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timandlesley
The tag fairy may not but the Tag Genie does!!!
Registered: April 2004
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 5488Review Date: Mon April 27, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): cool spot on a hot day, fun theming for the kids Cons: n/a
This is one of our favorite "relaxing spots" at Hollywood Studios. On a hot day in Disney this is a great getaway where the kids can play in a shady area with water fountains and play equipment and the parents can watch, grab a drink and relax under the fans that are blowing. Our kids love the slides, spider webs and water areas here, we just love taking a seat and relaxing. It has never been overly crowded and always seems about 20 degrees cooler than the rest of the park on a hot day. If you have kids you have to check it out! 
SamIAm21
Mickey's New Fan
Always happy to try a new brew!
Next time, it's going to be corn for me
Registered: August 2005
Location: South of the Sears Tower
Posts: 3528Review Date: Tue April 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Good For Kids, Cons: Gets Crowded, very few places to sit. Feels Dirty and Creepy.
This is more of a personal thing for me, but I absolutely hate this area. It feels creepy and dirty, but I guess I'm supposed to be a bug and well bugs live very close to the dirt and everything probably looks creepy from their view.
My daughter does enjoy playing in there, but so many slides and tunnels lead to other areas of the play area and it becomes hard to keep track of your kids. It also gets very crowded in there with lots of screaming going on. **Headache alert**
I know for the most part WDW is a very safe place, but this is the one area where I really feel like I could lose track of my daughter. She's older now, so I'm getting a bit more comfortable in our ability to keep an eye on each other, but when she was little, this area gave me heart palpitations. I'd really rather skip, but she enjoys it, so I put up with it.
figment3258
DIS Veteran
Registered: January 2008
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 1541Review Date: Tue April 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Good to run around in Cons: can lose site of kids
This is a nice are to let kids just play. There are a lot of area's that the kids can get lost in though so make sure you really watch them.
Carolinagal 
Mouseketeer
Registered: July 2002
Posts: 390Review Date: Wed April 29, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great playground for kids Cons: Beware the exits -you WILL lose your kids
This playground is very imaginative and really does a lot of things well. It seems to recreate the movie scenes nicely, and the kids have a lot of fun playing on the over-sized objects.
I have two objections to this area - first, it always seems grimy, and in need of a power-washing or a large slathering of Purell. More troublesome, though, is the fact that the entrance and exit are not located within easy visual site of one another. You can tell a first-timer who are blithely sent their little one into the playground only to realize some minutes later that the exit is around the corner. As one of those panicky parents myself once upon a time, I always try to warn parents to go with their child, or at least station one on each exit point.
dpuck1998
I'm innocent I tell you...innocent! I've been framed!
Worlds second largest Miami Dolphin fan
Registered: April 2003
Location: Vicksburg, MI
Posts: 10297Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Secure entrance Cons: Big kids
A fun playground to blow off steam.
shmedly123
DIS Veteran
Registered: August 2007
Posts: 567Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great secondary attraction for little ones Cons: not so good for very little ones
I have 2 daughters and the 4 1/2yo absolutely loved this playground and didn't want to leave. There was too much "big" stuff that the 2 1/2yo wanted to go on but had troubles with. If your child is under 3 i would consider something else, but for that 3-6 range this attraction was great.
Shasta 
On list for Apple's assimilation upgrade to become iShasta
Registered: April 2005
Location: Flowood, Mississippi
Posts: 652Review Date: Thu April 30, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Kids LOVE it Cons: Get ready to loose your kids
This is a great place to allow kids to blow off some of the steam that can occur after having to slowly wait in line all day. My daughter loves this place and I can certainly understand why.
The main problem for us was that there is no way to keep up with your child. Within 5 minutes, my wife and I decided to post one of us at the entrance in order to ensure that she would walk out looking for us if/when she lost us or something worse. It is a great play area and each park should have it's own version.
DisneyRealist
Earning My Ears
Registered: May 2009
Posts: 38Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 2
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Nice playground for the little ones Cons: There's nothing to this if you're over the age of 6
This is a fun little playground . . . but . . . did you really spend a couple hundred bucks for the family to get in and your 4 year old could go to a playground?
There is surely a playground within a 15 minute walk from your house, I expect a little more excitement than a playground for my money.
This would have been a lot better realized as the line que for "Honey I shrunk the audience" at Epcot.
julezdisney
Boo to the b!
Registered: March 2008
Location: Midwest- Illinois
Posts: 2361Review Date: Fri May 1, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): The kids will love this attraction. Cons: Nerve-wracking for mothers.
I was very upset when, after waiting 20 minutes for this to open, I found out there was no movie!! LOLOL! So beware, the movie is over at EPCOT- the attraction is alone here at DHS, which I suppose makes sense as it's a movie-set style attraction.
