Mechanical Amusements

I was going through both cameras as their SD cards were full and forgot I planned on filming a cohesive trip video of the Disney Magic. Didn't quite line up or get done in all the same style, but I absolutely love these Disney Cruises and needed to relive the one from this year. We got to eat at all three rotation restaurants. First night was Lumiere's which is basically just Be Our Guest from Magic Kingdom. Second and third night was at Animator's Palette. Our first time at Animator's was their normal menu, but the second time was for the ship's "Pirate Night" so they served different food and had a separate show that played in that venue. Fourth night was my personal favorite food wise and show wise...Rapunzel's Royal Table! I wasn't impressed with the other two restaurants food (probably because I kept ordering steak and everytime it was mid) so at Rapunzel's I got a seafood pasta! We got to stop in Nassau and Castaway Cay for some amazing beaches and snorkeling! We booked a third party for the Nassau day to go to their private Island called Pearl Island! They were fantastic and provided us some great food and much needed relaxation! Castaway Cay is the main reason to do a Disney Cruise over any other. Snorkeling in the ocean to find hidden retired ride vehicles! Not to mention the adults only Serenity Bay! It just overlooks an endless crystal clear ocean! The Disney Magic also offers two White Water slides. Both fairly basic models but operate much better/smoother than some of their counterparts. You have a drop box into a 270° helix and the family serpentine body slide. The Disney Magic also offers other amazing things that I didn't record (or couldn't record) such as their live theater shows like Twice Charmed which is up there with Fantasmic and WaterWorld for live performance theme park shows! #disneycruiseline #Disney #disneycruise #disneymagic #Bahamas #🇧🇸 #Nassau #Castawaycay #whitewaterwest

Zen ride on Kali River Rapids on a cold morning! The calm ambiance makes this such a good ride to start off with at Disney's Animal Kingdom! #kaliriverrapids #Kali #dak #disneyworld #disneysanimalkingdom #animalkingdom #intamin

#nerdshot of the middle apparatus of the Luminous barges! While this show is nowhere near the technical and mechanical level that Harmonious was, this hidden middle piece that raises and lowers then shoots out fireworks a sporadic fashion is quite impressive! #luminousthesymphonyofus #luminous #epcot #epcotfireworks #mechanicalengineering #fireworks #🎆 #wdw #waltdisney #waltdisneyworld #disneyworld #disney

Epcot feels like a whole new park now! The new front plaza makes Epcot feel communal which is the original vision for Epcot by Walt Disney! Yesterday was such a unique experience getting to rediscover my favorite park in the country! While the crowds were crazy and we camped out for 3 hours, Luminous was well worth it! It truly was Illuminations mixed with Harmonious and it was beautiful! #luminousthesymphonyofus #luminous #epcot #wdw #guardiansofthegalaxy #guardians #vekoma #lsm #launchcoaster #guardiansofthegalaxycosmicrewind #waltdisneyworld #waltdisney #Disney #moana #moanajourneyofwater

With Luminous opening night being today, let's look back on the brilliance that was Harmonious! This show was definitely different and took a couple of watches to fully grasp the depth of its message. The finale being a sad song is very different for a Disney firework show, but Someday works perfectly as this shows finale! #Harmonious #epcot #epcotfireworks #luminous #luminousthesymphonyofus

While everyone was trying the Pickle Milkshake at Food & Wine, I was trying the not so talked about Unnecessarily Spicy wings! This was easily the spicest theme park food I've tried. I'm the type of person who loves spicy things and purposes goes out the way for the spicest things...these wings got to me! #epcot #foodandwine #foodandwinefestival #wdw #waltdisneyworld #disneyworld #disney #guardiansofthegalaxy #guardians

If a splash pad needs a virtual queue so should everything. Theme parks are just too crowded to allow any standby wait for anything! #epcot #disneyworld #wdw #moana #moanajourneyofwater #guardians #guardiansofthegalaxy #vekoma #lsm #launchcoaster #🎢

This was the last showing ever for Shimmering Seas, the 25th anniversary Fireworks on the Disney Cruise Lines! WDW's 50th and the Disney 100th celebration shows took the spotlight, but Shimmering Seas was quite amazing! Especially seeing these in the middle of the ocean with no other lights in the distance! #disneycruise #disneycruiseline #disneycruise25 #cruiseship #Disney #🎆

Now that Harmonious and Wonderous Journeys are gone, this my favorite currently operating show at any park! Boo to You goes so hard! #bootoyou #bootoyouparade #mickeysnotsoscary #mickeysnotsoscaryhalloweenparty #notsoscary #magickingdom #mk #wdw #waltdisneyworld #waltdisneyworldresort #🎃

The finale of the Not-So-Scary Spectacular firework show at Magic Kingdom! #notsoscary #mickeysnotsoscaryhalloweenparty #mickeysnotsoscary #magickingdom #wdw #mk #waltdisneyworldresort #waltdisneyworld #🎃

This was made and posted at the request of my fiancée #epcot #guardiansofthegalaxy #guardiansofthegalaxycosmicrewind #wdw #waltdisneyworldresort #waltdisneyworld

My rankings for all songs used for both Guardians rides (not including the holiday overlays). I think we can all agree on #SeptemberSupremacy! #guardiansofthegalaxycosmicrewind #guardiansofthegalaxy #gotg #disney #disneyland #disneyworld #epcot #dca #disneyscaliforniaadventure #wdw #dlr

Airtime on a dark ride?! Radiator Springs Racers is an amazing upgrade of the Test Track system at Epcot! Dueling tracks and airtime hills make this a must do at California Adventure even if the wait is 90-120 minutes all day. Buying a $20 (per person) Lightning Lane was definitely worth it to skip that line! #radiatorsprings #radiatorspringsracers #disneyscaliforniaadventure #californiaadventure #dca #disneyland

#incredicoaster at sunset! #disneyscaliforniaadventure #californiaadventure #dca #dlr #disneyland #intamin #lim #launchcoaster #🎢 The footage came out shaky despite the mount. This was the first time I used a vertical mount on the wrist attachment. Probably a bad coaster to test it out on since Incredicoaster does have some rough patches, but I still wanted to post it as the sunset was perfection!

Arctic Rescue @seaworldsandiego is an amazing new addition to the park! Definitely a step up from previous Intamin straddle coasters such as Wave Breaker at Seaworld San Antonio. Arctic Rescue is surprisingly long and more intense than I expected to be! #arcticrescue #intamin #straddlecoaster #tirelaunch #seaworld #seaworldsandiego

Here's another one of my every so often NL2 builds. I sometimes get bored and have the software randomly generate terrain and try to make a terrain coaster off the provided hills. I'm working on the theming still but the layout is complete. When finished, there will be 2 dark ride sections. #nolimits #nolimits2 #nl2 #macklaunchcoaster #mackrides

Group 1 Tron Experience, but nothing is cut from the time I get on I-4 until I get to Tron's plaza. You have two hours to use your boarding group once it's been called. There's an hour late window now, but after that, it expires until Guardians. Being that this park is so ridiculously hard to get to, Tron boarding groups are the most stressful yet. #tronlightcyclerun #tron #tronlightcyclepowerrun #vekoma #lsm #launchcoaster #disneyworld #wdw #waltdisneyworld

No context...if you know, you know #adamwarlock #guardiansofthegalaxy #guardians #epcot

All hail using Group 1 over 10 hours after it expired! #guardians #guardiansofthegalaxy #cosmicrewind #epcot #wdw

#IronGwazi @buschgardens! #rmc #rockymountainconstruction #hybrid #gwazi #bgt #buschgardens #buschgardenstampa