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A 20 minute wait is unheard of for Anna and Elsa!! Glad you got a chance to meet them. It was nice to see pictures of the queue. No don't get to see any of that in the FP line.
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Wow! How nice to see Anna and Elsa after only a 15 minute wait.
But when you think about it, many WDW visitors are still in bed at that time!
It always pays to get there early!
On our last visit, we made our way to New Fantasyland right after rope drop and ended up being the first in line at Ariel's M&G. We were there before she was!
I wonder if it's something to do with the camera as well - I never have to rotate my photos, as the computer seems to do it automatically. Maybe on Apple, it doesn't do that?
Yes, I think it might have something to do with the camera, because it only happens with certain people's TRs. I'd be interested to know if the Tapatalk problem is just with Apple products, or with Androids too.
Great pictures with Anna and Elsa! I can't believe how short that wait was! Without young kids, meeting them isn't a high enough priority for us to wait in an hour long line, but 15 minutes is definitely worth the wait!
Wow! How nice to see Anna and Elsa after only a 15 minute wait.
But when you think about it, many WDW visitors are still in bed at that time!
That's true!
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It always pays to get there early!
It certainly does!
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On our last visit, we made our way to New Fantasyland right after rope drop and ended up being the first in line at Ariel's M&G. We were there before she was!
Great pictures with Anna and Elsa! I can't believe how short that wait was! Without young kids, meeting them isn't a high enough priority for us to wait in an hour long line, but 15 minutes is definitely worth the wait!
That was exactly how we felt - without kids, we just didn't want to spend long waiting to meet them.
Upside down photos on my IPad, but I've gotten to expect it sometimes. Great pics of the Sleepy Hollow area! Such saturated colors! What a nice surprise to have such short wait for Anna and Elsa. Isn't early morning in the parks just the best?
Upside down photos on my IPad, but I've gotten to expect it sometimes. Great pics of the Sleepy Hollow area! Such saturated colors! What a nice surprise to have such short wait for Anna and Elsa. Isn't early morning in the parks just the best?
Saturday 21 February – part four: “Ok, let’s get it over with”
We headed over to the Fastpass kiosk by Mickey’s PhilharMagic, as given the weather, the sound of Splash Mountain wasn’t so appealing now. Instead, we went for Buzz Lightyear and managed to get one for between 8:00am and 9:00am.
That done, we headed off to see what the wait time was for Peter Pan’s Flight. It said 20 minutes, but it didn’t look anything like that, so we risked it and it was pretty much a walk on, which gave us a chance to go through the new queue they’ve put in, which was very cool and a lot of fun.
We were straight on board our flying ship and we both remarked that we thought this looked cleaner and brighter than the last time we were on it. It certainly doesn’t look so worn out now.
When we came out of there, Mark said “Ok, let’s get it over with” and you know what that meant… You got it – It’s A Small World! So off we went and he must’ve enjoyed it a bit, as he took some photos with his new camera, which was something.
Mark’s favourite part of this ride!
When we came off there, we headed next for Winnie the Pooh and this was another walk on.
The bouncing with Tigger bit didn’t do Mark any favours. He had felt very sick suddenly at the Treehouse Villas earlier, but it had passed and he assumed it was a combination of feeling tired and the not so great dinner last night. Thankfully, he seemed OK once he came off and decided to get a Tigger tail for a couple of minutes, although it soon fell off!
I love all your ride photos. Some are showing up upside down, which certainly lends itself to the flying feeling! That is wonderful you had so many walk on rides. I hope Mark feels better!
Wow, MK looks so empty. I'm glad they gave Peter Pan a little facelift, it certainly needed it. I can't wait to see the new queue. My DH would agree with Mark about IASM, I'm not sure I will even get him on that ride. At least Mark's a good sport about it.
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the play of light on the MK buildings. 
You got it – It’s A Small World! 
So off we went and he must’ve enjoyed it a bit, as he took some photos with his new camera, which was something. 
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