Jedi Training

Feb.19, 2011- This was by far one of my favorite parts of Disneyland. We wandered into Tomorrowland just as a Jedi Training session was starting. So, we sat down and had lunch while we listened/watched the training going on. I asked Max and Cooper if they wanted to be in it and, of course, they said yes! So, the next training was in about 45 minutes. We decided to wait around for it and be the first ones there, so the kids could have a better chance of getting picked. This turned out to be a good choice because the later sessions were really crowded and the one we went to, pretty much every kid that wanted to do it got to. So, Madi, Max, and Cooper went through Jedi training. The guy who played the master in ours was awesome! In fact, in the days to come as we walked past the training pavilion, we would glance over and say, "our Jedi master was better than him!" See how I'm now a Jedi snob! So they start the show by saying there is a disturbance in the Force and they need some new brave recruits to help beat Darth Vader. They choose a bunch of kids from the audience and outfit them with a cape and a light saber. Then the master demonstrates how to engage the light saber, how to do the defensive attacks and offensive moves. Then all of a sudden the strobe light flashes and the smoke rises and the stage comes up out of the floor and there's Darth Vader and Darth Maul who takes a flying leap of the stage(and I cut off his head in the pic)and glares at everyone with his red face, pokey head, and creepy black eyes. So, the Jedi trainers gather all the students and tell them that this is there time to show what they have learned and they will get the chance to fight. Then one by one they are presented in front of either Darth Vader or Darth Maul and preform the sequence of moves they practiced. It was pretty cool! Then after Vader is defeated, they each get a diploma of completion! Too fun! I only wish we could have talked Gus into doing it. He was a little freaked out by Darth Maul and didn't want to risk having to fight him!