We
had a relaxed start this morning, we got up late and packed our bags and left the
Doubletree. We were moving across to the Animal Kingdom Villas – we had a
Savannah view booked at Kidani.
We
arrived at the villas and were surprisingly not approached by anyone to help
with bags etc. I took them in whilst Rob went to park the car, bags were
checked in and then I waited for Rob to do actual check-in. As expected our
room was not yet available so we collected our MagicBands and headed off to
Hollywood Studios.
We
had reservations for lunch at Sci-Fi but before that I wanted to meet Mike and
Sulley so we headed over to their meet ‘n’ greet near the backlot tour.
Rob
sat on a bench and I got in a reasonably long line – it took about 20 minutes
during which Rob was invaded by a tour group who seemed intent on getting him
to leave his seat – he stayed put ;)
Now
for lunch at Sci Fi – we checked in and had to wait a few minutes to be seated.
We had eaten here before and quite enjoyed it and so we were back :) I had the
turkey sandwich and fries and Rob had the picnic burger – no pics cos it was
too dark. No complaints about the food here it was yummy :) I then had a candy
bar dessert (soooooo much chocolate) and Rob had a sundae.
Second
time around we still enjoyed it and I’d probably go back again as it makes a
nice break during the day.
We
then did a few rides – we had FP for Star Tours up first. It had around a 30
minute wait at this point so not too bad a use of FP. Darth Vader was meeting
the Jedi children inside as it had been raining.
Next
up we had Toy Story – I chose this rather than Rock ‘n’ Rollercoaster as I
thought I had a better chance of getting a 4th FP for RnR...
Rob
beat me yet again :( I just cannot win at these games!
We
had a short break so I got a frozen lemonade before we got our 3rd
ride of the day – Tower of Terror! This is a fab ride – and Rob got chastised
by the cast member for scanning his magicband too soon – she told me to try and
keep him under control :)
Across
to the FP kiosk to see if I could get that 4th FP for RnR and
surprisingly we had several time choices available – we chose 7.40 – 8.40 so
that we had time to pop back to AKV.
Off back to the hotel and we stopped by the front desk to find our room number (the text notification never seems to work). We were in 7764 which was in Pumbaa and about a million miles from the lobby.
Off back to the hotel and we stopped by the front desk to find our room number (the text notification never seems to work). We were in 7764 which was in Pumbaa and about a million miles from the lobby.
We
got our bags brought to the room, unpacked and took a little break.
After
a while we popped back to Hollywood Studios to ride RnR – great fun!
We decided to skip Fantasmic and watch Illuminations instead so we took the Friendship boat across to Epcot.
We found a spot to watch just on the bridge between the UK and France which was quite nice. We decided to skip Fantasmic and watch Illuminations instead so we took the Friendship boat across to Epcot.
Unfortunately the globe malfunctioned and aside from a few random flashes of light there was nothing happening – very odd to see this black blob in the middle of the fireworks. The fireworks were still amazing though.
Took the friendship boat back to Hollywood Studios to collect the car, we stopped at Hess to grab some drinks and snacks.
We got 2 big waters, 4 cokes and 2 vitamin waters plus crisps and chocolate for around $16.....quite the bargain on Disney property!
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