Day 4: Disney Done Right

We finally did a day at Disney the right way! We arrived at the Magic Kingdom transportation center at 9:15...just 15 minutes after opening. This is really early for us, let me tell you. We took the ferry over to the park to avoid the lines at the monorail station.

Once inside the Magic Kingdom, we headed straight for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. This was a great ride...and, by being early, we only had a 10 minute wait to ride.


By the time we got off the ride, the wait was up to 40 minutes. We grabbed FastPasses so we could come back in a little under an hour and ride again and went over to the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor. I love this little show. Right after we got out, we went back to Buzz again and then headed towards a street vendor for ice cream while Steve went to get FastPasses to PhilharMagic. When Steve got there, though, they weren't giving out FastPasses to the show, so he went ahead and got FastPasses to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh instead. Surprise! FastPasses to PhilharMagic came out with them!

We then all got in line for the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway. Maury drove Steve and Lizzie drove me. She was so funny declaring, "I'm a terrible driver!" quite loudly while she was jerking us around mercilessly through both the corners and straightaways.


In Toon Town, we all rode the roller coaster The Barnstormer. It was a nice, short kid sized roller coaster. Lizzie was up for it right away. Maury was against going, but he went. This reminds me of when I was a kid. Nikki was always the thrill seeker back then while I didn't mind at all if I was too short for a ride.

We took a quick tour of Mickey's Country House and headed on out of Toon Town towards Fantasyland. Mickey's PhilharMagic was absolutely wonderful. Kids of all ages were seen reaching out to grab the various things and characters suspended right in front of our faces. Beautiful 3D show which focused on the music of Disney. I just wish it had been longer.

After a quick stop in the gift shop, we moved on to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. I can't imagine it, but the wait time was 1 hour for this ride at this point. With FastPasses, we were on in about 10. The ride was sweet and simple. I'm glad we rode it, but no way would I have wanted to stand in line for an hour to do it!

The kids were starting to get a little worn down and while I didn't want to leave, I knew that it was best to head out. We had decided going in that we were going to focus on the three sections of Magic Kingdom that we had already done. So, we headed back out, hitting the Carousel of Progress on the way. I remember that ride from when I was a kid. Of course, since this was a presentation originally done for the 1960-something World Fair, the show was a lot dated in the last segment, but it did show Walt Disney's knack for innovation and love of technological progress.

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