Returned last night from our 6 days at Disney World. Part 1!
11/21 - Arrival and HS
Flew into MCO, grabbed luggage, and waited about 20 minutes for Magical Express. We were the first stop. Dropped our luggage at bell services at OKW and immediately hopped a bus to Hollywood Studios. We got in the park around 1:15pm. Waited about 40 minutes for MMRR. I will say, we didn't love it. It was cute, but we didn't do it again on our return visit. After we got off, it was 2pm and I was able to snag boarding group 84 for ROTR. Had a decent lunch at Backlot Express and got a little Pixie Dust in the form of a free dessert. Rode tons of rides (I was amazed by how un-crowded I thought the park was considering it was a Saturday). Longest wait was SDD which was about 45 minutes. Got on ROTR just before 6pm. By then we had ridden everything except ToT and RnR, but we were exhausted as we had to be up at 4am for our early flight. We could have stayed in the park until 7 and finished it all, but we knew we were coming back a second day so we headed back to the resort (room ready text came around 5:30pm). Had dinner at Goods Foods to Go at OKW. Kids swam for a very short time. Loved our room at OKW (Deluxe Studio).
11/22 - Animal Kingdom
We had intended to be in the park prior to opening to get on FOP, but that didn't happen. We were in by about 8:30am, though, and FOP was already a 90 minute wait, so we decided to hold off and went straight to Everest, which was a walk on. Also walked on to Safari and Dinosaur. Had lunch at Flame Tree BBQ (my favorite). Our cashier (we have a food allergy in our party and ordered inside and not mobile) recommended we sit by the water, which we did, and it was awesome. Sitting here let us see all of the boat "parades" while we ate. After, we just enjoyed the rest of the park. Was able to ride FOP later in the day for about a 50 minute wait, but well worth it. It was my first ride, as the last time we went, FOP had just opened a month prior and I couldn't snag a FP (and I wasn't about to wait 3 hours for a ride). By about 4:30, we had done everything in the park, but we had a 6:30 reservation at Rainforest Cafe, so we rode a couple of rides again. Had a good dinner and the chef was awesome with my son's allergies. We didn't go back into the park after dinner since we were tired and just headed back to the resort.
Part 2 coming next!