table and dish out “clean plate awards”. Great fun. We had a good look around and staggered back to the hotel arriving at, you’ve guessed it, exactly 5:00pm.