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How fun that you were able to get the carriage ride up Main Street with the Dapper Dans!!! I'm not sure that I've ever ridden the trolley before but if I had then it was back in the 1970's! Sounds like MK was crowded with that wait time for Winne the Pooh.
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How fun that you were able to get the carriage ride up Main Street with the Dapper Dans!!! I'm not sure that I've ever ridden the trolley before but if I had then it was back in the 1970's!
Wow, that was a while ago...
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Sounds like MK was crowded with that wait time for Winne the Pooh.
You know what? I honestly think all the Disney parks are crowded pretty much all the time now. That's what I learnt from this trip anyway. It feels as if, as soon as you're out of Extra Magic Hours, things that used to be walk-ons aren't any longer, and I'm sure it's down to Fastpass+. It will be interesting to see if I still feel that way after our January trip, as that should be at a traditionally slow time of the year....
You know what? I honestly think all the Disney parks are crowded pretty much all the time now. That's what I learnt from this trip anyway. It feels as if, as soon as you're out of Extra Magic Hours, things that used to be walk-ons aren't any longer, and I'm sure it's down to Fastpass+. It will be interesting to see if I still feel that way after our January trip, as that should be at a traditionally slow time of the year....
We always visit WDW the last week of January because it is "low crowd" season but last year since they had the "Festival of the Arts" it brought a lot more locals which made the parks feel more crowded. I'm not sure there is any season anymore that doesn't feel crowded at Disney.
What luck to ride with the Dapper Dans! It's been a few good years since I've done that, but it wasn't with them. What a great time!
The horse is a beautiful one too, not sure I've ever seen one that color at WDW. There's another thing I've always wanted to do - go to Ft Wilderness and see the horses!
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What a cool experience and ride down Main Street with the Dapper Dans! I've never done one of these rides before and something I should do!
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We always visit WDW the last week of January because it is "low crowd" season but last year since they had the "Festival of the Arts" it brought a lot more locals which made the parks feel more crowded. I'm not sure there is any season anymore that doesn't feel crowded at Disney.
No, neither am I. We'll probably be there from 21-26 January (we haven't finalised flights yet) and I'm under no illusion - I think it'll probably still be busy.
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I'm another who's never ridden a vehicle on Main Street. And now I think I won't unless it's with the Dapper Dans! How !
Ah well, finding them may be a little trickier. I don't know how many times we've been on the vehicles and this was the first time we've ever come across these guys!
The horse is a beautiful one too, not sure I've ever seen one that color at WDW. There's another thing I've always wanted to do - go to Ft Wilderness and see the horses!
We did that once and, even though I'm not a huge horse fan, it was very neat to do.
It's interesting you mentioned the cast members trying to get people out of the way of the horse. I can honestly understand needing that though since a lot if people are not paying attention to much besides getting their pictures taken. My mother in law had a close call last December when we were waiting in line for our castle pick and she was a millimeter away from getting hit by one of the old timey cars being driven down mainstreet. Had she taken one step back or fallen (which has been known to happen..we saw a woman really bite it on the tracks that go through Main Street...I had to go get a cast member for her bc she was injured) she would have been hit. The driver was not even honking!
That horse was definitely beautiful though!! Gotta love those Dapper Dans! I often wonder what their audition process is like!
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It's interesting you mentioned the cast members trying to get people out of the way of the horse. I can honestly understand needing that though since a lot if people are not paying attention to much besides getting their pictures taken. My mother in law had a close call last December when we were waiting in line for our castle pick and she was a millimeter away from getting hit by one of the old timey cars being driven down mainstreet. Had she taken one step back or fallen (which has been known to happen..we saw a woman really bite it on the tracks that go through Main Street...I had to go get a cast member for her bc she was injured) she would have been hit. The driver was not even honking!
Oh my goodness!
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That horse was definitely beautiful though!! Gotta love those Dapper Dans! I often wonder what their audition process is like!
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Sounds like MK was crowded with that wait time for Winne the Pooh.
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Oh you must put that right, they're so much fun. 
I'm not sure there is any season anymore that doesn't feel crowded at Disney.
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