Day 4 - DISNEY'S MAGIC KINGDOM XOXOX

31^st May

DISNEY’S MAGIC KINGDOM

WOWEE!!!

And this is day 45 out of 91, we are now half way through our big holiday adventure, that is extremely scary where is time going?!?!?!?!

So today we are heading to part of Amy’s birthday present her breakfast with Cinderella, WOW how EXCITING!!

 

 

The before hairstyle had to be planned for meeting Cinderella xxx

 

After curly wurly xxx

 

Ok let’s get going, we have princesses to see and the opening ceremony at 8.40am!  We left the house at 7.30am

 

Here we go, EXCITED, EXCITED, EXCITED!!!!

 

 

So Disney car and park and the actual parks are a good distance away from each other that Disney provides transport to and from the car parks.  So we get a tram first to take us to either the ferry or monorail

 

We opted for the monorail as we are pushed for time to get to the opening ceremony!!  It is 8.30am and the ceremony starts at 8.40am!

 

 

WOW we made it for the opening ceremony!  All the characters arrive on a steam train and then sing and dance.  Then the countdown to the park opening and as you can imagine there are quite a lot of people at the opening ceremony and then it is like a wave of people start moving forward when the door opened!  Wow it is like the tide we are getting washed in along the way!  WOW never experienced anything like this before!

 

The sea of people as the doors opened and there is Cinderella’s castle, WOW!!

Certainly is where dreams come true at this park!

 

 

Not a chance of getting a photo of the castle without someone in it at this time of day, later on maybe!

 

 

There is a new ride that opened a few days ago Seven Dwarves Mine Train, so the insider tips was to go that ride first as the waiting times become crazy later on in the day!!  So by the time we walk there the queue is absolutely massive and is weaving through the park, oh what the park has only just opened!!

 

 

Topiary of Alice in Wonderland

 

So whilst Colly queues for the Seven Dwarves Mine Train for us Amy and I go across to the Mad Tea Party ride which was spinning cups and saucers, great way to waste 10-15 minutes of our time! 

 

 

Here we are finished the Seven Dwarves Mine Train ride and we only had to wait 30 minutes as later on the queue went up to 50 minutes so that was good we were on quite fast really!  The queue inside had interactive things for the kids to do to keep them entertained so eased the pain of the queue!

 

Selfie in front of the castle an absolute must!!!  Think Amy needs her sunglasses on!

 

Amy has found her sunglasses now, much happier smile now!

 

It is 9.45am and our table is booked for 10am they said arrive 15 minutes before your allotted time so we did and got sent away until 9.55am, oooooh sooooo close now!!!

 

We went for a wander and came across Cinderella’s wishing well Amy has a few lucky pennies in her hand so close your eyes Amy and make a wish!

 

Excitement is rising as we are now checked in for our breakfast with Cinderella, we are all SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!

 

 

WOW here she goes and first things first let’s get Cinderella’s autograph!!

 

Another one of Amy’s birthday presents from us was a personalised autograph book!

 

WOW this is AMAZING meeting Cinderella!

 

Family shot for the souvenir of the day, part of the breakfast package!

 

 

Now it is breakfast time and look at the speed Amy is climbing the castle stairs, no stopping her now!!

 

 

Amy admiring Cinderella’s autograph!

 

We had a table next to the window overlooking some of the rides and shops, cool!

 

 

Plate of pastries to start with and look at the muffins, soooo cute!

 

Don’t bite Mickey’s ears off Colly, oh too late the muffin has been scoffed ha ha!!  Cruelty to animals is all I can say ha ha!!!

 

 

So when you arrive at your table they take your order for food, cereal, porridge, traditional breakfast or waffles.  Colin and I went for traditional breakfast and Amy had a couple of sausages but whilst you are eating then surprises kept on coming.  This is not a breakfast where you can eat as way too many exciting things are happening because look who came to our table……….

 

 

Oh yes Snow White xxx

Then a few minutes later ………

 

 

Aurora, Sleeping Beauty xxx

And then ……………

 

 

Ariel The Little Mermaid xxx

And then ……..

 

 

 Jasmine from Aladdin xxx

And then ……….

 

No more princesses just a wand with Royal Table written on it, wow that was a busy 20 minutes at breakfast.  Amy got them all to sign her autograph book so she is chuffed!

 

 

This is the dining room in the castle, we are now finished our breakfast and got all our treats!!

 

Stain glass window!

 

Inside the castle where we met Cinderella

 

Time to go and explore the park a bit more!

So we head out and now Amy is keen to get her autograph book signed so we are now queuing to see Merida from Brave

 

 

Yet again Amy and I leave Col in the queue as we can hear a parade going on so Amy and watch it and join Col back in the queue after the parade has finished!  Not a very good view because of the trees!

 

Oooooooo our second glimpse of Mickey today!

 

The brave stance!

 

All the princesses are really good with the children, they sign the autographs, chat away and give them a cuddle!  Special moments from all of them!

 

Then we walk around the corner and whoah ……….

 

Tigger cuddle and then a cuddle from…..

 

Pooh xx

 

Tigger was really cute as their slot time was up , they get 20 minutes in the costume and this heat that must be long enough for them so they had to walk off the meet and greet area so Tigger held Amy’s hand all the way down and kept on giving her extra cuddles, how sweet!!!

 

So we next went onto the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride and this was the kid’s play area for them to be entertained while we all waited for the ride, 40 minutes this time! 

