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05-25-2005, 06:14 PM
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| Mamapajama\'s Star Wars Weekend Day 3 added Cast: Me(Elise) 37: 12th trip , DH(Craig) 36 going on 86  : 10th trip, DD (Logan) 11:10th trip, DS (Sam) 8: 8th tripLink to Pre-Trip Report Friday May 20th: The alarm goes off at 4:30 am!  That was a fast night’s sleep! But no worries we’re going to Disney!  DH & I get showered. I get the kids up and we’re off...but we’re back! I forgot some cash I had been socking away for DH’s AP. Okay now we’re off. We stop at a deli near DH’s job to get breakfast.... a really great egg sandwich with hash browns on the sandwich  !! We arrive at DH’s job and load up the van with our stuff. It’s funny arriving at the airport in a police van!! I had checked in DD and DH online but DS couldn’t be checked in online because I bought his ticket over the phone. We get to the security checkpoint & lo & behold....DS was selected for search  ! So off we go to the other side and DS gets the once over! He took in all in stride and we were through. Logan and I hit Starbucks (of course, I've trained her well!)  and we wait.The flight went very smoothly. Song has added a lot of new features to the TV choices since our October trip. Last time there were 2 movies to choose from. This time they had about 8 to choose from, plus a programmable MP3 player and games you could purchase for $5 for all the games. I wish they would add more kids channels; they only have Cartoon Network & our kids like Disney Channel & Nick better. The kids played games & I played trivia. We arrived on time and I hustled us all off the plane and the Disney dash began! I wanted to walk fast so I wouldn’t be at the back of the DME line. I got in line and busted out my cell phone to time each leg of this adventure with the stopwatch function. I waited in line 7 minutes and 9 seconds to get to a DME agent. That conversation took about 3 minutes and we were off to the hotel queues. We waited 1 minute 53 seconds to get on the bus.  This was actually taken from Pop. I didn't get a chance to take one on the way in. There was a little confusion on the bus and some guests going to GFR and CR ended up on our bus and had to be moved. We waited 9 minutes until we got moving. It was during this arduous wait that Sam blurted out"so much for Express!"  Not very patient! The trip took about a half-hour or so (for some reason I didn’t time that leg but we seemed to make decent time). We arrived at Pop for our longest line.... the dreaded check-in!  We waited 29 minutes to get to a CM!  to Pop Century!!! The good news is our room was ready! We got all our requests: non-smoking, 70’s building, on the back side of the building. We were room 423...the fourth floor which was a bit of a drag but no biggie. Our room was fine. I had made up some envelopes for Mousekeeping before we left and I brought some Lindt truffles to leave with the tip each day. I hope the maid liked them as much as I do. We dropped or things changed and we were off to MGM for our first taste of Star Wars Weekend!! We got to MGM and it was pretty crowded.   (I’ll have to add some more pics later...they are in DH’s phone & he is at work). Sam really wanted to do the Padawan training. We waited for 3 different shows before DS was picked. It was very cute. He fought Darth Maul. He got a certificate and they gave him a clone trooper figure. While DH was getting video and pics of that, I was waiting in line for Chewbacca.   Then we got in line for Anakin, Mace Windu & Shaakti but they we didn’t make it to them before they had to go. So then we rode Star Tours and waited in line for 30 minutes to buy stuff. The line for the collectible items like framed pin sets was 3 hours long We bought a Jedi Mickey beanie, a Darth Mickey beanie and an Ewok beanie, Darth Tater, a light saber set, some SWW “livestrong” type bracelets, a SWW tee for DH, some SW key rings and some magnets for DH’s friends.   Then we headed over to meet Jedi Mickey & Queen Amidala.We decided to head over to Epcot then. We took the boat over; it was about a 10 minute wait. We ended up getting off at Beach Club and walked thru the international gateway. We ended up beating the boat over there! Something was already wrong with DH’s pass even though we only just got it. It hadn’t worked in the Fast Pass machines at MGM and now it wouldn’t go thru the turnstile machine. A CM took it and made him a new one. Then we left the boys & walked ALLLLLL the way to the front of the park to pick up my DDE letter! On our way we stopped at got FP’s for Soarin'’. Then we had dinner at the new food court inside The Land Pavilion.  It was really good!! The kids had mac & cheese and Chicken kids meals (the chicken came with really good mashed potatoes), DH & I had a beef stir-fry over jasmine rice that was really good. He had a salad & I had a fresh fruit cup. We also had 2 little bottles of our favorite wine: Beringer White Zinfindel.  We took a potty break and then had some ice cream (Edy’s). Then it was time for our FP’s. It's a good thing too because the combo of the 4;30 wake-up, traveling & park touring with the sun, heat & wine was starting tokick in and I felt myslef getting very sleepy. I had to get moving!  We had 8:03 and the CM made us wait at 8:02 for 30 seconds until the clock changed! This ride was unbelievable! One of the best I’ve seen at WDW. The first time we were in the second row and saw some feet dangling! After that we decided to call it a night. When we arrived at our room our luggage was there! Yay!! We unpack a little, get our stuff ready for the next day and set a wake up call for.......6:15 (ouch!) Then head off to sleep  It was about 10 pm!Next up.......Epcot! |
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05-25-2005, 10:12 PM
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| I'd rather be at DL!  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Virginia Beach, VA (currently in Oregon, though)
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| Re: Mamapajama\'s Star Wars Weekend Day 1: DME Great start!!! Love the Star Wars stuff!!! |
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05-26-2005, 06:35 PM
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| Re: Mamapajama\'s Star Wars Weekend Day 1: DME Just catching up, can't wait for more. |
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