So yesterday began and ended amazingly but the middle of our day was hampered by overwhelming Disney breakdowns.
We started with breakfast at Topolinos, which was our first time. It was a GORGEOUS morning so we had a fabulous view on top of having so much fun with our friends.
We rode the Skyliner over to HS and started out in Toystory Land. DD is a HUGE Jessie fan, and since she’s been a total trooper about riding everything she’s tall enough for even though she’s been telling us almost every ride is “bad”, we wanted to make sure she had fun. She was nervous but kind of loved Slinky. She adored Aliens and declared it her favorite ride ever and was also a fan of TSM. We headed towards GE to eat some snacks while we waited for our 1:15 ILL for Rise. Unfortunately, that’s where the day started to go off the rails. I got the notification that our ILL had converted to anytime due to ride being down. As we tried to figure out what to do, Kylo Ren strode by looking for spies and accused us of being part of the Resistance. Four of us laughed but DD got a bit freaked out, and one of his cast member companions came over to tell her it’s okay he’s not going to hurt us. During that break, tried to grab a ToT drop LL and couldn’t and realized that’s because it was down.
Things spiraled from there. We were going to head to MMRR, but I saw RnRC had a shorter wait so boys and i booked it that way while DH and DD did Muppets. They ended getting into standby for MMRR which turned into a 70 min standby wait and broke down for 10 minutes early in the ride. Boys and i waited 20 minutes before getting an announcement that RnRC was experiencing issues and our wait would be longer than expected and ended up ditching.
The salvaging the day began from there. DS7 wanted his face painted. I told him yes but first Mom needed a slushy (margarita). After painting, we did Muppets while we waited for DH and DD to finish MMRR. Rise was working again at that point so we rode that (and DD kind of liked it!) before heading to SciFi (one of the few places kids remembered and requested from first trip for restaurant) for Fantasmic package.
After dinner, we hung out and got some bubble wands while DH shopped before heading into MMRR with LL. Boys and i stilled wanted to ride RnRC so we headed that way and DD got her facepainted while they waited for us.
At that point, we split. DS9 was done so he and DH headed back to the hotel. DS7 had read all about Fantasmic (hadn’t seen it before) and was very excited. He, DD5 and i headed to our seats. We were in the back of the reserved but it was perfect for us. DS was so into it. During the villains part, he got so into it he shouted “Mickey! It’s a dream Mickey! You can fix it!”
After the show, I had promised DD after the show, she could ride her “favorite ride ever” again so we headed to Aliens. Kids realized line was so short we could do another ride and begged for Slinky. We got in line just in time at 8:58. So somehow, the littles and I ended up shutting down HS. They loved it and saying good night to all of the cast members. Might end up being one of my fave parts of the trip!
. I love it!
