This was the big day, the main reason for the entire trip, the one day that my boys have been BEGGING for for what seems like an eternity!
Power Rangers, Star Wars, Stunt Show, Toy Story Mania .... here we come!!
This was the one day that rope drop was imperative! It was also going to be a long day as we had a dinner booking at the 50's prime time for 6pm. No way were we missing this one and dh was duly given instructions to make his way to TSM without crushing small children on the way to get the FP's. Actually we didnt want them too early as we wanted to do some things first. We were hearded efficiently and happily into our correct parking area, jumped on the tram and made our way to the gates.
As soon as the rope went up off went dh whilst I got the dualbuggy and wondered off to Star Tours. The crowd heading to TSM I cannot tell you!!
Madness!! According to dh the staff were very vigilant, the steps behind the hat were roped off so everyone had to walk the long way round using the slopes rather than steps and anyone who broke into a run was called out by the CM's. Dh took it fairly casually as we werent too fussed about the FP time but he said most treated it like the marathon walk .... it was hysterical he said!!
The boys and I headed straight onto Star Tours and they loved it. We had to wait for dh to return from FP collection so bought a couple of things at the store and got the pic on the little fighter thingy.
in the store I got my oldest a Jedi Training academy cap as he was DESPERATE to do the Jedi training so following Dis tips I bought him the cap, along with a t-shirt, to wear whilst standing hoping to get picked.He wouldnt put the star wars t-shirt on as yet as he was wearing his Power Rangers one to meet them first
dh returned with a FP time of 9.50-10.50 - that was a bit tight. The Power Rangers come out at 10.30 and the boys needed to see them all ....... this was the biggest thing for them.
After Star Tours we had some time before the Power Rangers so Muppet 3d it was, which we'd not seen before. The kids were puzzled ... they'd never seen these funky little dudes before, but they quite enjoyed it, although to be honest I enjoyed it more than them all LOL!! After Muppets it was straight into SOA and waiting 10 mins or so for the Power Rangers. We knew where Red Ranger stood last year so that where we plonked ourselves whilst the other parents milled about. Here they come and we were right at the fron of the queue for Red Ranger ..... appparantly he's the coolest (the line proved it!!)
The boys were just blown away meeting them all again. The only pic we didnt get was with Pink Power Ranger as they called them away before we could see her. They werent too worried about that though - they'd got the ones they really wanted!
Time for TSM, it was now 11.00, after our FP's ran out but we felt sure they'd let us in .... which they did! The standby line was HUGE! bearing in mind the park wasn't crush busy, I would say scoring a 3 on the TGM scale, the line was 90 minutes already! Just before going through I said to dh we might as well get another FP for later for it so we got another one and return time was 4.15-5.15, perfect for later.
Didnt know what to expect for the ride, didnt actually even know it was that sort of arcade game at all! Totally loved it, the boys killed themselves laughing and were very competitive to get the best scores. I dont know how people get these mad score of 400,000 points unless theres hidden big numbers somewhere. The themeing is just brilliant, I cant emphasise to people coming for their first Disney trip how amazing Disney is with its attention to detail in EVERY area, it staggering!
the boys came out yelling and shouting about it all! Watching those people standing in the wait line is crazy! Much as I like the rides I just wouldnt wait over an hour for anything ... some didnt even know what FP's were and we could hear them asking why we were jumping the queue as we passed them in the FP entrance
dont these people research??
anyway, as we left TSM green army man was hanging about and the boys wanted a piccy so ...
we saw the photo area for the Toy Story guys and the line wasnt too bad so we joined the queue to get pics with Woody and Buzz. Its a good idea having the queue moving through with sets to take other pics to take on the way, keeps the kids very occupied. The only critisism was that this queue area was WAAAAY too small. People were totally ontop of each other and taking the pics without having other people in them was hard. Saying that the line went quickly and interestingly and within 20 minutes they were called up to see their pals!
unbelievably it was already midday and we were now STARVING having left the villa at 8am. Lunch was required and dh and I also fancied doing a ride for ourselves so we had lunch over by RnR coaster and picked some macncheese for the kids, salad for me and wrap for dh. whilst he munched I went into RnR single rider line and straight on .... god I LOOOOOVE this ride! After me went dh, - twice infact, without telling me he ran straight out and straight back in again!!
time to get moving and onto the stunt show and part 2 of the day, fed and energised we were ready to go!!
Power Rangers, Star Wars, Stunt Show, Toy Story Mania .... here we come!!
