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TheLittleKatie
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OMG, he needs bed rails on the side of the bed that you use for little kids!
Haha YES!
That's okay. I'd never heard "I'm pulley" before either.
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TheLittleKatie
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Day 13
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 1 – Boarding Pass or BUST!
GOOD MORNING RECRUITS.
This was probably my favourite day of the whole trip!!!
And what a long day it was.
We got up at 6am to try our luck at getting a boarding pass for the brand new Rise of the Resistance attraction at Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge!
This was February 2020 and it had only just opened in December, so the whole boarding pass thing was new to us (and everyone else).
I’d done a lot of reading in preparation!
At the time of our trip, you had to be scanned into the park and refreshing the My Disney Experience app at 8am ON THE DOT for any chance at all of getting on this ride!
Then we left the room at 6:50am!
We waited only 5 or 10 minutes for a bus, and we were pulling into Hollywood Studios at 7:20am!
There were already a lot of people at the entrance, oh my goodness!
The fact that everybody was here for the exact same reason made me super excited, but also a bit sad for the people who had made the effort to be here to potentially not get a boarding pass.
We got past bag check and through the tapstiles, and decided to just hang out in front of the Chinese Theatre until the drama started at 8am.
The previous night I’d read on the DIS that there were a couple of different methods for being successful, so Jamie and I mixed it up a bit.
I was on the wifi, and would have the app closed then open it up at 8am and try to join.
Jamie was using mobile data, and would have the app open, refreshing the ‘join boarding group’ page.
I was super excited and kept opening the app and shutting it down again, way before 8am!
Then at like 30 seconds to 8am there was an announcement…
Fingers at the ready…
And at about 5 seconds to 8am, people around us started cheering!
HECK!
Jamie had been frantically refreshing the page but his boarding group button was still greyed out…
I quickly closed my app and restarted it…
I saw the Mickey fireworks page…
I clicked the Star Wars section on the main page…
And BOOM.
ONE BOARDING GROUP PLEASE!
I selected myself and Jamie, confirmed, and we got Boarding Group 44!!!
WOOO!
I was so thrilled because boarding groups 1-60 are ‘guaranteed boarding groups’, meaning you’re guaranteed to ride today, and if for whatever reason the ride has a complete meltdown, you get a return time for the next day instead.
But anything after boaring group 60 is considered a ‘back up group’, meaning if we get to you, great, if we don’t, tough luck bucko.
Like you can get boarding group 120, but if by park closing they’ve only got through to group 115, then you have to try again next time!
After waiting all day in suspense!
That must really suck.
BUT YAY FOR US!
I was so happy, we both had a big adrenaline rush!
I can’t believe how quickly the passes must have gone!
We were super fast and got 44 out of 60!
People around us were all cheering as they got their boarding groups and it made me emotional haha.
I was so happy for everyone.
But then Jamie dragged me down from cloud nine by saying that it must be so sad to not get a group and have everyone around you keep cheering…!
The park was really busy already with huge lines forming as soon as everyone had their boarding passes.
However, since discovering our anytime fastpass glitch on MDE yesterday (6x anytime fastpasses, as well as all of the fastpasses we’d previously booked becoming anytime fastpasses for that ride!) we were able to take it easy!
We were just hanging out in front of the Chinese Theatre, while the crowds were queuing to get into Toy Story Land all the way down to Voyage of the Little Mermaid!
We decided to put our fastpass glitch theory to the test on this new day,
We had Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller Coaster fastpasses booked for this afternoon, however at 8am, both rides already had lines at over an hour!
So we strolled up to the Rock n Roller Coaster fastpass line, tapped our bands, and the Mickey’s flashed GREEN!
We checked MDE and sure enough, instead of using an anytime fastpass, it had just used the Rock n Roller Coaster fastpass we’d pre-booked for this afternoon!
We were on the ride at 8:15am!
I don’t know what else we would’ve done on this busy busy day!
Our faces when MDE glitches are on our side:
Then we did the same thing at Tower of Terror, using our afternoon fastpass at 8:20am!
As you can see, we were extremely happy with how our morning is going, while everyone else joins the 60+ minute lines in the park!!!
We exited Tower of Terror at 8:45am, haha!
We stopped for some photopass pictures on Sunset Boulevard.
This morning when we were getting ready, Jamie said that he should wear his Donald t shirt and I should wear my Daisy one!
Which I thought was very cute of him.
Matching!
We were keeping an eye on boarding groups that were being called, and at 9am they were up to group 21!
Already almost half way there!
We figured we’d hopefully be called between 10 and 11am.
We had a look around this Pixar shop which I think is new?
It was really cute!
