MICKEY!!!

Yesterday was a Day

Wow… yesterday kicked my ass.

Jen and I left the resort to go to Hollywood Studios at a little before 8:00am. We got there before the park opened, but in time for early entry for resort guests. Yeah… privilege. The kids met up with us an little while later. They were running the Disney World Marathon so we got to see a bunch of runners on the course on the way in. That was really cool.

We did my three favorite rides, Rise of the Resistance (Star Wars), Smugglers Run (also Star Wars), and Toy Story Mania (not Star Wars). We also rode the new Mickey and Minnie’s Run Away Rail Road which sits pretty close to my list of favorite rides too. Also, Star Tours (Star Wars). I must have ridden that ride on some previous trip, but I really couldn’t remember it. Guess I’m gettin’ old.

Speaking of old, we didn’t get back to our room until about 11:00pm and I went straight to sleep. I didn’t even wait for my watch to charge so I could track sleep stats. It was insane. I was so thoroughly tired I couldn’t function anymore.

Today we are going over to the Polynesian, our first Disney resort from 2019, for a character breakfast. My camera batter is charging because I didn’t stay awake long enough to charge it last night. It will be fine though. After that we’re going back to Magic Kingdom for the morning. We have tickets to an after close event there late tonight so we’ll probably spend the afternoon resting up in the hotel room. We’ll be out until around 1:00am tonight having Magic Kingdom virtually to ourselves.

As of right now though, it’s 6:47am and I am the only one of us awake. I’m typing this in the dark while waiting for the gigantic image files from my Z5 to upload to Flickr. It’s gonna take a while.

Galaxy’s Edge

My Ride

Taking the new ride for a spin.

Big Day for Me

Todays a big day for me. We are heading over to Hollywood Studios where I will get to spend some quality time fully immersed in Star Wars. Galaxy’s Edge awaits where I will fly on the Millennium Falcon, face off against Kylo Ren, and maybe… just maybe… meet Baby Yoda.

May The Force be with us all!

Pics from Animal Kingdom

Here are a few random pics from yesterday’s Animal Kingdom digital haul. You need to wait for the film shots to come back, whenever I send them off.

This one could have been my favorite, but the silhouette of the ears on Harry’s hat just aren’t perfect enough. I like it though.

There’s a film shot of two bikes from another location, but you’ll have to wait for that (as mentioned above).

We need to go back when the strings of lights are on.

The Tree of Life.

I think the theming in the Africa and Asia sections of Animal Kingdom might be my favorite of all the parks.

Everest. Zero chance of me every setting foot on that ride.

Very few of my safari shots were useable. Maybe next time.

I took a lot more, and most of what I took was keepable. Maybe once we get home I’ll share some more.

Magic Kingdom Day

We will be heading into the Magic Kingdom today even though Splash Mountain, my traditional favorite ride, is closed for renovations. Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin is still open so that’s cool.

We are thinking of heading over a little later in the morning but plans are still fluid. My bag is packed with both cameras and I’m good to head out whenever, though the temps are in the 40’s.

I’ll check in later.