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Day 5: Epcot (Wednesday June 2, 2021) Park Hours: 11am-10pm Working Title: Hate Me Today For much of my Disney fandom, this was my favorite park. And to this day, SSE is my favorite park icon. However, it’s in the Hollywood Studios circa 2017 Disney Springs circa 2014 phase. It’s a...

If you are a calamari fan, that alone is worth the price of admission. The burgers are legit too- the filet sliders are amazing. I’ll cheat on my taxes before next trip in order to afford a steak there.

If I remember correctly, we were on by 11am. Our second Hollywood day we got boarding group 2!!!

7DMT photo comparison. One picture- my family including my 9 year old riding. The other picture is me, next to my 16 year old son, with some other people onboard as well. I’ll have to take up street fighting to claw back some cred with my family.

Day 4: Magic Kingdom (June 1, 2021) Park Hours: 8am-9pm This portion could be titled, “The Day Josh Became a Big Boy”. Prior to this trip, I avoided typical thrill rides. My only constant with any hint of thrill was Splash (my all time favorite ride). I dipped my toe in the Tower Of Terror...

Random thought for those going anytime soon. Buses are a little strange, especially when counting on rope drop. So, gone are the days of EMH. Instead, they let resort guests in up to an hour early- entry times vary by park and date. You can get a lot done during this opening window- except at...

Second is a call back to day 2, animal kingdom. From left to right... 13 year old, 9 year old, 42 year old, 41 year old, 16 year old, 32 year old. The amazing photopass CM was great. After taking several photos, he said, now just the sisters. And my daughters got some amazing pictures. And then...

I nearly forgot about some actual good catches by memory maker- first up is Tower. I noped the heck out. I’ve ridden this twice, but I am a confirmed coward, so I skipped it this time. My 32 year old brother second from the right on the second row, looking like Bob Dole circa 1996, is next to...

Right?!? I almost cried when I saw the Falcon and again when I got into the interior. Very cool.

Shoot- day 3 addition- We met Kyle Pallo. We only discovered his YouTube channel about three months ago. Dude’s posts on rope drop literally made our trip as easy as it turned out to be. Very nice and gracious guy- follow his channel if you haven’t already.

Day 3: Hollywood Studios (May 31,2021) Park Hours: 9am-8pm We made it to the skyliner by 6:15am and were maybe 10th in line. By 6:45am, my wife had the site up, to try for boarding passes and I had the atomic clock up on mine. At 7am, we were ready to go and got boarding group 20. We got onto...

Thanks, but... I’ll spoil our next fight for you. I love Star Wars. Empire came out the year I was born. I was 3 when Jedi came out. I went to the movies for the re-releases. I went to a midnight showing for Phantom Menace in 1999 and actually love two of the three prequels. I hold Star Wars as...

That would’ve been amazing if they did photoshop those in. Thanks for the assist.

Oh dear god, that bangers and mash pic looked grotesque- it was a lighting issue. I promise, it was amazing.

Day 2: Animal Kingdom (Sunday May 30,2021) Park hours: 8am-7pm We arrived at the bus stop at 5:50am, with my daughters. Rest of family made it down by 6:10am. Crowd started to form shortly after. We made it to the park and were at the tapstiles by 6:55am. CMs let us through at exactly 7am. We...

Inside queues used, and once you got to those, they moved quickly. However, I’d rather be in hell with a broke back before I ever do the Mickey/Minnie queue again. It’s outdoors and ran forever. I can’t prove it, but I think it passed through Gringotts

Thanks, I’m jealous. It’s still amazing. Rope Drop is the thing. Be ready early, especially on Hollywood and Animal days.

They were. I’ve been on a diet for 2 years- lost over 100 pounds. Those dinner rolls were a gateway drug this trip.

Day 1: Magic Kingdom (Saturday May 29,2021) this was the core group (me, DW, DS, DD9, DD13) first visit to MK since April 2018. It was the first visit for my brother since January 1994. Arrived at Pop Century at 4:30am. We dropped our bags off and quietly walked around the resort. This is our...