Trip Report Sixth Sense - " I see a LOT of people" - a Max Trip Report - COMPLETED

Hello All
Welcome to my first trip report in almost 3 years.
I will spare you the usual sob story of how vacations were booked and cancelled due to - you know - that thing we do not like to talk about much anymore.

Above from Left to right we have Stephanie (DD) , Tricia (DW) and Cassie (DD) in the front row
And Jordan (SIL), me ( Max, Andrew, Drew, Clarence) and Shane.

The last trip for me and Tricia was Nov 2019 to Disneyland.
The entire group last went in Dec 2018 to WDW.

The 2018 trip was a celebration of Steph and Jordan being engaged (married on Oct 5, 2019)

This trip we have another engaged couple!!

Shane popped the question in March 2022 and Cassie of course said yes!

Dates - Sunday Oct 2 - Sunday Oct 9
Stayed at the Dolphin - three separate rooms for the three couples

The title you ask?

Well six people went to WDW and arrived just a few days after a hurricane blew through - we thought crowds might dip - boy were we wrong!!

More to come - thanks for following


Max

 

[mpaulam]

Those slushies are on our must-do list!!

 

[fractal]

Love the slushies! You make me feel better about not having taken a gondola yet.

I must say, you take great selfies @amjt660 !

 

[amjt660]

We used to love Le Cellier, but haven’t been in a few years as quality wasn’t matching price. Swan/Dolphin has a good steak place if that’s your goal.

Same for us - our 2018 dinner over Christmas was very enjoyable

Those slushies are on our must-do list!!

100% must do!!

Love the slushies! You make me feel better about not having taken a gondola yet.

I must say, you take great selfies @amjt660 !

The skyway ride is a good mode of transportation - but that is it - it is not an "attraction" that should be on your must do list!!

Considering what i have to work with (unfortunately my face has to be in each picture!!!!) I think I do a pretty good job.

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 6 cont'd
After dinner we decided to go to DHS and we took the entire Skyway tour at the same time.

Yup - the full monty....

This time we went to the end of the line (Pop / AoA) and then went back to DHS

We arrived in DHS around 6:20pm and headed to Toy Story land

Tigger would be tipping his hat back to Woody (if he had a hat!)

Always salute your drill sergeant!

Hi Jessie!

As this was shaping up to be our last night at the studios we bit the bullet and waited for Slinky

Posted at 100 min - it took approx 90 min - we played heads up in the line to pass the time.
(in line at 6:34pm - our Slinky pulled into the load area at 8:01 )

Great ride as always but 90 min was a bit much

The young lady seemed to enjoy it too! (or is she trying to keep her dinner from coming back up???)

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 6 - Friday Oct 7 cont'd

We got off Slinky and went to SWGE and made it to Rise at 8:15
It was showing a 70 min wait but we knew it was not really that long.

We know that Tricia is the resistance spy - she is always hiding in the back!!

After getting captured I told the First Order guard that the secret base was on Alderaan - his reply was

" that asteroid field???"

I am no expert but we had a slightly different ride than the first time - with the walker canons firing right at us - which was cool

We got off the ride at 8:55 - total time of on 40 min

We speed walked to Falcon and got on before closing

Shane and I were pilots this time - we did okay - I tried the RH pilot (side to side) for the first time - I think it is harder to do than the up/down LH pilot role.

This concludes Day 6 - next up is our last full day at the parks before our travel day.

Max

 

[fractal]

 

[amjt660]

Day 7 - Saturday Oct 8, 2022

Another Epcot day and another boarding pass for GOG ( thanks to Cassie this time - I think- her and Shane were always trying each morning)

Forgot to put this in earlier but these were T and I's magic bands on this trip

T and I took the friendship boat to avoid a few steps - most of the group was dragging their butts today - more on that later

Photo pass pic with Spaceship Earth

Started out at Spaceship Earth - my first picture was 8:40am

Someone forgot to turn off the lights - this was a first for me - eventually they were turned down to the proper level

Tricia was the "faceless" woman for this version of our future.

