Day 1 in the Happiest Place on Earth

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We had a mixed sunny/drizzly day today, so we got a few more pictures!

We bounced around the park a lot, it was a 20,000+ steps day. We managed to do a lot of stuff and not stand in too many lines though, so it was worth it!

We had lunch at Blue Bayou, the restaurant inside Pirates of the Caribbean, which was fantastic. Julian gets up very early in the morning months in advance to get us the best reservations so we can do things!

We didn’t get to see the fireworks because there were winds so they cancelled the fireworks portion of the show, but otherwise it was a great day. Didn’t get rained on too much, didn’t have any significant difficulties getting the rides we wanted. Very successful.

Heading down main street!
We stood in line so that we could… stand in line. But hey, we’ll be one of the first people into the park!
And we walk right on to Millennium Falcon!
Julian is considering a lightsaber umbrella.
These pirates have been attempting to get the key from that dog for a loooooong time.
Always good to see Red, even if she’s still terrorizing the locals.
From the musty land of piracy, directly into the musty land of forbidden temples.
Everyone seems remarkably calm for being about to enter a forbidden temple.
We seem to have been captured by stormtroopers.
I don’t love the new style X-Wings, but it’s still cool.
Got to do the remodeled Swiss Family Robinson tree!
Another view of the park from the top of the tree.
I would definitely live here.
Bevin exploring the tree.
Maybe our living room could look like this?
We’ve gone to the bayou for lunch! In the backgrond there are people sailing off for pirate adventures!
Bevin is about to undertake a very dangerous Monte Cristo…
Happy Birthday was sung to Matt. He hated it, which made us happy.
It’s been raining on and off. I sort of like cloudy Falcon.
Oga’s cantina! DJ R3X in the background.
If anyone ever asks: we shot first.
Was Matt… sleeping on Space Mountain?
The castle at night. It’s…. tiny.
We could watch fireworks from here…
Fireworks were cancelled, so we decided to sail into the jungle in the darkness.
We went back to pick up Matt and Emily’s lightsabers before we left for the night.

The build-a-lightsaber experience was fun. Matt and Emily both built their own, so we got to go in with them. Anyone who’s a major Star Wars fan will definitely enjoy the experience of building their own saber.

When we did the Millennium Falcon ride we did the “Chewy Mode” where instead of getting instructions you can understand you just get yelled at in Wookie for the whole ride.
So of course we ran into absolutely everything, and barely succeeded. But it was super fun.

Jungle Cruise after dark is always fun too. As we sailed past the gorillas “Anyone wearing yellow try not to sit still, and don’t make banana noises!” cracked me up.

After a long day we went back to our room and everyone crashed. Up extra early tomorrow for the resort-guest extra time!

2 Replies to “Day 1 in the Happiest Place on Earth”

  1. I love the pictures! Thanks for posting them. (I could live with that “living room” too.)

    Did Matt and Emily get to keep their light sabers?

  2. Oh yes, building the lightsaber to take home is one of the main attractions in the Star Wars section of the park!