Hollywood Studios
Because we were leaving Epcot so late - and I had already thrown all my plans out the window for the week…I gave my mom options. Option 1: We rope drop, as planned…get through a few rides and then come back to the hotel and take an afternoon break. Option 2: We sleep in and get to the park whenever we get there…and stay the whole day.
She chose option 2, so we turned off our alarms and slept in on our DHS morning.
We got up around 9:00, just in time to view the MASSIVE line to the Skyliner. The line extended past our building and well down towards the 50s buildings. We took our time getting ready and by the time we left our room, the line was completely gone. We tapped into DHS around 10:30 and got right in line at the Trolley Car Cafe.
She got the 50th Pineapple Mousse and I got the Red Velvet Whoopie Pie (and a christmas ornament) and took our drinks over to the HBD area seating to enjoy breakfast.
After a leisurely breakfast we wandered over to watch Lightning McQueen, which we’d never seen. Then, some shopping as we wandered our way to the Frozen Sing Along.
After that Muppets and a stroll through Galaxy’s Edge for some photos and onto Toy Story Land.
We wandered through Walt’s Gallery - but bailed before the Eternals preview. Snapped some statue photos and then waited for our 3:15 reservation at HBD (a tradition). It was very strange to have been in the park that long and have only done a couple of shows/rides.
Lunch was delicious, as always. Mom had the Shrimp Cobb Salad and I had the Shrimp and Scallops Newberg.
We always pick the best rides after we stuff ourselves full of foods…and so off to ride Star Tours we went. It was walk on, so we did it twice. Then, to TSMM. After that it was finally time to wait in a line and we headed to MMRR. We waited about 40 minutes - but again, it was a new ride for both of us. Very cute! After that we tried to go on Slinky Dog, Lines was calling it a 30 minute wait. What Lines didn’t know is that a VIP tour group (this is conjecture on my part) decided to ride it a bunch of times in a row…just them. After we watched Slinky go by 5 times with the same 6 or so people on it, we bailed on the line.
Time for Rise! On the way there we found the lightsaber photopass and took some photos, that one is a lot of fun! We waited in the Rise line for about 30 minutes (to the preshow) My mom had never ridden it and with no spoilers, she had an absolute blast. We got off the ride at 8:52 (park close at 9) and got right back in line. We walked on the second time - it was so fun getting to ride it back to back!
We had a 9:50 Oga’s reservation and so just enjoyed the mostly empty park until it was time to check in. Oga’s was pretty empty when we got to our reservation - but still a ton of fun. We were our server’s last table, so he chatted with us for awhile and just kind of hung out.
On our way out we took some empty park photos. Then a quick jump on the skyliner and to bed!
My left hip gave up on me about 8 miles in.
