natebenma
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- Joined
- Jul 19, 2008
A Magical Kingdom with Friends
Friday October 27, 2017
Our plans for today had a surprising amount of unscheduled time. MK was opening at 8 am that day, but it was Extra Magic Hours, so the opening time for us was 7 am! Our friend Teena would be in MK that morning and we had hopes of meeting up, so we had Fast Passes booked there. Sue and her husband were joining us for the morning and had the same FPs scheduled. ~Ninja was going to the Halloween Party that night, but none of us were interested in doing that, Sue and her husband had plans as well, but Nannette, Janet and I didn’t have anything planned for the afternoon or evening.
This is what we had on tap for the morning:
9:15-10:15 Big Thunder Mountain
10:40-11:40 Pirates of the Caribbean (Time overlap with Teena)
11:45-12:45 Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
This day caused a lot of frustration for me in the planning for this trip. Because of the frequency of the Halloween parties and Rivers of Light only scheduled periodically during the week, it was going to be difficult to see all of the new nighttime shows. Ideally, I wanted to fit RoL on this night, so I checked Disney’s schedule frequently as the trip approached to see if more RoL shows would be added, but I was disappointed every time I looked.
We had FP booked for Rivers of Life for Saturday night, but I really wanted to see Happily Ever After on Saturday night, when Teena and her friend were planning to watch it. I was truly torn between seeing HAE with Teena on Saturday night and seeing Rivers of Light for the first time.
Then, I think the week before the trip, RoL finally appeared on the schedule for every night of the week we would be there! That caused continued anguish as we tried to decide if we should change up our plans.
~Ninja and I had watched Happily Every After on our arrival day, Wednesday, but Janet and Nannette missed the show. With a RoL now added for Friday night, the 3 of us decided we would see it that night (Friday), and then go MK Saturday night for the fireworks show so they could see it. We kept the RoL FP for Saturday, in case ~Ninja still wanted to see the show then.
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I was up early that morning as usual. Made breakfast for everyone.
We were out at the bus stop at Stupid O’Clock ( 7:02 am according to the time stamp on my photo)
The bus came along without much of a wait. We were here by 7:30:
When we got into the park, we stopped for more photos.
This photographer was so fun! She saw ~Ninja’s camera setup and asked us to do some posed pictures.
Who’s photographing the photographer? ~Ninja has an awesome habit of taking a picture of the name tag of extraordinary CM so she can remember their name/hometown when she sends complimentary tweets to guest services.
Can I say how much I LOVE this aspect of traveling with the girls instead of going with my family who treat the photographers like they have the plague?
We broke away from the HUB and headed for our first attraction. I don’t think that Janet and Nannette had gone through the standby line for Peter Pan yet. It was just a 10 minute wait or so. Perfect!
After landing after Neverland it was time for second breakfast- ~Ninja and I recommended snacking on the pumpkin Mickey waffles we tried on arrival night. Once again, they did not disappoint.
MK was officially opening soon (8 am), so it is important to rest up and then make that last pit stop at the Tangled Tinkle Spot as we made our way to the newly opened sections of the park.
Next Up: A Classic Magic Morning
Friday October 27, 2017
Our plans for today had a surprising amount of unscheduled time. MK was opening at 8 am that day, but it was Extra Magic Hours, so the opening time for us was 7 am! Our friend Teena would be in MK that morning and we had hopes of meeting up, so we had Fast Passes booked there. Sue and her husband were joining us for the morning and had the same FPs scheduled. ~Ninja was going to the Halloween Party that night, but none of us were interested in doing that, Sue and her husband had plans as well, but Nannette, Janet and I didn’t have anything planned for the afternoon or evening.
This is what we had on tap for the morning:
9:15-10:15 Big Thunder Mountain
10:40-11:40 Pirates of the Caribbean (Time overlap with Teena)
11:45-12:45 Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
This day caused a lot of frustration for me in the planning for this trip. Because of the frequency of the Halloween parties and Rivers of Light only scheduled periodically during the week, it was going to be difficult to see all of the new nighttime shows. Ideally, I wanted to fit RoL on this night, so I checked Disney’s schedule frequently as the trip approached to see if more RoL shows would be added, but I was disappointed every time I looked.
We had FP booked for Rivers of Life for Saturday night, but I really wanted to see Happily Ever After on Saturday night, when Teena and her friend were planning to watch it. I was truly torn between seeing HAE with Teena on Saturday night and seeing Rivers of Light for the first time.
Then, I think the week before the trip, RoL finally appeared on the schedule for every night of the week we would be there! That caused continued anguish as we tried to decide if we should change up our plans.
~Ninja and I had watched Happily Every After on our arrival day, Wednesday, but Janet and Nannette missed the show. With a RoL now added for Friday night, the 3 of us decided we would see it that night (Friday), and then go MK Saturday night for the fireworks show so they could see it. We kept the RoL FP for Saturday, in case ~Ninja still wanted to see the show then.
***************************************************************************
I was up early that morning as usual. Made breakfast for everyone.
We were out at the bus stop at Stupid O’Clock ( 7:02 am according to the time stamp on my photo)
The bus came along without much of a wait. We were here by 7:30:
When we got into the park, we stopped for more photos.
This photographer was so fun! She saw ~Ninja’s camera setup and asked us to do some posed pictures.
Who’s photographing the photographer? ~Ninja has an awesome habit of taking a picture of the name tag of extraordinary CM so she can remember their name/hometown when she sends complimentary tweets to guest services.
Can I say how much I LOVE this aspect of traveling with the girls instead of going with my family who treat the photographers like they have the plague?
We broke away from the HUB and headed for our first attraction. I don’t think that Janet and Nannette had gone through the standby line for Peter Pan yet. It was just a 10 minute wait or so. Perfect!
After landing after Neverland it was time for second breakfast- ~Ninja and I recommended snacking on the pumpkin Mickey waffles we tried on arrival night. Once again, they did not disappoint.
MK was officially opening soon (8 am), so it is important to rest up and then make that last pit stop at the Tangled Tinkle Spot as we made our way to the newly opened sections of the park.
Next Up: A Classic Magic Morning
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