"Sergzilla's Homecoming. Part 3"

My mother and stepdad seemed so cutting edge when I was a youngin when it came to computers and tech. I guess it was all in my mind or perhaps they simply haven't really kept up with the times. I mean they both have and love their Apple products. They may well rival me in that regard. Yet they have this expensive ass cable that they pay $170.00 a month for. I tried to explain to them about all the free apps they could get and free content they could access. Keep in mind I sent my mother a video cam many moons ago and she never hooked it up because she lost it. I ended up on Valentines day just going out to Target and buying her a Roku. Its a newer model so I'm sure it has more features then mine. With the Roku they can access hundreds if not thousands of apps. Many that allow you to watch free movies and tv shows. The news apps you can also access for free. It only cost 24 bucks. I left a Vudu streaming stick for Joshuazilla in his old room but he's already lost the freaking remote which means he can't do diddly with the stick. Meanwhile I'm on the fence about buying Miss Big Nose a firestick because she also has apparently lost her technology super powers.

Once I had my mind set on going to Disneyworld it was a done deal even when I considered the possibility of doing something else. It just felt right you know? I didn't expect it to be so damn expensive though. Anything even remotely Disney related is costly but man....! The food is pretty high too but I'll get to that. Eddie (my step dad and Joshuas father) dropped us off around mid day and we took a short walk to the entrance where I purchased our entry tickets. Gotta make a mental note that next time I go back its cheaper to just buy a pass for a few days instead of just for one day. Thinking about going back and surprising Joshuazilla for his birthday so I better start saving up moolah.

There were a bunch of areas themed after countries. Japan. China. Mexico. Norway. France. I had no idea the place was so big (40 acres!) and only now am I realizing we missed out on some cool attractions. The first attraction we headed to had a looooong line so we decided to go somewhere else but that ride had a long wait too. But since we were already there I just figured we'd wait it out. It was basically a race car simulation. There was this multimedia interface that allows you to design your own car. Joshuazilla seemed to have more fun with this. I'm not really a car person although I do enjoy the occasional Mario Kart race and the legendary Gran Turismo will always have a special place in my heart (license tests aside of course)  When you're done making your dream racer you get in this roller coaster type car which races you (often at breakneck speed) thru a series of on rails scenarios. First you enter a cool kinda psychedelic tunnel. Its mostly dark but theres neon lights going on and they try to scare you by almost running into some oncoming vehicles. Its all pretty tame until the end where you are thrown onto this racetrack looking scenario where they really pour on the speed. I was filming the entire time holding my camera with one hand much of the time. Its a true miracle I didn't drop it.

We went over to a Mexican themed place with some Aztec pyramids. Always have loved pyramids. Then we went on a kinda lame boat ride thing. I say it was lame mostly because of how slow it was. There was a Frozen attraction that featured a boat ride which was much more entertaining. That I filmed almost in its entirety. I think because he's had to binge watch Disney films with his daughter Joshuazilla has become a Disney cartoon aficionado. I still can't believe he'd never seen or heard of Big Hero Six until I put it on for him at the house. Big Hero Six is loosely based on the Marvel comic about a group of Japanese superheroes. A few of whom were (in the comics) mutants. But when the move came out Marvel/Disney couldn't make movies about mutant anythings because they didn't own the movie rights for X-men stuff. (Now they do) There was a cool video exhibit about China that we checked out as well as one for Japan. You just stand in this huge room and its like a gigantic 360 degree screen shows a video about the history and culture. The whole time we kept talking about the fireworks that were gonna happen later. Joshuazilla really didn't seem interested because mainly I didn't think he wanted to be out there at 9pm. Honestly time flew by incredibly fast and before we knew it we were sitting down eating and it was dark outside.