Continuing on with our MK Day:
After R had switched out his sandals he was much more comfortable and declared he’d stay with us as long as he could. Bad mood gone, thank goodness! We headed to The Haunted Mansion which was another walk-on. It was magnificent how there were no waits, have I said that too many times? We went through the interactive queue which was a first for us all and I enjoyed it so much I forgot to take a single picture. They all enjoyed the ride which was good. I find it a bit too creepy most of the time, and there’s no way I would go on the HM at night.
As we were walking to Fantasyland I asked everybody if they’d like to stop now since R’s feet were hurting and head back to the resort. I had a whole other day planned for MK so there really was no need to push it if they didn’t want to. No R said, we have another three more hours before it closes. So it must have been right around 6:00. Well, what is the first thing they see in Fantasyland? If you guess IASW you would be right. Did I want to go on it, no I did not. Just thinking about it gives me the shudders. I don’t think I’ve been on it since 2008 and that was too soon. Well, it was a walk-on and R wanted to rest his feet so that’s where we went. I was shocked at how long it was. It kept going and going and going to yet another scene after scene. Sorry for you guys that like it. I was amazed at how many coins were in the water. I hope they get them every now and then, there must have been a small fortune in there. R wanted to get in the spirit and gave us all quarters to throw in which I thought was cute. I survived without having the song in my head the rest of the day, whew! As we were leaving the clock chimed and opened up which I’ve never seen before. I wish I had gotten out my camera but missed it.
Of course the next stop was Peter Pan but with a 20 minute wait we decided to just get FPs. Yes, we were definitely getting spoiled by the low waits. For some reason mom’s AP wouldn’t give us a FP so I tried to get the attention of the CM on duty but she was completely distracted by some boys that she was chatting with. She abandoned her post and try as I might could not get her attention, so went to another CM that was working on the ride and asked for her help. She was very nice but visibly irritated with the other CM who was being negligent. You might think I’m being a bit harsh, but we had places to go and rides to see and she was holding us up. We had about an hour before the window opened so headed off for some more rides. We tried to get Pooh FPs since I didn’t know about only having one FP at a time rule. I think I read about it but completely forgot that was the case. Oh well. They saw the Carousel and just had to ride it so of course we did. Next up was Philarmagic which was a ten minute wait only because we had just missed the show. It was even better than I remembered. R & M loved it. For some reason mom can never remember what it is and I have to drag her in. She always enjoys it though…
Our Peter Pan window just opened so we headed back over there and walked on thanks to our FPs. Life was good let me tell you. This was M’s first time on Peter Pan, and she loved it. We all did for that matter. Our next stop was Dumbo which R really wanted to do. He claims he was never allowed to do it as a kid, the lines were always too long. I tried to get pictures over the construction but couldn’t get a good angle.
The new circus area was super cute.
So with the new Dumbo you have the option of waiting inside and enjoying the indoor play area or just waiting in line. It was a walk on or I would have gone in and gotten more pictures. Apparently they will give you a beeper while you play and alert you when it’s time to ride. I’ll be curious how well that works when there are big crowds.
I stopped for too long and got separated from everybody. I was able to catch up with mom but R & M had gone to the other Dumbo. Let me just say they did a beautiful job. I kept trying to capture all the details but with going in circles and also trying to catch glimpses of the new Fantasyland that was still behind walls these are not the best pictures, but hopefully you get the idea.
I just loved the CMs uniforms.
The other one across the way. I kept trying to get a picture of R & M.
There they are! I didn’t know I got this picture until just now.
When the ride stopped they said whoever wanted to go again just had to stay in their elephants. How could we pass that up?
I had a devil of a time trying to get my elephant to go up and down, apparently you have to hold it for a few seconds before it will react. I kept thinking the poor little guy was broken.
I would have been so annoyed if my brother had acted like this. Luckily for me, my brother loves Disney.
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It looks really good and fresh.
the problem is when he gets into one of his funks you basically have to ride it out. If you push or even try to talk about it had goes further in the wrong direction. 
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Did they change them over or has it always been one row? We had planned on Calvin's first 'official' ride to be Dumbo and we would sit behind my mom while she took pics, but guess she'll have to sit in the elephant in front of us. Do you think me, DH and Calvin will be allowed to sit in one elephant? Oh my gosh, love the queue area! What a brilliant idea!
