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Great time for the two holiday events at Studios! The Hollywood Tower Hotel looks amazing with the different colored projections on it! Very nice interaction with Brandon and quite an intuitive young man!
Tower of Terror was so cool with the projections. Brandon made this evening even more special.
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Both shows look amazing! I'm hoping some day we will get back in December so we can see them!
What a special young man Brandon is!
We're hoping to get back for Christmas maybe in 2018. Brandon was a sweetie.
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You crack me up with your 'bored at the bus stop info'!
We just loved DHS for Christmas this year!!! Glad you did too!!
DHS was so beautiful and special this Christmas season.
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NEXT: Will I Get Motion Sick on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train or Not?
Day 8 Sunday, November 12 Part 1 at Magic Kingdom and Disney Springs
We slept about a half hour later today, but still made it to the bus stop by 8:50. When we arrived at Magic Kingdom, we immediately sensed that the crowd level was lower today, and suspect that many families from New Jersey were headed home. Our first goal was to get breakfast at the Main Street Bakery Starbucks. Luke got the Banana Bread with a Venti Caramel Frappuccino, a first for him. I picked a Chocolate Croissant with a Tall Hot Chocolate. Once we had our breakfast items in hand we moved the area of tables outside The Plaza and munched while people watching. I also took some Dramamine in hopes of avoiding any motion sickness on our first FastPass attraction of the day, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.
Once we finished we made our way into the Hub where we had some PhotoPass photos taken in front of the castle. You’ll see in these photos that I have a jacket on at this point. The morning g was just a wee bit on the cool side. The Move It! Shake It! Dance & Play It! Street Parade was making the park lively behind us in the background. In actuality, this made for some interesting photos unlike any we’ve had with the castle before.
When the parade finished, we were free to continue to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. We entered the FastPass queue and probably about 4 minutes later we were boarding a mine car and off to the mines. Hi Ho! Hi Ho! I survived, even enjoyed, the entire rocking ride without even a hint of motion sickness. WooHoo! Evidently, the day was warming up as I now have my jacket off and stowed in my backpack.
While waiting for our next FastPass window to open, we wandered Liberty Square where we stopped for a little bit to take in The Muppets Present . . . Great Moments in American History. This was a different show than we had seen in May, but I didn’t write down what history lesson was being told and now I don’t remember.
Next we moved into Frontierland, wandering in and out of shops. At one point, we spotted a squirrel, but all I managed to photograph was his backside and tail.
Eventually, we arrived in Adventureland at the Sunglass Hut shop where I hoped to find another pair of Ray Bans, but nothing appealed to me today. Finally, we could board the Jingle Cruise with FastPass #2. I do love the Christmas additions and overlay, but the FastPass queue was short and moving fast, so some of my photos there are a wee bit blurry.
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Soon enough we were boarding Wassail Wanda manned by Skipper Candice who was strikingly familiar. I told Luke I was positive she had been our skipper on our cruise in May. I did check our May photos later when we got back to the room, and we had indeed cruised with Candice in May. Lots of photos to follow as a wassailing we go.
There were even wreaths inside the boats.
The natives were even throwing a Christmas party.
I took a couple of photos of Skipper Candice to compare to our May trip.
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It was now around 11:30 and we were already hungry again, so we decided to lunch at Pesos Bill’s. We got a Taco Platter to share. It comes with one beef taco and one chicken taco and a side of yellow rice. Just the right amount for the two of us. Because it was much less crowded today, we managed the condiments bar more easily and found a table quickly.
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Wow, blown away by your photos of the two light shows at DHS! And what a wonderful encounter with Brandon. Interactions like that are part of what makes WDW so special!
Wow, blown away by your photos of the two light shows at DHS! And what a wonderful encounter with Brandon. Interactions like that are part of what makes WDW so special!
Thanks! You are so right interactions like mine with Brandon make WDW so very special!
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Nice start to the day in the MK with some nice PP photos of the two of you. That was quite a short wait for 7DMT even with FP+. Love the theming for Jingle Cruise and seems like another great experience.
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Congrats on surviving SDMT with no motion sickness! Now you know to take a dramamine every time and you'll be good to go!
Definitely! I felt the Dramamine came in handy quite a bit this trip. I took it on our Pandora days as well.
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Nice start to the day in the MK with some nice PP photos of the two of you. That was quite a short wait for 7DMT even with FP+. Love the theming for Jingle Cruise and seems like another great experience.
The park was really easy to navigate this day as the crowd level was so low. I was so excited that our wait at SDMT was so short.
Great pictures of Sunset Boulevard all decked out for the holidays. We enjoyed Jingle Bell Jingle Bam and the projection show on the TOT. Really touching story of your interaction with Brandon. What an unexpected and wonderful way to end your evening! Cute and fun photos of you and Luke at the Magic Kingdom! Glad you had no motion sickness issue and enjoyed your ride on SDMT. I love that ride!
Great pictures of Sunset Boulevard all decked out for the holidays. We enjoyed Jingle Bell Jingle Bam and the projection show on the TOT. Really touching story of your interaction with Brandon. What an unexpected and wonderful way to end your evening! Cute and fun photos of you and Luke at the Magic Kingdom! Glad you had no motion sickness issue and enjoyed your ride on SDMT. I love that ride!
My conversation with Brandon was the highlight of this day. I love SDMT, too, and get motion sick on it last May made me very sad. Thankfully, the Dramamine worked.
I love the way they do the Jingle Cruise - it looks as if it's quite simple - i.e. it's laid over existing signage and therefore quite easy to do (I have no idea if it is though?) and it makes such a difference, changing the whole ride. Your trip report is making me want to go back to WDW around the holiday season again....
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Love the theming for Jingle Cruise and seems like another great experience.
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