Ok, will try to do the detailed review of this Friday (3/15) now, although I didn’t take screenshots or make note so my details will be fuzzy.
We drove from WBC and arrived by 7. I was surprised the parking attendants were there collecting money as they hadn’t been for our slightly later arrival at MK earlier in the week. But we ended up parked in basically the first row of the lot. It’s still a hike in from there right now with the construction, but bag check was quick (the only time all week I was sent through the metal detector—I had the stroller so usually got waved on). We were into the park being held to the left of the theatre about 7:10, at 7:15 they walked us across, held us briefly, and then walked us into the land around 7:20 or just after.
It was 7:23 when we parked the stroller, and we quickly debated whether to line up for W&J or do a ride first. I suggested a quick ride and the rest of my family instead decided TSM...so of course by the time we came out there were 5-10 people in line for the meet and greet!
Big kid said he didn’t care that much about the meet, but little wanted to do it, so we split up and he and I headed for SDD. It was probably about a 15 minute wait, and we came back to find little kid was next in line for the meet and greet, so big kid hopped in for pictures and hugs after all.
Then all together to AS2, and back to TSM x2. They let us reboard directly the second time, there were people slowly trickling in but no lineup (although as soon as they loaded us in the cars again it got longer,so we were lucky I think). They had people all lined up for the cars when we returned so we couldn’t stay on but we just had to wait on the platform for the next set of cars, only took a minute.
Big kid and I went back to SDD and little went to AS2. It was maybe 8 minutes for SDD? This is where our plans derailed slightly...we picked a meeting spot for after that ride so we could book it out of the land ahead of the crowds. When big and I got off it was after 8:45 but they hadn’t let the crowds in, so we quickly discussed hopping back on but he said he’d rather try to get RnR and ToT in, so we went to the meeting spot...and my mom and little weren’t there. We waited and waited and waited, watched the crowds pour in about 8:55 (Woody jumped out of the meet and greet and ran in front of them like he was afraid for his life, it was adorable!), chatted with some CMs, then started to get worried. Turns out they stayed on AS2 for two rides and then the little one announced it was potty time, of course.
So it was 9 by the time we left the land and headed for RnR. Wait was about 20 minutes, so no time for ToT before breakfast—but we’d done it earlier in the week at least. My mom took the little one to meet Mickey and Minnie and we met up with them at backlot about 9:40. The kids devoured the chicken tenders, we all liked the Cronuts, I liked the chilaquiles and my mom liked the kids eggs. Lots of the sweet potato tots went to waste although I didn’t think they were bad. Like everyone else has reported, they happily gave out as many hot entrees as you wanted, and encouraged us to order extra when it was close to 10. The beverages and cold food stayed out (and was even refreshed) until about 10:10 and then very rapidly disappeared. We bagged up some pastries and headed out to watch the Muppets.
We went to see the Incredibles, refilled our popcorn bucket and grabbed giant cookies for an afternoon snack, and then headed out of the park...just in time to catch the March of the First Order at noon. It was a hot day so we were happy to be done with our touring and poolside for the afternoon!
So even with inefficient touring and badly timed potty breaks, we accomplished the following before breakfast:
3x TSM
1 AS2 (plus 2 more for little kid)
2 x SDD
Woody and Jesse
RnR/Mickey and Minnie
We could have easily gotten in another SDD and/or ToT if we’d worked it out right, and probably more if we’d just waited for the meet and greet first or just done AS2 first instead for TSM. But we were all happy with what we got, and the event ran really smoothly.