And, finally
we come to the last day of our park days.
This one started extra early. We
were doing the Extra Morning hours at Magic Kingdom. Our instructions told us to be at the front
gate to enter at 7:45. The day before
this as well as the day after this one, the park opened at 8 am. Today’s opening was 9.
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| Castle as we walked in |
We arrived
and were instructed to wait in a single file line. Our bands were scanned and we were given a
special band to show we were allowed to be riding and eating breakfast. So far so good. With the exception of the single file
line. Remember, we had already been
scanned, so basically we were already ‘in’ the park. Already through the turnstiles, just not yet
inside the arches. And we waited.
And
waited. And waited. In a single file line, we waited.
Then, surprise it is now 8 am and they
FINALLY let us in.
With only a few rides
open, it was our chance to ride those rides, leaving the rest of the day to
tackle the remaining part of the park. We
head to Seven Dwarfs. One of my favorite
rides in Magic Kingdom. The four of us
walk into the ride area. They ask us how
many are in our party and we say 4. They
send us into a line to ride next. Two in
each car. So far our wait was zero
minutes. As we went in, I notice the
opening in the line to go for repeat rides.
So far so GREAT!
The first two of
us get in the ride car…and when the second two go to get in…nope sorry. There are some Cast Members who are here to
ride! Yes, the cast members got to ride
breaking up our party! Outrageous! Since they only have one train running that
morning, we waited until the first part of our party returned and tried to
speak to them to let them know to wait…and then we ride. We come back and our party is no where to be
seen! They had not heard us tell them to
wait, and did not know about the return to ride again!
By the time
we find them, the wait time is now really up there, so we head to the next
ride. We then rode Peter Pan and Winnie
the Pooh. Guess what we now hear? The opening ceremony for rope drop! And wait, they got to come in at 8:40. We had exactly 40 minutes in the park prior to
opening. We decide to head over for
breakfast at Pinocchio Haus. Even though
I put on the reservation that one of us was gluten free, there were no gluten
free options for breakfast other than a few pieces of fruit.
So, my
review of the early morning magic at Magic Kingdom is a complete bust! For the
price we paid it was not something I would recommend or sell to a client.
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| From Little Mermaid |
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| Small World |
This is also
our Be Our Guest lunch. I will give Be
Our Guest lunch a big 5 stars out of 4! It never disappoints! A little side note. We added a fourth person to our trip sort of
last minute. I was unable to change our
3 to 4 people. I ended up getting a
second reservation with only one person with a five minute difference in
time. While in theory this should have
gone smoothly, in actuality, the cashier had a bit of problems with it. We had
preordered. He could not figure out how
to charge the dining plan. We ended up
having to give him our order all over again!
So, while this will work, be prepared for a bit of extra time or
effort. While not a major deal, thought
I would mention.
Shortly
after lunch, the teens decided their feet hurt (remember me saying that would
come into play?). They voted
overwhelmingly to return to the room to swim.
(It was already in the 90’s).
We headed
back to the room, where the teens proceeded to nap for three hours while I took
the Grand Princess to the pool! I obviously have the only two teens in the
world that would rather nap than to explore Disney! LOL.
We did end
up back at Disney for our final Fast Passes and to have a counter service
dinner at Cosmic Rays. The girls managed
to ride every single ride they wanted to.
I managed to get a lot of people watching in. Over all we had a blast!
The Grand
Princess and I headed back to the room by 9pm.
It had been a very long day for us, and I still needed to get things
packed because we had an early morning breakfast reservation at Polynesian. The teens of course decided to stay for the
fireworks. The park was open until
midnight.
They ended up leaving the park
shortly after we did! What can I
say? We are a bunch of party animals!
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