We sent a picture to Rob and Fran in our Come In Star Command group chat, of Jamie in character for his group chat ‘nickname’…!
We also told them that we’d gotten up early and were going to do Rise of the Resistance!
They were excited for us!
I would’ve loved to have ridden it with them, but I don’t think getting up at the crack of dawn for something is really their vacation style…!
We strolled around for a while, and I had a look at the new exterior for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway!
This new ride was due to open on March 4th, about a week after we leave Florida!
Oh well, we’ll have to come back!
We walked through Toy Story Land and into Galaxy’s Edge.
We wanted to figure out where we should go once our boarding group was called!
We were very keen haha!
I love how Rise of the Resistance is marked with a stamp on a First Order sign.
Obviously the Resistance wouldn’t have their own sign…
I love that detail!
Continued in next post
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 1 – Boarding Pass or BUST!
GOOD MORNING RECRUITS.
This was probably my favourite day of the whole trip!!!
And what a long day it was.
We got up at 6am to try our luck at getting a boarding pass for the brand new Rise of the Resistance attraction at Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge!
This was February 2020 and it had only just opened in December, so the whole boarding pass thing was new to us (and everyone else).
I’d done a lot of reading in preparation!
At the time of our trip, you had to be scanned into the park and refreshing the My Disney Experience app at 8am ON THE DOT for any chance at all of getting on this ride!
Then we left the room at 6:50am!
We waited only 5 or 10 minutes for a bus, and we were pulling into Hollywood Studios at 7:20am!
There were already a lot of people at the entrance, oh my goodness!
The fact that everybody was here for the exact same reason made me super excited, but also a bit sad for the people who had made the effort to be here to potentially not get a boarding pass.
We got past bag check and through the tapstiles, and decided to just hang out in front of the Chinese Theatre until the drama started at 8am.
The previous night I’d read on the DIS that there were a couple of different methods for being successful, so Jamie and I mixed it up a bit.
I was on the wifi, and would have the app closed then open it up at 8am and try to join.
Jamie was using mobile data, and would have the app open, refreshing the ‘join boarding group’ page.
I was super excited and kept opening the app and shutting it down again, way before 8am!
Then at like 30 seconds to 8am there was an announcement…
Fingers at the ready…
And at about 5 seconds to 8am, people around us started cheering!
HECK!
Jamie had been frantically refreshing the page but his boarding group button was still greyed out…
I quickly closed my app and restarted it…
I saw the Mickey fireworks page…
I clicked the Star Wars section on the main page…
And BOOM.
ONE BOARDING GROUP PLEASE!
I selected myself and Jamie, confirmed, and we got Boarding Group 44!!!
WOOO!
I was so thrilled because boarding groups 1-60 are ‘guaranteed boarding groups’, meaning you’re guaranteed to ride today, and if for whatever reason the ride has a complete meltdown, you get a return time for the next day instead.
But anything after boaring group 60 is considered a ‘back up group’, meaning if we get to you, great, if we don’t, tough luck bucko.
Like you can get boarding group 120, but if by park closing they’ve only got through to group 115, then you have to try again next time!
After waiting all day in suspense!
That must really suck.
BUT YAY FOR US!
I was so happy, we both had a big adrenaline rush!
I can’t believe how quickly the passes must have gone!
We were super fast and got 44 out of 60!
People around us were all cheering as they got their boarding groups and it made me emotional haha.
I was so happy for everyone.
But then Jamie dragged me down from cloud nine by saying that it must be so sad to not get a group and have everyone around you keep cheering…!
The park was really busy already with huge lines forming as soon as everyone had their boarding passes.
However, since discovering our anytime fastpass glitch on MDE yesterday (6x anytime fastpasses, as well as all of the fastpasses we’d previously booked becoming anytime fastpasses for that ride!) we were able to take it easy!
We were just hanging out in front of the Chinese Theatre, while the crowds were queuing to get into Toy Story Land all the way down to Voyage of the Little Mermaid!
We decided to put our fastpass glitch theory to the test on this new day,
We had Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller Coaster fastpasses booked for this afternoon, however at 8am, both rides already had lines at over an hour!
So we strolled up to the Rock n Roller Coaster fastpass line, tapped our bands, and the Mickey’s flashed GREEN!
We checked MDE and sure enough, instead of using an anytime fastpass, it had just used the Rock n Roller Coaster fastpass we’d pre-booked for this afternoon!
We were on the ride at 8:15am!
I don’t know what else we would’ve done on this busy busy day!
Our faces when MDE glitches are on our side:
Then we did the same thing at Tower of Terror, using our afternoon fastpass at 8:20am!
As you can see, we were extremely happy with how our morning is going, while everyone else joins the 60+ minute lines in the park!!!
