Transportation
from one park to another should be simple – Disney has never agreed with this
scientific fact, and thus begins our journey.
Bus from Hollywood Studio’s to Contemporary Resort, off bus, through
hotel, find elevator to Monorail, Monorail (stopping at every resort on Bay
Lake) and finally to the Magic Kingdom; wow, that took a while. As soon as we stepped off the bus, we all
heard the familiar, “Nana, I have to go…”
again. We quickly got through bag check-in, and Bop took care of renting
a locker for our nighttime clothes bag, and told me to take Christian to the RR
under the train bridge and entrance to Main Street. So off we went, only that is not where the
RR’s are located once inside the park, so hurriedly we set off to find them,
and did, by City Hall. Once finished, I
sent Bop a text so he could meet us on the porch of City Hall. It took a while,
but he finally found us and we walked towards the Castle.
The
clock is ticking and I know that the Beauty and the Beast Castle is in Fantasy
Land, but not sure where. Before the addition of the new phase, I could have
walked through Fantasy Land with my eyes closed and taken us to any point. But
everything looked different now, and even with a map, it was somewhat
confusing. We had a fast pass (a very
hard pass to get) for lunch in the castle, to arrive between 1:20 and
1:50. Passing in and out of Storybook
circus along with hundreds of people, we finally realized the right path to the
castle and arrived at 1:30. The standby
line was very long (people wait over three (3) hours to get in for lunch) but
because I had the coveted fast pass, we checked in at the podium and were
instructed to go right in J There was a family at the podium right before
us whose fast pass had not gotten recorded correctly and they were turned away because
of not being on the list. They had made
changes after their initial signup on the internet (this is supposed to work,
but I have read that many people lose their pass when making changes, so just a
word of caution if you are going to book this fast pass – get it like you want
it the first time and then leave it alone).
The
details of this castle are amazing from the bridge over the mote, through the
entry way with knights in armor. We had preordered our food on the internet
site, so we just signed our receipt for the dining plan linked to our magic
bands and walked into the ballroom and chose a table. Savannah had fallen asleep before we entered
the castle. I hated for her to miss this, and considered waking her up, so let
her sleep while we waited on our food.
After about 5 minutes, our lunch was delivered from big rolling carts.
Our magic bands acted as a GPS for the waiter’s and they knew exactly where to
bring our order (kind of George Orwell’s 1984 like, but very cool).
Nana – Croque Monsieur
Bop – Turkey Sandwich
Christian – Turkey
Sandwich
Savannah – Turkey
Sandwich
Kayna – Braised Pork, veggies and
Potato’s (maybe Disney really is magic
because Kayna liked and ate the green beans – a miracle, if you know anything
about her).
After
eating, I woke Savannah, gently and slowly, and she loved that she was sitting
in the ballroom. The windows that
surrounded the room looked out on a special scene (not the park) where it
looked like nighttime and it was snowing; very magical. She didn’t want to eat yet, since she was
still sleepy, so I told her we would stop later and get her something to
eat. I did wake her up, afterall, so I
thought getting her a meal of her choice later was only fair.
Ballroom in the Be Our Guest Dining Room
Savannah zzzzzzzz
Turkey Sandwich (Kids meal)
Once
we left it was time for our first ride fast pass, Splash Mountain. Savannah did not want to ride, and so I sent
Bop, Kayna and Christian off to the mountain, while Savannah and I went to the
Pinnochio Haus restaurant for her Chicken Caesar Salad. Savannah and I made our way to Frontier Land
to meet the rest of our group by the Mountain, but it was nearing 3:00 p.m. and
we were caught in parade traffic, so we stopped on the bridge by Splash to
wait, and then meet up with them after.
Side Note: The line to meet Anna and Elsa was
over three (3) hours long today, so we did not even attempt, but they were near
the front of the parade, so we got our glimpse here, with Olaf, of course.
Cinderella
Tiana
Anna and Elsa
Rapunzel (Bop's favorite princess - well besides me, his daughters and granddaughters)
Ariel
it's TINK
Mickey and Minnie
Once
the parade was over, and our group was back together, it was time for our 2nd
fast pass to BTMRR (Thunder MT RailRoad).
Christian was NOT a fan of Splash Mtn after riding it, but agreed to
ride BTMRR with me, and Savannah would ride with Bop. With our Fast Pass, we had no wait time in
line. Ok, so Christian nor Savannah are
fans of either of the fast mountain rides. No more for them, they will stick
with the slow, fun rides. They were troopers though, and at least tried them.
Time
for a break and lemonade slushies and popcorn. We had snack credits on our
dining plan, so once again, just tapped my magic band and got our food. After a
quick rest, it was time for our last pre-scheduled Fast Pass to Under the Sea –
Journey of the Little Mermaid. Christian
made me promise that it was a “slow” ride before he would even consider riding
it J Remember this phrase, “ Take us back to where
we were “? We needed to go back near
the Beast Castle, but Bop’s internal GPS was working fine and he led us right
to the entrance. Everyone loved the
relaxing and cool ride. This is Savannah’s favorite ride.
Beast Castle
Cindy's Castle
After
the ride and walking through the park some, it was time for another snack –
this time: Milkshakes, Floats, and a Sprite (for Bop). Delivering everyone’s drink to them as we sat
on the wall around Fantasy Land, I had taken two sips from mine when Christian
announced, “Nana, I gotta go RR…” so,
off we went. All in all he has done so
good with this, though. He is three (3) and so much excitement and different
schedule and foods today and not one accident.
I’m not complaining – just my legs and feet (ha)!
It
is about 6:00 p.m. now and everyone is really tired now, so time to visit “Hall
of Presidents”, and grab a nap. There was about a 15 minute wait, so we walked
around the lobby and Kayna took pictures. She loves history and while this
attraction may totally bore most kids, she was really into it; made it much
more fun. One more trip to the RR while
we waited (for Christian) and then enter into the large, cool, comfortable,
dark room. Well…. Scratch nap time, that
didn’t work, the cool air gave the kids all a second wind and they were ready
to go. Ok – to Infinity and Beyond, it’s
time to go ride Buzz Lightyear. We all
loved that ride and it became Christian’s favorite.
Hall of Presidents
George W's boots
A tired little boy (Christian)
Buzz Lightyear Lobby
Let's go for a ride
My
feet are beginning to burn and hurt, and for the first time in forever, my knee
started hurting, bad. Limping along we decided to split up, and Bop would take
the kids on the Tea Cups and Carrousel, while I went to run a few errands:
1.
Our
portable charger needed a re-charge as it was dead, so I took it to the Space
Mountain Gift Shop in Tomorrow Land where they have a charging station (room
for 9 devices, each in locked, individual, containers). You swipe a credit card (no charge) to open
and connect your device to the charger, then close and lock the container. The credit card you used is the only way to
open, so it is secure. You then leave
and come back whenever you are ready.
2.
A
new phase of the Fast Pass + system that just started last week: now that we
have used our original three pre-selected fast passes, I could get a fourth (4th)
one at a Kiosk. I split our passes up
this time and got FP for Space Mountain for Kayna and I, and everyone else
would ride Buzz Lightyear with their new FP.
We got similar time slots, for right after the Fireworks, at 10:30
p.m. Perfect timing. Maybe this will redeem me a little for not
riding Tower of Terror J
Space Mtn
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