Day 2 June 29, 2013 Part 1
On our last update, my family were in DCA on Friday night watching the 9pm World of Color show and later that night Chris and I went on over to DL to get a Dole Whip. We also went to find the Lone Ranger souvenir cup but there wasnt anything available that night. It was a good first day at DL and now we are getting ready for the 2nd day of the trip which is the most important one.
Now it was Saturday the 29th. This was a big day for Chris and DM since they are getting up early so they can head on over to DL for Magic Morning. Since I dont have MM and my aunt doesnt want to get up that early, Chris and DM went to the park. So my aunt and I slept in a little longer until it was time to head on over to DL and meet up with them. It was around 6:30am when they left the room while my aunt and I were still sleeping.
It was around 7:15am when the two of us got up and we got dressed and packed all of our stuff for that morning and afternoon at DL. It was going to be a warm day in the high 80s which is not that bad after hearing from my friends in Sacramento that it will be in the mid 100s. Talk about a big difference in the weather from NorCal and SoCal.
The two of us left Best Western Park Place Inn around 8am and we head on over towards the DLR. When we left the room and walking down towards the Esplanade, it was a very nice morning where there were barely any clouds.
Just before we walked down the crosswalk on Harbor Blvd, my aunt text DM to see where they were and they were riding the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. Mark VII Monorail Orange was passing by.
A look at the Lone Ranger steam engine prop.
Just when we got to the security check point, there was a long line to get into the Esplanade that morning.
It only took 5 minutes to get through the security check point which wasnt that bad as it looks from the picture. I have waited way longer to go through the security check point which almost took 10+ minutes which was crazy.
After passing through the security check point, my aunt and I head on over towards the Strollers & Wheelchairs rental area to get the ECV for my aunt. She needed the ECV so she can get through the whole day at the park.
When she got the ECV, we head on over to DL to meet up with Chris and DM. We went towards the turnstile right by the Strollers & Wheelchairs rental area.
When we entered DL, we texted Chris and DM of where they were. They told us that they were over at Tomorrowland riding the Autopia. So my aunt and I head on over towards TL to meet up with them. While we were walking down MS, it was not that crowded that morning.
I forgot that DL was all decorated for 4th of July week.
I like to get a picture of the Matterhorn from MS. But my favorite spot to get a picture of the Matterhorn is from TL. For the DISers that have followed my past trip reports know that seeing the Matterhorn from the TL is a great spot.
When my aunt and I got in TL, we head on over towards the Autopia. But before we head over in that direction to meet up with them, I got my aunt PH ticket and head on over towards Space Mountain to get FP. I didnt know if Chris and DM got FPs for Space Mountain and since we havent used our ticket and AP yet, it was a good idea to get FPs for Chris and me later that day.
When I got on over towards Space Mountain, the FP return time was alredy to 9:25am to 10:25am that morning and the wait time was already at 25 minutes that morning. So there is no way we will ride Space in the standard wait time.
When I got the FP, I head on over towards the Autopia to meet up with my aunt. She was right at the stroller area close to the exit of the Autopia. Chris and DM were on the Autopia, so I walked up close to the exit queue and hope to see Chris and DM on the track. Just a few minutes, I saw Chris and I tried to get her attention and she didnt even see me. But I did get her when she was driving her car.
After getting a picture of Chris, I went back to my aunt and we waited for them to exit the ride. Just a couple of minutes they came off the Autopia and we talked to each other of how Chris and DM day went for the first hour during MM. During MM, they did a lot of rides that morning. They told us that they rode Alice in Wonderland, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Peter Pan twice, & Pinocchios Daring Journey which is a lot of rides that morning and when MM was over, they went on the Autopia. They did quite a lot of rides that morning which was nice to hear that they took advantage of MM that morning. They said that it wasnt that busy that morning where they could have done more rides that morning. But the intense rides they didnt do since DM cant do rides like Space Mountain, Star Tours and the Matterhorn.
When we started too walked down TL, we saw Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster. Chris has been bragging about her mom being the best in her family when it comes to BLAB. She told me that she will be a good competition to me when we ride BLAB. I took on the challenge of DM on BLAB. So the four of us headed on over to BLAB.
