Mickey's Golf Cart at Oak Trail

Amanda in the Mickey Golf Cart, originally uploaded by Amanda Perez-Carroll(amandavisualzen).

Mickey parked his golf cart out near the practice putting area today. Since he was off getting ready to tee I jumped in this cart while Norwood snapped a photo.

Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach

Amanda at Typhoon Lagoon, originally uploaded by amandavisualzen.

If you have ever been in Florida in the summer you will know that it is HOT! The best place to spend the sweltering daytime hours are at the two water parks Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach. Just make sure to have sun screen! Here is a couple of photos from our recent trip….
Disney World Water Parks.

Happy Summer!

Stayin Alive A Tribute to the Bee Gees

Starts this week and I will bring you the highlights tomorrow here on Mouse Beat.

Mouse Beat is on Summer Vacation

Hello Mouse Beat readers. Posts here at Mouse Beat are going to be a little more sporadic because we are on summer vacation. But please be sure to check our information pages and read about our previous adventures in Disney World.

Have a fantastic summer vacation everyone. :)
Amanda, Norwood and Maverick (The Mouse Beat family)

Pirates of the Caribbean Battle for Buccaneer Gold – Disney Quest

Well 4 out of 5 kids will tell you that I have saved the best game at Disney Quest for last… Pirates of the Caribbean Battle for Buccaneer Gold. Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold is located on the first floor of Disney Quest. It is a virtual reality ride where you board a boat and you have to move around your ship to fire cannons at pirate ships so they will sink and you can take their gold. At the end in order to keep your gold you need to defeat the Captain.

Norwood and I played along with a father and daughter. Norwood was our Captain and as such he was in charge of driving the boat close enough to the other pirate ships so the rest of us the gunners, could shoot our cannons at the other pirate ships in hopes that they would sink and we would be able to take their gold. Norwood was a great driver we were able to take so much gold from pirates and only once were we attacked by a sea monster. But then just as we were all about to sail into the sunset with our gold the Pirate Captain came over with his ghost ship and tried to steal our gold! With our expert gunners we were able to defeat the Pirate Captain and keep our gold.

Disney Quest is a cool place if you like video games. What we noticed is that it is a favorite place of teenagers and kids who do not want to walk around the rest of Downtown Disney with their parents. We had fun but man can those kids play!

Cyber Space Mountain – Disney Quest

Cyber Space Mountain is really neat. It is a game where you create your own roller coaster then you take the card that your roller coaster is saved on over to a roller coaster tester where you can ride the roller coaster you created.

Norwood and I gave this a go. While designing our roller coaster we took into consideration my condition… “ride chicken.” Yes there are many roller coasters that I have refused to ride again after just one ride (Everest in Animal Kingdom for example) so we wanted to make sure that you made a roller coaster that was “Amanda friendly.” We did not choose too many upside down or really curvy turns and we set our speed to “Easy Does It.” What we ended up with was a roller coaster rated 3 crying children out of five which means at if our roller coaster was tested by children 3 out of 5 would be crying by the end. I am happy to report that it was in fact “Amanda Friendly” in fact I think we could have made it a little faster and maybe even threw in a few more upside loops. What is really neat about this game is that after you tested the roller coaster you created you can then watch a video (which is for sale at the Guest Gallery) of you riding your coaster. It was hilarious to see the funny faces we made while riding our coaster.

Create Zone- Disney Quest

Create Zone is located on the second floor and there are many things that you can create, purchase or ride. If you are a music fan you can head over to the Radio Disney SongMaker. You sit inside a booth and create music using a computer. Buy the time you are done you will have a custom CD that you can purchase to take home with you. This was a really popular stop in the create zone each time I walked by all the booths were filled with teens and kids creating their own CDs.

For those Disney fans you love Disney animation you will enjoy the Animation Academy. You sit in front of a virtual easel for a 30 minute class that will show you step by step how to draw your favorite Disney characters.

Another fun activity on the second floor is the Sid’s Create-A-Toy. This you stand in front of a virtual toy maker and begin to design your own toy and when you are done you can walk over to the Guest Gallery where you can purchase that same toy you created.

The most popular activity on the Create Zone floor is the Cyber Space Mountain which I will tell you about tomorrow…