We got back the 16th. Great 9 day trip! I'm not sad because we go again in 6 days (and then for Labor Day, October, and Thanksgiving). After we watched the livestream of the fourth fireworks last year, we decided we would see it in person this year! Cannot wait! Anyway, we went balls to the wall for 9 days, even with midday breaks and two late start days. At the end of the week we decided to miss the rope drop crowd and get to the last couple parks about 30 minutes in. It was fine because we had the early fastpasses.
It was really, really hot. It wasn't really that crowded in my opinion. We did almost everything we wanted to do. We missed Tom Sawyer Island due to weather and Dinosaur due to break down. We also missed our Pirates & Pals fireworks cruise due to weather. I really wanted to do that one but if we had just stuck to the dessert party, we would have still got to experience it, so I think we will stick with that from now on. They said they would refund us half because we chose to experience the party portion but I am fairly certain they refunded the whole thing.
We did MK EMM, which I highly recommend, We did the Star Wars dessert party, and I also highly recommend. We have done it before but it was different back then and we enjoyed it much more this time with seating, Stormtroopers interacting, and the viewing area was awesome. I did the Villains event with a friend (left family behind). It was really fun!
My 7 year old surprised us all by becoming a huge roller coaster fan this year. Which opens up doors to booking more EMM or DAH events for us. My 5 year old is still holding us back though. So for our next trip I had to split up some FPs and I'm the one sticking with the 5 year old. Oh well, maybe he will change his mind in a couple years like the older one. I also discovered that FOP doesn't agree with me which makes me sad. I'm really hoping I can do Smugglers Run, but I'm worried I can't.
My husband has informed me that we cannot tour like we did this June. We have to slow down. I am excited to stop and smell the roses more. For one, we rarely have time to relax at home, so maybe it will be nice to on vacation. And two, we do have APs (and DVC) and 7 trips this year, so really I should be able to tour more relaxed. I mean, it isn't like we won't be back!
All in all, it was a wonderful trip and on July 1, I will be booking our June 2020 trip. We are going to do May 30-June 7 next year because our passes expire on the 7th. We are going to do one night at the front at Legoland (request from the boys) then move over to Disney. We'll book at BRV at WL, our home, at 11 months out but I am really hoping to switch to BCV or BWV at the 7 month mark.