We exited Tower of Terror at 8:45am, haha!
We stopped for some photopass pictures on Sunset Boulevard.
This morning when we were getting ready, Jamie said that he should wear his Donald t shirt and I should wear my Daisy one!
Which I thought was very cute of him.
Matching!
We were keeping an eye on boarding groups that were being called, and at 9am they were up to group 21!
Already almost half way there!
We figured we’d hopefully be called between 10 and 11am.
We had a look around this Pixar shop which I think is new?
It was really cute!
We sent a picture to Rob and Fran in our Come In Star Command group chat, of Jamie in character for his group chat ‘nickname’…!
We also told them that we’d gotten up early and were going to do Rise of the Resistance!
They were excited for us!
I would’ve loved to have ridden it with them, but I don’t think getting up at the crack of dawn for something is really their vacation style…!
We strolled around for a while, and I had a look at the new exterior for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway!
This new ride was due to open on March 4th, about a week after we leave Florida!
Oh well, we’ll have to come back!
We walked through Toy Story Land and into Galaxy’s Edge.
We wanted to figure out where we should go once our boarding group was called!
We were very keen haha!
I love how Rise of the Resistance is marked with a stamp on a First Order sign.
Obviously the Resistance wouldn’t have their own sign…
I love that detail!
Continued in next post
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
Day 13
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 2 – Rise of the Resistance!
At 10am we were getting peckish, so we got breakfast at Starbucks!
Choices choices…
I got Starbucks’ version of a sausage McMuffin, and Jamie got a ham, egg and swiss croissant, and we both got a vanilla latte each!
While we were sat eating, Jamie stared off into the distance and said,
“Isn’t it weird how things taste of stuff.”
Hahaha OK THEN?
After breakfast we walked past the citizens of Hollywood!
The blonde woman shouted at me,
“You’re not allowed to look cuter than me!!!”
Hahaha.
Thanks lady, Jamie chose my outfit.
I made a heart shape with my hands to her, and Jamie was like, “ummm obviously she was talking to me!”
Getting closer!
Come on 44!
We walked back past the Runaway Railway, and they were doing a cast member preview!
I had a brief thought of trying to sneak my way in somehow, lols.
But I quickly lost interest in my conniving plan because we headed into Galaxy’s Edge…
And at 10:55 OUR BOARDING GROUP WAS CALLED!
HERE WE GO!
We shuffled through the queue at a good pace, however after about 10 minutes, everything came to a standstill…
They immediately brought free water and food to us all, and even sent Rey through the queue to meet with everyone!
This all happened about 20 minutes after we scanned into the ride, so we were a bit worried we were going to be waiting around for the long haul…!
Star Wars water!
…And regular crisps and cookies.
Rey!
We played Heads Up for about 20 minutes, drinking our water and eating our cookies and crisps, and soon enough the line was up and moving again.
We felt like we were very well taken care of for such a minor hold up!
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Soon we were filtered outdoors to board the ship!
The ship just looks like a prop, like part of the structural scenery.
And since this was technically still the queue, I was just expecting to walk through the door, and go out of the door on the other side.
But the doors closed and there was a whole preshow going on in there!
It was like a simulator similar to Star Tours.
The floor was shaking, and I got ready to head out of the door opposite to where we came in.
It was a COMPLETE surprise to me when the same doors we came through opened back up to reveal the HUGE hangar!!
I can’t believe that ship we boarded actually went somewhere, haha!
WHERE DID IT GO?
HOW DID IT GO?
I was pretty mindblown.
This moment was actually one of the highlights for both myself and Jamie.
We were the last ones to enter that preshow ship, so we were right at the front when the doors opened back up and we were confronted face-on by like 50 stormtroopers and the hugest super HD screen I’ve ever seen!
I swear it looks a SO much cooler in person than in anything you’ll see online.
Especially this shaky photo I scrambled to get.
The first order cast member walked straight up to us through the doors and they were SUPER in character, they were all fantastic.
They were really stern and sassy with us.
Jamie and I enjoyed that hangar room almost as much as the ride itself.
The next room we entered also had fantastic cast members.
They were counting us into our rows, but while they did they all acted really mad with us, obviously, because they were with the First Order and we were with the resistance.
Our CM was staring Jamie out, it was so awkward and funny.
Then he literally told Jamie that he didn’t like his face, and made him turn around and face the wall, haha!
Poor Hymie.
We were shown to our cell, then thrown into our ride vehicles.
I was happy we were in the front row.
There are only two rows in a little vehicle, but it was nice to have our first ride be completely unobstructed.
I wanted to film some parts but ended up basically filming the whole thing haha!
