I'm so happy to see you got to ride!! Also we had a droid depot appointment at 11:20 too, wonder if we saw you there!
The story of our attempt is a cautionary tale:
4:21 AM: My kids wake up for the day, I hate my life a little and force everyone to stay in bed. I must have gotten to doze a bit more because...
6:20 AM: Actually up for the day. Get everyone ready.
7:10 AM: husband is still in bathroom. We set a meeting point at DHS and the kids and I leave Beach Club to fill our mugs and catch the Friendship Boats over to DHS which I see heading our way. We have "so much" extra time I decide I can take a bag after all.
7:15 AM: Mere steps from the dock, I realize we all left our magic bands in the room. Every single one of us. We go back to our room.
7:20 AM: Reunited with our magic bands and my husband, but I don't have time to figure out how to not take my bag now, don't have time to figure out how to get what we do need in pockets, and you know we just missed the last Friendship Boat that could possibly get us there in time, so, we walk. From the far end of beach Club, With a 4 and 6 year old. Who, by the way, mostly sprint the first half (and then whine a lot during the second).
7:45 AM: We have arrived at bag check! Hope remains alive but the lines are long. We stay to the right, lines are much shorter.
7:52 AM: Through to the line for the tapstiles, minor miracle. We stay to the right, lines are maybe shorter? Hard to tell.
7:58 AM: We could reach out and touch the tapstiles but there are two families also with young kids in front of us. Literally every single family has at least one child whose fingerprint doesn't work because those stupid things never work on the littles. The guy directly in front of me is doing a truly impressive job of not losing it at this point, it is obvious he really wanted a BG but we both know it is 8:01 and they're probably gone by now.
8:03 AM: Finally through the tapstiles. You know the rest of this story.
We may try again a different day, we're here until Friday. Maybe I'll remember my park tickets before leaving this time
DHS was miserably crowded and I was kind of glad we weren't under any obligation to stay there past our Droid Depot res. We did Star Tours, SDD, and Little Mermaid on fast pass, hit the muppets and the droid depot, and now we're back here recovering.