Girls Grad Trip DAY FIVE
Here was the original plan:
DAY FIVE: FRIDAY: Park reservation for HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS. Arrive close to 8:30am. Either knock out ToT and RnRC first thing or hit the TSM area and do the rides there. We'll see how crowds build as that will determine how long we stay. We will take a break in the afternoon at our resort most likely, our last day to enjoy some pool time. That evening we'll have dinner with CHEF MICKEY. Really looking forward to trying this new experience. The menu sounds pretty good. Maybe head to MK that evening or EPCOT (though with the possibility of Friday night local crazies there, maybe we'll stick to MK).
So even though none of us were really Star Wars fans, we thought it would be fun to at least maybe ride RotR while there, so at 7am I did attempt and was successful in getting a boarding pass. I can't recall the time on it though but it wasn't too early. We still headed out to Hollywood Studios sometime that morning. Now my plan was to get there at opening...but as I recall I misjudged and got to the gates too early via car...and so we had to turn around and make our way back to the park closer to opening. As a result I think we got there after 9pm and we hopped in line for this:
I do enjoy this ride honestly...but I know the girls had something else in mind so it's possible we actually did this one first:
And of course also this one:
Plus we got a group photo too:
I think we had some time to kill before our boarding group after those 3 rides and we were hungry...so it was time to visit one of our very favorite places in this park for some refreshments and food:
This is such a great place to take a break and the food and drinks were lovely. I'm pretty sure after this it was time to visit RotR...and we came upon a line that was winding and winding and winding inside the queue...and really wasn't moving. I think we waited for a little while but then decided to just cut our losses and head out instead. The pool was calling once again.
So we headed back to the room and got changed...and eventually made our way down to the pool. After a little while we looked over and saw this:
Yep it wasn't looking good...and sure enough:
We tried to wait it out thinking it would clear up but when thunder and lightning happened they had to clear the pool deck so we headed back to the room.
Basically we chilled out in the room until our 5pm Chef Mickey's reservation. CM was always a must do when our kids were small, though the last few years we made it a tradition to do brunch which was better than breakfast and dinner in our opinion. This new non-buffet option sounded interesting to us.
Up next: Chef Mickey's the NEW Experience REVIEW