Magic Kingdom Day!

First – let me mention we slept 9 hours!

This was the only day we planned to use Disney transportation. Magic Kingdom is the only park where it makes sense NOT to take your own car.

We were at the bus stop at 7AM and were the first in line.

We were at the tapstiles by 7:40AM and once they let us in, we scurried past this pokey bridal party.

Marie: “ you lead the way, I don’t know the way to seven dwarfs.

Also Marie:

They let us over to the rope drop area for Fantasyland.
7:57AM.
I am wearing the shirt my friend made me. Marie brought hers to put on later.

We were on and off Seven Dwarfs Mine Train by 8:35AM and the line to Peter Pan was still short enough, so we hopped in it. This is the first time I’ve seen the new queue and it was especially wonderful to me as I had JUST listened to the original J. M. Barrie story on the car ride down.

8:52AM

From there we went on Winnie the Pooh.
9:08AM

We went to Haunted Mansion (I don’t like that at all. I went on once in, like, 2000, and have avoided it ever since. I will never go back on.)

We went and used our first LL for Jungle Cruise.

Tapped into our Pirates of the Caribbean early so I could nab a LL for Splash.

As we waited for Pirates to load, the ride went down. They converted my LL for Pirates to an “Anytime LL” for all but the four “big” rides and meet and greets. This is called the Golden Ticket. It means anything I grab a LL for the rest of the day will be available to use immediately, NOT just in the window it is slotted for. The anytime LL doesn’t go away until you use it for the intended ride, OR if you accidently use it for a ride you don’t have an LL for.

We did Splash.

We just started rapidly doing rides in no specific order.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

It’s a Small World

Philharmagic

Voyage of the Little Mermaid

We got nachos to split at Peco’s Bills. They were really good.

Took photos.

Rode Space Mountain.

Did a bunch of shopping.

Met 50th Anniversary Mickey

Rode Pooh again, and Peter Pan with a LL, and Pirates of the Caribbean. With that ride, we lost our Golden Ticket, but could still use regular LL, of course!

Got a Dole Whip.

And Marie got a Hi-Ho Sundae.

Our treats may have been poorly timed.
5:10PM

Rode Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.

And went for dinner at Skipper’s Canteen. The only sit down meal of the trip.

We got the cheese bread.
(We did not NEED cheese bread.)

Marie had shrimp and rice.

I had candied pork.

We could not finish our meals!

We went to ride Dumbo. I was sad Storybook Circus is still not open.

We did more shopping.

Lined up to do Splash one more time, as it is her favorite, but the line was creeping along. It stopped more than once. We finally had to bail to get to see the fireworks.