Just wanted to give an update from our visit to TSL on Monday (the 20th). We are here now and loving our trip! Anyway, we checked in Sunday and Monday, intended to be leaving the resort at 6:15. (Staying at POR) Finally left ~6:30 (ugh) and accidentally took the long way around WDW to HS. Found parking and wow. Y'all weren't kidding when you said the parking lot is under construction. Since we were there early we didn't have to walk from the back of the lot, BUT they weren't running the trams. That was rough. Between that and bag check it was about 7 when we got into the park. High-tailed it to TSL and went straight to SDD. We got in line and there was someone with a sign saying 45 mins! But we only waited about 15-20, so not bad even though it was likely open for 15+ at that point. A CM kindly took our stroller to park it in the queue. SDD was amazing but my kids (8 & 5) came off crying. The queue is really cute. Walked onto AS2 after that. We had FP+ for TSMM at 8:20, so we rode it first with a 10 minute wait before our FP. After, we met Buzz, then got a Photopass shot in front of SDD. Meandered a bit and were done by ~9:30!
Thoughts:
- Really cute theming. Just so well done. Kids will LOVE it. Adults who generally love anything Disney should appreciate it too.
- SDD - we had watched videos on Youtube to prepare the kids. It's way more intense than it seems and very fast.
- Even as we left at 9:30 am, it was NOT crowded. And with the lack of shade, I definitely recommend doing it in the morning.
- If you FP SDD, you could easily ride TSMM over and over again with minimal wait. It was shocking how short that line was!