October 27th
So originally when we made our Fast Pass choices we booked the three mountains for early in the day just still on the mindset that we needed to get to the MK early to miss the later in the day crowds.
We set the alarm for about 7:30 AM figuring we would go check-in for the convention, grab some breakfast and then head to the park.
When the alarm went off we both sat up, looked at each other and said...why are we rushing, we can change our Fast Pass times. Plus there was a party today so the predicted crowd levels for today were not that bad.
Kim pulled out her phone and within minutes we smiled that wow....the app really did work as we now had all our Fast Passes for a bit later in the day.
We both went back to sleep for another hour or so, it felt great just being able to be a bit lazy. We both really enjoyed that extra hour or so to sleep and soon we were up, taking our showers and getting ready to enjoy the day.
The weather was beautiful so I grabbed a picture as we walked to the main building.
We grabbed a quick bite at the Rix Café, I think I had a croissant and then we went to check in for the convention. When we reviewed out booklet we saw that they added a special treat for Monday night and were giving us complimentary park tickets for Monday after our scheduled sessions....F&WF here we come
We actually had reservations for California Grill for this evening but given the change to enjoy the F&WF since yesterday's outing was so messed up we cancelled the reservation and planned on heading over to Epcot around 4:00 at the end of our last session.
We were able to book some Fast Passes for the evening so we were hoping we would get a chance to enjoy Soarin since yesterdays ride was a dud.
We had quite a wait for an MK bus, there was a huge crowd waiting at the bus stop and a CM who was desperately trying to get a bus for us. I have to say I was not to impressed with the bus service at the Coronado, both at the resort and the parks
. I think we waited almost 30 minutes for a bus and by the look of the crowd the wait was even longer.
Finally a bus came and we were herded onto the bus, I felt bad as there were people who came after us that never made it on the bus, I am hoping another bus came soon.
Soon we were at the park and I felt great, no headache residue (but I was really careful and took meds a few times when I started to feel a little twinge). Soon we were through the turnstile and I think we both had big smiles as we took in our first glimpse of the MK for this trip.
The holiday decorations are definitely my favorite.
We just took a slow walk up Main Street soaking up the atmosphere.
Now I really did not take notes this trip but by the looks of my photos and what I can remember we headed up to the castle and then headed towards Liberty Square.
I do remember checking out the Christmas store as I had to pick up a new ornament for the tree, I saw a few that I liked but I did not grab any at this moment and we headed to a few short line and enjoyed the Haunted Mansion, I mean what else is there to start with as Halloween was fast approaching
.
After our visit with our 999 Happy Haunts we headed over to New Fantasyland as we had gotten an invite to try the new FP at BOG. We were excited to see how lunch compared to dinner.
As we walked over to New Fantasyland we stopped to watch the show that was taking place....really cute.
I think our FP time was 11 AM so we headed over and were quickly ushered in. We had pre-ordered our meals so the CM led us to our table in the Ballroom and they told us our food would be out shortly. We went to get our drinks while we waited.
In August when we had dinner here we ate in the Rose Gallery and there were only like three large families so it was not loud at all in that room, but now in the crowded ballroom, it definitely gets loud, but I love the theme in here and the snow coming down outside the windows and the ceiling is amazing!!
We both had ordered the Roast Beef Sandwich with fries and we ordered the "Masters" Cupcake to share.
The sandwich was delicious, and the cupcake as really moist and fresh....all in all I loved lunch, I actually think a little better than dinner. I enjoyed the dinner but I think the lunch is a great option for those that cannot get a reservation, or for someone who wants to save some money and as a counter service this would be a great use of a counter service credit.
We were so happy that we had this option, but I have to say it was much cooler today then it was in August and the line, while there was a wait was nothing compared to what I saw this summer, so it was a manageable wait....definitely worth it. Thumbs up all around on this new lunch option
Our first FP was Space Mountain which neither of us was in the mood to do at this moment so we switched it to something I do not remember. We wanted to see how the "double dipping" situation was working (as there were so many stories swirling around that weekend) so we used our room keys to get a FP for the Fairytale Hall - we opted to visit with Rapunzel and her royal friend Snow White
and the cards worked with no issues.
While we waited for our FP return time (which was about 30 minutes) we headed over to UTS - maybe a 10 minute wait even though it was posted at 20 minutes, again this ride moves so quickly in terms of loading I always feel the posted wait time is more than it actually is.
We headed back to visit with the princesses. I really love what they did here....
Soon it was time for our first royal visit. Snow White was as sweet as ever....I think she liked her new home
I took some more pictures of the area while we waiting for Rapunzel.
Then it was time, Rapunzel was as fun as ever and got us to pose like her.
When we made our way out we stopped at the Rapunzel bathrooms and Kim wanted to charge her phone for a bit so I wandered around for a few minutes taking pictures.
I think before we headed towards Frontierland to ride BTMRR we stopped for Philarmagic and then we headed towards our next FP location where we had FP+ for BTMRR and SplM.
Splash was done...I mean dry as a nail and empty logs backed up (it ended up coming back up later) but we decided to switch our FP for the Jungle Cruise for after our BTMRR ride. We headed over to BTMRR and saw this....
