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- 6:12am and on my way to Disney's Hollywood Studios.
- It is still rather dark outside.
- 6:23am.. passing the Disney Skyliner.. they were just getting it started for the day.
- 6:29am... through security and in line to enter the park. I am quite a ways back.
- 6:44am we are inching closer to the entrance. They started to let the front groups in.
- 6:57am we can see the entrance finally..
- 7:08am - looking back just before entering.
- 7:10am - in the park and working on my boarding group.
- 7:11am - have my boarding group, #66 today for Rise of the Resistance.
- A quick look up Hollywood Blvd before turning around to exit.
- 7:15am we found another group leaving and a CM to guide us upstream and out of the park. A lot of guests still flowing in.
- Lines were just at the ticket booths and clearing fast.
- The Skyliner is now operating.. thought about a morning ride but figured the walk back is quicker.
- Guess one of the Skyliner lines is down? A bus operating this morning.
- Back in our room by 7:30am. A guest decided to visit our patio this morning.
- A closer look at the snake. We let the front desk know and they did send someone to find and move it away from guests.
- By 8:15am Boarding groups were gone for the day and they were already up to 23.
- Stopped by the Boardwalk lobby to check out and into our room. While doing that took a look at the gingerbread display.
- Decided to head to Epcot this morning.
- A wedding photo shoot was going on.
- It was only 8:30am and the park did not open till 9am so decided to take a Friendship boat over and save some steps.
- Morning fishing excursion leaving Epcot
- Passing the Disney Skyliner at 8:38am.
- 8:43am, through security and in the park. Walking by the United Kingdom.
- Looks like a heavy lift going on backstage at the marina this morning.
- They were holding you at Canada this morning.
- Always nice to walk through an uncrowded World Showcase.
- World Showcase Lagoon
- A team working on the new fireworks show infrastructure this morning.
- Caught up to the line. If you had dining reservations they were letting you walk by on the right.
- A look around the queue to enter Epcot waiting for rope drop.
- They let us start walking a little before 9am... this picture was at 9am so we are up the pathway a little.
- The soon to open Starbucks is receiving finishing touches.
- Passing by Mexico
- 9:08am - Arrived at Norway, a posted 15 min wait for Frozen Ever After
- A few random pictures from the stand by queue
- 9:18am - boarding, so a 10 minute wait.
- 9:25am - walking through the gift shops.
- Passed through the Epcot Experience on my way to Future World.
- Fairly quiet around Test Track
- The Standby wait was over 30 minutes already
- So I used Single Rider.
- I waited less than 5 minutes. A look at the new space restaurant from Test Track.. the green curved building.
- 11 minutes from entrance picture to this car in the post show.
- Ground level look at the new restaurant.
- Still working on the roof of the Guardians queue/load building. Figured that would be done by now since they were back in May too.
- The entrance for the new dining location will be to the right.
- Here you can see a wall up where the entrance is being added.
- Passing by Guardians.
- Plenty of walls everywhere you go in Future World.
- The new play pavilion taking over the former Wonders of Life.
- Mousegear is moving across the building temporarily for a major renovation.
- Looking across at the Innoventions building demolition. It was getting darker and starting to drizzle.
- The pins have been removed and soon this retail location will be too.
- Gateway Gifts
- Pin Traders have moved in across the walkway and shares space with the camera store.
- A look inside.
- A new walkway is taking shape between here and the seas/land area.
- The steel is a guide for clearance under the Monorail.
- Pluto greeting guests in his cold weather gear.
- The rain was slowly picking up so we picked up the pace to head for a bus.
- It really started to rain as we stepped onto a waiting bus for Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. While driving to the lodge the skies opened.
- 10:41am arriving at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge.
- Maleficent wrapped bus heading to Animal Kingdom.
- It was still raining pretty good.
- Cars backed up trying to get under cover to load/unload at the front of the resort.
- Took a look around the gift shop.
- Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge Lobby is always impressive
- A closer look at some of the decorations on the tree.
- Still raining pretty hard outside.
- Renovations underway on one wing of the hotel.
- No sign of animals this morning. Guess they are staying out of the rain too.
- A check on our boarding group status.. still quite a ways to go. (For some odd reason I did not screenshot what group they were on.. want to say upper 20s).
- A lone performer downstairs this morning.
- Renovation work visible from the elevator area.
- Passing back through the gift shop.
- Decided to head for Disney Springs for lunch and to try and stay out of the passing storm.