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Nice additions! The Star Wars meet and greets are driving me batty! Kylo Ren and Chewie are STILL not showing anything for the days we are there. Is it over? It just says schedule unavailable. What the heck does that even mean?
glad you had a nice visit and a surprise to look forward to in NYC!
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Nice additions! The Star Wars meet and greets are driving me batty! Kylo Ren and Chewie are STILL not showing anything for the days we are there. Is it over? It just says schedule unavailable. What the heck does that even mean?
Oh goodness only knows! Not showing anything for me either... I give up sometimes with Disney, as I swear they were showing up for between 11:00am and 4:00pm on the day we're going to be there, but now nothing...
Poor DHS. It's like the distant cousin to the other parks. (although, AK has its moments as of late too... ) I still think it goes waaaay back to when it opened in like 89 or whatever. I think they rushed it to compete with Universal and they didn't give it proper planning. And we're still paying for that today. Toy Story has saved it, and it has the other two thrill rides. But other than that.... it just doesn't have the love that the other 3 parks do. Obviously, that's just my opinion, but I find that it's shared by many others as well. I truly hope that Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land can redeem it!
Anyway, I'm glad you were able to squeeze Flying Fish in there and rearrange your day! I've heard good reviews of it so far.
And of course by now you've also read that Disney is giving out free mosquito spray too. So is Universal and Sea World. Very cool.
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You were able to switch quite a few of your plans around which is great! I hope you enjoy the Flying Fish after all that!It sounds like the Jungle Book is getting great reviews in AK so at least you should be able to see that if ROL is not up and running for your trip.
Poor DHS. It's like the distant cousin to the other parks. (although, AK has its moments as of late too... )
I am completely with you on that.
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I still think it goes waaaay back to when it opened in like 89 or whatever. I think they rushed it to compete with Universal and they didn't give it proper planning. And we're still paying for that today.
I remember hearing about the rush they had to open it first before Universal, although given Disney already had two parks at that time, so was an attraction in itself, I never really understood that...
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Toy Story has saved it, and it has the other two thrill rides. But other than that.... it just doesn't have the love that the other 3 parks do. Obviously, that's just my opinion, but I find that it's shared by many others as well. I truly hope that Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land can redeem it!
I hope so too, but Toy Story Land already exists in Disneyland Paris and doesn't wow me there.
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Anyway, I'm glad you were able to squeeze Flying Fish in there and rearrange your day! I've heard good reviews of it so far.
I've heard amazing reviews of it!
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And of course by now you've also read that Disney is giving out free mosquito spray too. So is Universal and Sea World. Very cool.
No I hadn't heard that - that is great news and very cool of them.
You were able to switch quite a few of your plans around which is great! I hope you enjoy the Flying Fish after all that!It sounds like the Jungle Book is getting great reviews in AK so at least you should be able to see that if ROL is not up and running for your trip.
Yes, not holding my breath on seeing that either.... more to come on this pre-trip report on that...
Great that you able to continue to make arrangements for your trip. Sorry for the health issues and hope that you get fully recovered before you leave. I agree with you about DHS. Just can't understand the reasoning behind the tier system at this park. We are staying off property in Nov so we can't start doing FP's until 30 days. We will not be getting many of the top attractions. Hope the queues are not too long.
Great that you able to continue to make arrangements for your trip. Sorry for the health issues and hope that you get fully recovered before you leave.
Thank you so much. I would say I'm pretty much there. I'm back to swimming 50 lengths in the pool (16 metres, so that's half a mile), although I took it a bit easier over the weekend, as my body was aching, but that's nothing unusual with the chronic fatigue... I think I'll be fine...
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I agree with you about DHS. Just can't understand the reasoning behind the tier system at this park. We are staying off property in Nov so we can't start doing FP's until 30 days. We will not be getting many of the top attractions. Hope the queues are not too long.
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I hate the tier FP system! I just saw a review of Flying Fish and the people were raving about it. Sounds like a nice addition to your list of restaurants.
I hate the tier FP system! I just saw a review of Flying Fish and the people were raving about it. Sounds like a nice addition to your list of restaurants.
I have seen so many rave reviews that I cannot wait to try it!
In fact, I just realised we'll be there four weeks today....
Glad you're feeling better! Sorry about the FP time for FEA! Keep checking back! Congrats on adding the DxDDP for the last days! How great Meg will be around for your NYC stop!!
Nice post and love all the possibilities you are considering. The ROL still baffles me as I don't think I've heard anything recently about it as the Jungle Book only runs through this Sunday. I checked a few days ago and haven't seen anything regarding an extension of this show or news on ROL.
I checked the schedule for the Star Wars Fireworks Spectacular and they have showtimes listed through October 1st with that show being 7:45. I want to see it but waiting for the extension on this show.
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Not showing anything for me either... I give up sometimes with Disney, as I swear they were showing up for between 11:00am and 4:00pm on the day we're going to be there, but now nothing...
I'm glad it's open and you got to work it n!!
How nice that you got to see an old friend!!
I truly hope that Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land can redeem it! 
I think I'll be fine... 
I checked a few days ago and haven't seen anything regarding an extension of this show or news on ROL.
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