The Three Mousekateers | Nobody Likes a Clumsy Jedi
Following the excitement of their first entire day at Magic Kingdom, the kiddos would probably sleep in, right?
Yeah.
The force was with us. The padawans wanted to attend Jedi Training, but they easily awoke in time for a relaxed breakfast before rope drop. A short bus ride later, and all of Disney's Hollywood Studios lay before us.
There is one rebel spy stowing away on each of the flights of Star Tours 1401 hosting 40 guests.
A short while later, they robed up all the children, lined them up and told us parents to walk alongside any younglings who might pose a flight risk.
If you have a child between the ages of three and twelve who is even slightly interested in Jedi Training Academy, show up well before rope drop and be prepared to be flexible in the rest of your plans for the day.
The Jedi Master who ran their training infused wry humor and a big dose of the force to the training experience. "Their will be no falling off the training platform. Remember, nobody likes a clumsy Jedi." It was one of the most amazingly wonderful and magical experiences either of my children experienced at Walt Disney World.
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This is Part 7 of an Ongoing Trip Report "The Three Mousekateers."
Additional sections will be found on the Trip Reports page after they are posted!
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| Ahsoka is ready to watch the sun rise at the Fantasia pool. |
The force was with us. The padawans wanted to attend Jedi Training, but they easily awoke in time for a relaxed breakfast before rope drop. A short bus ride later, and all of Disney's Hollywood Studios lay before us.
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Chris and Kylee survey The Hollywood Tower Hotel
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We walked up to the entrance with almost fifty minutes to spare and after using the restrooms and collecting our times guide for the day, we found the shortest line and stayed put. We met a lovely family from Tennessee in line (they also homeschool) and the kids soon made fast friends. We were second in our line, so as soon as the rope dropped just before nine, I walked the kids up Hollywood Boulevard, bearing left at Echo Lake to go straight to the queue at the ABC Sound Studio and Jedi Training Academy sign ups. We walked as quickly as we could safely walk but were nearly run over by grown men who had their ten year olds quite literally thrown over their shoulders to jog and run to either Jedi Training sign-ups or Toy Story Midway Mania.
I'm going to repeat what the cast members in the parks repeatedly called that morning.
Please slow down.
Getting hurt or injuring someone else or their child and ruining your vacation isn't worth it.
Walking got us into line with plenty of room left in the Jedi Trainings at 11 o'clock and later, so we claimed two tickets for 11 am. The younglings were asked to report back to training at 10:30. Off we trotted to Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. We rode this once before on the kids one short day at Walt Disney World and Kylee was the rebel spy, so I spent the majority of our walk and pre-ride explaining to Chris and Kylee that it was unlikely that any of us would be the spy this ride.
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| "1401 clear for take off. Contact departure on frequency four-two-niner." |
The odds are astronomically small that the kids would each be chosen on consecutive rides."1401 clear for take off. Contact departure on frequency four-two-niner. "
Never tell me the odds.
"We know you have this rebel spy on board."
Yes.
Chris found out that Darth Vader was on to him and that the rest of us would be joining in his rebel alliance. After narrowly avoiding the empire on Hoth, Master Yoda encouraged our rebel spy and continued on to the besieged planet of Coruscant. Narrowly escaping from the buzz droids, thanks in no small part to R2, we finally safely landed on a landing platform.
Both kids squealed over Chris' good fortune and sent daddy a short video to share their amazing morning. It wasn't even 9:30. According to our FastPass+, we should have been heading to Toy Story Midway Mania at 10:25, but I was reluctant to possibly miss our Jedi Training.
The kids voted to go visit Oz (admittedly an odd choice for the morning) so off to The Great Movie Ride we wandered. Even though this movie is on the verge of receiving an overhaul, it still delighted, frightened and amazed by turn. The cast members really make the show on this ride and ours were really putting some heart into their roles. Christopher recently saw Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time and Kylee only recently grasped the concept of hidden Mickeys, so this ride really was like a new experience on this ride through.
What to do at 10:15 with a 10:30 training date?
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| Introducing my very own droid: MP2016. |
Create our own droids at Tatooine Traders, of course! The kids each decided to purchase their souvenirs at this point as well, so a blue training light saber and a Duffy the Bear were added to our family.
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| Waiting for the kids' new master to arrive. |
At 10:30, there were two of our training group family's waiting at the ABC Sound Stage. Around 10:40. they began checking us in, verifying our paper tickets and giving each child a name button which they needed to attach to the top center of their shirt.
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| All suited up and ready for training! |
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| A boy and his lightsaber. |
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| Duck! |
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| Fighting the Dark Side. |
This is Part 7 of an Ongoing Trip Report "The Three Mousekateers."
Additional sections will be found on the Trip Reports page after they are posted!
What was the best Jedi move that they learned? Can they do it with light sabers at home?
ReplyDeleteThey still do the form they learned. "Just to practice, in case, mom!"
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