Yes folks this was the FP return line, and from I heard it had been like this all day. I will say that it moved quickly, I think the magic band scanners definitely slow the process when you have a large group returning at once since they are still new so people not knowing what to do....once we got passed the scanners we had maybe a 5 minute wait.
We had a great ride and was about to use our room keys to grab another set of FPs when a woman behind us said...don't wait for FPs, I actually have some extra ones (guess she lost half her party), come ride with us.
She was so sweet and her little son (he was about 10) decided he had to ride with me
- guess I made a friend.
After we thanked her again for her generosity we decided to head over to get our wristbands for the party then we would come back for our FP return time for the Jungle Cruise.
Now I am missing a chunk of our day, I told you no notes but I do remember us doing some other stuff before the party started, I just do not remember when.
I also know that somewhere during the day we visited Tomorrowland where we went to the COP, charged Kim's phone in the Space Mountain area (there is a plug when you exit the ride...funniest thing someone stopped Kim to ask when she would be done with the charger, she had to explain it was her charger
), rode the People Mover, and rode Buzz. I also know we visited Storybook Circus, just to wander.
Now back to the regular schedule, for some reason we headed to the front of the park, and then we realized we should have walked to the Rose Garden for our wristbands but we decided to stop for a moment to visit with Mickey as we had heard he would start talking this weekend. (now again terrible memory but I am almost certain that we had a FP+ for this, so maybe this was what we switched our SpM FP+ too and we used our cards for the Jungle Cruise?)
Can I tell you it was so amazing, loved his interaction, there was a little girl so shy before us and it was her birthday and we all started singing with Mickey. The he did some card tricks with some other guests, soon it was our turn and when he asked us how was our trip and we told him we were so excited to come visit with him we got big hugs and it was just so cool. I have to ask Kim as I think she has a picture as I thought I had it on my camera but it must be on hers.
It was such a fun experience. When we headed to the Rose Garden I realized I had misplaced my will call email that I printed out, luckily Kim had put the card on my Magic Band so they were able to pull it up that way, but I also realized I had the email on my phone which the CM said would have worked as well.
Wristbands in hand we headed back over to Adventureland for our Jungle Cruise. We also stopped for a ride with some of our favorite pirates. We actually were starting to feel a but hungry so we decided grab dinner over at Peco Bill's since we were in the area (we originally had ADRs for the Plaza for about 4 PM but we were so full from lunch we ended up cancelling them).
I just love the toppings bar here. Dinner filled me up and from this point on I cannot tell you which direction we went in first. I do remember that it was a bit before 7 PM and we headed over to the HM to enjoy it in the dark, but that by the time we came out and took our pictures (and I am so disappointed as we were going to order our PP picture from here and both of us totally forgot) it was 7:15 and all the special edition pins were already sold out in the store in Frontierland
All was good as we had a fun time visiting with the friendly ghosts, I do love that it just feels different when you ride at night, especially when you come out and it is all Halloween decorated
I can tell you we hit every single Trick or Treat stop, I know our first one was the one at Splash Mountain and then we just made our way around to Fantasyland, Storybook Circus, Tomorrowland and finally finishing in Adventureland (with a final stop at Guest Services where I asked the CM if I could have a little allergy free candy as it was bad enough I was at the party without my children but if I came home with a ton of candy for Jasmine and poor Angel had no candy I would never hear the end of it....LOL). The CM was wonderful and loaded my bag up with yummy stuff for Angel.
I also remember that the line for the Seven Dwarfs was so long so I ended up stealing a shot of them as I walked by.
And we did wait to see Tarzan, here we met this nice family, we ended up having a discussion as her youngest was just diagnosed with allergies so her other kids were trying to trade with her for things that were safe for her so I mentioned guest services which she did not know about but she thanked me so much for letting her know. Soon it was time for our meeting with Tarzan and Jane.
I also think we rode Pirates again after we finished the last of the trick or treat stops (the one at the POC was our final one).
We headed back over to the castle to see the Castle show and Hallowishes. we ended up finding a spot near the Crystal Palace. I just enjoyed, no pictures, I really loved the holiday version as I had never seen Hallowishes before. I know the girls would love it.
We were planning on watching the late parade so we found a spot on Main Street, I took some pictures of Main Street, loved the pumpkins in the windows.
Now I will tell you that we never saw the parade, I know....I was so excited but Kim was tired and felt the twinge of a headache coming on, we had a super early morning tomorrow and in all honesty I was exhausted, so it is just another reason why I have to make it back for another MNSSHP with the girls next time so they can enjoy as well
It was a good thing we did as the line to the CSR was so filled, (it looked like a bus has not been there in ages) and we waited almost another 30 minutes (again not loving the buses this weekend) we saw buses for every other resort, sometimes more than one, when ours finally came they could not fit everyone on so we waited for the next one, another 15 or 20 minutes (and even then we did not have a seat so it was packed). By the time we made it back to the resort (this was after leaving the MK before the parade so maybe 10?, it was almost midnight, if we had waited for the second parade we might have never made it back
Soon it was lights out as we had breakfast at the convention at 7:30 and the sessions started at 8:45 so we set the alarm for 6 so we had time for showers and such and soon I was off to dream land.
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