Trip Report Will it ever stop raining? Our June 2017 trip

Hi, all!! I've finally had a chance to start going through my photos and thought I would get started on my trip report! For those of you not familiar, here is my pre-trip report:
Adventure is out there...June 2017
If you don't want to read the PTR, here is a brief synopsis before I get started:
Who: Me (Amy), DH (Brian), DS Logan (14), DD Lily (12), and DS Owen (9)
When: June 2-17, 2017
Where: Universal Studios (Hard Rock Hotel), Disney (Art of Animation), and SeaWorld

For those of you who followed along with the live portion of my PTR, I apologize that some of the photos will be the same. I'm too lazy to go back and remember which ones I used!

I experienced one of the longest days of my life on Friday, June 2!! We left Dayton, Ohio before 5am.

Neither one of us drinks coffee, but we definitely needed some caffeine to start our morning! We stopped for the best Coke in the world!!

McDonald's!!
We had a little delay in Cincinnati because I-75 was closed both directions and we had to take a little detour.:eek:
We waved @LisaBelle and @21stamps and any other Cinci friends as we finally drove over the bridge and entered Kentucky!

We made sure to get past Lexington before morning rush hour, and stopped in Richmond for breakfast.

The kids had never had Chick fil A for breakfast, so we had to correct that!
 
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TheMouseFan

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The wait time said 30 min, but we didn't even wait that long! I was upset that we didn't get the new track!
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My ride:
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Brian talked nonstop about how he was the king of this ride. Funnily enough, Logan and I both beat him this time!! So then Logan had to talk nonstop about how Brian wasn't the king of this ride!! I was tired of hearing about it by the end of the day!
 
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Next, we decided to hit Star Wars Launch Bay.
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We had a fantastic interaction with the Jawas. They imprisoned Owen and tried to get us to trade something for him!
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We then met BB8. Very awkward meet and greet!!
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These guys were just wandering around. They wouldn't stop for photos, so Owen tried to be sneaky and get a picture with one!
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This one got on my case for causing a "disruption" with my flash! The kids got a good laugh about that!
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Then we got in line to meet Chewie.
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Not nearly as much fun as our experience last year, but the kids still enjoyed it!
Then we headed out with a quick stop in the store.
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TheMouseFan

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It was finally time for our first FP+.
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Despite what you might thinks, our first FP+ was for:
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I cannot go through this line without getting pics of ToT!!
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TheMouseFan

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We had a few minutes before the start of our next FP+ window, so we found some PP photographers!
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It was finally time!!!
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TheMouseFan

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Best. ride. EVER!!
 
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It was almost time for our lunch ADR, so we headed to the other side of the park.
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I got the steak and mac and cheese. Delicious!!
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Owen got pasta and meatballs:
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Logan got the meat pizza:
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Lily got spaghetti and meatballs:
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Brian got the wood-grilled chicken and penne pasta:
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Lily and Owen got sundaes with their kids meals, but the rest of us passed on dessert.
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We were paying out of pocket for this meal, but I didn't think to tell the waitress when we were ordering drinks that Lily would be ordering from the kids menu, so she brought out a full sized Sprite for her. When we placed the orders, she made a big deal out of having to charge us for an adult beverage since it had already been brought to the table. It's not like she couldn't have gotten refills on the kids size to equal the adult size, but whatever! And I checked the bill, she really did charge us an adult beverage even though a drink is included with the kids meals!:banghead: It definitely wasn't worth arguing about, but I thought it was a little odd.
 
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I agree with ToT being the best!

As I'm reading your report I'm taking note of all the things we didn't do. May require another trip.

There is always the cost/benefit analysis one has to to before starting a compliant, especially at WDW when you want to get to the next place...

Nice job on the pics (again)!
 
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fractal said:
I agree with ToT being the best!

As I'm reading your report I'm taking note of all the things we didn't do. May require another trip.

There is always the cost/benefit analysis one has to to before starting a compliant, especially at WDW when you want to get to the next place...

Nice job on the pics (again)!
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I always have a list going of the things I see in other reports that I have never done or seen!

Definitely was not worth complaining this time!

Thanks!
 
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Since we were right there, we decided to watch MuppetVision 3D after stopping at the Muppet store.
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I sure hope this goes back to being a water fountain!
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Then we made our way over to our next FP+.
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TheMouseFan

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We were a still a few minutes early, so we stopped to watch the Jedi Training. Lily and Owen decided to help them out!
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I snagged another FP+ for The Great Movie Ride. On the way over, we stopped to see Olaf.
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Then we just meandered over that way!
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Owen was in heaven!!
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amjt660

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Ok so before I post I have to apologize for being
1) A star wars geek - not cra cra - but geek all the same
2) An engineer and hence detail orientated and an#$ retentive

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BB8 was introduce and only in Force Awakens so far
He was not in Rogue One.

Again, I apologize

Max
 
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I enjoy this ride, and I wish they would have chosen to refurb it instead of replace it, but I'm not gonna lie, I am soooo excited about the new Mickey and Minnie ride that is coming!!
 
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amjt660 said:
Ok so before I post I have to apologize for being
1) A star wars geek - not cra cra - but geek all the same
2) An engineer and hence detail orientated and an#$ retentive

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BB8 was introduce and only in Force Awakens so far
He was not in Rogue One.

Again, I apologize

Max
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I know, but that was the only Star Wars frame they offered when I was editing the pics! The one I used on the Chewie pic wasn't available. It could have just been the day I was doing it because I had all kinds of problems with the PP site when I was doing the edits, and I didn't go back after my first round of edits!
 
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Then we grabbed some frozen lemonades and made our way back to the resort for a break.
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I wanted to stop, but the kids didn't, so I snuck a pic!
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Home sweet home!
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