We ate breakfast at the Boardwalk Deli, then after arguing about the best way to get to Hollywood Studios, we decided to walk because that is the shortest route.
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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Stove's Birthday Trip | WDW [Day 3] Hollywood Studios & Epcot
On our third day, we had a bit of a delayed start since we were out so late at Magic Kingdom the night before. I had purchased Lightning Lane Multipass to use at both Hollywood Studios and Epcot, but we ran into a bit of an issue where when modifying reservation times, it would only move my reservation and not everyone else's. We realized the only way to get this sorted out was to go into the park and talk to the Guest Experiences team.
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Walt Disney World [Day 3] - Epcot & Hollywood Studios
Our second pre-cruise parks day started with another rope drop morning! Our plan had been to catch the bus to Hollywood Studios (which opened at 8:00, so buses started at 7:15), then take the Skyliner to Epcot. This would put us at the International Gateway entrance to Epcot, and in prime position to rope drop Remy's Ratatouille Adventure.
I think we missed the first Hollywood Studios bus, and the real-time monitor kept delaying the arrival of the next Hollywood Studios bus. The Epcot bus came, and Landon suggested that we go ahead and take that bus since it would take us straight to Epcot, and the Skyliner would add additional time to our transportation. Yeah, that seemed logical.
So we hopped on the bus to Epcot and were dropped off at the main entrance. We were allowed to tap in, and they let us walk up to where you would enter for Nemo & Friends... and that's where they held the rope. There was no rope, actually, just a few Cast Members to keep people from going farther. We were very near the front of the rope drop.... but we were a long way from the France Pavilion.
When we got to the pathway from "World Celebration" (that's what they call Future World these days) to World Showcase, we met people running in the opposite direction! What the heck - it was people from International Gateway who were rope-dropping Soarin'! That's when we realized what a physical disadvantage we had (and also, they may have let the people at International Gateway into the park a little earlier than us). Once we regrouped and made it to the queue for Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, there was already a 40 minute posted wait.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Walt Disney World [Day 2] - Animal Kingdom & Hollywood Studios
This morning, we had park reservations for Animal Kingdom. Buses start running 45 minutes prior to park opening. Since Animal Kingdom opened at 7:30 for resort guests, bus service started at 6:45. It was right on time! I mentioned before that Coronado Springs Bus Stop 2 at Casitas is actually the first on the pick-up loop. We then circled the resort to Ranchos, Cabanas, and then Gran Destino Tower.
On the way to the park, I purchased Genie+ for everyone and booked Expedition Everest at 11:15 AM.
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