Wednesday morning arrived, and we took the Skyliner over to Hollywood Studios. Jackie had given us a tip that the Star Wars area is super crowded first thing in the morning but then settles down later in the day. We decided to start out in the Toy Story area.
Toy Story Mania is one of my favorite rides here so I was excited to get back to it. I'll admit Mia won the shooting competition (twice!). Then we decided to try Slinky Dog coaster which we'd heard was pretty fun, and we both enjoyed it.
Next up was Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway which was a cute little ride.
Finally, we couldn't wait any longer. We headed over to Star Wars. Mia is a huge fan of this series, so this was an amazing place to hear. I've never been a big Star Wars person, but I'll say this was really cool. The details here were really well done.
We decided to start out by actually having a slightly early lunch (like 11:15) at Docking Bay 7 to avoid some of the crowd. Mia really enjoyed her Batuuan Beef and Crispy Topato Stir-Fry while I enjoyed my Fried Endorian Chicken Tip Yip. My Batuuan Dasani water was pretty fun to see.
Now, it was time for some rides! First up was Galaxy's Edge in the Millennium Falcon. This was fun to walk through and see; both of us were then assigned to be engineers on our adventure. I think we did pretty well.
After this we were able to go ride Rise of the Resistance which was really cool. It's a whole experience and was a lot of fun. We also walked to do the original Star Tours ride which was fun.
As we walked through the park, characters were out and about though you couldn't get too close.
I'm glad we couldn't get too close to this guy; watch out Mia!
We took a couple of snack breaks during the day. The Batuuan Coke products were really cool, and we had to try to the Blue milk (and the green milk too even though it doesn't appear in the movies).
So many cool pieces all around this area of the park.
Finally, the big events of the day arrived. The main reason Mia wanted to take this trip to Disney was for two experiences only at Hollywood Studios. First up was making your own light saber. You get a special admittance ticket and then a Jedi master tells you all about light sabers and how they are unique to each Jedi.
Mia picked the purple kyber crystal to go inside her Protection and Defense hilt set.
The Jedi master leads you through building your set. Since he was standing right by Mia, he talked with, encouraged, and assisted her which gives a special memory.
Then comes the nerve wracking part of connecting your hilt with the saber part.
Finally, when the time is right the Jedi master gives the word and everyone can remove their saber and light them up. I have to say, this was a really cool moment!
This was awesome for my Jedi!
After that awesome experience, we moved over to the other really cool one that Mia was excited about. She got to build her own droid!
She picked a R2 model instead of a BB8 model, and she decided to go with a black and grey color scheme. She carefully put it all together.
Once it's all together, you get to take it to a neat area outside where you can test it out and get to know it better. This was really fun! I'm so glad she had the opportunity (and saved up money) to do both of these experiences!
After playing around Stars Wars and enjoying it, we walked over to have dinner at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. It was really delicious! Mia had pot roast, and I had fried chicken. We both enjoyed it and then we really liked dessert too: brownie a la mode for Mia and apple crisp for me.
We had a little bit more time before the park closed, so we headed back over to Star Wars land. We wanted to soak up every minute! We stood in line for Rise of the Resistance and just when it was time to board, there was technical difficulties so we had to leave. We got to walk through the backstage exit though so it was kinda cool to see that. They gave us all a fast past, so we headed over to Galaxy's Edge and walked right on. This time, we were assigned to be pilots which absolutely made Mia's day. Because I actually get a little motion sick on 3D rides like this, I switched places with someone else and was an engineer again. Mia was on cloud nine getting to pilot our ship and she did great!
When that was over, we saw they were allowing people on Rise of the Resistance again, so we got back in line. Again, we were in line when they closed so we were some of the last one to ride. It's such a cool ride; I'm glad we got to experience it one last time.
When we exited the ride, the park was closed, so we had to head on back. We rode the Skyliner back to the hotel which is just a peaceful way to end the evening. Again, we showered and fell into bed happy and exhausted after another fantastic day.
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