(On dark rides/night time shows etc I always hold my camera under my chin so that the people behind aren’t annoyed by the screen, plus it means I actually look at my surroundings rather than looking through the camera.)
I love reliving our genuine first reactions in this video clip!
The ride is so incredible!
It’s trackless like Ratatouille in Paris (and now Epcot!) but it’s much faster and more jerky.
The animatronics are incredible, and I have ZERO idea of how all of the effects are done, like the holes that are blasted into the walls right in front of you when you’re shot at, for example.
Also Kylo’s lightsaber in the elevator was so cool, definitely a memorable moment!
OH! And the ATATs!
I was not expecting to go up a level at that point!
SO COOL!
The ride turns into a simulator ride at the end which was also a complete surprise.
It starts with a drop down out of the First Order ship which made me jump!
We both absolutely loved it and wanted to do it again so bad!
Unfortunately that wasn’t possible with the current boarding pass system, but we were so thankful we were able to ride even once!
We exited Rise of the Resistance and roamed around Galaxy’s Edge for a while!
We decided to try some blue milk, and I really hated it. Haha!
I’m glad I tried it though.
It tasted ok at first but got worse with every sip.
It tasted a bit like melted ice cream, super sickly.
Then it was time for us to leave the park!
Continued in next post
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 2 – Rise of the Resistance!
At 10am we were getting peckish, so we got breakfast at Starbucks!
Choices choices…
I got Starbucks’ version of a sausage McMuffin, and Jamie got a ham, egg and swiss croissant, and we both got a vanilla latte each!
While we were sat eating, Jamie stared off into the distance and said,
“Isn’t it weird how things taste of stuff.”
Hahaha OK THEN?
After breakfast we walked past the citizens of Hollywood!
The blonde woman shouted at me,
“You’re not allowed to look cuter than me!!!”
Hahaha.
Thanks lady, Jamie chose my outfit.
I made a heart shape with my hands to her, and Jamie was like, “ummm obviously she was talking to me!”
Getting closer!
Come on 44!
We walked back past the Runaway Railway, and they were doing a cast member preview!
I had a brief thought of trying to sneak my way in somehow, lols.
But I quickly lost interest in my conniving plan because we headed into Galaxy’s Edge…
And at 10:55 OUR BOARDING GROUP WAS CALLED!
HERE WE GO!
We shuffled through the queue at a good pace, however after about 10 minutes, everything came to a standstill…
They immediately brought free water and food to us all, and even sent Rey through the queue to meet with everyone!
This all happened about 20 minutes after we scanned into the ride, so we were a bit worried we were going to be waiting around for the long haul…!
Star Wars water!
…And regular crisps and cookies.
Rey!
We played Heads Up for about 20 minutes, drinking our water and eating our cookies and crisps, and soon enough the line was up and moving again.
We felt like we were very well taken care of for such a minor hold up!
SPOILERS AHEAD!
Soon we were filtered outdoors to board the ship!
The ship just looks like a prop, like part of the structural scenery.
And since this was technically still the queue, I was just expecting to walk through the door, and go out of the door on the other side.
But the doors closed and there was a whole preshow going on in there!
It was like a simulator similar to Star Tours.
The floor was shaking, and I got ready to head out of the door opposite to where we came in.
It was a COMPLETE surprise to me when the same doors we came through opened back up to reveal the HUGE hangar!!
I can’t believe that ship we boarded actually went somewhere, haha!
WHERE DID IT GO?
HOW DID IT GO?
I was pretty mindblown.
This moment was actually one of the highlights for both myself and Jamie.
We were the last ones to enter that preshow ship, so we were right at the front when the doors opened back up and we were confronted face-on by like 50 stormtroopers and the hugest super HD screen I’ve ever seen!
I swear it looks a SO much cooler in person than in anything you’ll see online.
Especially this shaky photo I scrambled to get.
The first order cast member walked straight up to us through the doors and they were SUPER in character, they were all fantastic.
They were really stern and sassy with us.
Jamie and I enjoyed that hangar room almost as much as the ride itself.
The next room we entered also had fantastic cast members.
They were counting us into our rows, but while they did they all acted really mad with us, obviously, because they were with the First Order and we were with the resistance.
Our CM was staring Jamie out, it was so awkward and funny.
Then he literally told Jamie that he didn’t like his face, and made him turn around and face the wall, haha!
Poor Hymie.
We were shown to our cell, then thrown into our ride vehicles.
I was happy we were in the front row.
There are only two rows in a little vehicle, but it was nice to have our first ride be completely unobstructed.
I wanted to film some parts but ended up basically filming the whole thing haha!
