Watch out Scooby! MovieWorld, here we come!

Today was destined to be a ‘let’s see what the weather is like’ day but, by 9am, even though it was a bit overcast, we decided “sod it!” and headed out to MovieWorld anyway. It wasn’t forecast to rain (or snow!! Haha!!) so we prepared for the 28 degrees and headed off one hour down the M1 (yes, really!)

MovieWorld, for the uninitiated, is a very much like Disney Hollywood Studios (MGM) in Orlando. It’s movie themed, Warner Bros style (so plenty of Looney Tunes as well as Batman/Superman and the like)

MovieWorld Entrance (at closing time)

After queuing for an hour for tickets at what felt like THE slowest moving line in history (and certainly the slowest of the 15 or so that were serving!)  we headed straight for the Batman Adventure- The Ride 2. A simulated motion ride which we hoped was going to be a bit like Spiderman or, more optimistically (and overly so!) the Simpsons Ride at Universal Islands of Adventure.

In truth, it was like neither. It was rather older and more ‘primitive’ than that but was a good introduction, nonetheless.

From here, we decided to grab an early lunch (hotdogs) and then planned our day around the timed shows.

E tucks into a MovieWorld hot dog

E with Nik.... I mean, Shrek!

We had plans to watch the Hollywood Stunt Driver show, followed by a musical mystery show, in the main street, by the Scooby Doo gang. We killed a bit of time in the Looney Tunes zone before watching the stunt show. Very impressive it was too. A 15 minute show of wheel-spinning, tyre-burning action which everybody (especially E!) LOVED (and we recorded in full so you’re welcome to come round and watch it when (IF!) we get home!)

The Scooby Doo show was pretty good too. Some good character acting and the kids enjoyed it (also recorded, for those who REALLY want to be bored with not only our holiday photos but our videos too!)

After Scooby, it was time for ice cream before the parade.

The parade involved all the park characters and actors marching down the main street. We’d got a reasonable position (outside the Shrek 4D attraction, ready to join its queue after!) and saw everyone we needed/wanted to.

Him, Her, Wonder Woman and Flash!

"Duck Season!"

"Wabbit Season!"

Rooby Rooby Roooooooo

Rawwwrrrrr... I mean, catwoman!

Batman himself

The boys say hi to Batman!

Shrek

All in all we had a pretty great day (occasional (usually elder) child misbehaviour aside!) and the hit of the day was definitely the Road Runner (oh, LOADS of Road Runner themed stuff for fans…AWESOME (beep beep!)) Rollercoaster.

It was aimed at kids really but it was certainly faster and more furious than any kids rollercoaster I’ve seen. E didn’t hesitate to go on it but I did (wuss me!) so Nik went on with him. E LOVED it!! Totally and utterly and so much so that Nik (on a subsequent run – there were several!) recorded him. The resulting video is so funny that we just HAD to share it and you can see it here. The video hasn’t been compressed yet so it’s rather big but we just wanted to upload it. It’s ace!!

J did eventually get persuaded to go on too but only right before the end of the day and, when they all came off (J having loved it!) they couldn’t get on again as they’d closed the ride (boooooooooooo!) Typically too, their ride photos didn’t come out for that run so we didn’t even get a photo of them all on it! There’s video though – we’ll add it to the DVD

All in all we had a pretty great day. The sun was patchy with cloud but that was a good thing really as it gave us some shade during the heat of the day. We left at closing time. I guess that’s the sign of a good day out, eh?

“That’s All Folks!”