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Snow White
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- Oct 19, 2013
I've got a little more time today...how about another update??
I thought I would get a start on the next chapter...so let's dive right into our first early morning at the Magic Kingdom!
Chapter Six: There's Nothing Like a Homecoming
We loved our night out at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, but I was desperately wanting to have my day BEGIN at the Magic Kingdom! This was the week before Christmas, so every morning was a 7am opening. I was hoping to make rope drop so I could see the castle lights on in the morning.
How early were we up??
So early that it didn't even look like morning! We were still running a little behind schedule though, so even though the bus wait wasn't long, we didn't make it to the park until around 7:20 or so. I was excited to see a bus with a Doctor Strange wrap:
The morning was cool and misty. My perfectly flat ironed hair was growing and growing and growing in the damp air
There were not many people at the tapstiles with us, so we were able to make it through quickly. Skipping the bag and only bringing the little Vera Bradley pouch on the lanyard was saving us a lot of time at security, too!
Several characters were meeting in town square, but their lines were pretty long, so we headed down Main Street.
LOTS of castle pics coming right up...
This picture is not great, we all have weird faces, but it's all we have in front of a lit up castle!
Again, not a great picture of Partners, but I was being lazy, and it was busy up there with families having their pictures taken.
If you notice, the lights are already out! I rushed my family up to the hub to have a closer photo made with the lights on, but they were turned off right as we got there.
Ignore my multiple chins in this next one...I like it anyway because of Tinkerbell!
We usually start our MK mornings in Tomorrowland, but we decided to switch things up and head to Adventureland...our first FP was for Seven Dwarfs from 9:30 - 10:30, so we figured we'd make our way around the park toward it.
Our first stop was...
My favorite! Pirates!
Because it was early EMH, Adventureland was just opening, and it was empty
so I had to document that before we hopped aboard our pirate ship!
(Slightly off topic...I've been reading several things about Pandora at Animal Kingdom, and how the riverboat journey is going to be like the Pirates ride at Shanghai Disneyland...have you ever watched a YouTube video of Shanghai Pirates?? OMG. My new goal is to visit Shanghai Disneyland to ride it. If the river journey ride is anything like it, it's going to be incredible!)
Since we had missed it at MVMCP, we had to hit Jingle Cruise next!
Jungle all the way!! (I may or may not have overused this phrase throughout the rest of the holiday season...)
These guys reminded me of Tarzan and the song Trashin' the Camp by Nsync and Phil Collins. It's all I could think about!
And when will THESE guys ever learn??
Obviously they DIDN'T get the point in the end, because every time I travel that river, there they are again!!
And here is a terrible picture of Trader Samta:
That's as good as it gets, folks.
See? I told ya! Unfortunately we were on the wrong side of the boat to get a good look at him.
Our skipper was really fun, which makes all the difference. The ride was a sort of appetizer. Why? Because our lunch was going to be at Skipper's Canteen. How many puns could we take in one day??
We finished our tour of the world's rivers, and stopped to enjoy the beauty of an empty Adventureland for a minute
and then cut through Frontierland on our way to Liberty Square. We walked on Haunted Mansion...there were people behind us so this is all the proof I have:
I got another cake in the face from the hitchhiking ghosts, and DH got another personalized message. We promised to hurry back, and then made our way into Fantasyland.
But that's a story for another day...See you real soon!
I thought I would get a start on the next chapter...so let's dive right into our first early morning at the Magic Kingdom!
Chapter Six: There's Nothing Like a Homecoming
We loved our night out at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, but I was desperately wanting to have my day BEGIN at the Magic Kingdom! This was the week before Christmas, so every morning was a 7am opening. I was hoping to make rope drop so I could see the castle lights on in the morning.
How early were we up??
So early that it didn't even look like morning! We were still running a little behind schedule though, so even though the bus wait wasn't long, we didn't make it to the park until around 7:20 or so. I was excited to see a bus with a Doctor Strange wrap:
The morning was cool and misty. My perfectly flat ironed hair was growing and growing and growing in the damp air
There were not many people at the tapstiles with us, so we were able to make it through quickly. Skipping the bag and only bringing the little Vera Bradley pouch on the lanyard was saving us a lot of time at security, too!
Several characters were meeting in town square, but their lines were pretty long, so we headed down Main Street.
LOTS of castle pics coming right up...
This picture is not great, we all have weird faces, but it's all we have in front of a lit up castle!
Again, not a great picture of Partners, but I was being lazy, and it was busy up there with families having their pictures taken.
If you notice, the lights are already out! I rushed my family up to the hub to have a closer photo made with the lights on, but they were turned off right as we got there.
Ignore my multiple chins in this next one...I like it anyway because of Tinkerbell!
We usually start our MK mornings in Tomorrowland, but we decided to switch things up and head to Adventureland...our first FP was for Seven Dwarfs from 9:30 - 10:30, so we figured we'd make our way around the park toward it.
Our first stop was...
My favorite! Pirates!
Because it was early EMH, Adventureland was just opening, and it was empty
so I had to document that before we hopped aboard our pirate ship!
(Slightly off topic...I've been reading several things about Pandora at Animal Kingdom, and how the riverboat journey is going to be like the Pirates ride at Shanghai Disneyland...have you ever watched a YouTube video of Shanghai Pirates?? OMG. My new goal is to visit Shanghai Disneyland to ride it. If the river journey ride is anything like it, it's going to be incredible!)
Since we had missed it at MVMCP, we had to hit Jingle Cruise next!
Jungle all the way!! (I may or may not have overused this phrase throughout the rest of the holiday season...)
These guys reminded me of Tarzan and the song Trashin' the Camp by Nsync and Phil Collins. It's all I could think about!
And when will THESE guys ever learn??
Obviously they DIDN'T get the point in the end, because every time I travel that river, there they are again!!
And here is a terrible picture of Trader Samta:
That's as good as it gets, folks.
See? I told ya! Unfortunately we were on the wrong side of the boat to get a good look at him.
Our skipper was really fun, which makes all the difference. The ride was a sort of appetizer. Why? Because our lunch was going to be at Skipper's Canteen. How many puns could we take in one day??
We finished our tour of the world's rivers, and stopped to enjoy the beauty of an empty Adventureland for a minute
and then cut through Frontierland on our way to Liberty Square. We walked on Haunted Mansion...there were people behind us so this is all the proof I have:
I got another cake in the face from the hitchhiking ghosts, and DH got another personalized message. We promised to hurry back, and then made our way into Fantasyland.
But that's a story for another day...See you real soon!