OCTOBER 5TH
We slept in a little bit today because we had a brunch reservation at 10:30 at Homecomin' so there really wasn't much of a point in starting at a park and then having to leave to go to DS right away.
We both got our favorite, the Hallelujah Biscuit which never lets me down. It's also so filling that it ends up saving money because you don't need to eat again until dinner time.
After a Southern carb overload, we had to park at Epcot because that was where our park reservation was and we headed through the back of the park and over to HS via the hanging boxes of death.
Today was probably the driest day that we had the whole trip but it was HUMID.
Even Gertie had steam coming out of her nose from how hot it was.
We started off like we usually do with Star Tours. Sadly, we did not get either of the new scenes. We then made our way over to the next air conditioning at Muppet Labs to see an old favorite and pray that it will survive the new land.
Normally, our next stop would be at Baseline but we were still so full from brunch that we didn't even have room for beer.
Instead, we jetted off to Batuu and decided to give the new single rider line for Rise a try. I had read that the single rider line skipped the preshows and you basically walked through the shuttle into the stormtrooper room. But things must have changed since they started it. We waited by the exit of the ride and went in through a little backstage hallway that brought us out to the BB-8 briefing room that was filled with just single riders. We then had a single rider only shuttle preshow that brought us out to the stormtrooper room.
The single riders were sent to one side of the interrogation line while the rest of the line went on the other side. We ended up hitting the single rider lottery because when we got to the front they took 8 people from the single rider line at one time to our own cell. Our thought was that the single rider line was getting too long and they needed to clear out some room but either way A and I got to ride together like normal but for half the wait time!
We explored Batuu some more after our escape and I had to contain my excitement when we turned the corner and saw these guys.
After a brief fanboy moment, we did single rider on Smuggler's Run.
We almost got lucky again on this. A got called first but then after that they took the next 4 single riders together because there was a party of 2 followed by a large party that was too hard to break up so it was easier to send single riders first.
My flight crew actually did pretty well and got 2 canisters.
We returned to the planet's surface and ran into Rey trying to recruit a youngling to the cause.
We exited into the Toy Story Land and scoped out the wait time for TSMM. It was listed at a fairly reasonable time but the queue was backed up all the way into the first outdoor area with the switchbacks in use so we knew that there was no way that the posted time was accurate.
Instead we sucked up more AC, in One Man's Dream and watched the "preview" for Inside Out 2 which has been out for a long time.
Next up was more, AC and a visit to Potatoland at the Vacation Shorts.
We checked out how long the single rider line was for Rockin' Rollercoaster but the single rider line looked to be closed.
MMRR had a long wait time as well so we decided to catch the last showing of Indy for the day instead.
We were done for the day at HS. We took the boat back to Epcot because we wanted to make a pit stop on the Boardwalk for something to eat before going to MK to end our night.
Blue Ribbon Corn Dogs had recently opened and we were both excited to try them out. I got the Mexican Street Corn Dog which was a cheddar-jalapeno sausage in the corn batter topped with chipotle mayo, corn, cilantro, and cheese.
This was so yummy. It had the perfect amount of spice that complimented the sweetness of the corn batter. I had all intentions of getting a margarita at the stand next door but the entire time that we waited for our corn dogs, which are made fresh to order, the line never moved so no margarita for me.
