So again, I wakened and thought it was 7.53am... It turns out it was 2.53am!
Wakened about 5am and we got up and organised. We had breakfast did the dishwasher. We were ready to leave by 7am. We were in the Magic Kingdom Parking lot by 7.20am! We headed towards the ferryboat. The 2 cast members there told us we'd have to wait until 8am. I replied that's fine and they shocked us by letting us through and making us First family of the day on a wee boat. We got captains hats, pirate hats and swords and some scarves. It was lovely. We arrived at the gate for 8am. We had a bit of waiting about but it gave us time to study the map and work out our plan of action.
Around 8.45am, the pre show started when Mickey and Co open the park. Once we were allowed in, Mr G and the kids went straight to Splash Mountain. It started to rain but just lightly. I headed to Peter Pan for fastpasses but they wouldn't work. So I met them at Splash and we headed to Big Thunder Mountain. We were only about 7 minutes in wait time but we got split up due to poor communication between cast members. When one said sorry, I said "Sorry's not good enough, it's just ruined my magical day!" I did snap out of it eventually.
We came off and met up again and did Chip and Dale's meet and greet with Photopass. Then it was Haunted Mansion. Not a long wait there either. Then we headed to fantasyland and Mr G ran to Space Mountain where it was discovered our Ultimate Tickets were no longer working, so we got some special ones to do us until we could get to City Hall. Meanwhile the kids rode the Carousel to pass time.
We rode Small World with less than a 5 minute wait again. Then we walked right into Mickey's Philharmagic We then headed to Tomorrowland. We got some drinks. Raspberry Lemonade slush was lovely. The children and I rode The People Mover while Mr G had his coffee.
Then we used our fast pass for space mountain. The Boy and I didn't enjoy it. Then we ran to Buzz Lightyear for Fastpasses, with more flaming problems with the tickets and ran into The Laughter Floor which was about a 10 minute wait. When we came out it was time for Buzz. The rain was starting but we were inside so not too bad. We got our photopass photo's then made a break for it... we ran over to Carousel of Progress and it appeared that everyone had the same idea. We may not have dried off but we had some dry time.
When we left there it was still raining, so we headed towards City Hall to see about the park passes. But we got side tracked and got the kids a hot dog meal from Casey's which we ate on the move. We then headed to Adventureland and tried a Dole Whip.
While the kids and I went to the Enchanted Tiki Rooms, Mr G went to City Hall. He got us fastpasses for Jungle Cruise while he waited on us finishing. Then we stood in the standby line for Pirates of the Caribbean. Warning, should you sit in the front row, then expect to get wet :-D. The line said 40 minutes but in reality it was about 15. We then headed to Jungle Cruise. We were last on the boat so got the uncovered bit which meant we were wet the whole ride.
The rain was easing, so we decided to head to Peter Pan as we weren't sure if the Parade would be on. As the rain was much lighter, there was a mini parade going on, where the sing "Singing in the Rain" and the dancers are wearing waterproofs, the characters travel in vehicles. We noticed that some of the dancers kept waving at the guys stood next to us. Then the characters started intimating that the knew them. We started to believe they were cast members.
The parade was short so we headed to Peter Pan and got the fast passes for later on. When we finished there we headed out to get some photopass shots in front of the castle, then we asked for "magic ones!" We won't know what these are like until we have uploaded photopass
We headed back to Main Street.and had a look in some of the shops. Then we headed to our 3.45pm reservation with Winnie the Pooh and Friends at The Crystal Palace. We had a meal costing $200 which wasn't the best meal in the world but we did enjoy the interaction and our server was lovely.
Wandering towards Fantasyland we saw the Castle Dreams Come True show was about to start, so we took time out to watch it. The male dancers were the guys who'd stood next to us at the Parade! I knew they were cast members. After the Show Mr G and Lil Miss headed to the fastpass for Winnie The Pooh and The Little Mermaid. We caught up with them, so we standby lined WTP which said 40 minutes, but as we walked in changed to 35 but realistically was 15 minutes, we then rode The Little Mermaid taking in the building of the mine train and the new part of Fantasyland. Lil Miss adored this and was dancing away. Then it was time for Peter Pan. After we rode Peter Pan, it was time to head to the entrance. We got a Perry the Platypus for The Boy and a Hidden Mickey book for us. Then we exited the park and chose to ride the monorail back to the parking. We'd been there for 12 hours. A long day but worth it.
We would like to return for wishes and the main street electrical parade one night. But home to the pool and bed before Epcot tomorrow.
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