(On dark rides/night time shows etc I always hold my camera under my chin so that the people behind aren’t annoyed by the screen, plus it means I actually look at my surroundings rather than looking through the camera.)
I love reliving our genuine first reactions in this video clip!
The ride is so incredible!
It’s trackless like Ratatouille in Paris (and now Epcot!) but it’s much faster and more jerky.
The animatronics are incredible, and I have ZERO idea of how all of the effects are done, like the holes that are blasted into the walls right in front of you when you’re shot at, for example.
Also Kylo’s lightsaber in the elevator was so cool, definitely a memorable moment!
OH! And the ATATs!
I was not expecting to go up a level at that point!
SO COOL!
The ride turns into a simulator ride at the end which was also a complete surprise.
It starts with a drop down out of the First Order ship which made me jump!
We both absolutely loved it and wanted to do it again so bad!
Unfortunately that wasn’t possible with the current boarding pass system, but we were so thankful we were able to ride even once!
We exited Rise of the Resistance and roamed around Galaxy’s Edge for a while!
We decided to try some blue milk, and I really hated it. Haha!
I’m glad I tried it though.
It tasted ok at first but got worse with every sip.
It tasted a bit like melted ice cream, super sickly.
Then it was time for us to leave the park!
Continued in next post
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
Day 13
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 3 – Disney’s Skyliner!
We stopped for some cute photos on our way out!
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 3 – Disney’s Skyliner!
We stopped for some cute photos on our way out!
Then we went to do another brand new experience to this year’s trip…
We took the Disney Skyliner from Hollywood Studios to Epcot!
How exciting!
From Hollywood Studios to Caribbean Beach we had a car with almost blacked out windows, which I thought was odd.
Then from Caribbean Beach to Epcot we had clear windows…
Jamie theorised it could be to do with the direction of the sun in the two different locations, but I don’t know.
It was reallyyy hot today, but the Skyliner was lovely and breezy.
They’re very well ventilated.
Well ventilated, when they’re moving that is.
I don’t think I’d like to be there when my car is broken down in the hot sunshine…!
But either way, it makes Caribbean Beach much more appealing to me than it once was!
That’s where the central hub is, where you can go direct to both Hollywood Studios and Epcot!
We stopped at Riviera before promptly continuing on to Epcot!
Hello backstage Epcot!
Opening summer 20…?!
With Covid around the corner, who the heck knows!
Maybe this was a bad omen?!
We exited the skyliner at Epcot’s Intenational Gateway!
We had stayed at the Beach Club last year and walked past the skyliner construction all the time, it was great to see it all finished.
Once we’d landed I said “aw, it’s so cool”
And Jamie said, “IT probably thinks that YOU’RE cool” hahaha.
I hope so, thank’s Mr Skyliner.
Jamie suggested that before we go into Epcot we should visit our swing bench at the Beach Club, which is where we got engaged last year!
Isn’t he cute.
We headed over there, but someone was sat on it, how rude.
So we went into the Beach Club to use the bathrooms.
We were glad that the Beach Club lobby smelled good again!
The whole place smelled bad when we stayed here last year and unfortunately it really put us off from staying there again.
We used the restrooms (which FYI, have free lady products if you ever need!) and headed back out, to find our swing bench now free!
So we sat out there for a while, yay.
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
Day 13
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 4 – “Spaceship Earth is CHEESE”
At 1:30pm we walked through International Gateway into Epcot!
It was the last day Festival of the Arts, but the topiaries for Flower and Garden festival were out!
I’ve never seen these before!
So cute!
I loved this picture we saw at one of the art stalls.
Festival of the Arts has live artists!
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 4 – “Spaceship Earth is CHEESE”
At 1:30pm we walked through International Gateway into Epcot!
It was the last day Festival of the Arts, but the topiaries for Flower and Garden festival were out!
I’ve never seen these before!
So cute!
I loved this picture we saw at one of the art stalls.
Festival of the Arts has live artists!
We looked around the Morocco pavilion, and discovered this Race Against The Sun thing, which I had no idea about?!
Inside the building was beautiful!
It’s a little driving simulator game!
We didn’t play but we watched a kid drive for a while.
Then we continued on our merry way to Japan.
Jamie made a nice zen garden, then piled everything up into a tower and knocked it over hahaha.
LOL the guy in the background.
SUSHI CATS.
Obviously we had to buy one.
“Why am I sushi?”
I didn’t take a picture of it for some reason.
I must’ve been too excited.
We got this one!
Next we had a look around the Norway pavilion, since we’d just got back from Tromsø in northern Norway!
I can confirm that these trolls are sold everywhere in the real Norway!
When I was in real Norway I bought a bunch of these for me and my friends.
This one sits on my desk and watches me work!
