- Joined
- Apr 26, 2008
Rainy Dessert Party
After our wonderful lengthy nap, we headed towards Hollywood Studios around 5:30PM. I knew there was a risk of rain so in my DSLR bag, I put two ponchos. I mean, if I brought them it wouldn’t rain right? We walked which ended up taking forever since the entrance is so messed up for Hollywood Studios currently, but I think all my readers know and have experienced that pain. We went through the gates and headed straight to the one FP+ we hadn’t missed. It was dark and crowded in Toy Story Land but we were going to head to AS* through all the crazy.
Toy Story Land
Toy Story Land
We stopped for a very nerdy photo putting three of my alien loves together. I made the photopass photographer smile as he said we did something he hadn’t seen before. That comment made me smile!
Yes, I know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek
We headed into the Fastpass Line for Aliens and it wasn’t too bad of wait until we were being whipped around. I like this ride more than other spinning type rides but I would have rather had been able to get a FP+ for TSM or Slinky Dog and just deal with the wait here.
Once we were done, we headed over to check in to our dessert party about 30 minutes prior to our reservation time. We were told we could be sat in about 15 minutes so we looked around the Launch Bay Store.
Buffet Photos:
Our first visit was one of the most important of the night. The bar! It was the same bartender from June so I made sure I tipped him well and he took great care of us all evening! I went with and stayed with the Cosmic Citrus Trist all evening. My husband started with the Lightspeed Margarita but he did try the Galactic Punch on one round before he went back to the Lightspeed.
Drinks!
Our tablemates were were lovely mother/daughter pair from Scotland. They were lovely to talk to over the course of the event and were visiting for I believe 3 weeks! Such a nice long vacation!
All my photos of our food plates didn’t come up well but we ate our fill of prosciutto, mozzarella, ice cream, flatbread, and some desserts. I stayed more savory than dessert but when you love prosciutto and mozzarella as much as me, why waste stomach space on desserts. I also visited BB8 during the event as the line was only about 10 minutes. My husband didn’t meet with me as he had his character fill that morning so I was awkward by myself.
Meeting BB8
At 8:00PM, we were gathered up to head to our reserved show area.
Blurry Stormtrooper
We got a nice seat on the ground for the Movie Magic Pre-Show. It started lightly drizzling so I got our ponchos out to put them on. I didn’t take as many photos as I had planned which made me sad as this was one of the two events I specifically brought the DSLR for (typically I’m too lazy to carry it around)
As it was lightly raining, we all were standing before the Star Wars fireworks. I only got a couple photos with my phone before the skies opened up and began unleashing its rage on us so the phone went away and we just enjoying the show as we got soaking wet. Despite the rain, my husband really did enjoy the show and stated he would have liked it better without the monsoon. Maybe we’ll head out for a nighttime show next time we aren’t there for a race weekend which probably won’t be during 2019.
As it was still pouring rain, we left the park after the fireworks along with most of the crowd. It was a crowded unenjoyable experience but we ducked into a store so that I could rolly my pants up as my bottoms were dragging due to the rain and to move my bag in a way that I knew the camera would stay dry. The boat launch was a madhouse so we walked back to the hotel in that horrible heavy rain. We did get inside the hotel using a side entrance near the croquet lawn to save us some time out in the rain but either way we were soaked to the core. We both ended up stripping down in the foyer of our room and hanging our pants and ponchos to dry some. We also stuffed our shoes with towels to help soak up the water as they were drenched! I took a long hot shower afterwards to warm up!
Goodies Back In The Room
After our wonderful lengthy nap, we headed towards Hollywood Studios around 5:30PM. I knew there was a risk of rain so in my DSLR bag, I put two ponchos. I mean, if I brought them it wouldn’t rain right? We walked which ended up taking forever since the entrance is so messed up for Hollywood Studios currently, but I think all my readers know and have experienced that pain. We went through the gates and headed straight to the one FP+ we hadn’t missed. It was dark and crowded in Toy Story Land but we were going to head to AS* through all the crazy.
Toy Story Land
Toy Story Land
We stopped for a very nerdy photo putting three of my alien loves together. I made the photopass photographer smile as he said we did something he hadn’t seen before. That comment made me smile!
Yes, I know the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek
We headed into the Fastpass Line for Aliens and it wasn’t too bad of wait until we were being whipped around. I like this ride more than other spinning type rides but I would have rather had been able to get a FP+ for TSM or Slinky Dog and just deal with the wait here.
Once we were done, we headed over to check in to our dessert party about 30 minutes prior to our reservation time. We were told we could be sat in about 15 minutes so we looked around the Launch Bay Store.
Buffet Photos:
Our first visit was one of the most important of the night. The bar! It was the same bartender from June so I made sure I tipped him well and he took great care of us all evening! I went with and stayed with the Cosmic Citrus Trist all evening. My husband started with the Lightspeed Margarita but he did try the Galactic Punch on one round before he went back to the Lightspeed.
Drinks!
Our tablemates were were lovely mother/daughter pair from Scotland. They were lovely to talk to over the course of the event and were visiting for I believe 3 weeks! Such a nice long vacation!
All my photos of our food plates didn’t come up well but we ate our fill of prosciutto, mozzarella, ice cream, flatbread, and some desserts. I stayed more savory than dessert but when you love prosciutto and mozzarella as much as me, why waste stomach space on desserts. I also visited BB8 during the event as the line was only about 10 minutes. My husband didn’t meet with me as he had his character fill that morning so I was awkward by myself.
Meeting BB8
At 8:00PM, we were gathered up to head to our reserved show area.
Blurry Stormtrooper
We got a nice seat on the ground for the Movie Magic Pre-Show. It started lightly drizzling so I got our ponchos out to put them on. I didn’t take as many photos as I had planned which made me sad as this was one of the two events I specifically brought the DSLR for (typically I’m too lazy to carry it around)
As it was lightly raining, we all were standing before the Star Wars fireworks. I only got a couple photos with my phone before the skies opened up and began unleashing its rage on us so the phone went away and we just enjoying the show as we got soaking wet. Despite the rain, my husband really did enjoy the show and stated he would have liked it better without the monsoon. Maybe we’ll head out for a nighttime show next time we aren’t there for a race weekend which probably won’t be during 2019.
As it was still pouring rain, we left the park after the fireworks along with most of the crowd. It was a crowded unenjoyable experience but we ducked into a store so that I could rolly my pants up as my bottoms were dragging due to the rain and to move my bag in a way that I knew the camera would stay dry. The boat launch was a madhouse so we walked back to the hotel in that horrible heavy rain. We did get inside the hotel using a side entrance near the croquet lawn to save us some time out in the rain but either way we were soaked to the core. We both ended up stripping down in the foyer of our room and hanging our pants and ponchos to dry some. We also stuffed our shoes with towels to help soak up the water as they were drenched! I took a long hot shower afterwards to warm up!
Goodies Back In The Room