Christmastime Trip – 12/9/17-12/17/17 – Day 7

Friday 12/15/17

We got to Studios at a good time and were able to rope drop Rock-n-Roller Coaster, actually being on and off the ride by 9:05! Let me just say, we all loved the decorations at Studios. The retro tinsel and Rudolphs and Santas and the tree and decorations in Echo Lake, I truly think this may have been our favorite park decorations! I’m sure it was Kathy’s as she told me so! They even had rock and roll Christmas music playing in the RnRC courtyard for an added touch! We used our FP for Tower right after RnRC and then got to meet Santa in the Five and Dime and picked up our AP magnets also. We used our Toy Story Mania FP’s and then too Kathy and Ben to meet BB-8, a first for them after Lauren and I had met him in October. He is so cute! We took a bunch of pictures of decorations and the tree on our way over to Star Tours to use our FP, which was a very good use as it was a 60 minute wait by now! We finally got to have PizzeRizzo for lunch! The hours always were so short that it was closed by the time we could get there. It was a really nice day so we enjoyed our lunch outside on the balcony with a great view overlooking parts of the park. It was quite tasty food too and we picked up a 4th FP for Star Tours for our return later in the day. We then wandered over to catch Beauty and the Beast show, one of our favorites and met Kylo Ren at the Visa Meet and Greet before heading out for our afternoon break, knowing we’d be closing down the park that night.
After a nice little rest break we went back and used our Star Tours FP and had dinner at ABC Commissary. We did some shopping and then saw Jingle Bell/Jingle BAM! It was a really cute show and as a Prep and Landing fan I liked it. We got some really awesome nighttime shots of the decorations including some Photopass with the tree in Echo Lake as a backdrop. We really, really liked the tree in Echo Lake! I am pleased they are continuing that. If we thought the decorations during the day were neat, they were really awesome at night! Next was what we were really waiting for, Sunset Seasons on Sunset Blvd with the projections on Tower of Terror! Oh my gosh, it was worth every ounce of any waiting! And they had screens set up for additional scenes so you really could view it from anywhere on Sunset Blvd. It never felt crowded! I’m sure we stayed for two full run throughs, at least! I think I could have even stayed for more! But it was getting late so time to head back home for a Mickey Bar to round out the night.

Steps: 20,038 (A low Disney day!)
Miles: 9.04