Since I'm off today, I thought I'd post a little more.
1/27: Our official first full day. We usually do split stays, but I decided to plan this trip a little differently. We did HS and AK whilst we were staying at SSR and MK and Epcot during our BLT portion. It worked out really well and made me come up with an even better idea for the future which I will share in my final thoughts.
When APs became available again, we purchased them. That meant a stop at Guest Relations to activate them before getting in line to enter HS. We had missed the first HS bus that morning by about a minute as we could see it pulling away. E has no chill, so he of course was already on edge and I'm sure it didn't help that my comment was, "That wasn't the bus we were meant to get on."
I have more than enough chill for both of us.
This was the line after we had visited Guest Services. It looks worse than it was.
Once we made it in, we headed toward Rise with everyone else. When we got there the CMs informed us that it was not running at that time. We were welcome to wait in line, but they had no estimated start time. We chose to wait and were rewarded with a constantly moving line and everything in working condition.
After Rise, we thought SDD might be doable so we headed to Andy's backyard. I didn't take any notes because I didn't think I'd be doing a report, so I'm going off memory and photos. 40 minutes was our waiting threshold so it must have been around that.
TSMM was next and then a quick visit with Frozone.
I wasn't very good about taking pictures on this trip. I prefer to use my camera and I didn't always have it at the ready. We had lunch at ABC Commissary. I discovered a new to me kids meal that I really enjoyed, but I didn't take a picture. It was the Chicken Arugula Farro Salad and it was quite filling and had a lot of chicken.
It was at this point that we began to realize that this wasn't going to be a slow week. I had purposely picked this week because it was before Presidents' Day and before Spring Breaks, but it was busy! More on that later. We had decided that we were NOT going to utilize Genie + at all this trip. Would that change? Stay tuned.
We saw the Muppets as there is never a wait for them.
We kept checking wait times and ToT was never under 65 minutes. We had a 4:00 reservation at Oga's and 5:15 at Hollywood Brown Derby. We decided that Baseline would be a great place to pass some time. We weren't wrong!
A new to me drink that I believe they call "Mike's Mix". I'm not 100% sure, but it's half Bloody Orange Cider (that I am sure of) and half Golden Road Hefeweizen. It was REALLY good! I normally just get the cider, but it can be a little too sweet. Molly from Mammoth Club had ordered this in one of her videos and I knew I had to try it. Definitely a new favorite!
On to Oga's. We sat at a table with some other parties. Not gonna lie, I was happy to be able to sit. We always both get the Yub Nub. Enjoyable, but I thought they were extra sweet this time.
We watched Daisy water her flowers before our HBD reservation. So adorable!
We had a delicious meal. The filet for E and the Cobb Salad for me. No photos. After dinner, we headed back to SSR to get some rest for the 7:30 opening of AK the next morning.