Walking over to the Seas

Next we did the Living Seas - the Starfish at the end cracks me up

" they sing that song all day - find my happy place, find my happy place"

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 7 cont'd

Guardians was next - ride number 3 for me and song number 3 ( Disco Inferno)
The song has a good beat but I do not understand how it links to the ride

We decided to grab an early lunch because we were going to be blasting off to space later in the afternoon

I went to Canada to get another apple tart

Shane and Cassie grabbed fish and chips from the UK
Jordan went to China and got dumplings

I also grabbed a pork slider from Hawaii and thought about a Nick Cage movie

"I have to get back to the States!" - " Sir, we are a state"

We were eating in the odyessy at 11am

We then split up into 3 couples and decided to meet back up later.

Tricia and I went to Mexico for a boat ride

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 7 cont'd
Tricia and I did a world tour and Tigger did a photo shoot along the way

Mexico

Norway

Loki!

He did not even want to look at the abominations in the lagoon

Fun in China

Spaceship Earth

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 7 cont'd

Germany!

I picked up a drink

So did Tricia

Tigger was eyeing that wine!!

Tigger is in his happy place now!!

Trains!!

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 7 cont'd

Italy

USA

Japan

Morocco

France

UK

Thus ends the photo shoot - some people stared at me - most just smiled....

( Tigger already had done his pics in Canada earlier in the trip)

It was time to head to Space!!

Max

 

[MinnieM123]

Thus ends the photo shoot - some people stared at me - most just smiled....

I find this amusing -- the people that stared at you for photographing Tigger. I mean, they're all in a (fantasy world) theme park to begin with, and many are wearing fun/silly character t-shirts, mouse ears on their heads, etc. And yet -- they find someone taking photos of Tigger to be unusual?!

 

[fractal]

Loved the Tigger photo-shoot!

At least you know someone will pose for you.

 

[amjt660]

I find this amusing -- the people that stared at you for photographing Tigger. I mean, they're all in a (fantasy world) theme park to begin with, and many are wearing fun/silly character t-shirts, mouse ears on their heads, etc. And yet -- they find someone taking photos of Tigger to be unusual?!

Loved the Tigger photo-shoot!

At least you know someone will pose for you.

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 7- Sat Oct 8 cont'd

We had 3 reservations for 2 each to go up to Space 220 lounge

Cassie and Shane sat together

The rest of us had a table

Tigger in space ( something Stitch has not done)

Group shot

Overall a good experience - the visuals are good and some are funny ( astronaut walking the dog comes to mind) but overall it is a one and done.

Max

 

[amjt660]

Day 7 cont'd
Most of us were not feeling great so we went back to the Dolphin to rest and get ready for dinner

Construction continued on the wing of the hotel where our room was. The noise was noticeable
I talked to the manager about it and he discounted our bill (cannot remember exactly how )

We had dinner at Tepan Edo

The food was good and the chef was entertaining - however as mentioned earlier most people were not feeling well so food orders were small and simple

I took the boat back to the hotel and met a nice couple from the Miami area
Carlos and I had a good talk and we grabbed a pic together back at the Dolphin

Went up to the room and crashed early (on our last night!)
@Darstarr would /will tell me that you will have time to sleep when you get home

Trust me - i did that too

This concludes Day 7 - next up travel home day

Max

 

[Darstarr]

@Darstarr would /will tell me that you will have time to sleep when you get home

 

[MickeyCB]

He did not even want to look at the abominations in the lagoon

My favorite!

@Darstarr would /will tell me that you will have time to sleep when you get home

My line as I was commando-ing the fam around the parks and getting whining was, you can sleep when you're dead!
One time I went to Disney in a walking boot/torn ligaments, and we were at HS and the Beauty and the Beast show was getting ready to start and I headed off at a quick clip and I heard my daughter behind me say, even that d**n boot doesn't slow her down!

 

[MinnieM123]

Construction continued on the wing of the hotel where our room was. The noise was noticeable
I talked to the manager about it and he discounted our bill (cannot remember exactly how )

Glad you got a discount for the noise. (Was this a big construction project going on, or was it just one issue they were working on?) Your photo caught my attention because years ago, I stayed in a corner balcony alcove room --2 floors above that crane (the 9th floor). View was great, especially at night.

 

[cgersic]

Is it wrong to be jealous of a little stuffed Tigger and his photo shoot?