This was the one day that rope drop was imperative! It was also going to be a long day as we had a dinner booking at the 50's prime time for 6pm. No way were we missing this one and dh was duly given instructions to make his way to TSM without crushing small children on the way to get the FP's. Actually we didnt want them too early as we wanted to do some things first. We were hearded efficiently and happily into our correct parking area, jumped on the tram and made our way to the gates.
As soon as the rope went up off went dh whilst I got the dualbuggy and wondered off to Star Tours. The crowd heading to TSM I cannot tell you!!
Madness!! According to dh the staff were very vigilant, the steps behind the hat were roped off so everyone had to walk the long way round using the slopes rather than steps and anyone who broke into a run was called out by the CM's. Dh took it fairly casually as we werent too fussed about the FP time but he said most treated it like the marathon walk .... it was hysterical he said!!The boys and I headed straight onto Star Tours and they loved it. We had to wait for dh to return from FP collection so bought a couple of things at the store and got the pic on the little fighter thingy.
in the store I got my oldest a Jedi Training academy cap as he was DESPERATE to do the Jedi training so following Dis tips I bought him the cap, along with a t-shirt, to wear whilst standing hoping to get picked.He wouldnt put the star wars t-shirt on as yet as he was wearing his Power Rangers one to meet them first
dh returned with a FP time of 9.50-10.50 - that was a bit tight. The Power Rangers come out at 10.30 and the boys needed to see them all ....... this was the biggest thing for them.
After Star Tours we had some time before the Power Rangers so Muppet 3d it was, which we'd not seen before. The kids were puzzled ... they'd never seen these funky little dudes before, but they quite enjoyed it, although to be honest I enjoyed it more than them all LOL!! After Muppets it was straight into SOA and waiting 10 mins or so for the Power Rangers. We knew where Red Ranger stood last year so that where we plonked ourselves whilst the other parents milled about. Here they come and we were right at the fron of the queue for Red Ranger ..... appparantly he's the coolest (the line proved it!!)
The boys were just blown away meeting them all again. The only pic we didnt get was with Pink Power Ranger as they called them away before we could see her. They werent too worried about that though - they'd got the ones they really wanted!
Time for TSM, it was now 11.00, after our FP's ran out but we felt sure they'd let us in .... which they did! The standby line was HUGE! bearing in mind the park wasn't crush busy, I would say scoring a 3 on the TGM scale, the line was 90 minutes already! Just before going through I said to dh we might as well get another FP for later for it so we got another one and return time was 4.15-5.15, perfect for later.
Didnt know what to expect for the ride, didnt actually even know it was that sort of arcade game at all! Totally loved it, the boys killed themselves laughing and were very competitive to get the best scores. I dont know how people get these mad score of 400,000 points unless theres hidden big numbers somewhere. The themeing is just brilliant, I cant emphasise to people coming for their first Disney trip how amazing Disney is with its attention to detail in EVERY area, it staggering!
the boys came out yelling and shouting about it all! Watching those people standing in the wait line is crazy! Much as I like the rides I just wouldnt wait over an hour for anything ... some didnt even know what FP's were and we could hear them asking why we were jumping the queue as we passed them in the FP entrance
dont these people research??anyway, as we left TSM green army man was hanging about and the boys wanted a piccy so ...
we saw the photo area for the Toy Story guys and the line wasnt too bad so we joined the queue to get pics with Woody and Buzz. Its a good idea having the queue moving through with sets to take other pics to take on the way, keeps the kids very occupied. The only critisism was that this queue area was WAAAAY too small. People were totally ontop of each other and taking the pics without having other people in them was hard. Saying that the line went quickly and interestingly and within 20 minutes they were called up to see their pals!
unbelievably it was already midday and we were now STARVING having left the villa at 8am. Lunch was required and dh and I also fancied doing a ride for ourselves so we had lunch over by RnR coaster and picked some macncheese for the kids, salad for me and wrap for dh. whilst he munched I went into RnR single rider line and straight on .... god I LOOOOOVE this ride! After me went dh, - twice infact, without telling me he ran straight out and straight back in again!!
time to get moving and onto the stunt show and part 2 of the day, fed and energised we were ready to go!!
Then it was time to fight, Vader came out and they had to do their moves and resist the dark side, which they admirably did and got a certificate when it was finished. It was FANTASTIC and made his trip I think. He just hasnt stopped talking about it to this day.
.Lovely photo of you and your boys.Great pics.We can't wait to ride TSM next year.x.
