lindseyanne
The Witch of Walpurgis
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- May 15, 2014
July 10: Annual Passholder Previews @ Magic Kingdom
Part Five
After getting my fill of the princess cavalcade, it was finally time to venture into one of the Magic Kingdom's lands and do my first attraction since March. The Saturday before WDW shut down, the last attraction I rode was It's A Small World, about five minutes before the park closed. Boyfriend was setting up his tripod by the Tangled Toilets, so I rode alone. It was like this iconic picture, except I am not Julie Andrews:
We headed into Tomorrowland, which looked like this:
Normally, our first stop would be the Peoplemover, but sadly it was not operating (nor was it operating on our last day at the Magic Kingdom in March...and is still not operating....). It would have been wonderful to sit on the Peoplemover and loop Tomorrowland for hours, but we had a just as classic destination in mind:
If anyone has ever seen a shop online selling that Niagara Falls fan, PLEASE TELL ME. I can convince my boyfriend to do Dapper Day if I can just find that fan!
I didn't take any pictures outside Carousel of Progress or inside the theatre (except this quick creepshot of John Progress), so let me give y'all a quick overview of how this went, social distancing-wise. A CM was stationed outside of the turnstiles, asking how many members each party had. Another CM after the turnstiles directed each party to a social distance marker to stand on while waiting for the doors to open. Inside the theatre, entire rows were closed off, and there were chunks of seats also closed off. The CM inside the theatre was ensuring that each party kept a distance of multiple seats away from one another.
The one time that social distancing kind of broke down was when the doors opened to the theatre: a lot of people immediately left their social distancing marker and headed inside, crowding each other. The CM was on it, though, immediately loudly reminding everyone to maintain a six feet distance from each other. This is something to keep in mind if you choose to come to the parks: I don't think it's malicious or on purpose, but sometimes, instinct takes over and people forget to keep a distance from one another.
After a ride through the 20th century, we were refreshed from the AC but both really thirsty, again. We headed to Cosmic Ray's, my normal stop for free ice water, but were stopped by the CM at the door because we did not have a mobile order. She directed us to Auntie Gravity's for water. This was my one complaint about the way food & beverage operations were adjusted: with most F&B locations closed, and the open ones (Cosmic Ray's and Pecos Bill's) only letting people with mobile orders in, staying hydrated was a struggle. My boyfriend and I were both really dehydrated by the end of the day, and we were feeling it all night and into the next day. BUT!!! It looks like this has changed over the weekend, and now guests in search of water are being directed to a different entrance at the big quick service locations. So kudos to WDW for making that change so quickly.
Finally rehydrated, we strolled through Fantasyland, with our next stop being my favorite MK attraction: the Haunted Mansion. On the way, I snapped this picture of Rapunzel's tower, because the clouds looked moody:
But alas....Haunted Mansion was down! Apparently it had been down for awhile. So we continued on through Liberty Square and into Frontierland, hoping to see some of our favorite bears on top of Grizzly Hall. We were not disappointed.
Me feeling that 105F real-feel.
They were having a great time interacting with their fans on the ground. They also had a great time rocking out to the next cavalcade that went by, with the old Move It Shake It music.
One weird thing about the parks being so empty is that you see the same people over and over again. The girls you can see in the picture above were in front of me at Starbucks, and I saw them constantly over the course of the day.
Next: We finally FINALLY ride a ride.
Part Five
After getting my fill of the princess cavalcade, it was finally time to venture into one of the Magic Kingdom's lands and do my first attraction since March. The Saturday before WDW shut down, the last attraction I rode was It's A Small World, about five minutes before the park closed. Boyfriend was setting up his tripod by the Tangled Toilets, so I rode alone. It was like this iconic picture, except I am not Julie Andrews:
We headed into Tomorrowland, which looked like this:
Normally, our first stop would be the Peoplemover, but sadly it was not operating (nor was it operating on our last day at the Magic Kingdom in March...and is still not operating....). It would have been wonderful to sit on the Peoplemover and loop Tomorrowland for hours, but we had a just as classic destination in mind:
If anyone has ever seen a shop online selling that Niagara Falls fan, PLEASE TELL ME. I can convince my boyfriend to do Dapper Day if I can just find that fan!
I didn't take any pictures outside Carousel of Progress or inside the theatre (except this quick creepshot of John Progress), so let me give y'all a quick overview of how this went, social distancing-wise. A CM was stationed outside of the turnstiles, asking how many members each party had. Another CM after the turnstiles directed each party to a social distance marker to stand on while waiting for the doors to open. Inside the theatre, entire rows were closed off, and there were chunks of seats also closed off. The CM inside the theatre was ensuring that each party kept a distance of multiple seats away from one another.
The one time that social distancing kind of broke down was when the doors opened to the theatre: a lot of people immediately left their social distancing marker and headed inside, crowding each other. The CM was on it, though, immediately loudly reminding everyone to maintain a six feet distance from each other. This is something to keep in mind if you choose to come to the parks: I don't think it's malicious or on purpose, but sometimes, instinct takes over and people forget to keep a distance from one another.
After a ride through the 20th century, we were refreshed from the AC but both really thirsty, again. We headed to Cosmic Ray's, my normal stop for free ice water, but were stopped by the CM at the door because we did not have a mobile order. She directed us to Auntie Gravity's for water. This was my one complaint about the way food & beverage operations were adjusted: with most F&B locations closed, and the open ones (Cosmic Ray's and Pecos Bill's) only letting people with mobile orders in, staying hydrated was a struggle. My boyfriend and I were both really dehydrated by the end of the day, and we were feeling it all night and into the next day. BUT!!! It looks like this has changed over the weekend, and now guests in search of water are being directed to a different entrance at the big quick service locations. So kudos to WDW for making that change so quickly.
Finally rehydrated, we strolled through Fantasyland, with our next stop being my favorite MK attraction: the Haunted Mansion. On the way, I snapped this picture of Rapunzel's tower, because the clouds looked moody:
But alas....Haunted Mansion was down! Apparently it had been down for awhile. So we continued on through Liberty Square and into Frontierland, hoping to see some of our favorite bears on top of Grizzly Hall. We were not disappointed.
Me feeling that 105F real-feel.
They were having a great time interacting with their fans on the ground. They also had a great time rocking out to the next cavalcade that went by, with the old Move It Shake It music.
One weird thing about the parks being so empty is that you see the same people over and over again. The girls you can see in the picture above were in front of me at Starbucks, and I saw them constantly over the course of the day.
Next: We finally FINALLY ride a ride.
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