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MAGIC OF DISNEY
Last time we went to Disney, every single bit of it was magical… Even the weather!
It was gorgeous every single day and started raining as we were on our way to the airport heading home.
It was gorgeous every single day and started raining as we were on our way to the airport heading home.
But this time around, we spent a couple of rainy days at the parks.
It rained when we were at Hollywood Studios just a bit and it R A I N E D on our first day at Magic Kingdom.
And I mean it RAINED from 8am that morning until about 2pm that afternoon.
BUT I have to say that it was still pretty amazing. I might wish for {a little more} rainy weather from now on!
It rained when we were at Hollywood Studios just a bit and it R A I N E D on our first day at Magic Kingdom.
And I mean it RAINED from 8am that morning until about 2pm that afternoon.
BUT I have to say that it was still pretty amazing. I might wish for {a little more} rainy weather from now on!
RAINY DAYS AT MAGIC KINGDOM
Wednesday’s at MK have late magic hours (or at least they did when we went) so we fully anticipated a long day…
After sneaking in a few Main Street Castle photos taking full advantage of our Memory Maker, we headed straight back to try to hit Peter Pan’s Flight before the line got too long. When we got there about 20 min after opening, due to lines at the gate, it was already at a 45 minute wait. So instead, we popped over to It’s a Small World.
This ride is always a good one, especially if it’s the middle of the day when your feet need a little rest.
This ride is always a good one, especially if it’s the middle of the day when your feet need a little rest.
We needed to get over to the Crystal Palace for breakfast so we didn’t have much time.
They have a character breakfast with Pooh and friends.
I wasn’t sure how the girls would do with these characters as I don’t think we’ve ever watched Pooh at our house, but they really enjoyed them! Especially Tigger! And the meal was just fine. The food is about the same as all the other breakfast buffets, and I was even able to spoil Olive with some morning chocolate ice cream!
Not sure if we were supposed to get into that or not, but we did.
They have a character breakfast with Pooh and friends.
I wasn’t sure how the girls would do with these characters as I don’t think we’ve ever watched Pooh at our house, but they really enjoyed them! Especially Tigger! And the meal was just fine. The food is about the same as all the other breakfast buffets, and I was even able to spoil Olive with some morning chocolate ice cream!
Not sure if we were supposed to get into that or not, but we did.
After that, we headed out into the park where spent most of the morning in our rain jackets!
RAIN RAIN KEEPS THE CROWDS AWAY
First Fast Pass…
Peter Pan’s Flight…
And I know what you are thinking… Didn’t she just write above about trying to get on Peter Pan’s flight before breakfast?!
Peter Pan’s Flight…
And I know what you are thinking… Didn’t she just write above about trying to get on Peter Pan’s flight before breakfast?!
Yes.
We did.
But the line is always so long that we wanted to try to ride it more than once… It might be one of my favorites.
We did.
But the line is always so long that we wanted to try to ride it more than once… It might be one of my favorites.
Then we popped over to Prince Charming’s Royal Carousel for a quick trot and to our sweet suprise, our friends from Indy who were there the same day saw us and yelled our name! We were too far away in line to catch up with each other, but what a small world!
Time for teacups!
There were a few things I wanted from this trip and one of the things was a photo of Olive on the Mad Hatter’s Teacups similar to the one I have of Ella!
SUCCESS!
Time for fast pass number two – Pirates of the Caribbean!
Another whole family fave! I love this ride… It’s perfect for all ages and an easy float!
Not to mention that it’s nostalgic, quirky and there is so much to look at!
I swear that Jack Sparrow is sooooooo life-like.
I just stare and stare until it’s awkward for the others in our boat.
Another whole family fave! I love this ride… It’s perfect for all ages and an easy float!
Not to mention that it’s nostalgic, quirky and there is so much to look at!
I swear that Jack Sparrow is sooooooo life-like.
I just stare and stare until it’s awkward for the others in our boat.
YO HO YO HO A PIRATES LIFE FOR ME!
And Fast Pass number three was for Jungle Cruise.
While I don’t know if this is truly worthy of a Fast Pass, the wait time is always so long that you just have to do it.
If you can get a Fast Pass early enough then it’s totally worth it!
With our three Fast Passes being used and it only being 12:30, we were in great shape for the afternoon.
If you can get a Fast Pass early enough then it’s totally worth it!
With our three Fast Passes being used and it only being 12:30, we were in great shape for the afternoon.
And this put us out in the perfect location for a quick ride on Aladdin’s Magic Carpets and a visit to the Tiki Room!
I feel like the Tiki Room gets a bad rap, but it’s a classic that you need to go check out!
