November 27, 2013
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| Morning play time! |
Whatever I said about the crowds on previous days can be ignored.
Today is the day that it was crowded - really crowded! Now, I'm pretty spoiled when it comes to seeing crowds at the Disney parks. We almost always come during off seasons and certainly when school is in session, so I don't really know how today compared to a typical summer day at the Magic Kingdom, but for me it was
crowded. Crowd control was out in full force today. Through certain areas they even made sure people walked on the right side of the path. They had people standing with flags at the end of certain lines since they overflowed beyond the regular line. Luckily, we had already gone on most of what we wanted to so we were able to live with just our three magicband fastpasses and still have a nice day of just going on some high capacity stuff beyond that.
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| Zoe's souvenir |
Yes! We are definately spoiled and beyond traveling at off times, we also research least crowded park days and have ride plans to avoid crowds. Today they could not be avoided but we made the most of it.
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| A sudden rainstorm while we were getting ready this morning. |
Rita and Greg left early this morning for their Keys to the Kingdom tour. While I was enjoying the balcony this morning, this storm rolled in so quickly and left just as fast. It really poured!
Zoe was playing while we got ready. She kept telling me she was going to "Hello Kingdom" now and running off with the purse Grandma got her. Then she'd come back and do it all again. I think Zoe combines Hello Kitty with Magic Kingdom and ends up with "Hello Kingdom." Pretty cute!
It was quite chilly this morning and Max's sweatshirt was still wet in the dryer, so Kyrie and Max went on an adventure to find him a new one. They ended up all the way at the Briar Patch before finding one that fit him. The sweatshirt itself isn't pictured here. (Because we hadn't bought it yet!)
Avery and Melissa were shopping too and the rest were playing the Adventureland pirate game several times. A good plan for a busy day!
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| There he is (on the left) wearing his new sweatshirt. |
We had an early lunch at Pecos Bill's and Tortuga Tavern or whatever it's called. Then we took a train ride around the whole park. Zoe had a stinky diaper just as we were about to leave, so Marc graciously volunteered to get off with her and change it. They then got on the train and rode to the first stop before walking back to meet us when we got off.
We used our first scheduled fastpass for Tomorrowland Speedway.
Then we went on the People Mover while trying to match up with Rita and Greg now that tour is over. Look at those crowds!
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| Dear Marc, THIS is EPCOT. The theme park we go to is Epcot! Love, Kyrie |
We were just getting off People Mover when Rita and Greg caught up and got on, so we spent some time looking at the souvenir carts before moving on to Carousel of Progress.
Marc swears his first memory was of Carousel of Progress when he was less than a year old. So here's a picture of Zach at this attraction just in case it's his first memory too.
It was nice to bypass the hour long line at Enchanted Tales with Belle too with our scheduled fastpass on our Magicbands. Before entering Ella talked about how she wanted to be Madame Wardrobe and sure enough she sang out the part loudly when the time came to be selected and they did pick her.
It's nice that all the kids can participate. It's really well done and more fun than I expect.
With about one hour left before we needed to leave for our dinner reservation, we decided to split up to go to either Haunted Mansion or Mickey's Philharmagic. The Haunted Mansion posted a 45 minute wait when we got in line. It was the one and only real line we waited in the whole trip. It ended up being about 35 minutes I think.
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| The kids making zombie faces |
We thought it will be funny when our kids have kids and they see tombstones for Uncle Jacob and Grandpa Marc on this ride. Marc and Jacob better get ready for some harassment on our future big family trip.
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| Avery taking care of Zoe again |
After our day at the park we took a boat over to Fort Wilderness for dinner at Trail's End.
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| Max decided to turn his scraps into art. |
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| Grandma couldn't resist buying Zach a coonskin cap. |
Zoe was playing while we got ready. She kept telling me she was going to "Hello Kingdom" now and running off with the purse Grandma got her. Then she'd come back and do it all again. I think Zoe combines Hello Kitty with Magic Kingdom and ends up with "Hello Kingdom." Pretty cute!
We had an early lunch at Pecos Bill's and Tortuga Tavern or whatever it's called. Then we took a train ride around the whole park. Zoe had a stinky diaper just as we were about to leave, so Marc graciously volunteered to get off with her and change it. They then got on the train and rode to the first stop before walking back to meet us when we got off.
Then we went on the People Mover while trying to match up with Rita and Greg now that tour is over. Look at those crowds!
We were just getting off People Mover when Rita and Greg caught up and got on, so we spent some time looking at the souvenir carts before moving on to Carousel of Progress.
It's nice that all the kids can participate. It's really well done and more fun than I expect.
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