BLAB wait time was a walk-on that morning and we got immediately. The outside of BLAB could use a little magic touch up since the paint is peeling off on the building and it was dirty. Hopefully TDA will do some touch ups to BLAB in the future since it could use it.
Since my aunt had the ECV, we went towards the handicapped are right at the exit of the ride. DM and I rode together while my aunt and Chris rode together.
During the ride, I didnt pay attention to the score and just kept shooting and shooting at the specific targets. The ride didnt slow down for any handicapped people but I was able to hit the targets during the ride.
When it was over, I saw that I got 704,000 points which is a very nice score and DM got 80,300. I didnt want to brag or say anything about the score. When I looked at my aunt and Chris scores Chris got 75,200 point while my aunt got 126,700 points which was a nice score. So I was first in the group while my aunt was 2nd for riding it for the first time, DM 3rd and Chris 4th.
After the ride, I was impressed with my aunt for getting a nice score on BLAB. Chris cant believe that she was last and her mom didnt get a high score over my aunt. Chris asked me about the targets and I did tell them in advance which targets to hit during the ride which was the triangles and diamonds. We head on over to the computer screens to send our pictures to our emails.
After we got off BLAB, we saw that Star Tours wait time was only 10 minutes and Chris and I head on over to ST. My aunt and DM didnt want to ride ST since it is an intense ride.
This was Chris first time riding the updated version of ST ever since it opened in 2011. So she was excited to go on this ride. I told her that the ride is completely different and not the same. She knew that there are 54 variants of the ride. She knew about it since she goes on the websites and reads about the DLR.
When we were in the queue of ST, I had to get pictures since it is very interesting to go through the queue.
The Starspeeder 1000
C3PO and R2D2
Going through the security check-point
Now we were waiting to board our flight.
During our trip, we were in the Rebel Hanger and stopped by the Stormtroopers. I wanted to get the Darth Vader scene but we didnt get it so we settled for the Stormtroopers instead. After escaping the Empire, we jump into lightspeed and we were at the planet Hoth. We were in the middle of the battle between the Rebels and Imperial AT-ATs. After leaving the planet, we got a transmission from Master Yoda to deliver the Spy safely. We head on over to our next planet which was Geonosis and the Death Star uncomplete. We were being chased by the bounty hunter Boba Fett and chased by Darth Vader. After being in Geonosis for a while, we jump to lightspeed and met up with the Rebel fleet and safely delivered the Rebel Spy.
After getting off the Starspeeder 1000, Chris was excited that the new Star Tour was even better with the different ride experiences. The 3D glasses just made the ride even better. Before the ride, I was hoping to get the Darth Vader scene which we didnt and was hoping to get the Tatooine scene with the Podrace. We got Yoda which was one of them that I was hoping for. Even though we got the Geonosis scene, I was hoping to get the Naboo scene. But overall, Chris had a great time riding the new Star Tour ride.
After getting off Star Tours, it was time to use our FPs for Space Mountain. Chris and DM got FPs before the park opened at 8am that morning and so we used their FPs instead of mine. But mine wasnt until 9:25am where Chris and DM were 8:45am. So we had some time to ride it and possibly go back on it later that morning. The two of us head on over toward Space Mountain while my aunt and DM waited right in between Star Tours and BLAB.
Looking at the wait time, it was still at 25 minutes in the standby while getting a FP is till 10:10am to 11:10am.
It didnt took that long for us to pass by the standby queue while walking through the FP queue.
We only had to wait about 10 minutes to get on Space Mountain which was a nice time to get on the ride with the FPs. I brought my camera since it is not a wet ride and it was going to be difficult to videotape in the dark.
We were lucky to get the front of the ride and we both enjoyed the ride. Here is a picture of us while riding Space Mountain.
After we got off Space Mountain and got our picture while riding Space Mountain, we head on back towards my aunt and DM. When we met up with them, my aunt was starting to get hungry and she had to have something to eat. So we talked about what restaurants to eat while we were in DL. There was one restaurant that we all talked about before the trip but we didnt want to eat at that restaurant since there wasnt too much of a choice during breakfast. I wont say which restaurant we are thinking about unless you read during my live updates of where we ate that morning.
This will be it for that Saturday morning and you will find out on the next update where we had breakfast that morning.
