120 Rides on Test Track at Walt Disney World (January 2018)

Disney World By The Numbers

Being a numbers person, here are the statistics I kept track of my visit to Walt Disney World.

PARKS:

Epcot: 12 visits

Attractions and shows:

Test Track - 95 rides + 25 from April = 120 total times

Mission Space Green- 2

Soarin’

Frozen

China 360 Film

Illuminations Fireworks 

Animal Kingdom: 7 visits 

Attractions and shows:

Avatar Flight of Passage - 8

Safari - 6

Expedition Everest - 2

Na'vi River Journey - 2

Dinosaur 

Festival of the Lion King

Rivers of Light Show

Hollywood Studios: 5 visits

Attractions and shows:
Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular - 2

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!

Star Tours

Muppet*Vision 3D

Toy Story Midway Mania!

Beauty and the Beast - Live on Stage

Fantasmic!

Magic Kingdom : 3 visits

Attractions and shows:

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad -2

Happily Ever After - Fireworks - 2

Pirates of the Caribbean 

Peter Pan's Flight

Haunted Mansion 

The Hall of Presidents

Total Park Visits - 27

Total attractions and shows - 139

Jet Blue Plane Flight $300

All Star Sports Resort with Cast Member 40% off discount $502 - 7 night stay 

Food and Merchandise - $446.70

Saved $37.18

Disney World does not give AP discounts for food.

Total cost of trip: $1248 - $37.18 = $1211.52

Disney World: Day 6

Day 6: January 21st.

Started the day at Epcot. Wanted to see if I can get in some rides on Test Track. Arrived at 8:58am. I was able to get in 14 rides before I left at 1:30pm. That put me at a total of 89. I also got photos with my new Friends, Lacey O. and Lee G. Took the boat that runs from Epcot to Hollywood Studios. It makes stops along the way at Boardwalk and the Swan and Dolphin Resort. Even with the stops, it only took 20 minutes. 

When I got to Hollywood Studios I went straight to the Indiana Jones Stunt Show. It was pretty good. A lot of action and explosions. After, I took a couple shots by Rock 'n' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror. This will probably be my last visit on this trip. 

I took the bus over to Epcot. I got to Test Track at 4:55pm. The single rider line was 25 minutes. I was at 91 at 6:14pm. I got a photo with Allie S. 

I reached 97 by 7:30pm. I took a 15 minute break and got a selfie with Melissa and Tori. Then I got on 2 more ride to reach 99. This was by 8:30pm.

I went on RELAUNCHED! Mission: SPACE. The 2nd time on this trip. I had a FastPass to use. 

I came back to Test Track. They let me be in the last car for the night. At 9:25pm, I got my 100th ride on Test Track. And the crew stayed around after to get a group photo with me. They are a great bunch of cast members and my friends. I love them all. 

Group photo 

Lacey

Lee


Boat to Hollywood Studios 


Indiana Jones 




Tower

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

Allie

Tori and Melissa

Disney World: Days 4 and 5

Day 4: January 19th.

My friend Krystle M. Took me to the Property Store. This is a store for cast members. But they can take their friends with them. The one in California is called Company D. The one here in Florida is at least twice as big. I got a couple shirts and stuff for friends back home. I got to Animal Kingdom at about 11:15am. I was able to ride Flight of Passage for the 6th time. It is such a great ride.

I arrived at Epcot at 1:45pm and headed straight to Test Track. I got on 12 times to bring my total to 68. I was able to visit briefly with a couple of my friends that work the ride. Jessi W., Katie S., and Kat. I also got a photo with the original car number one. It is off the track and on display. I took the bus to watch the Magic Kingdom’s Happily Ever After Fireworks. It was pretty good. But it was also very packed.

I ended the night by going to Disney Springs. It is Florida’s Downtown Disney. But about 3 times as big. I got some pins for my friends at the Disney Pin Trader Store. As I was walking to catch the bus, a girl yelled out my name. It was Rikki A. She is friends with Sarah G., one of my favorite Cast Members. It was great to meet her. I got to bed by 11:30pm.

Day 5: January 19th.

Met my friend Tina B., at Animal Kingdom. We were able to go on Flight of Passage twice. I saw Chett working the ride. It has been hard for me to get locked into the chair. I need to lose weight before I come in the future to ride. As we  were leaving we ran into my friend Jessica and her “posse” for the trip. Great to see them one more time. Tina and I went in the Safari Tour. This was the first day, I was able to get a great shot of the 5 day old baby Hippo. Too cute.

We then went on Dinosaur. To me, the ride is too dark and is more bumpy than Indiana Jones at Disneyland. We got to Epcot at 1:12 pm. We went on Test Track. Tina left to fly back to California after the 2nd time I got on the ride. Once I got back in line, the ride broke down. Some of the crew blamed me. I get this all the time at Racers. So why not here. While I waited for the ride to come back up, I went on Mission Space: Relaunch. The new green flys around the world instead of going to Mars. It was pretty cool.

I also went to visit with my new friend Rikki A., working at guests relations outside of Epcot. 

I got back to Test Track and got 5 more rides to reach the 75 mark. I got photos with Justine, Andrea, Melissa and Victoria. As I was walking out of the park I saw Rikki again and got a selfie with her. I took the boat to Hollywood Studios. I went there to see the Star Wars Fireworks. It was pretty good. I also got to see my friend Lindsay one more time. We got to visit for a little bit before the fireworks show. It was pretty good. 

Only 2 and a half days to go. Will I reached 100 at Test Track. We will see. 

The 75th Test Track Ride. 

Property Store 

Chett 

Jessi

Katie

Melissa and Kat 

Disney Pin Trader store

Krystle 

Me on far left holding my hand up

Jessica’s Posse 

Rikki

Melissa and Tori

Justine and Andrea

Rikki

Lindsay

 

Sarah Michelle Gellar

You know I most certainly needed to do a blog about my favorite actress. This is the first time that Sarah Michelle Gellar has ever gone to a convention. Even during the Buffy The Vampire days, she never did any photographs or signings. So when I saw she was going to be at the Star Wars Celebration, I had to sign up for a photo and autograph. This could be my only chance ever. My friends Heather and Jon also came to the Celebration. They only came to get the photo and autograph. Also to visit the Disney World Resort while they're in Orlando. Like Amos and I are going to see starting tomorrow night.

Amos and I got to the Convention Center at 6:30am. We got in the queue to the showroom floor. They started letting people onto the floor at 10am. I went straight to the Photo and Autograph hall. I waited there until they called us into the line for Sarah at 11:30am. At noon they started letting people in to get photos with her. When it was my turn, I said  "hi". Sarah also said, "hi". After the photo I thanked her and she said, "your welcome". Heather and Jon got there photo right after me. I also got the download besides the hard copy photo. We then got into the line for the autograph. She was not signing until 2pm, but they let us line up at 1pm. She starting signing at 2pm. A bunch of us in line sang her Happy Birthday. When it was my turn to have my photo autographed, I also wished her a Happy Birthday. She thanked me. She saw our photo and said, "that a good picture". I said, "because she was in the photo". She said "awe".

Today was a dream come true for this fan. Feel very blessed to have gotten this opportunity. I will treasure this moment the rest of my life.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

 

Sarah before signing autographs 

My photo after Sarah signing

 

My friends Jon and Heather