Bright Suns Earth Dwellers! I had the pleasure of visiting Batuu last week and it surpassed my expectations. I thought I would share a relatively brief report of our experience, though there are many, many blog postings that do a more thorough presentation with better photos. This is one person’s journey.
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Who? Our Cast: Me (48), Cousin (50's), Second Cousin (21), Mom (78), Aunt (81) - Disney Fans
How? I live abroad and was travelling to Vegas for my brother’s wedding and decided a stop-over in Anaheim was necessary. After making travel plans, Star Wars Land opening was announced! (omg, omg, omg). I quickly changed from 4 nights at Candy Cane Inn to 3 nights + 1 night at Paradise Pier for 5 to ensure a trip to the Galaxy
Why? My first movie in a theatre was Bambi (I’m still mildly traumatised). Second was Star Wars, with my cousins. From then on, Star Wars was a frequent punctuation mark on my life events - from the movies, books, vernacular, legos, dating, children…Star Wars has been involved.
When? 5 June, 2019
Disneyland:
We did 3 day Park Hoppers with our last event being Galaxy’s Edge from 5-9pm. This meant we got to see it both in the day and night, which was amazing. If you have read any blogs about the opening of Galaxy’s Edge, one common theme was how empty Disneyland was in general. It is true. We had minimal wait times for most rides, got to do everything we wanted (except Incredicoaster which was frequently offline), and the temps were in the high 60’s to low 70’s.
Disneyland/DCA Highlights:
Shout Out to the Space Mountain - Hyperspace overlay - so, so fun. Hearing “It’s a Trap” as you are heading into the speedy parts of the coaster was gold.
Disclaimer:
- This will be brief so it gets out while still relevant; I have yet to decide if a full report will follow. I’m going to try so hard not to get too wordy. (failure likely imminent)
Who? Our Cast: Me (48), Cousin (50's), Second Cousin (21), Mom (78), Aunt (81) - Disney Fans
How? I live abroad and was travelling to Vegas for my brother’s wedding and decided a stop-over in Anaheim was necessary. After making travel plans, Star Wars Land opening was announced! (omg, omg, omg). I quickly changed from 4 nights at Candy Cane Inn to 3 nights + 1 night at Paradise Pier for 5 to ensure a trip to the Galaxy
Why? My first movie in a theatre was Bambi (I’m still mildly traumatised). Second was Star Wars, with my cousins. From then on, Star Wars was a frequent punctuation mark on my life events - from the movies, books, vernacular, legos, dating, children…Star Wars has been involved.
When? 5 June, 2019
Disneyland:
We did 3 day Park Hoppers with our last event being Galaxy’s Edge from 5-9pm. This meant we got to see it both in the day and night, which was amazing. If you have read any blogs about the opening of Galaxy’s Edge, one common theme was how empty Disneyland was in general. It is true. We had minimal wait times for most rides, got to do everything we wanted (except Incredicoaster which was frequently offline), and the temps were in the high 60’s to low 70’s.
Disneyland/DCA Highlights:
- Ate at Wine Country Trattoria with the World of Colour Dining Package - totally worth it in my opinion. We had good food and fantastic viewing. Disney’s Food Blog does a good review of this package. My Mom’s review - “4000 times better than the first time we saw it!" It was a Grad Night week and Monday was the only day we could see WoC so wanted to make sure we could. FYI - the mist coming off the water was cold on a night of 62 degrees F. Probably would feel amazing in the heat of summer.
- Ate at Blue Bayou for the Fantasmic dining package. Again, totally worth it. We waited 45 minutes for a waterside table and the food was surprisingly very, very good. We also got cool ground seat cushions to take home. We were right up against the fence for Fantasmic and this was the first time I got to see it with an unobstructed view (short people problems). It was followed by a water show that coordinated with the Fireworks which occurred just after Fantasmic. FYI - this package is seated so if you have trouble sitting on the ground, it may be difficult for the show.
Shout Out to the Space Mountain - Hyperspace overlay - so, so fun. Hearing “It’s a Trap” as you are heading into the speedy parts of the coaster was gold.
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