August 19th - Moved to POFQ and a brush with a large group of celebrities.
So this was the day we moved back to our home. I always like arriving at the resort on the bus and hearing the announcement that finishes with "Welcome Home".
We had everything packed up the night before so there wasn't a lot to worry about in the morning. We had breakfast at the hotel and packed up the car. Our first stop was at a Publix in order to replenish our stock. Surprisingly enough I had convinced both Pooksma and Declan to try beef jerky and they decided they liked it. Declan liked it so much that we needed more. So we picked that up and a few more snacks and jumped back on the road for the short drive to WDW.
I gave the camera to Pooksma so that she could get the gates as we drove through. Since we never drive ourselves, this was going to be a first. Before that she told Declan to look cool.
Soon enough we spotted this:
Followed by this:
We made it to POFQ by 11 am, check in was quick but the room wasn't ready. We left our bags at the baggage claim and headed for the Car Care Center to gas up and return the car. By noon, we were in a National Rent-a-Car shuttle heading for DHS.
We were in the park by 12:30 or so and noticed that the tow truck was back. It wasn't there at Christmas and this has been a traditional picture for us. We quickly grabbed a new picture.
Here is the picture that started it all.
As we started up the street, these guys were coming behind us so we waited for them to go by.
We had our first Ferb sighting
and then we decided to check on the wait times for Rock N Rollercoaster and Tower of Terror.
Too long and fast passes were for late in the day so we headed towards the other side of the park. I took some pictures along the way. Hands up if you are surprised.
we ended up at Star Tours and decided to go stand-by in a 40 minute wait.
Not sure what this look was about.
Something didn't seem to fit the theme in this picture.
The line was long and hot, a Jedi Training Academy started up while we were in line.
As we made it up to the building we noticed a group of people with camera and lights following a group. They were all waiting to get on the ride but were stopped in the fast pass entrance as we went by. This group of celebrities would pass us shortly while we waited in line and Declan got to high five all of them. There were over 50 of them, here is a picture with Declan, see if you can figure out who they were.
That's it for now, more later.