Ashleigh here giving the details on our last episode of Star Wars Weekend. This trip only included Shannon and Neil besides myself. Since we've been to the other Star Wars Weekends, we didn't rush over to get there early and only had a small list of "must do's" for the end of the Weekends.
*** A small tip from the drive over, if you miss your first turn into Hollywood studios, it turns into a very round about way to get into the park. So make sure to keep an eye out for the signs with directions.
As for our list (more like Shannon's list), it only included riding Star Tours again, Darth's Mall again, and getting a Star Wars Vinylmation. So upon arrival we made our way to Star Tours.
As soon as we got to the park and considering how far we had to park, we realized today was much busier than some of our previous trips. Despite that Star Tours was a 20 minute wait and we got in line. Now I won't give much away to Star Tours but I really like this ride. Basically for those who haven't been on the ride yet, it's a 3D ride that simulates a star wars adventure. If you get motion sickness, this isn't for you but what's really cool is the plot line for the ride.
The ride changes plots each time. I believe there are even over 200 combinations you can experience. By the end of the day, we had rode 3 times and each was different than the other. Now leaving star tours, Shannon took the opportunity to get her vinylmation star wars edition #2 (to be matter of fact), in hopes of getting her Darth Vader. Now Vinylmations are pretty cool little Mickeys' painted to be different characters. Check out this website, to really get an idea of what they are: disneystore.com/vinylmation. And well when you pick a box it's a mystery. And with our dumb luck Shannon got Obi Wan Kenobi...not Darth Vader. Seeing her disappointed face I had to buy one myself for her and still failed by getting Luke Skywalker. Some further investigation will need to be done in order to see if we can crack the code in figuring out the mystery before purchase. But for now, Shannon has started her collection and is still in search of Vader.
We took a break for snacks (which we packed PB&J's which were great for lunch and fruit). We really got the backpack/cooler idea down finally for snacks and drinks. After this and keeping our list in mind we headed towards Darth's Mall. It seemed some new merchandise had become available but nothing of interest to us. The mall did provide a nice cool off spot from the heat of the day though.
Our list had essentially been completed, however, Shannon and I really wanted to see the Hoopla show again which wasn't until 8 o'clock. In an effort to kill some time, we park hopped over to Magic Kingdom to of course got some cards for Shannon. Upon arrival to the Kingdom, it seemed only ironic that we tried so hard to beat the rain to get rained on right as we made our way in. We got the cards and basically spent a lot of time checking out the Emporium store. Which if you haven't checked this store out, it should basically have any Disney item you seek being one of the biggest merchandise stores in the Kingdom.
Now typically, Florida rain comes and goes in about 10 minutes but this storm seemed to be slow moving and rather large spreading across the whole central Florida area and we were finally getting hungry for dinner.
Before battling the rain, we got a large Disney bag from one of the cashiers to put over our backpack to protect from the rain. We went to the Columbia Harbour House which has a really cool variety for "American" style food, with fish, soups, salads and tuna fish sandwiches. It was very filling and a great place to eat peacefully (upstairs) and out of the rain. Upon leaving and we cut some holes in the bag to cover the backpack perfectly! This worked great for the rest of the day and it was free unlike ponchos. Since there was still rain, we left the kingdom and made our way back to Hollywood Studios.
At Hollywood Studios, we discovered that the Hoopla show wouldn't be cancelled until closer to the showing if it was to be cancelled. The rain had really made us bone chill cold so we asked for the best coffee stop. We ended up at the Writer's Shop which in fact had great coffee, lattes, hot chocolate and giant cookies! We enjoyed sitting at a quaint table, sipping coffee, and splitting a giant chocolate chip cookie (YUM!). It finally got close enough to the show to head over where in fact it was cancelled just after 8 o'clock. At this we made our way home but still had enjoyed our last Star Wars Weekend and another Disney adventure :)
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