Heatwave

Mal's Findpenguin link for today. 

Today we checked out of the Starcruiser. It was 28 degrees so there was only one logical option: Blizzard Beach! We were given the VIP treatment coming off the Starcruiser so were allowed to check in at 10am. This gave us time to explore the new cable car system attached to Disney's Riviera before ditching our luggage. A lazy day on the waterslides and mini-golfing was a great end to a short, but super-satisfying WDW trip.

Goodbye Halcyon!

Space flavoured popcorn and mochi for breakfast...why not

Just in case anyone was wondering what the front entrance of the galactic starcruiser looked like

Disney's Riviera Resort, a new DVC offering and a new experience for us

Also the first time on the skyliner! We stayed on it and went around everywhere...

Onsite entertainment

Our studio

The cheapest points wise so we had a carpark view but as you can see not too bad!

Ours had a split bathroom

Second shower handy for a family of 5

Time for putt putt!

Not good enough to beat Dad

Last chance for funnel cake

Batuu & Back

 Pics from today's excursion to Batuu and on the Halcyon. No captions to avoid spoilers...

Halcyon Galactic Starcruiser

It felt as though our whole trip had been building up to this moment...We even set aside nearly a whole suitcase worth of space for costumes and dragged it literally around the world for 5 weeks for the "3 day 2 night" adventure. We booked this immersive star wards adventure on the Halcyon galactic starcruiser way back when. The premise is that it is a leisure space "cruise" which gets swept up in a galactic adventure. And we as guests get to participate in the storyline. 

The price was astronomical. However, we had to do it once. Was it worth it you ask? Here are Mal's thoughts...I must admit that the theming is amazing. The cast members in particular were phenomenal and made the trip. The food was better than expected and we had so much fun as a family. For me it was probably a once and done, I have a feeling the husband though may be planning a return trip...

I won't give spoilers but instead will just post a whole heap of photos to cover our time "onboard". Here are some from our first day

Outside of the "hotel"

Yes he bought a contact to make it look like he had a robotic eye...

Lots of things to do. If you don't own your own "datapad" Disney will loan you one

Our cabin

There's a murphy bed too for the 5th person

One of the first to go onboard so was able to take photos of empty public spaces!

The dining room

Lunch was "buffet" style but the food was beautifully present in individual servings

The children were instructed to drink as much "blue" and "green" milk as they could while it was free and included when onboard

The choices were plentiful. I couldn't fit them all on my try...

Really tasty salad!

From memory this was a cheesecake...

Espresso based coffee available. Tick!

The "climate" simulator in case one needed fresh air

Practising sabac at the bar

The stormtroopers were THE best! Hilarious