You guys are so much fun. I’m in the middle of trying to salvage dining reservations after rescheduling our early May trip to September when ADRs have been open for weeks, so I started browsing dining reviews for any hidden gems I’m not thinking about to fill in some gaps (and after doubling our TS after upgrading our new Covid-Free-Dining plan to Covid-Plus
). I’m mostly just walking away from this with the thought that I need to go drinking with you.
(Hi! I’m a creepy internet stranger—let’s be friends!)
Hi creepy internet stranger!!!! You'll see in a few more updates I have a proclivity for drinking with other creepy internet strangers I've met on here so you'll fit right in
Good luck with your dining reservations. I hear the covid-plus plan will come with unlimited alcohol (don't we wish)
And good news for you in two more updates we have a great dinner at a hidden gem that you can make a reservation at about 5 minutes before you walk in the door.
I bet she did much better than I did. LOL!
I'd venture to say no. She was a hot mess but Jason kept us afloat. We were both concerned about riding with Star Wars die hards and some little girl crashing all their ride hopes and dreams.
Joe thought it was just ok and overpriced too. We both really liked the Fuzzy Tauntaun.
I'd like to say I should try that one but pretty sure we won't find out.
I wanted to LOVE it but between the crowds, standing room only and the $$$ (not to mention needing an ADR) it's just not a spot I'll frequent. I so wanted it to be a spot to "pop in" and hang out but I suppose given the popularity that isn't a true possibility. They have worked out the service wrinkles/delays since the AP preview but they're still packing people in there.
I sometimes wonder if it could have been a place to pop in and hang out but they artificially built in demand by making folks get ADRs. I guess we'll never know but I'm not aware of any other bar in Disney or the world for that matter where you make reservations and my hunch is they could have foregone that here too.
did get lucky back when Rise of the Resistance first opened and they hadn't yet finalized what the park hours would be so hadn't opened early ADRs and I was able to walk in ~8:30am (I know you won't judge me
) and it was delightfully uncrowded. There's actually a fair amount of dialogue coming from DJ Rex (with references to Star Tours and the Star Wars universe more broadly) and it was a wildly different experience being able to hear that, have some room at the bar and some conversation with the bartender.
Of course no judgement for an 0830 trip to a bar. You'll only get
from me! I guess it was so crowded when we were there and we were forbidden from leaving our 2 feet of bar space that I don't even know who or what aDJ Rex is let alone that he talked
I feel the same way!! I mean, I can identify the Millennium Falcon, and the characters from the original 3 movies, but beyond that I'm pretty lost on what I'm looking at!!
Great no very little about Star Wars minds
It sounds like your experience at Oga's parallels most of the reviews I've heard from others, but we'll be giving it a try on our newly rescheduled next trip!
Its worth a trip to check it out just have low expectations, bring a lot of green in your wallet, and know that there is no Miller Lite
You could call them anything and I would agree with you lol
Of course you would! Hope you're doing ok
100% agreed. It was a one and done for us unless we're with others who feel the need to overpay for under-liquored drinks lol
Add in if we're with others who feel the need to overpay and also buy my drinks and we'll be there too
That must have been fun to get to go to the AP preview on the first day of the preview period. I can't believe how empty Galaxy's Edge was when you first entered it. We went to GE on the first day that it was open to the public and it was mobbed.
It was cool at the time to be able to be one of the first ones to be there. We had no idea how many people they had given reservations to and feared it would go the way of a halloween party, but we were thrilled to see they seemed to moderate it well. We waited about 45 minutes for the ride but considering there was only one I don't think that was too bad.
I bet she did a lot better than me. My husband and I got pilot cards without asking for them. I was a terrible pilot because I was getting motion sickness from watching the screen, so I didn't look at it very often. I guess we crashed a lot by somehow managed to get one container of Coaxium.
We got the pilot cards by luck of the draw too and had I been one of them I would have been in the same boat as you. I was perfectly time being an engineer pushing a button for seemingly no purpose and closing my eyes when the motion sickness hit me
I had the Jabba Juice, too. It was pretty good. I had fun with the beads. I figured that since I paid so much money for the drink that I was going to eat every bead in that glass. It was a challenge but I managed it.
I'm pretty sure the beads were the only reason Casey got this too and clearly from her bottoms up pic she got them all down too
How funny! So that's not a real water fountain? So confusing!
I think it is a water fountain you just risk contamination if you drink from it
I'm sure there is some star wars reference there that I just didn't get
The only time I've been to GE was in December with Allie, but it was opening day of RotR, so it was wall to wall people and kind of stressful trying to figure out the boarding group thing. We didn't really get to explore the area very much.
Ugh I cannot even fathom what opening day would have been like. Next time you go its definitely worth a visit. Its clearly really well done and fun to walk around and check everything out, even if you aren't the biggest star wars fan
Another experience I had booked for March. I don't even recall if I have it booked again for July, but by all accounts, it doesn't look like we're missing much.
You definitely aren't missing anything if you don't get in there. Just go to Baseline Tap house and you'll have a much better (and cheaper) experience
I’m betting Casey did a better job as pilot than I would! I have no clue about starwars either but Galaxy’s hedge is an impressive landscape so I can’t wait to see it someday!
It definitely is impressive and worth checking out. I'm sure we'll be back in the land time and time again we'll just be getting our required booze elsewhere
We've said we are going to go about 10 times but something inevitably comes up and we haven't. But now that you've endorsed it its a must
especially for an in park qs meal Good to hear that HS has some fast 4 forky choices
