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The timing this morning actually worked out really well. As we were seated, the characters must have been in a morning break, so we were able to quietly and calmly order our food and were nearly done eating before the royal music began playing. Each of the characters were being introduced one...

After a bit, it was time for our check in. We made our way down to Trattoria al Forno, checked in, and after a very short wait were led to our table. We were on the far side of the restaurant, near the kitchen. We were quickly met by a plate full of pastries...yum. Makayla grabbed one before...

So we have finally made it to Friday, which houses the story that the title of this trip report is named after. This would be the day that Makayla met Kylo Ren. But that meeting wouldn't happen until this afternoon. In the morning, we had a breakfast reservation to make it to. Sara took a...

Thank you for following along. Have to give credit to Sara for the photos since she took 97% of them.

We took a bus back to All Star Movies, then quickly walked over to our room, then our car to drive to Animal Kingdom. We have been to Boma so many times, and I've written so many words about it in prior trip reports. This visit was memorable not so much because of what we ate, but because of...

Splash was our last ride at MK this year. Sadly, it was time to head towards the exit, as we had dinner reservations at Boma that night. Sara was diligent about taking photos on the way out. We went out through Liberty Square. Then Sara took a few (dozen) photos of the castle at dusk...

When we had safely exited our boat, it was time to head over to 7DMT for our fastpass. No hesitation from Makayla to get on this one. I think Luke's face in the first photo looks like one you would find on a visit Disney advertisement. Makayla wanted to do the carousel once we were done...

Thanks for checking it out! You get some great candid shots that way. That can be fun when so many times its hard to get the kids to smile. It was just a little odd to have someone walk up to us like, "hey, I was photographing you just now." ;) Great pic by the way.

We tried to line up and get a photo on the bridge that connects the islands. Unfortunately when Sara tried to zoom in, Makayla decided she was done posing ;). Interesting face at least When we made it back to the front island, Luke really wanted to do the cave again. Across the way...

We went over to the fort at the back of the island, where Luke and Makayla both ran to try the escape tunnel. This led down into another cave, which seemed to be much darker than the first one we entered. Thankfully, it was also much shorter. We made our way out in no time. We spent a...

The kids decided they wanted to do the playground first. "Let's go to the Playground!" we heard over and over as the boat was being tied up. Great idea! The only problem was we had no idea where the playground was. We did our best to follow the limited signposts. We ended up trekking up a...

Tom Sawyer Island is one of those places that seems to always be on our wish list, but we never get to go. Ever since we have gone with the kids, I find myself saying to Sara, "we should really go over to Tom Sawyer Island." But we don't. Schedules get filled up, fastpasses take the priority...

Like overloads are always welcome. Makayla tends to do ok if she can see a character's face, but she doesn't like the ones with masks, etc.

When we had finished Tiki Room, Sara and I decided we would use our free fastpass to ride Jungle Cruise, since the line had been so long earlier. It was now up to a 60 minute wait. Even the fastpass line was pretty long. After a short wait, we were loaded into a boat and were off on our...

As we woke up on Thursday, I could tell I was exhausted. Going all day long was starting to take its toll. We took it easy as we got ready, since we didn't have any reservations until after 11am. It was nice to move slowly. I'm not always the best at it. The downside was that we got to the...

We'll call it fashionably late. Thanks for following along. I know in Pennsylvania we've had quite a hot summer, so it's fun to go back and remember when it was so cold.

We made our way over to Mexico, and it was GREAT to get in out of the cold. Luke and Makayla were both excited to ride the "Donald Duck Boat Ride." It's funny how this ride has become a must do for us. Definitely not one of the A list attractions, but it always produces its share of...

Time to give my ignored trip report a little love :) When we had finished re-learning the efforts being made towards sustainable farming, we were off towards World Showcase. For dinner, our plan was to try Les Halles Boulangerie Patisserie in France (and yes I looked the name up before typing...

Once we had done the Nemo ride, we did a bit of exploring. Bruce the Shark is always a draw for a photo. Makayla at this point decided she wanted to do the ride again. This was fine since there was no line, but Luke was much more interested in exploring the rest of the pavilion. We made...

Near the fountain, on the walkway back towards World Showcase, they had living statues as part of the Festival of the Arts. To our surprise, Makayla wanted to get a picture with them, but only if I would go with her. She had seen them reach out and touch other guests, so she was a bit...