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We were in our local Disney store the other day, happiness is going across the bridge tunnel for a quick disney fix. While there since we know going on 2 trips to Disney in Oct (long story lol) I picked up the most current "Guide to everything Disney". You know that fold out brochure that has the quick maps and run over of the parks in it.
Well first I noticed the new "Which Path" option they are pimping. It looks cool, adventure, fantasy, and big dreams. But heres the thing I saw 2 things on this page and just have no clue what they are but am hoping theyre as cool as they sound. Does anyone know anything about these like: are they free or is there a fee, are their age limits, do they need reservations etc? And if youve done them are they fun?
1) under adventure- ccaptain jack's pirate tutorial
2) under fantasy- royal court academy.
Both are in the Magic Kingdom the guide says.
Thanks for any help/input!
Autumn
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the pirate tutorial is held every day by POTC (there are performances during the P&PP) as well. CJS and his stooge Mac come out and pick kids from the crowds and teach them how to be pirates in 3 easy steps.
the royal court academy (or 'let's have a ball') was a shortlived performance that took place behind the castle and ended in a meet & greet with aurora and philip
the P&PP does have something called jasmine's royal guard recruitment (or something to that effect):
My son was picked for the pirate tutorial and fought Jack and had the time of his life! It's a lot of fun to participate in but it's also great fun to watch.
The tutorial for Ca'n Jack is just outside of the updated POTC and our DGD got to participate in this in Dec. it was fun to watch and it is fun for the kids too. Can't answer for the academy as we did not attend to it.
My DS (6) loved the Pirate Tutorial, definitely try to see that if you have interested children. Is the Round Up with Woody listed for Frontierland? Maybe they have stopped doing that, but it was a lot of fun when we went in February.
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We did the Pirate thing and it was great. It was cute and funny. I can't wait to see if they have more on the "Which Path" thing.
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