Hello Everyone!
Happy Saturday!
May trip:
So, Disney announced additional Disney After Hours Events. At first I was hoping for a Magic Kingdom one. But then when I looked, they had a Hollywood Studios one, for May 4th. Now, if you aren't a Star Wars Fan, May 4th has become a thing... May the Force be with you.... May 4th be with you... Get it... Anyway, they said there will be additional characters to meet and are inviting guests to come dressed up.
I text'd Andy about it, thinking he would say no. He wasn't completly up for the DAH in MK in Feb. But throw in some Star Wars characters, and he is ALL IN!!! big time. He said he wants to meet all the characters. (This is also from the same person who keeps saying that he can wait to see the new land.... really....)
Anyway... I booked our tickets that night! And I used our Disney Visa Rewards card, that we completly forgot to use in Feb. So, technically we didn't even pay for the event. technically, cause we could have used it for many things. but this did feel like a good way to use the $$$$.
Disney Parks Blog description of the event:
May 4 – Celebrate May the Fourth dressed in your best galactic Star Wars attire* Prepare yourself for Epic Character Encounters including Chewbacca with REY, Darth Vadar, Kylo Ren with CAPTAIN PHASMA, Ewoks, Jawas and imperial stormtroopers. Plus, specialty treats available for purchase.
Gwen is going to be soooooo excited to meet an Ewok. This will probably be top priority for us. I am hoping they have a few robots to meet as well... I know they had them to meet in
Disneyland. But we will see.
Now, I have to find us some shirts / outfits! I don't think we will do full on costumes, as I assume it will be warm. I started checking out some fun t-shirts and maybe Star Wars ears... Any suggestions? I went to Her Universe and was actually a little disappointed. I usually love her stuff but meh right now.
So, now May looks like this:
Fly in Thursday:
EPCOT for some Flower & Garden food booths
Friday:
Morgan's Birthday -
Magic Kingdom in the AM, probably come back swim rest for awhile. Then head back for the Dessert Party that night.
Saturday:
Right now I still have all of our fast passes for Hollywood Studios for the morning. I am debating switching them to more Magic Kingdom Fastpasses. What do you think? Do MK for a couple hours, come back swim / relax. And then head to HS after dinner? Or do we keep HS that way, if we really want to focus on meeting characters we can?
It's hard, as they have done some DAH in Hollywood Studios, but none with the extra stuff. So, I am not sure how long the lines will be for characters. I have to assume that most people going this night will be Star Wars fans? right?
Hollywood Studios for DAH.
Sunday:
Animal Kingdom before we fly home