 

Colin hasn’t had much opportunity of working recently but here is one now.  We get handed this card at the start of the queue or the end of the queue which ever way you see it or maybe I will say back of the queue instead anyway, the attendant says hand this card to the next attendant to check the time in the queue.  So what happens is that the first attendant swipes the card with the time and then we hand it to someone when we get to the ride and this checks their accuracy of waiting times for everyone.  At the start of each ride there is a screen telling you how long the waiting time is, clever!!  Colin succeeded in his task and actually remembered to hand it to the attendant! Well done Colly!!!

 

 

Here we go on the Winnie the Pooh adventures ride!  Not many thrill rides here, quite sedate really!

 

 

Woop woop we are now on Dumbo’s Flying ride you can make Dumbo go up and down, we were on but then had to come off due to technical difficulties but the ride reset itself and then we got back on again for a longer ride this time!  Colly has a Dumbo to himself!

 

The Barnstormer rollercoaster, we are struggling today as there isn’t much aircondiitioning or cooling fans around near the queues for the rides unlike Universal??   Disney Magic Kingdom was the first ever park of its kind to open in 1971 so that might be why as it is older than the others?

 

Next we go past some more characters in the big top circus tent so Amy and I queue for Goofy and Donald Duck and Colin queues for Minnie and Daisy Duck so we save some time as we didn’t appreciate the queues would be so long for the characters as well as the rides!  Autograph first everybody!!

 

How cool Goofy!

 

Then .......

 

 

Donald Duck

 

And then ........

 

Donald's girlfriend Daisy Duck xx

 

And then ..........

 

Minnie Mouse XXX

 

Amy is really pleased as she got two kisses from Minnie xx

We went on Peter Pan’s Flight, It’s a small world boat cruise, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin and Pirates of the Carribbean.  Amy really enjoyed Peter Pan and it was absolutely pitch black some of the ride but that was okay but then the Pirates ride Amy said was too scary and dark which it wasn’t!

 

We then headed to Tomorrowland but passed through Main Street, USA and found Walt Disney and Mickey.  Amy keeps on telling us that Mickey was the first ever character made by Walt so she was keen for the photo, sweet!

 

 

What a stroke of luck someone’s son walked into our photo and as we mutter under our breath well maybe a bit louder than that the dad apologises and takes the family shot for us, result eh!!

 

 

Topiary it just has to be Minnie and Mickey XXX

 

Disney have professional photographer’s poised in certain spots around the park to take pictures of you but the one bonus in Disney is that the photographers are allowed to take photos with your own camera too, bonus!!  So nice family shot on our camera rather than a $20 photo from them!

 

 

 

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin ride where the person on each side of the car has a laser gun to shoot the baddies!!  Colin and Amy had a gun and I was on the spinner controls!!

 

And after the ride we met the man himself Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story

 

And then we went and had a boogie with the Incredibles, Amy was high fiving them!!

 

This is funny we went onto Space Mountain which is supposed to be a blast off coaster ride so weren’t sure what to expect but as you can see from the photo Amy isn’t keen and held my hand throughout the whole ride!  It was on a roller coaster going through the night sky with only twinkling lights as stars at times which meant it was too dark for Amy!  Another photo we could have bought from Disney but I took a photo of the screen they show you the photo on!

We have checked out the show times and the parades start in the evening so the decision is taken by all of us that we would like to stay for the Final Parade at 9pm then fireworks at 10pm, we may never go back to Disney so better seeing things than worrying about being late home!

 

Now we do have time to go on the Walt Disney World Railroad, this queue was 40 minutes long and due to us needing something to eat for tea and to get a spot for us to watch the parade, our time is up on the rides!

 

 

Here we go the start of the parade 9pm!!  One thing we have noticed here is that it will be daylight one minute and then all of a sudden it is dark, no twilight zone it is either one or the other!

 

Goofy’s train taking Mickey and Minnie through the town

 

Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother

 

Peter Pan and the show of floats just continued, it was beautiful to see and you felt everyone on the floats were waving at us specifically, makes you feel special and I am sure everyone else felt the same too, magical!  Even Colin was waving at the characters, big smiles all round xxx

We headed through to the castle next to see the Celebrate the Magic projection show at 9.45pm where the castle was transformed with lights and a story transposed over the castle, hard to describe but it was amazing to watch and just couldn’t take a good photo you just had to be there or you can look it up on youtube on this website what a show and well worth the watch!  Just click on the link - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aG6iwuTJCY

 

The finale at 10pm Wishes Night-time spectacular, WOW!!  We decided to see it all and so glad we did it rounded off a truly magical day!

 

But our finale was meeting ..........

 

MICKEY XX

 

But then we noticed that Mickey was at the Meet and Greet station at the main entrance so we had to meet the guy it all started with and he was the only character that talked other than the princesses who were real people

 

 

Family shot xx

 

 

And then we had another person to meet who was at the next meet and greet station next

to Mickey Mouse …….

 

Tinkerbell who thought Amy could be one of the Flower Fairies as her dress shows that she likes flowers!!

 

And here we go back in with the crowds again to get back to the car!!  We are parked at Heroes - Simba Row 11, the car parks are massive so we have to make a point of remembering where we are parked or else we would be in serious trouble!! 

WOW what a truly amazing but tiring day, meeting the princesses, Mickey and the other characters, fireworks, parade and the castle coming to life with the projection show.  Amy wasn’t sure what her best bit of today was but we all had an absolutely wonderful, magical day!!

Thank you Disney’s Magic Kingdom XXX