Lines are always short, and you get to sit in an air conditioned room.
Win Win.
I feel like the Tiki Room gets a bad rap, but it’s a classic that you need to go check out!
Lines are always short, and you get to sit in an air conditioned room.
Win Win.
FRONTIERLAND
Then it was time for a quick service lunch at Pecos Bills.
We decided to grab our food and stake out our spot for the parade while we ate.
So we got the best seats in the house, if you ask me, for the best parade in the universe.
We decided to grab our food and stake out our spot for the parade while we ate.
So we got the best seats in the house, if you ask me, for the best parade in the universe.
Festival of Fantasy starts at 3pm. The cast members and floats start out right by Splash Mountain and Pecos Bills so we were nestled into the perfect spot to see FOF right out of the gate! People start staking out their spots as early as 2pm so be ready to take a break before the parade starts. And note, there are lots of places you CANNOT stand, sit, etc! So once you see the ropes starting to go up, chat a cast member up to find out where is a good spot for you to sit!
Also a huge bonus to this location is that because the parade starts here, it ends here first too!
Which means you are the first to get back to the rides!
Also a huge bonus to this location is that because the parade starts here, it ends here first too!
Which means you are the first to get back to the rides!
Can you believe all this was basically before lunch!
I could write about Magic Kingdom for weeks!
There’s so much to do there and so much to share…
I could write about Magic Kingdom for weeks!
There’s so much to do there and so much to share…
Following the parade Mike & Ella shot right over to Big Thunder Railroad where they was only a 10 min wait!
They even popped on Splash Mountain too!
The parade cuts off all openings to Frontierland so you can avoid lines back that way if you are in the right spot!
They even popped on Splash Mountain too!
The parade cuts off all openings to Frontierland so you can avoid lines back that way if you are in the right spot!
After a thrill ride, it’s time for a haunted one…
Haunted Mansion is one of my husbands favorite rides. Maybe this is where he gets his love for Halloween?
While the girls weren’t to keen on this ride, we made them do it anyways, because we are good parents and know they’ll love it some day.
Haunted Mansion is one of my husbands favorite rides. Maybe this is where he gets his love for Halloween?
While the girls weren’t to keen on this ride, we made them do it anyways, because we are good parents and know they’ll love it some day.
GHOSTS COME OUT TO SOCIALIZE
Since we’d spent most of our morning in Frontierland, we decided it was time to head over towards Main Street again.
I wanted to see the Move It! Shake It! MouskeDance It! Street Party.
I had like two things on my major “to see” list for this trip – Sprinkles Cupcake Vending Machine and the Street Party.
Apparently, I’m easily amused. I had seen a preview of this on Disney Channel, probably one of those times when Disney Channel was on and no kids were home, and it looked like a really good time! EVERY ONE fought me on this one… I mean no one wanted to sit and wait for a street party.
But I made them.
I wanted to see the Move It! Shake It! MouskeDance It! Street Party.
I had like two things on my major “to see” list for this trip – Sprinkles Cupcake Vending Machine and the Street Party.
Apparently, I’m easily amused. I had seen a preview of this on Disney Channel, probably one of those times when Disney Channel was on and no kids were home, and it looked like a really good time! EVERY ONE fought me on this one… I mean no one wanted to sit and wait for a street party.
But I made them.
And before that started, we grabbed a magical Starbucks, and took a break to watch Mickey’s Royal Friendship Faire which included Olive’s favorite gals from Frozen so she was all in!
But don’t worry… everyone loved the street party and EVERYONE danced… I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Ella dance that much or that hard before!
Move It! Shake It! MouskeDance It! Street Party
After the street party, we headed back to Fantasyland for basically the first time of the day…
Yes, I know we were there a bit earlier but we hadn’t gone past Peter Pan’s Flight.
We had spent most of the day in Frontierland and honestly I was ok with that!
We hadn’t beat up our feet too badly this way! But now it was time to head to see Ariel and Dumbo…
Yes, I know we were there a bit earlier but we hadn’t gone past Peter Pan’s Flight.
We had spent most of the day in Frontierland and honestly I was ok with that!
We hadn’t beat up our feet too badly this way! But now it was time to head to see Ariel and Dumbo…
On the way, we noticed the line starting to form where we had visited Merida the last time we were at MK so we jumped in before it got too crazy and watched the sunset behind the castle while we waited!
I feel like Merida’s area is somewhat hidden – and she’s so sweet you just can’t miss her!
THIS particular Merida was awesome! She was quick witted and perfect!
