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I was up early so started my day with this view of the sunrise over Bay Lake.
Several fishing excursions preparing to leave this morning at 7am.
A little over an hour later the sun is up.
An enhanced cleaning sign in the room explaining what they do.
The pool at Bay Lake Tower
The Contemporary from ground level.
The bridge/walkway connecting Bay Lake Tower and the Contemporary from ground level.
Looking up at Bay Lake Tower.
Our room. We closed the shades to keep the afternoon sun out so the room would be a comfortable temperature when we returned later.
Stopped for a photo.
Bay Lake Tower
Heading back into the Contemporary.
The rug at the entrance.
Walking through the Grand Canyon Concourse.
The Magic Kingdom from the observation area on the 4th floor.
A Monorail passing by Space Mountain.
Bay Lake Tower
Looking down at the bus stop.. our next destination.
The line for Disney's Hollywood Studios at 9:02am.
Signs for other destinations.
A sign at the bus stop listing transportation. Thought it was noteworthy how Epcot Monorail is covered with tape.
A cast member kept walking around telling us buses for the Studios were on there way. At 9:15 three buses showed up for Disney's Hollywood Studios.
By 9:18 we were on one of them and ready to go.
Arrived at Disney's Hollywood Studios at 9:34am
Through security and ready to enter the park at 9:49am.
A familiar site.. an A-Frame saying the morning Rise of the Resistance Boarding Groups were gone (we tried earlier this morning and the app crashed so we did not get one).
Hollywood Blvd this morning at 9:43am
Waits were already beyond our patience for several attractions so we turned down Sunset Blvd.
And headed for the Sunset Showcase to visit Lightning McQueen and friends.
Tower of Terror from the courtyard.
Within 10 minutes we were inside and seated. Every other row was blocked out and groups were spaced apart on the benches.
The section to our left.
Walking by the Animation Courtyard.
This area was roped off.
A billboard for Soul on the back of the Runaway Railway building.
The extended queue for Toy Story was set up and the entry was near the restrooms before you enter the Toy Story Land.
Luckily it had shrunk and was not out that far when we decided to join.
The end of the line was about the entrance to the land at 10:30am.
The wait was posted at 30 minutes.
A look at the Toy Story queue as we worked our way through it.
I have not walked much of the Standby queue.. we always had FastPass+
The wait ended up being about 20 minutes. We were ready to exit about 25 minutes after first getting in line.
Next stop Black Spire Outpost.
Spotted Vi Moradi moving around the Outpost.
Markers and signage up throughout to handle the crowds. Most were not needed this morning.
The backstage gate was open for queue for Smugglers Run.
An area set up for PhotoPass pictures.
Spotted Chewbacca and Rey.
Passed through the Muppet Courtyard and grabbed lunch from Rizzos
The Pixar Cavalcade making its way through the Echo Lake area.
I never found a good time to go see this short, it is new since my last visit.
Looking toward Star Tours.
Wait times at 12:23pm
Passing by Echo Lake.
The Disney Jr. Cavalcade making its way up Hollywood Blvd.
Video of the Disney Jr. Cavalcade.
Fancy Nancy leading the procession.
Doc McStuffins
Vamparina
We tried for a Rise of the Resistance Boarding Pass and managed to secure one.. with a return time a little over an hour away.
Walked back through Toy Story Land.
Went for a spin since it was a 5 minute wait.
Returned to Batuu.
Another view of the area set up for Photopass on the overlook.
The view.
Stopped by Dok-Ondar's
Received our notification for Rise of the Resistance around 2:00pm so only an hour wait/return time.
An A-Frame pointing the way to where the queue starts.
2:02pm entering the queue.
We had to walk through the outdoor queue but did not have to stop or slow down.
Reached the briefing room area at 2:21pm, so 20 minute wait.
We were assigned a colored dot to stand on.
When we moved into the briefing room we were to find the same dot. There were several of each color so this led to a bit of confusion.. seems they needed a letter or number in addition to a color.
Time for our briefing.
Dots outside the shuttle to wait on too.
Inside the shuttle were dots to stand on and plexiglass up to try and separate the areas a bit.
I thought we were walked through the hanger a little to fast to really soak it in.
On our dot waiting to go into the cell.
Onboard and ready to escape at 2:36pm.
2:43pm we were exiting. So 42 min since entering the queue. 102 minutes since picking up our boarding group.
The queue now filled the outside area and stretched back toward the tunnel on Grand Ave.
Passing by Indiana Jones
The Skyliner overhead.
Checking for our stop number.. 28 for Contemporary.
3:17pm heading to the bus stop to return to the room.