Just my luck! Two weeks too early. My recent trip to the World was—as always—a joyful time. I knew going into it that Star Tours would be closed. I also knew it would only be a matter of weeks before it re-opened. My wife, being a teacher, only has certain weeks she can take vacation: winter or spring break and the summer months. So year after year we take a trip during Easter and/or one week in July or August (think crowds, heat, long lines, and heat...did I mention Florida is very humid in August?) I’m OK with that. Any week in WDW regardless of the date is well worth it. But this past trip was too much. Each time I walked past a closed Star Tours my lungs unleashed a frustrated wookie yell and my furry arms banged on the construction wall. Once I realized I wasn’t actually Chewbacca, I tried to use an old jedi mind trick on a cast member. Getting nowhere with that, the next logical step was to offer a monetary bribe. Nothing worked, not even the force push or the threatening “I find your lack of faith disturbing” force choke and crush.
Oh well. Nobody to blame but myself. Actually, I can and have blamed the wife, but all that got me was a night’s stay at the K-9 Bed and Biscuit Resort. I should have waited to book a trip during Star Wars Weekends, even if the wife couldn’t go along. Lesson learned!
After my “failure at the cave”, I decided to concentrate my efforts on when I could ride Star Tours 2.0 by planning the next trip. Unfortunately, the family is booked through the summer so there will be no July or August trip. That means, a whole year before I’d get to ride Star Tours. “There is no way I am waiting a whole year!” I said to my wife.
Enter my five-year-old genius of a son who asked. “Mommy, can we pweeze go to Disney Wo’wd fow my biwfday?” I cannot confirm nor deny that he was coaxed (by coaxed, I do mean bribed—as in five bucks) into acting all cute and innocent. Either way it worked. We looked on the calendar and my son’s birthday falls on the Thursday of in-service training for teachers in October. So we booked a trip for the last few days of the month. Now, not only will I get to ride Star Tours 2.0, I’ll also be able to trick or treat at Mickey’s not so scary Halloween party and eat, drink, and eat at Epcot’s International Food and Wine Festival. Woo Hoo! They’ll have to roll me back to the hotel. It will be a much shorter trip than I’m accustomed to, but there will be so many fantastic events that I haven’t tried yet. How many days until October 26th? Let the countdown begin!
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