After Norway we planned on heading to the front of the park to get the monorail home, as Jamie wanted to watch some football.
UNFORTUNATELY we found ourselves in the Epcot Experience instead!
I loved this!
I’d seen parts of it online but I didn’t know the full extent of it.
It was really cool!
We had a really goofy time in there.
“SEAGULL!”
I love these clips I got.
The Ratatouille part in particular.
The Ratatouille theme song may or may not be featured SOMEWHERE in our upcoming wedding…!
“SPACESHIP EARTH IS CHEESE” hahaha.
On the way out we saw these cool posters for attractions old and new.
Flower and Garden coming soon!
The Guardians of the Galaxy building was coming along nicely.
Continued in next post
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
Day 13
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 5 – Magic Kingdom
We hopped on the monorail and headed back to the TTC.
Then we got monorail black on the resort loop, which had a brand new interior!
We’d only seen this on monorail black and monorail green, all the others still had that old blue material.
Pretty snazzy.
Home sweet home!
Obviously, we went straight to the club lounge for some snacks!
We loaded up and took our plates back to our room.
We got salami, tomato and mozzarella, focaccia, and sun-dried tomato pesto (the focaccia become super addictive to us over the next few days! It became a running joke with us. We went back for more after our first plate!)
We also got some banana bread and jam tarts for dessert, but when we went down for more savoury snacks we spontaneously decided to get a scone, and another jam tart LOL ridiculous.
After gobbling up our food, we caught the boat over to Magic Kingdom!
It was only when we were on the boat that we realised it went to the Poly first…
For future me to remember: monorail is best TO Magic Kingdom, boat is best BACK.
Oh well, we’ll call this “the scenic route”.
Hmm, maybe not so scenic…
So much construction!
Ah that’s better.
We arrived at Magic Kingdom at 6pm!
We had grabbed ourselves a Space Mountain fastpass while we were on the monorail back from Epcot earlier, but it was for a time that we had no chance of making it to Magic Kingdom for.
Like literally 2 hours before we got there.
But to test our fantastic fastpass glitch, we booked it in anyway, headed straight there, touched our magic bands, and WE WERE IN!
(With our anytime fastpasses still in tact, so it definitely used the one we had booked!)
This glitch was the greatest thing ever, we were so happy about it, haha!
We were on the left track and I sat in the back behind Jamie.
He said I made some really ridiculous noises, I hope no one else heard me!
This ride is always surprisingly thrilling to me.
Then we decided to use one of our anytime fastpasses at Haunted Mansion, because we hadn’t done it yet this trip, and neither of us were willing to wait in the INSANE lines this year!
It feels like a classic that you should do at least once per trip.
So that’s where we went!
Spooky…
The CM who herded us all into the stretching room told us to make our way to the ‘dead centre’ of the room, and a little girl who was sat up on her dad’s shoulders threw her arms out to the side and dramatically shouted,
“HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET OUT?”
Hahaha we cracked up so hard.
Slight tangent but - after our Disney trip in February 2019, I finally gave in to my old age and went to the opticians for an eye test.
I couldn’t see much last year!
This was my first year wearing contact lenses at Disney, and I could see SO much better!
I really noticed it on Haunted Mansion, I even wondered if they’d enhanced the ride, but quickly realised it was my new-found vision, haha!
And apparently there’s now a photopass in the Haunted Mansion.
Who knew?!
Just casually sanitising my hands.
Have you heard there’s something called the coronavirus circulating in China, and it’s just made its way to Italy?
Better make sure we sanitise our hands, lest anything TERRIBLE happen...
Next we made our way back to the People Mover!
A nighttime favourite of ours.
This used to be such a great ride to go round and round on since no one was ever line.
But apparently the People Mover is ‘cool’ now.
The lines were always huge!
So sad.
At least we made it on.
We exited the People Mover right when Happily Ever After was starting, so we took the backstage walkway towards the front of the park to avoid the crowds.
I was trying to film the walkway because I thought it was interesting and rare to see, but Jamie kept poking me.
Then things turned really weird.
Sorry to anyone we may have offended with those accents, haha!
Continued in next post
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 5 – Magic Kingdom
We hopped on the monorail and headed back to the TTC.
Then we got monorail black on the resort loop, which had a brand new interior!
We’d only seen this on monorail black and monorail green, all the others still had that old blue material.
Pretty snazzy.
Home sweet home!
Obviously, we went straight to the club lounge for some snacks!
We loaded up and took our plates back to our room.
We got salami, tomato and mozzarella, focaccia, and sun-dried tomato pesto (the focaccia become super addictive to us over the next few days! It became a running joke with us. We went back for more after our first plate!)
