Walt Disney Studios

Today I thought I'd chat to you about the general park experience at Walt Disney Studios, the Park adjacent to Disneyland which is more Disney themed. 

You'll notice in this post that I have nowhere near as many photos of this park, and that can be fully attributed to two things. One, there's just not as much to photograph here. Sad but true, this park isn't quite up there with Disneyland in picture-perfectness. Secondly, the park is fairly poorly designed, instead of spreading out the rides, attractions, and photo-ops, they're mostly crammed together, leaving the rest of the park fairly empty, with just the live shows and a few of the 'scarier' rides, that don't have giant queues or anything visual around it. What this means is that the areas that had all the good design features that I wanted to photograph, were so busy I couldn't get any decent photos, which was a shame. There is a bit of footage in the vlog though!

This dodgy layout also meant that this was a less enjoyable park to be in, partly because the good areas were so rammed with people it was hard to move without going into the back of someone who stopped for no reason, or getting hit in the head with a selfie stick.

 There's not as much ride-wise in this park to appeal to small kids, the majority of the rides are definitely a bit scarier, and more appropriate for the older, thrill seekers of the group. There are a ton of live shows though that are definitely more geared up for the little ones. We found our group was split down the middle, my dad, my boyfriend, my sister and her boyfriend all wanted to be in this park, riding the terrifying coasters, whilst my mum and I ended up waiting around for them a lot, since we aren't really scary ride people! 

All this being said, the park has some seriously awesome rides in it. The Ratatouille ride is fantastic, a 3d ride experience which genuinely makes you feel like a mouse being chased around a kitchen. Unfortunately for us, the fast pass machines for this ride were out of action, and the wait time never dropped below an hour. we decided that instead of missing out completely, we'd join the single riders queue, which meant we were all on the ride in 5 minutes. The carts actually go round in threes, so chances are you'll still go around with your group, just in separate carts. My parents actually ended up in the same one by a stroke of luck, so providing you aren't with small kids this is a great option.

That doesn't work for all the rides though, we all split up one afternoon to do our own thing, and my sister and her boyfriend joined the single rider queue for Crush's Coaster (seriously awesome ride, but quite vicious and scary, not for the little ones!), and ended up queuing for 45 minutes, only 10 minutes less than if they'd joined the normal queue, so it's worth taking the estimated weight times with a pinch of salt. 

The big thing that happened in this park, is I somehow got strong armed into going on my first ever rollercoaster with a loop in. I'm not really sure how it happened but I suddenly found myself strapped into a car on the Rock'n'Rollercoaster, which boasts a starting 'launch' from 0-60mph in 3 seconds, a full loop, and a barrel roll or two chucked in for good measure. I should mention that the whole thing happens in the dark, with the sounds of Aerosmith blaring through the speakers. In all honesty, the wait and getting on the ride was worse than the ride itself, but I still rode the entire ride with my eyes squeezed firmly shut, and my hand cutting off the circulation in my boyfriends. My dad actually bought the photo because he thought it was so hilarious. Parents hey. I've included the photo for your amusement. As you can see, there is pure joy in my dad, sister and boyfriends faces, and pure horror in mine.

Attractive, huh?

Bad layout choices aside, this park is great, but you couldn't spend more than a day here! There's much less going on here than in the Disneyland park! 

Don't miss: Crush's Coaster, Ratatouille, Rock'n'Rollercoaster