Day Two! (Tues 3/23)
Today was our Hollywood Studios day and we were up briiiight and early to get a spot on the Skyliner from Pop, and to hopefully secure a boarding group. Our alarms went off at 5:45 and by 6:30 we were out the door walking towards the Skyliner. (We like to be one of the first groups in line at the park gate, if we can!). 7 AM rolled around.... and my husband secured boarding group #3! We only practiced about 5000 times
In September he got boarding group #2, so I’d be lying if I said he wasn’t slightly disappointed he didn’t beat that number this time around.
We waited about 20 mins on line for the Skyliner (were about 4th in line!) when a cast member said work was being done on the HS line and they were likely going to have to send buses to Pop. We didn’t get up super early to miss out on prime pre-opening park time, so we booked an Uber and headed to Boardwalk to walk over. We placed a mobile order for the Boardwalk Bakery to ensure we’d get in with no problem, and it was a success! We picked up our coffee and were on our way. Once we got to the gates at HS it was about 8 AM and we were among the first groups to get in the park. Gates opened at about 8:10 and we were headed straight for Slinky dog! It was a walk on so we went on twice in a row. At this point, our boarding group was already called (despite it being around 8:50) and even though Millennium falcon only had a 10 min wait, my husband insisted on heading over to Rise, so we did. Such a great ride!! It was about maybe 9:30 now and wait times quickly shot up- we headed to Rock 'n' Roller coaster as that had about a 40 min wait. I do notttt do “intense” rollercoasters, which my husband knows. I didn’t do Seven Dwarfs until a few years ago if that tells you anything
Despite knowing this, he tried his best to convince me throughout the entire wait on line to go on, which I of course did not give in to. So, I instead got a treat at Rosie’s while he enjoyed it
I enjoyed my cookie (the snacking sandwich cookie with marshmallow, tasty but very messy!) and started heading towards Runaway railway as the wait dropped from 60 to 40 mins. As I got on line the wait shot up to 90 mins! We weren’t going to wait that long so we headed towards Galaxy's edge for an early 'lunch' at Ronto roasters (so so good!).
Those cast members watch those tables in there like hawks because 2 people asked my husband where his food was while he sat at the table (for at most 2 minutes), while I went to get our mobile order. Thankfully we were able to keep the table as it was definitely busy in there! After a delicious early lunch, the wait times were still looking kind of long (nothing really below 60 mins) and we had been wanting to try out Baseline, so we headed there right before their opening at 11. What a bargain by Disney standards and so delicious! If we hadn't planned such a busy day, I think we would have spent a good bit of time there!
I believe this was the Golden Road Hefeweizen, which was delicious! The blood orange apple cider was great too!
Afterwards, we took a stroll through One man’s dream (love it in there) and then headed towards Midway mania, which even though the line was only posted at 40 mins, went through the “backstage” area- so crazy! I will say, compared to our trip in Sept, the wait times appeared to be closer to the actual posted time (I may have timed them all to see haha). We then headed to Star tours which was maybe a 30 min wait. My husband and I were both surprised to see that Star tours appeared to be different and updated, which we somehow did not realize back in September (apparently it was updated over a year ago?
). After that, we made our way to Runaway railway which was about a 40 min wait (and a killer wait in the sun if I might add, although fast moving!) and then Alien saucers (15 min wait).
We then had about 30 mins to kill before our resy at Oga's at 3, which we were looking forward to! We really wanted to ride Tower of terror and were watching the wait times all day, but it just did not get below 80 mins (was 120 mins at the highest). We were planning to park hop to Epcot after Oga’s, so it just didn’t happen sadly. After taking in the sights of Galaxy's edge and a much needed rest break for our feet, we made our way towards Oga's Cantina and were promptly seated. Such a cool place! I was also thankful we got a spot seated at the bar because my feet needed it haha. My husband got the Slug slinger and I got the Outer rim, and then we split the Yub nub. The atmosphere can’t be beat and the drinks were tasty, but I think this is a one and done for us, as our bill was close to 100 bucks!
When in Disney though, right? Afterwards we considered getting in one more ride (if only tower of terror wasn’t such a wait), but were anxious to get to Epcot, so off we went!
Some pics from Oga's!
Being that it was still early morning, Pandora was still all lit up and so beautiful and peaceful! I was glad we were able to see it like this since we wouldn't be in AK at night.
By the time we got off, the line was already at 90 minutes, crazy! We headed straight to Na'vi River which was a walk on; it's a beautiful ride but I don't think I would have spent any great amount of time waiting for it.