Olive asked her where Muldoon was and she was like “um….. very very far away…” and EVERYONE laughed!
I feel like Merida’s area is somewhat hidden – and she’s so sweet you just can’t miss her!
THIS particular Merida was awesome! She was quick witted and perfect!
Olive asked her where Muldoon was and she was like “um….. very very far away…” and EVERYONE laughed!
We’d been watching the wait times rise all afternoon as the sun came out and the rain went away, the crowds came back out and the wait times grew and grew! So even Under The Sea had at least a 40 min wait time almost every time we looked, but since it was getting late, we decided to do it when we saw it was down to only 20 minutes.
I took this picture below of the three of them looking up at the same time… something caught their eye!
So much to look at and great music on this ride! Who doesn’t love The Little Mermaid?
I took this picture below of the three of them looking up at the same time… something caught their eye!
So much to look at and great music on this ride! Who doesn’t love The Little Mermaid?
Then we headed over to ride Dumbo.
With a 10 min wait time, we couldn’t resist and this is the perfect ride to do with the little ones!
We rode as a family as the last of the sun disappeared completely from the sky, then split up and Olive and I rode again while Mike and Ella headed over to the Barnstormer, another jerky, short, and fun roller coaster for the littles!
Not the super littles though, so Olive and I went to ride Dumbo again…
With a 10 min wait time, we couldn’t resist and this is the perfect ride to do with the little ones!
We rode as a family as the last of the sun disappeared completely from the sky, then split up and Olive and I rode again while Mike and Ella headed over to the Barnstormer, another jerky, short, and fun roller coaster for the littles!
Not the super littles though, so Olive and I went to ride Dumbo again…
And broke it…
Not really, but we were stuck on it for about 2-3 minutes just hanging out up high in the sky!
Not really, but we were stuck on it for about 2-3 minutes just hanging out up high in the sky!
They offered another ride on the other side, but we were ready to go get a decent spot for the fireworks.
They 100% thought I was upset, but honestly I just didn’t want to go again… I was fine with the half ride we had!
They 100% thought I was upset, but honestly I just didn’t want to go again… I was fine with the half ride we had!
When we got in front of the castle something was already playing… and I’m not quite sure of the name of it, but it was basically videos projected on the castle for about 15 minutes. Since we hadn’t seen Happily Ever After yet, we weren’t sure if it was it or not, but quickly realized it wasn’t with very little fireworks to go with it.
But the funny thing, a ton of people left after this show.
Apparently, they didn’t want to wait around for 15 minutes for the Happily Ever After show to start so we got to move up to a really decent spot!
But the funny thing, a ton of people left after this show.
Apparently, they didn’t want to wait around for 15 minutes for the Happily Ever After show to start so we got to move up to a really decent spot!
Once the fireworks were over, it was time for MAGIC HOURS! The girls were spent, but we go from dawn to dusk and they were troopers! I think we had snagged a Pirates Fast Pass so we headed back over there and since Olive was sleeping and we knew where the camera was…
We got this…
We got this…
Then we popped back over to Small World…
Snuck in the line for pictures with Cinderella’s Carriage which was supposedly only out for Valentine’s day…
Then rode the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh for the first time ever for any of us…
*No pictures because I couldn’t get anything that wasn’t blurry – Thanks Tigger!
*No pictures because I couldn’t get anything that wasn’t blurry – Thanks Tigger!
And were even able to sneak in the Rapunzel picture line by 9:59.
Needless to say, our last two hours were JAM PACKED.
Just how we like it!
Needless to say, our last two hours were JAM PACKED.
Just how we like it!
Can you believe we did all this in one day?!
It was kind of insane. But honestly it was the best. Disney is so awesome.
It’s like you walk in and are happy.
And this time around, while we did have a few more “challenges” as a family, at the end of the day we made some pretty awesome memories!
It was kind of insane. But honestly it was the best. Disney is so awesome.
It’s like you walk in and are happy.
And this time around, while we did have a few more “challenges” as a family, at the end of the day we made some pretty awesome memories!
That recap makes me tired. I am always amazed at how much we fit in and how well we do with lines and such. I think we usually play it pretty smart with doing the research ahead of time. The time of the year we go doesn’t hurt either!
Only two days left of our trip to recap and one of those is back at Magic Kingdom! I just wanted to end with I was worried about the rain leading up to our trip. We could tell for about a week before that it was going to rain at least three days we were there.
But in the end, I think this was my favorite day in the parks! We were prepared with jackets, covers and ponchos and didn’t let the rain ruin our day!
If this happens to you, try to make the most of it because even rainy days can be magical at Disney!
