RachelleBeaney
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Day 7 - Part 3 - Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, to Mine Trains and PeopleMovers we go
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho - we were off to the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. I personally love this new addition to the Magic Kingdom. It may not be overly thrilling, but it's so beautiful and I really love the mine scene, with the sparkling precious stones and the dwarfs hard at work.
The fastpass line was a little backed up when we arrived (well and truly outside) and so the CMs started only loading fastpass riders onto the attraction! It took us about 10 minutes, but it was better than being in the 80 minute standby queue and then not moving while the fastpass queue was cleared!
We made the decision that we'd try shoot the ride with the wide angle, and capture more of the outdoor portion. We thought this would be the only time we'd ride the attraction, so I didn't expect to get any decent shots of the mine section. We had gotten a few successful photos of it at Shanghai Disney, so I made the decision I could do without the mine shots this time around.
Jared thought he'd give the mines a go with the wide angle, and aside from being a little too dark these photos actually worked ok (I was surprised).
Sadly, I didn't really love any of the on ride coaster shots we got, with perhaps the exception of this first one:
I don't know why I don't like them exactly, maybe it was because the people in front of us had large heads (they probably didn't, but they look too large in all the shots). Perhaps it was just that we didn't get the right angles. We also didn't get the shots on the curve, when you can see the train well in front, which adds to the photos. Anyway here are a few that I thought were passable.
I actually enjoyed the shots Becky and Derrick got of us a little more than ours!
I think the key is to be in the front section of the four seats in one cart, then you can see the back of the cart in front of you and it makes a more interesting foreground. I was regretting my decision to not try shoot the mine scene with the 50mm prime now, but luckily we would get an unexpected opportunity to re-ride later (more on that later).
Anyway, our ride photos were not all that interesting this time around
You can see Becky hard at work photographing us though.
I look slightly bored here. Jared had clearly become a "woo girl" though!
And Derrick looks like he's holding on for dear life!
One thing that was REALLY amazing though is the full animation video you get of your ride on board. I don't know if they've done this since the ride opening (we've only been on it once before at Walt Disney World), but the video you get is fantastic! It includes great footage of the ride combined with you on it!
After finishing on Seven Dwarves we had about 30 minutes until our Space Mountain fastpasses from 12:30pm - 1:30pm, so we decided to ride the best time killer in the park, the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover (TTA).
Heading into Tomorowland we took in the new sign for the first time. I really like it's design!
I see they are going for a more minimalist design to match in better with Tron when it opens. This is probably smart, but I wonder how quickly this design will date. Poor Tomorrowland, always trying to update so it doesn't become "reminds me of Yesterdayland".
The TTA is such a fun peaceful attraction. And great for a chat! That being said it did make us a little sleepy (and Becky a little motion sick, she probably should have been facing forwards).
We got a good glimpse of the Tron construction going on behind Space Mountain. A lot of the track appears to have been laid already. I think Tron is a fantastic coaster, we loved it when we experienced at Shanghai Disney. I'm really excited you Floridan park goers will get to experience it soon. Still, I would have loved it if they'd bought the Shanghai version of Pirates to the Magic Kingdom instead. The Magic Kingdom's version of Pirates is nowhere near as good as Disneyland version, and as it isn't the original classic attraction, doesn't have as much nostalgia surrounding it. So, in my opinion, updating it with the AMAZING new version of pirates from Shanghai would make so much sense.
Once we were done, we still had about 10 minutes until our Space Mountain fastpass, so we sat in the shade at the base of the PeopleMover for a while and rested. We were all a little pooped by this point, especially Derrick and Becky who'd been in the parks since 7:00am.
As soon as it hit 12:30pm we made our way onto the ride.
There was one photo I really wanted Jared to try capture here, and thankfully, he pulled it off!
I seriously dislike the angle of the Space Mountain ride camera. It really just looks like you are sitting in armchairs with a lap bar against a black background!
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Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho - we were off to the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. I personally love this new addition to the Magic Kingdom. It may not be overly thrilling, but it's so beautiful and I really love the mine scene, with the sparkling precious stones and the dwarfs hard at work.
The fastpass line was a little backed up when we arrived (well and truly outside) and so the CMs started only loading fastpass riders onto the attraction! It took us about 10 minutes, but it was better than being in the 80 minute standby queue and then not moving while the fastpass queue was cleared!
We made the decision that we'd try shoot the ride with the wide angle, and capture more of the outdoor portion. We thought this would be the only time we'd ride the attraction, so I didn't expect to get any decent shots of the mine section. We had gotten a few successful photos of it at Shanghai Disney, so I made the decision I could do without the mine shots this time around.
Jared thought he'd give the mines a go with the wide angle, and aside from being a little too dark these photos actually worked ok (I was surprised).
Sadly, I didn't really love any of the on ride coaster shots we got, with perhaps the exception of this first one:
I don't know why I don't like them exactly, maybe it was because the people in front of us had large heads (they probably didn't, but they look too large in all the shots). Perhaps it was just that we didn't get the right angles. We also didn't get the shots on the curve, when you can see the train well in front, which adds to the photos. Anyway here are a few that I thought were passable.
I actually enjoyed the shots Becky and Derrick got of us a little more than ours!
I think the key is to be in the front section of the four seats in one cart, then you can see the back of the cart in front of you and it makes a more interesting foreground. I was regretting my decision to not try shoot the mine scene with the 50mm prime now, but luckily we would get an unexpected opportunity to re-ride later (more on that later).
Anyway, our ride photos were not all that interesting this time around
You can see Becky hard at work photographing us though.
I look slightly bored here. Jared had clearly become a "woo girl" though!
And Derrick looks like he's holding on for dear life!
One thing that was REALLY amazing though is the full animation video you get of your ride on board. I don't know if they've done this since the ride opening (we've only been on it once before at Walt Disney World), but the video you get is fantastic! It includes great footage of the ride combined with you on it!
After finishing on Seven Dwarves we had about 30 minutes until our Space Mountain fastpasses from 12:30pm - 1:30pm, so we decided to ride the best time killer in the park, the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover (TTA).
Heading into Tomorowland we took in the new sign for the first time. I really like it's design!
I see they are going for a more minimalist design to match in better with Tron when it opens. This is probably smart, but I wonder how quickly this design will date. Poor Tomorrowland, always trying to update so it doesn't become "reminds me of Yesterdayland".
The TTA is such a fun peaceful attraction. And great for a chat! That being said it did make us a little sleepy (and Becky a little motion sick, she probably should have been facing forwards).
We got a good glimpse of the Tron construction going on behind Space Mountain. A lot of the track appears to have been laid already. I think Tron is a fantastic coaster, we loved it when we experienced at Shanghai Disney. I'm really excited you Floridan park goers will get to experience it soon. Still, I would have loved it if they'd bought the Shanghai version of Pirates to the Magic Kingdom instead. The Magic Kingdom's version of Pirates is nowhere near as good as Disneyland version, and as it isn't the original classic attraction, doesn't have as much nostalgia surrounding it. So, in my opinion, updating it with the AMAZING new version of pirates from Shanghai would make so much sense.
Once we were done, we still had about 10 minutes until our Space Mountain fastpass, so we sat in the shade at the base of the PeopleMover for a while and rested. We were all a little pooped by this point, especially Derrick and Becky who'd been in the parks since 7:00am.
As soon as it hit 12:30pm we made our way onto the ride.
There was one photo I really wanted Jared to try capture here, and thankfully, he pulled it off!
I seriously dislike the angle of the Space Mountain ride camera. It really just looks like you are sitting in armchairs with a lap bar against a black background!
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