Lesley Wake
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2017
Star Wars Galaxy's Edge - 66 hours! (not that I'm counting)
I'm sooo excited for this! No real updates, we have the 8am slot the first day. You can only get your wristbands 2 hrs beforehand, so reportedly they will let us in at 6am to get checked-in at Launch Bay and then we will have to wait on Main Street. There will be 5 of us in this group - me, Dina, Matt, and two of Dina's relatives (only Dina and I are actually using the room, but they don't charge a 3-4-5th adult addition, so we added the 3 others and we will all get in together). I will definitely be taking lots of photos, but don't know how much I will end up posting immediately, because I tend to forget that! Matt is active on twitter: darthvader92, and he is actually representing Big Fat Panda for media day, so he will probably end up having a lot of photos posted too! (Matt is actually a CM at DHS, some of the Epic gals briefly met him on May 4th; he may end up transferring far, far, away in the fall, but he hasn't told us for sure.)
We will talk it over on Thursday about our plan of attack. Maybe we'll shop first, then ride Smuggler's Run, then get some food at Docking Bay 7? I am definitely making a droid, and I have a color and style (and name) picked out already. I want to do this Friday morning so I can carry her around and see how she interacts with the land.
After our 4 hour window is up, plus whatever extra time we can milk by wandering out of the land taking photos, we will head back to the Paradise Pier Hotel and take a nap!
Then in the evening, time to head back to Batuu! We can get our second set of wristbands at 6pm; this time it is just me, Dina, and Matt, using one of the free reservations. I'm excited to see the land at night! Definitely we will be getting dinner, riding Smuggler's again, maybe more shopping. I would love to visit Oga's Cantina, but we will have to see what the wait times are (that and the lightsaber lines have been the longest so far, due to low capacity). And also just general walking around the land! Our window goes until midnight, so it will be a late night for us!
The next day, our reservation is 11am - 3pm, so we can get the wristbands at 9am (it's the three of us again). I will probably get a lightsaber here. I considered getting it first thing Friday morning, but didn't want to have to carry it around for the rest of the morning. And maybe we will be able to check out Oga's too? Of course, lunch at Docking Bay 7 again. After we are kicked out, we are talking about going over to DCA to ride Soarin, as that will be the first day with the return of Soarin over California - the best version! I literally dropped my phone when I saw that announcement come thru! Then, it's back home and away from the edge of the galaxy! I am wondering how many trips from the car to the house it will take to bring in all my merch!
But, my Star Wars visits will not be over! Another friend had gotten a reservation for the second weekend, on Saturday, June 8, and both Dina and I are on it too. He swore up and down he wasn't going to fly out for it. Has been adamant for 4 weeks. Despite the Celebration of the Lion King starting up the day before. Despite Disneyland Forever fireworks returning (also the night before). Despite Soarin over California returning. I never quite believed him. And... over the weekend he finally booked airfaret! Some of you may have an idea of who he is, but I won't "out" him! But anyways, that means another 4 hrs in Galaxy's Edge! This time from 5pm-9pm, so we will get to see sunset over Batuu. No particular plans for this visit - it will be his only chance to see SWGE until it opens in Florida, so we will probably leave it up to him!
So, anyways, what am I looking forward to the most? Everything! Probably just experiencing the land!
Now it's 65 hours!
I'm sooo excited for this! No real updates, we have the 8am slot the first day. You can only get your wristbands 2 hrs beforehand, so reportedly they will let us in at 6am to get checked-in at Launch Bay and then we will have to wait on Main Street. There will be 5 of us in this group - me, Dina, Matt, and two of Dina's relatives (only Dina and I are actually using the room, but they don't charge a 3-4-5th adult addition, so we added the 3 others and we will all get in together). I will definitely be taking lots of photos, but don't know how much I will end up posting immediately, because I tend to forget that! Matt is active on twitter: darthvader92, and he is actually representing Big Fat Panda for media day, so he will probably end up having a lot of photos posted too! (Matt is actually a CM at DHS, some of the Epic gals briefly met him on May 4th; he may end up transferring far, far, away in the fall, but he hasn't told us for sure.)
We will talk it over on Thursday about our plan of attack. Maybe we'll shop first, then ride Smuggler's Run, then get some food at Docking Bay 7? I am definitely making a droid, and I have a color and style (and name) picked out already. I want to do this Friday morning so I can carry her around and see how she interacts with the land.
After our 4 hour window is up, plus whatever extra time we can milk by wandering out of the land taking photos, we will head back to the Paradise Pier Hotel and take a nap!
Then in the evening, time to head back to Batuu! We can get our second set of wristbands at 6pm; this time it is just me, Dina, and Matt, using one of the free reservations. I'm excited to see the land at night! Definitely we will be getting dinner, riding Smuggler's again, maybe more shopping. I would love to visit Oga's Cantina, but we will have to see what the wait times are (that and the lightsaber lines have been the longest so far, due to low capacity). And also just general walking around the land! Our window goes until midnight, so it will be a late night for us!
The next day, our reservation is 11am - 3pm, so we can get the wristbands at 9am (it's the three of us again). I will probably get a lightsaber here. I considered getting it first thing Friday morning, but didn't want to have to carry it around for the rest of the morning. And maybe we will be able to check out Oga's too? Of course, lunch at Docking Bay 7 again. After we are kicked out, we are talking about going over to DCA to ride Soarin, as that will be the first day with the return of Soarin over California - the best version! I literally dropped my phone when I saw that announcement come thru! Then, it's back home and away from the edge of the galaxy! I am wondering how many trips from the car to the house it will take to bring in all my merch!
But, my Star Wars visits will not be over! Another friend had gotten a reservation for the second weekend, on Saturday, June 8, and both Dina and I are on it too. He swore up and down he wasn't going to fly out for it. Has been adamant for 4 weeks. Despite the Celebration of the Lion King starting up the day before. Despite Disneyland Forever fireworks returning (also the night before). Despite Soarin over California returning. I never quite believed him. And... over the weekend he finally booked airfaret! Some of you may have an idea of who he is, but I won't "out" him! But anyways, that means another 4 hrs in Galaxy's Edge! This time from 5pm-9pm, so we will get to see sunset over Batuu. No particular plans for this visit - it will be his only chance to see SWGE until it opens in Florida, so we will probably leave it up to him!
So, anyways, what am I looking forward to the most? Everything! Probably just experiencing the land!
Now it's 65 hours!
Can't wait to hear about that too!
