Disney Challenge Day 29

My Favorite Theme Park Attraction: The Indiana Jones Ride or Rockin' Roller coaster

The Indiana Jones Ride! Picture from Tours Departing Daily

When it comes to Disneyland, nothing thrills me more than waiting in a 2 and a half hour line to ride the Indiana Jones attraction. Just kidding, but I really do love this ride. When I was a little girl I was too afraid to go on it because my dad told me there were snakes on it, and lets just say one of my biggest fears are those scaled creatures with fangs. I would watch as my entire family would go off together while my grandma got me some churros to munch on. Then finally when I revisited the park when I was older I thought, "fine I can do this, snakes? No biggie." And I'm glad I took my advice. I love this ride because you're in a big jeep and one person drives it. The fun part is that everyone blames the driver for the bumpy ride, and the first time I rode it I was the driver. As you continue on into a strange temple you find danger at every turn. From snakes, to bugs (this part was actually scarier to me than the big fake cobra), fire, and a pretty huge boulder-- you help Indie find his way. I love the theme song of this movie played throughout and I can still hear my dad laughing and yelling "ow!" when the bugs blew air on us. Great ride.

Another ride that I love but have only ridden once is Rockin' Roller Coaster. I obviously love it for Aerosmith and the old rock and roll feel, but also because it's fast and furious. When the ride first starts you shoot off like a bullet, going from 0-70mph in seconds. From then on there are twists and curves and some pretty awesome music. It reminds me a lot of Space Mountain which unfortunately adopted the loud music. Space Mountain shouldn't have rock music--it should have mystical music! Get on it Disney! Anyway, I can't wait to go on this ride more in 110 days!

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom

I was recently surfing different blogs and I kept seeing "Sorcerers of the MK." I had no idea what it was, so I did some researching and it's this awesome scavenger hunt that not many guests know about! The main premise of the game can be found on the site but to sum it up:

You become an apprentice and help the wizard Merlin fight Disney villains who want to take over the Magic Kingdom. Hades is the leader and in order to get control of the kingdom he has to reassemble the "crystal" of the MK. A bunch of Disney villains are helping him find the crystals and your job is to stop him. 

In order to play all you need to do is go to the firehouse on Main Street U.S.A., or behind the Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe in Liberty Square where you'll be given a map and other tools needed to succeed in the mission.

You'll travel through Fantasyland,  Adventureland, Main Street, Frontierland, and Liberty Square where you'll be given clues from Merlin on how to defeat the villains. You can unlock Magic Portals using your Sorcerer Key card, and challenge Hades and his henchmen using Spell Cards. Find all the crystals before the villains do in order to win!

Here's a video (don't watch the entire thing or it could ruin the surprise of it--this is just for an idea of what it's like): 

 

Personally I think this is awesome because it took the Disney Imagineers four years to create and it reminds me of Kingdom Hearts. When I'm at Walt Disney World for the DCP I'm definitely doing this! On the bucket list it goes! 

Be sure to check it out if you're visiting the Magic Kingdom in Orlando!