Magic Kingdom!

With our Fast Pass Pluses in hand (well actually on our Magic Bands on our arms) we tackled Magic Kingdom.  Knowing it would be hot and crowed we were there 20 minutes before rope drop which was scheduled for 8 am, after a VERY crowded bus ride!  Sardines we were. 

Girls enjoying an almost empty park!

Even though the multitudes of people outside the gate made me cringe, once inside it was empty!  Numerous times we remarked how strange it was to see Magic Kingdom so empty.  In fact, we did not really encounter any crowds at all until after lunch. 

And speaking of lunch!  If you get the chance you HAVE to do Be Our Guest for lunch!  DELICIOUS!  My daughter declared this the best meal she has ever eaten at Disney!  We used the preorder feature…but did not pre order until about an hour before our appointment.  I was so astonished that the gluten free bread tasted like…BREAD!  Glorious!

A momentary break in the rain, but clouds never left us

By the time the storms came in we had done almost everything we wanted to do. Yup… storms in June are pretty much the normal for Disney.  We had a bit of time to wait for our dinner ADR at Cinderella’s Royal Table, so we donned our ponchos and walked around for a bit.  And then the lightening started.  We found refuge (along with what seemed like a million other people) inside the castle…you know that little walk way … which is NOT made to hold that many people! 

In my opinion, THIS was the best part of the trip (not getting wet or almost electrocuted, but the dinner)  The friend my daughter took had never been to Disney, and was a big secret fan of Princesses.  When we first met Cinderella she was crying and could not speak.  (you would have thought she was meeting her favorite boy band member or something!)  But once she got inside…well the look on her face was just of awe.

My beef with shrimp.  Yummy!

With each princess that made their rounds to our table she was more and more excited.  She was barely able to contain herself waiting for them to get to our table.  She said her meal was excellent, but truthfully I don’t know how on earth she even knew what she was eating. 

She can’t wait to go back…in fact I have it on good authority that her mom is now plotting a way to get her back soon…shhhh…

After dinner, well, the lightening was worse and the rain was a downpour.  They cancelled the Electrical Parade…because it was not safe for the Cast Members to be out in the open with that much lightening (seems it was ok for the guests….) So, I took my granddaughter (did I forget to mention I also had a 7 year old with us) and headed back to the rom.  The older girls stayed hoping for at least the fireworks show.

This was the beginning of the second bad experience with buses. 

We were in line for a bus at 9 pm.  Judging from the amount of people in front of us I guessed we would not make it on the next bus, but definitely by the second… oh how wrong I was!  When the second bus came up, suddenly there were two wheel chairs… I understand they get first priority. Each ACV takes up the space of three seats (where they strap them down).  Then, the parties with them get to board.  Since each ACV had a party of about 20…well there wasn’t a whole lot of room left on the bus.  So, I calmly told my granddaughter we would get the next bus, since there were no more ACVs waiting…However as soon as the next bus got there, the same thing happened.  So we wait for the next bus…. And it happens again.  So, if you are counting…we have now waited for 4 buses… Our lucky number was 5!  And we were sardines again! 

We did walk into our room, soaked at 11pm.  The girls left the park at around 11 and were in by 1am.