November 14, 2019 – Dayspring Disciples

We were on the road a little after 7AM with a quick stop at Walmart which was conveniently located between our house and WDW.

We cleared security by 7:49AM

We were about a dozen people back from the tapstiles at 7:57AM.

I had the stroller and was about the fourth “row” back from the rope, with the rest of my party at the front of the rope or just behind them in the second “row.”

Each girl was invited out to welcome the crowd. Katriel went first, but I only recorded hers as a video.

Behind us was an amazing sea of human beings.

I tried to take a photo or two as we were walked to Toy Story Land at 8:53AM

I started to get pushed further and further back and then had to park my stroller, no less.

My family was all separated and I started to wonder if I would even try for the ride through.

In the end, the girls ended up riding in the third train out, and Nan and Nene in the fourth and me in the sixth.

It was an amazing ride. I was off by 9:11 AM.

Katriel spotted Jessie, whom she was dressed as, so we queued in her line. Kelly, Marie, Johanna and Nan rode Alien Swirling Saucers.

I took some photos as Tab waited in line with Katriel.

Today Marie bounded as Snow White and Tab as Bolt. The family actually got off the line before we met Jessie.

It was finally time to meet Jessie.

We headed over to use our first FPP for Rock N Roller Coaster. Everyone but Nan went on. Then Marie and Kelly went to Tower of Terror and the rest of us went to watch Lightning McQueen Racing Academy and Beauty and the Beast. While in there, I got a text from Nigel that he’d just been advised that the class for spring semester he was on the wait list for now had room. I missed part of the show registering him… LOL.

Marie and Kelly missed their chance to tap into Beauty and Beast and therefore didn’t discharge their FPP. I had to visit a Guest Experience Team Kiosk to get it off. I didn’t want to wait to see if it fell off, because I wanted to grab some same day FPP at the 12:01PM drop.

We ate lunch while watching the Star Wars stage show and tapped in to our FPP for Frozen Sing-a-Long 6 minutes early. Kelly’s phone worked better than mind, so we poised ourselves to grab FPP at 12:01PM and got a set of Toy Story Midway Mania for later. Then we sat back and enjoyed the sing along. It had a slightly holiday tweaked theme that made it a lot of fun.

From there we enjoyed Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular and then Muppets. It was only 66F. I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet that the weather forecast started tanking just after we got to Florida…

We headed back to Toy Story Land for our Fast Pass.

We were off the ride by 2:40PM so I picked up another set for later. I could have had FPP for Slinky Dog again for three of us, but try as I might I couldn’t get all seven of us back on.

From there we went to explore Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Kelly had a reservation for Oga’s Cantina (no way we could get one for all of us) at 3:55PM.

While she visited the Cantina we went and met Olaf.

She texted us when she was done and some of them rode Star Tours while Nan and I shopped a little.

We then had an early dinner. It’s an unpopular restaurant, but we’ve enjoyed Backlot Express in the past. I like they have refills on the pop so we ate there again.

After dinner we decided we’d wait the 50 minutes to ride Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run. We boarded around 6:05PM. It was the Best decision. We had a blast!! I think it helps a lot that our family filled the capsule and we loved cheering and yelling to one another. Even the little two who have never seen a movie were totally into it.

When we were done the park had been plunged into darkness. We headed back to Toy Story Land to start our hunt for treats and ride Toy Story Midway Mania again. It is such a great ride.

Nene bought Katriel a refillable popcorn bucket. Johanna and I found treats at Starbucks.

My carrot cake “cookie” was every bit as amazing as I’d been advised and was honestly too big for me to finish myself.

This was my second day in a row enjoying a Venti Cafe Mocha.

Katriel and I rode Alien Swirling Saucers that we’d missed in the AM.

At 8:31PM we went to enjoy some projections. The park was wonderfully uncrowded. There was lots of room as people continued to arrive right up until the fireworks started.