We also got some banana bread and jam tarts for dessert, but when we went down for more savoury snacks we spontaneously decided to get a scone, and another jam tart LOL ridiculous.
After gobbling up our food, we caught the boat over to Magic Kingdom!
It was only when we were on the boat that we realised it went to the Poly first…
For future me to remember: monorail is best TO Magic Kingdom, boat is best BACK.
Oh well, we’ll call this “the scenic route”.
Hmm, maybe not so scenic…
So much construction!
Ah that’s better.
We arrived at Magic Kingdom at 6pm!
We had grabbed ourselves a Space Mountain fastpass while we were on the monorail back from Epcot earlier, but it was for a time that we had no chance of making it to Magic Kingdom for.
Like literally 2 hours before we got there.
But to test our fantastic fastpass glitch, we booked it in anyway, headed straight there, touched our magic bands, and WE WERE IN!
(With our anytime fastpasses still in tact, so it definitely used the one we had booked!)
This glitch was the greatest thing ever, we were so happy about it, haha!
We were on the left track and I sat in the back behind Jamie.
He said I made some really ridiculous noises, I hope no one else heard me!
This ride is always surprisingly thrilling to me.
Then we decided to use one of our anytime fastpasses at Haunted Mansion, because we hadn’t done it yet this trip, and neither of us were willing to wait in the INSANE lines this year!
It feels like a classic that you should do at least once per trip.
So that’s where we went!
Spooky…
The CM who herded us all into the stretching room told us to make our way to the ‘dead centre’ of the room, and a little girl who was sat up on her dad’s shoulders threw her arms out to the side and dramatically shouted,
“HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET OUT?”
Hahaha we cracked up so hard.
Slight tangent but - after our Disney trip in February 2019, I finally gave in to my old age and went to the opticians for an eye test.
I couldn’t see much last year!
This was my first year wearing contact lenses at Disney, and I could see SO much better!
I really noticed it on Haunted Mansion, I even wondered if they’d enhanced the ride, but quickly realised it was my new-found vision, haha!
And apparently there’s now a photopass in the Haunted Mansion.
Who knew?!
Just casually sanitising my hands.
Have you heard there’s something called the coronavirus circulating in China, and it’s just made its way to Italy?
Better make sure we sanitise our hands, lest anything TERRIBLE happen...
Next we made our way back to the People Mover!
A nighttime favourite of ours.
This used to be such a great ride to go round and round on since no one was ever line.
But apparently the People Mover is ‘cool’ now.
The lines were always huge!
So sad.
At least we made it on.
We exited the People Mover right when Happily Ever After was starting, so we took the backstage walkway towards the front of the park to avoid the crowds.
I was trying to film the walkway because I thought it was interesting and rare to see, but Jamie kept poking me.
Then things turned really weird.
Sorry to anyone we may have offended with those accents, haha!
Continued in next post
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
Day 13
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 6 – Whispering Canyon Café!
Monday 24th February 2020
Part 6 – Whispering Canyon Café!
We left Magic Kingdom and headed to dinner at Whispering Canyon!
One of our all time favourites!
We got the boat to the Wilderness Lodge!
One of our all time favourites!
We got the boat to the Wilderness Lodge!
The boat ride was fun, they were playing the Main Street Electrical Parade music!
Which kinda made us sad because we miss that parade.
It was Jamie’s favourite nighttime show.
Which kinda made us sad because we miss that parade.
It was Jamie’s favourite nighttime show.
I love the Wilderness Lodge!
More of this terrible character Jamie developed this trip.
“I DON’T GIVE A HOOT” still makes me laugh.
“I DON’T GIVE A HOOT” still makes me laugh.
Ahh since staying here in 2018 it really feels like home!
I love it!
I love it!
We checked in for dinner and waited to be called up.
At 8:15pm we were shown to our table.
And this was promptly going on next to us, haha!
We had some cornbread to start.
Well I didn’t, but Jamie did.
And he confirmed my suspicions that it’s literally just sponge cake.
Well I didn’t, but Jamie did.
And he confirmed my suspicions that it’s literally just sponge cake.
Jamie ordered the traditional skillet and I got the land and sea skillet, and we shared them both.
The mashed potato was SO good, we decided to ask for some more, plus a few more items.
They brought us sooo much haha.
They brought us sooo much haha.
We felt like we had to eat it all because we’d specifically asked for it, so we were SO full by the end.
We finished up and had a stroll around the beautiful lodge.
I spotted this amazing table just off the lobby as we walked towards Roaring Fork!
At around 9:30pm we headed back towards the boat dock.
I miss staying here so much!
In 2018 we had a room overlooking the boat dock, and we could hear the audio (and the singing captain!) from our balcony all the time!
