I rode Rise of the Resistance. Theme parks will never be the same…

Disney has created the most amazing experience on the planet and I have experienced nirvana riding it

It was late in the day, less than a week before Christmas. We were all tired after walking around Disney World all day. The crowds were heavy. The skies were threatening. We were full of churros. And we were all waiting for an app on my phone to alert me that it was finally our turn to ride Rise of the Resistance.

Would it be worth it?

The experience that is Disney World can seem overwhelming. The interminable walking. The endless waiting in lines. The perpetual tug of the shops and food against your wallet.

We had been there since 7am, crowding through the entrance to Hollywood Studios before the sun was fully up. But that day the sun never came. It had been cloudy and overcast, a dark portent of our mood late in the day. We were boarding group 105 and after watching boarding groups topping out in the upper 130s the day before, the current boarding groups had been stuck on 63 for a few hours.

I was in a hot panic, the likes of which a cold beer from an actual Taphouse just up the street from the entrance to Batuu could not cool down. Would we get to experience…