The pictures I got of my kids and hubby playing with the giant props in this are are fantastic. Speaking for myself, it was annoying. I'd rather be doing some attractions than standing around wasting precious time. I also had heart attacks repeatedly as I kept losing sight of my kids.
My suggestion would be to tour this attraction on your second day of DHS, or while waiting for a fastpass window.
flyingcat2003
DIS Veteran
Registered: August 2006
Posts: 603Review Date: Sun May 3, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 5
Positive aspects of the product (pros): good place for kids Cons: can get lost
This is a good place for the kids to play and blow off steam but there are alot of places they can get lost in. Make sure you watch them.
jamnut24
Mouseketeer
Registered: March 2006
Location: Chicago
Posts: 83Review Date: Mon May 4, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 3
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Shady, one entrance/exit. Cons: Difficult to keep track of kids.
Every time we go to this park we find it difficult to round up the kids to leave. There are several good "hiding spots" with no good vantage point with line of sight to most of the park. I recommend trying to sneek by this attraction before your kids notice. It's just a park, after-all.
TravelingMatt
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2009
Posts: 38Review Date: Fri May 8, 2009 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Clever themeing Cons: Good for its time but outdated.
I think this should either be re-themed for A Bug's Life or removed. Honey I Shrunk The Kids is a distant memory for most people, if at all, at this point. A good location for another E-Ticket.
MJ6987
Mouseketeer
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 482Review Date: Sat May 9, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
Fun place for kids to chill out
Love2663
Mouseketeer
Registered: May 2009
Posts: 109Review Date: Tue May 19, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): excellent design and theming Cons: limited to a particular age group
When my children were young, they always wanted to visit this play area. It is mostly covered and has a few water spouts to help cool off in the Florida heat. There is not much for parents or older children to do but watch the younger ones play.
bsusanmb
DIS Veteran
Registered: July 2004
Location: Near Hershey PA
Posts: 2039Review Date: Sun June 7, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): a great down time for kids Cons: gets crowded, no where for old grannies to sit
Just like the Boneyard at AK, this is a great place for kids to let off steam. They can run and jump and play, and slide, it is great, and so imaginative
brookelizabeth
Jambo Wildbunch Gang
Registered: July 2006
Posts: 11146Review Date: Wed June 10, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Caters to all ages, unique Cons: HOT!
My 1 year old LOVES this area! When you enter, there is a smaller area to the left with a short slide, perfect for toddlers. There is a ramp, rather than stairs to get to the little slide, and nearby are some stairs that they can practice going up and down in. The whole area is pretty soft, so even if they fall down it won't hurt. We also explored the caves and, my goodness, there is so much in that area! There were older kids playing hide and seek-what a great area for that game! The theming is amazing in there.
The only negative I have is that it is HOT. If you have a little one who you still have to follow around on play areas, you will sweat. Some of the caves are short, so you'll be bent in half toddling through them! But, it really is fun and worth your time, energy and comfort.
miss missy
Is this the Dis Board Desperate Housewives Lane?
Will not be playing any reindeer games!
I was so freakin freaked out!
Registered: January 2005
Location: over hea' MISSING BAWB :(
Posts: 9549Review Date: Tue July 28, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): A/C break Cons:
The show is fun. It is kinda long but worth seeing if you dont have to wait too long.
uli
Earning My Ears
Registered: April 2012
Posts: 2Review Date: Wed April 4, 2012 Would you recommend the product? No | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 0
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons: it is an oven
Not a place where you want to be with kids. It is outside and enclosed with concrete walls, like an oven no air.
tehSAC
Mouseketeer
Registered: June 2011
Posts: 253Review Date: Fri January 4, 2013 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 6
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons:
Great place to let the kids let off some steam. Full of slides, tunnels, and climbing areas.
The play dough can actually smells like play dough, and watch out for the giant dog nose.
For the concerned parents who might think their children could run off there is only one entrance and exit. Stay near there and let them have fun.
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tinalynnstage
Earning My Ears
Registered: November 2011
Location: Michigan
Posts: 17Review Date: Fri January 4, 2013 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 7
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Cons: It closes early
We often miss playing here because it closes early. My son did enjoy it on the one time we made it in time. However, it was very crowded and difficult to keep track of your child.
belle41379
Disney is my happy place.
Registered: January 2003
Posts: 981Review Date: Mon February 4, 2013 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8
Positive aspects of the product (pros): Great place for kids to play Cons: Hard to keep track of more than one child with so many hiding places
This is a fun area, but be very aware of your kids. There are a lot of hiding places, and it is very easy to loose track of where they have gone, especially when it's busy.
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