39 days until WDW!
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Hey, ya'll!
Are ya'll ready for this? It's our longest day of the whole trip...
DAY 6 - Wednesday, December 9 - Magic Kingdom
I am really hoping that Uncle Mark and Aunt Debby can keep up with me on this day! I'm doing my first ever MK pre-park-opening breakfast today! We'll catch the bus bright and early. I'm not really sure what to expect when we get there, all I know is I hope we have time for some good pictures of...
And that we can take said photos without making ourselves late for our 8:30am ADR at...
Can't wait to feast on that breakfast lasagna and puffed french toast for the first time! And get a warm hug from Winnie the Pooh!
After breakfast, the plan is to send Mark and Debby off to Adventureland to ride the Jungle Cruise, while I scoot on over to Tomorrowland again for some final facepainting action. Then afterwards, I'll reconvene with them for our first FP+ (10:15a-11:15a) of the day at...
After hangin' with some dirty scoundrel pirates, I'll check to see how the wait for the Enchanted Tiki Room is. It's not a personal fave, but I think Debby might like it!
From there, we'll make our way around the bend into Frontierland. I'll pop over to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, where I'll scoot on up to the cast member, who once he sees my ECV will give me a Return Time pass.
Some of you might not know what that means, so I should explain: The stand-by queue at BTMR isn't ECV accessible... You have to approach the loading platform through from Exit. And when the wait for the regular line is long, instead of allowing ECVs and wheelchairs to "cut" in front of everybody, they issue you and your party a Return Time pass that is equal to the current wait time in the Stand-By queue. So if you show up at 10:45am, and the current wait is 50 minutes, you get a Return Time pass for 11:35am.
Depending how long the wait is, we'll either hang around, or we'll pop across the path to use our FP+ (11:15a-12:15p) at my most favorite ride in the park...
...Splash Mountain! I am already prepared that I might be going solo on this one. I know Debby won't ride it because of the drop at the end (which is a shame, because I think she'd really enjoy everything leading up to it), and I'm not sure how Mark will feel about getting splashed. But we all have FP+ for it, just in case! If he doesn't want to join me, I'll send him and Debby though Frontierland up to the Country Bear Jamboree while I go and get my zippity-doo-dah on.
Afterwards, we'll reconvene once more, and if we didn't ride BTMR previously, we'll head back over that way with our Return Time passes. Another one Debby will sit out, but I know Mark will ride this one with me.
I'm figuring by now it might be time for some lunch, and I know Pecos Bill's is right there, and their new menu looks pretty good. (Would you believe I've NEVER eaten here???) I'm also really diggin' on the new Tortuga Tavern menu though, so if it's open, we might head back that way. Maybe even finish lunch off with a Dole Whip, perhaps?
By this time it should be break time, and I'll have to make a decision. I know they'll want their afternoon break, so I'll definitely put them on a bus back to AoA. I love me some afternoon break-time, but I also reeeeeeeeeeeeally love the FoF parade. So I'll decide then and there, based on how I'm feeling, if I'm gonna head back to the room, or stick it out and stay in the park and just tell them what time to meet back up with me at. Because when they return, it'll be time for our dinner ADR (5:55pm) at...
And say hello to this hungry guy..
After what I hope will be another great experience there, as it was one of the few things that Aunt Debby specifically asked for, we'll go say hi to Beast and take some pics, then be on our way to find an available ECV/wheelchair zone for...
Due to scheduling, I had to choose between FoF or MSEP for Mark & Debby... I hope I chose right!
Once the parade route clears, we'll make our way over to our final FP+ (9:35p) of the day, the Wishes viewing area! I want us in place and ready by 9:45p, so we won't miss...
Celebrate the Magic! I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! It makes me tear up!!!
Of course, that will be followed by the main event...
WISHES!!! I hope that they love it as much as I do!!!
From there, we'll scoot right on into Tomorrowland, as it will now be evening EMH! We'll head straight for...
...and hoping the wait is pretty low thanks to Wishes and people exiting the park. Fingers crossed!
After that, we'll head over to Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, and say hi to my bro dawg...
And then follow our intergalactic journey to battle the evil Emperor Zurg with one of my absolute favorites...
The PeopleMover!!! But is this one I should be concerned about with Debby's motion sickness? I've never ever thought of it in that way, it's so tame! But I think that I recall a few people saying they've had issues with parts of it...
After that, if we weren't able to do Seven Dwarfs Mine Train on Day 1, I'll see how the wait is since we'll be towards the end of EMH by now probably.
Otherwise, we'll start making our way down Main Street, maybe get some final MK PhotoPass pics, and do any shopping we want to do here...
Then head back to the room after our VERY long day!!! And we'll probably need to get some rest, as tomorrow will be our final park day!