(Read about our room here!)
Ahh I would love to stay here again some time.
I miss staying here so much!
In 2018 we had a room overlooking the boat dock, and we could hear the audio (and the singing captain!) from our balcony all the time!
(Read about our room here!)
Ahh I would love to stay here again some time.
We boarded the boat back to the Magic Kingdom, then got another boat back to the Grand Floridian.
Due to a combination of my very full stomach and the busiest Disney day ever, I fell fast asleep on the boat!
Due to a combination of my very full stomach and the busiest Disney day ever, I fell fast asleep on the boat!
This was one of my favourite Disney days ever, it was so fun!
Good night!
footballmouse
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2008
Great pictures!
pkondz
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2007
We learn so much from each other!
gosalyn_mallard
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2017
Your updates were so fun to read! Thanks for sharing.
Your FP glitch is amazing. Next time I go to guest services, I feel like saying "I'd like to request the glitch please".
That sushi cat is so weird. Do they have other animal sushi products? I think they could be onto something with a sushi squirrel.
Your FP glitch is amazing. Next time I go to guest services, I feel like saying "I'd like to request the glitch please".
That sushi cat is so weird. Do they have other animal sushi products? I think they could be onto something with a sushi squirrel.
pkondz
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2007
Yay!
Well, if it's gonna be long, might as well be long!
I'd heard about that. How the boarding groups were gone in seconds.
Huh! I would've put money on his method being the way to go.
Meh. YOU'RE GOING ON ROTR!
So... how does one arrange to receive this "glitch"?
Asking for a friend.
Our faces when MDE glitches are on our side:
Love how everyone else is screaming or reacting...
Cute skirt.
Um...
Well...
Yeah!
Bonus!
How can I arrange for a short delay in order to have a personal meet n greet with Rey?
Perfect!Of course. Has coconut in it.
Gross.
Awww...
I'd keep him if I was you.
Tell them to get out! How dare they!
Thanks for the tip!
um...
That's not how that's supposed to work!
Should be up and running when I go this summer. Can't wait!
I like it! And I didn't even know that was happening.
Of course.
Pretty shot
I like this angle. Nice!
That's great!
No more squinting for you.
Glad you were able to actually see HM!
What are you talking about.
You're over reacting.
What's with Hymie manspreading and only leaving you a tiny bit of seat????
MikeWsGirl
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2020
Don’t quote me on this but the table you spotted is done by an artist that appears at the FArts. They cost $30,000 USD each give or take.
Love your trip reports, way to go being a mom and still writing. Do you have plans to take your little one to Disney yet?
Love your trip reports, way to go being a mom and still writing. Do you have plans to take your little one to Disney yet?
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
So glad you're enjoying it!
Thank you!!
Thank you! I know right, I have the DIS to thank for that. I bet there were a ton of people that would show up and not have a clue what to do!
Aw thank you! I can't quite believe our luck with that glitch, it made things sooo much easier!Your updates were so fun to read! Thanks for sharing.
Your FP glitch is amazing. Next time I go to guest services, I feel like saying "I'd like to request the glitch please".
That sushi cat is so weird. Do they have other animal sushi products? I think they could be onto something with a sushi squirrel.
Haha I know! I don't think they have other sushi animals.... I'd like to see a sushi elephant or something, that would need a lot of rice. haha!
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
It was crackers!
Faith, trust and pixie dust
Cute skirt.
Thanks girlfriend!!!
Perhaps phone in a bomb threat?
(am I even allowed to say that haha. I'm joking DIS-Gods)
Ooh! You must send me a TR link if you do one, I'd love to join again it's been a while!
It made SUCH a difference!
Haha HOW RUDE.
TheLittleKatie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
(FArts LOL) That price wouldn't surprise me, it was incredible!! It actually popped up on my instagram the other day, I forgot that I'd followed the artist, Michael Maiden (@michaelmaidenart). Cool to see all of the intricate details on his page!
Ah thanks so much!! The first 2 or 3 months were tough, but by some miracle we've got Ted on a schedule where he's sleeping 7-7 through the night! Plus an hour nap in the morning and 2 hours mid afternoon, so I'm loving mom life with some solid time to myself haha!
We have some very loose plans to take him, possibly December 2023, around his 2nd birthday, but nothing booked yet. I think I'll cry the entire trip it will be amazing to take him!
pkondz
Brace yourself for immediate disintegration
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2007
Wait... isn't that supposed to be bisucuits?
I thought I had it all figured out.
Fries = chips
Chips = crisps
Crackers = biscuits
Unwell = pulley
That leaves me out. That only applies to me with bus service.Faith, trust and pixie dust
You're welcome!
Will do.
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