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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Disney World Here We Come!! Part II

 Part I of our journey to Disney World Orlando. The next day of our mini family vacay, we decided to enjoy Disney Hollywood Studios Park. Why? Because of Star Wars of course!! Sam, myself and the kids have always loved Star Wars and with Sara growing up, we enjoyed it even more so. So we began our day early, and ate breakfast at the hotel and made our way to the Gondolas that were just a short distance from our hotel. 

 On the Gondola, we headed to Disney Hollywood Studios. It was an awesome ride and we made it to the park without any issues. I was also able to take the wheelchair we got from Magic Kingdom with us on the gondola. But, once in the park we had reserved a motorized wheelchair for me to use. We began our journey into the park...

The entrance into the park, we saw Big Hero 6 Baymax in balloon form, as you enter. I reminded myself to take a photo of him when we left the park.  We also took photos in front of the droid statues, BB8 and R2D2. It was cool to see them! I had to take a photo of my little Cheesy too! It was definitely getting hot that morning, even though it was only 10am!!


 We headed straight to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge first! Once there, we saw lines for one of the rides we wanted so we had to plan our way to make sure we got into certain rides with an early pass. So first, we went to ride the Millennium Falcon. Kalani and Max rode with another group and Sam, myself, Sara, Taby and Brenavin were in one flight, Sam and I were the pilots, Taby, Brenavin and Sara were the gunners. The whole ride and simulation was the best experience ever!! We had a blast and as a family too!
 
 
We also rode Star Tours, it was pretty cool as well and this one, we all sat on a row with about 30 other people. So it was fun! Then, we went to the Toy Story park side and rode on the Toy Story Mania ride and it was so cool, as we walked through to enter the ride itself, it was like we were toys and in Andy's room. The door was huge, and you could see the window high above, as we walk through the twists and turns to get to the actual ride itself. I enjoyed that one too! Unfortunately, the Slinky Dog Dash was crowded and about an 80 minute wait to ride. So we decided to go back to Star Wars Galaxy Edge.


We walked through and took in the scenery and shops. The making of a light saber and droids, was on our list, but it was a long wait. Sadly, we found out later that you had to make reservations to make a droid. Ugh. It was booked and so that idea was not in the cards. We decided to eat at Docking Bay 7 for lunch and it was good. Lots of kid friendly food items. So we just relaxed inside and avoided the hot sun.


When we got outside, we made our way through to some shops. Then even noticed Chewy walking around, so if you look closely, Sam is right behind Chewy as the crowds started to huddle around him. It was neat to see. There was even some Storm troopers not too long after seeing Chewy. We also saw Darth Vader's ship. We made sure to stop by the Milk Stand and got both "Blue" and "Green" milk. It was yummy and definitely better than the one we tried on Guam. In fact, the green one I liked best! It had bits of crushed ice, so it kept us cool from the Florida heat!

 
 It was definitely hot outside and we needed to head indoors. Sam, Kalani, Max and I went to Indiana Jone's Show and Taby, Brenavin and Sara decided to do a bit more shopping in Star Wars Galaxy Edge. It was a long wait in line for the Indiana Jones show. But, we took our time as they shuffled us in. But, even while sitting and waiting for the show to begin. It was a long wait, I would say about 35mins. when it finally began. But worth the wait, because it was really neat to see the whole production and meet the team that did them! Lots of action, with fire, guns, and bombs too!
 
Most of the rides had long lines and we were tired by then. So by about 6pm we decided we'd head back to our hotel and go eat at a restaurant. We took the Gondola back to the hotel and decided to meet at 8pm for dinner. I made sure to take a photo of Baymax. Sam and Brenavin both got Light Sabers before we left. On the way back to our rooms, we walked through and took photos of the cool large sized three wheeler bike, Foosball game board, and Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head toys. We rested and cooled down before taking a bus to the nearest Disney Mall for dinner.



We made it to this outdoor mall Disney Springs close to our hotel on a bus and found this restaurant called, "Paradiso 37" for dinner. Sadly, I didn't take photos of our meal, but it was delicious. I loved their unsweetened ice tea, it was yummy! Great food and service as well. We sat by a window over looking the bay. There were some fireworks and lots of people around. We even took a leisurely stroll through the mall. But, it was time to head back to our hotel for the night. It was definitely a memorable experience and something our children will remember for Summer 2022!


The next day, we made our way back to Jacksonville. Believe it or not, it started to rain as we got closer to Kalani's apartment. The weather channel did say there was going to be thunderstorms and rain for the next few days. So we were very lucky to have the sunny days that we had while in Orlando.

Thank you for reading! ~ ggsdolls

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