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Visiting Galaxy’s Edge …

At Galaxy's Edge
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Tonight is the wedding reception but for the day we decided to get tickets to go to Hollywood studios because we had never seen Galaxy’s Edge before and I really wanted to see it. We were able to get on one ride, the Smuggler’s Run and that was a decent ride but we could not get anywhere near Rise of the Resistance unless we wanted to start paying extra for special passes. But we explored the park for a bit and went to two attractions. The park is just so cramped. We also saw Muppet’s 3D which is a great little show to see plus there is virtually no wait for it and we were tired and cranky so that was good to do for a bit. We got some lunch and then searched for a special little shoulder pal for Andy.

andy and Remy

Andy wanted to find the Remy shoulder pal from Ratatouille. We were able to find him in one of the emporiums and Andy wore that for most of the rest of the trip.

Eva at Blue Milk Station

When we were in Galaxy’s Edge we wanted to get some of the blue milk but found out that it wasn’t milk at all it was some fruit drink and that was disappointing. But we did get Eva but the Blue Milk stand for a photo. Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for the reception at Animal Kingdom tonight.

We gathered for the bus at the hotel and then drove over to Animal Kingdom. The weather was again cold so instead of having the reception out in front of The Tree of Life we had it inside the Festival of the Lion King. It was neat to have the even inside this attraction. There were giant games to play and a great buffett and dancing. The reception was very nice and the happy couple were having a great time. So were their guests.

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Ringing In The New Year In Florida …

Made it to Orlando Airport
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Today began or trip to Florida for my cousin’s wedding reception at Disney as well as a few days of visiting with Allison’s parents. Two years ago the family went to Florida for the Christmas holiday and we had a heck of an adventure coming back because we had to drive home, unexpectedly and unplanned. Southwest had cancelled a ton of flights including ours. Well, because of that we had some credits on Southwest and so when making pans for this trip we were able to use those as well as a SouthWest credit card to get our flights there and back for the whole family for under $500, total.

I had to pick some pretty wacky and somewhat inconvenient flight times but we were able to do it. We landed in Orlando a bit after 10pm and were able to get to Allison’s parents’ place before the ball dropped for the New Year. Now we have about a week in somewhat warmer weather than home.