This was the day we had originally devoted to be our Hollywood Studios day, but after our successful hopping around yesterday, we did that again this day. Hollywood Studios opened at 9 today, but we were actually a little late getting going this morning. At 8:30, we stopped in at the lobby to take a picture with this Christmas tree.
Our fastpasses this day were Toy Story Mania (10:05-11:05) Star Tours (11:05-12:05) and Tower of Terror (12:20-1:20.) Since we missed the opening rush, we decided to start our day with some characters.
We then decided to meet BB8, character #2.
I don't remember how long Chewbacca's line was by now, but we decided to leave the Launch Bay and try again later. As leaving, Littlecjc noticed that Jake had hardly no line, so character #3, became Jake.
While I was still riding FOP, Patrick decided to take the begging Littlecjc over to her favorite "circle boats" for a ride (or two) on Kali River Rapids, attraction #11, and 12. There was hardly anyone in the park, let alone on this attraction this late so they rode straight through twice. I think Littlecjc then remembered about the safari ride and she asked dad to take her. It was getting close to closing by now so they headed towards the entrance and called me a few times to let me know what was going on before eventually making their way into the attraction where they sat on the last jeep of the night waiting for anyone that might run in at the last minute. This worked out great for me, because when I got out of FOP, I saw the missed calls and messages and started power walking as fast as possible. I tried calling back a few times, but I never got an answer. I just kept walking as fast as I could hoping that I would make it before a castmember told me to turn around due to park closing. As I hustled to the ride entrance the castmembers standing there told me I made it and that the jeep with my family was still waiting at the loading area. Sure enough, they were just sitting there and I think one family may have even entered after me. We were laughing about our evening and even joking about how we probably wouldn't even see anything on this evening safari, but it was actually great and this Kilimanjaro Safari was attraction #13. The lions were very vocal and being the only jeep out, our castmember really took his time. Littlecjc also decided that hearing the lions was all she really needed, as she passed out just after seeing them. This was actually a really fun way to end the night, and I'll probably remember this for a really long time.
We may have spent more time hopping today, but for this point in our Disney trip and our overall Disney journey it was a perfect day for us. We still took in 13 attractions and 9 characters.
Our fastpasses this day were Toy Story Mania (10:05-11:05) Star Tours (11:05-12:05) and Tower of Terror (12:20-1:20.) Since we missed the opening rush, we decided to start our day with some characters.
9:00
When we made it to the park, we went to the Star Wars Launch Bay where we met Kylo Ren, character #1.
We then decided to meet BB8, character #2.
I don't remember how long Chewbacca's line was by now, but we decided to leave the Launch Bay and try again later. As leaving, Littlecjc noticed that Jake had hardly no line, so character #3, became Jake.
10:00
We started to make our way to Toy Story Mania, but decided to stop off first for one more character meet and greet with Star Lord and Baby Groot, characters #4 & 5.
After a quick look at the Toy Story Land model, we moved on to Toy Story Mania, attraction #1.
With a little time available before we could use our next faspass, we gave in to Littlecjc's wants of some ice cream. This time we chose the Mickey shaped sandwich.
11:00
After our snack, we made our way over to Star Tours, attraction #2 where we used our second fastpass.
I think I mentioned in last week's post how Littlecjc was enthralled with the Jedi Training show this trip. So, since we were here, we decided to stop in at Backlot for some lunch where we could easily watch the show again.
12:00
With lunch out of the way and a little time before our next fp, we decided to take a look at the single rider line for Rock'n Roller Coaster. We stopped along the way for these fun pictures.
Sometimes, the single rider line here is hard to tell what kind of wait you've got, but we decided to take a chance and it worked out. I rode first while obtaining a rider swap and then we switched allowing Patrick to ride. So Rock'n Roller Coaster was attraction #3 & 4.
1:00
By the time we were both done with this ride, we were well into our allotted time for our next fastpass at Tower of Terror. Littlecjc decided that she did not want to ride this today, so I rode it thinking that maybe she would want to follow. She did not, so my solo ride on Tower of Terror was attraction #5.
Instead of getting on the ride, Littlecjc did have some fun in the gift shop.
With all the rides done, it was time for a few more characters. We headed back to the Disney Jr area and met with Pluto, character #6.
Sofia, character #7
and Doc McStuffins, character #8
2:00
We made it through all those quickly, so we made our way inside the Star Wars Launch Bay and discovered the wait was much better now so we met Chewie, character #9.
We were feeling pretty accomplished at this point, and debating our options when we realized that Disney Jr Live was about to begin. We asked Littlecjc and she said yes, so we decided to head in and decide from there, which made
Disney Jr Live, attraction #6.
This is a cute show, especially for young ones, but there is one major downside....the only seating is the ground.
3:00
After the show, we decided to hit up Starbucks to re hydrate. With drinks in hand we were able to watch the March of the First Order pass by before making our way back to Star Tours where we were able to visit with a dear friend that was working the gift shop.
After our visit, we decided to hop on a bus headed to Epcot.
4:00
While entering at Epcot, a nice guest that was leaving handed us a rider swap pass that we decided to immediately use for Test Track, attraction #7.
5:00
At some point, I believe while still at Hollywood Studios, we were able to pick up fastpasses for Soarin, attraction #8.
Somehow, on our previous days at Animal Kingdom, we had acquired two rider swap passes for Flight of Passage that were only good through today. Not wanting them to go to waste, we decided to hop on another bus and travel to Animal Kingdom.
6:00 - 7:00
Upon arriving, we headed straight to Animal Kingdom where Patrick rode first and then we swapped, making Flight of Passage, attraction #9 and 10.
While I was still riding FOP, Patrick decided to take the begging Littlecjc over to her favorite "circle boats" for a ride (or two) on Kali River Rapids, attraction #11, and 12. There was hardly anyone in the park, let alone on this attraction this late so they rode straight through twice. I think Littlecjc then remembered about the safari ride and she asked dad to take her. It was getting close to closing by now so they headed towards the entrance and called me a few times to let me know what was going on before eventually making their way into the attraction where they sat on the last jeep of the night waiting for anyone that might run in at the last minute. This worked out great for me, because when I got out of FOP, I saw the missed calls and messages and started power walking as fast as possible. I tried calling back a few times, but I never got an answer. I just kept walking as fast as I could hoping that I would make it before a castmember told me to turn around due to park closing. As I hustled to the ride entrance the castmembers standing there told me I made it and that the jeep with my family was still waiting at the loading area. Sure enough, they were just sitting there and I think one family may have even entered after me. We were laughing about our evening and even joking about how we probably wouldn't even see anything on this evening safari, but it was actually great and this Kilimanjaro Safari was attraction #13. The lions were very vocal and being the only jeep out, our castmember really took his time. Littlecjc also decided that hearing the lions was all she really needed, as she passed out just after seeing them. This was actually a really fun way to end the night, and I'll probably remember this for a really long time.
We may have spent more time hopping today, but for this point in our Disney trip and our overall Disney journey it was a perfect day for us. We still took in 13 attractions and 9 characters.
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