sharona
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2008
The parade was over and Wishes would start soon (in about 30 minutes). We found a spot, nothing spectacular but decent and waited for it to begin. Now I've seen Wishes from way down the end of Main on our way out, and from the Ferry and once from the beach at Ft. Wilderness after dinner at HDDR but never from a decent central spot in the hub. The Wishes viewing area looked nice but not sure I'd use a FP for it! We had a semi angled view from the Tomorrowland side of the hub. While I enjoyed the projection show, I have to say I really don't see what all the fuss is about when it comes to the fireworks. We can see fireworks any Wednesday or Saturday night from a beach less than an hour from home and the Boston 4th of July fireworks are truly spectacular so I guess we're just not that overwhelmed by the MK show.
After Wishes ended, we went back to Fantasyland to see how long the wait was for 7DMT. The sign said 70 minutes but we could easily tell from the lack of people in the outside queue that it was a much shorter wait than that. I timed our wait just to see and we waited 12 minutes. We enjoyed the ride at night and this time the people in the car with us helped us get it rocking! Not sure if I mentioned the lack of assistance in rocking the car on our previous ride??? What fun! I really wish they had made this one longer, or put in another track so the wait would be less. I wanted to get right back in line and ride again but Boo wanted to check out the wait for PP. The sign said 20 minutes but this time we waited at least 30! After PP we wanted to ride Mermaid as we had skipped that one last year in Disneyland.
After Mermaid we debated Space again or BTMRR. Well BTMRR got my vote so we headed over there after checking the app and seeing a 20 minute wait. It was just about midnight when we go over there. Unfortunately, it was closed for technical issues!!! Such a bummer. We had been looking forward to riding it in the dark. At least we had gotten 4 rides earlier that day so while it was a disappointment, it wasn't the end of the world! We decided to go on Splash since we were in the neighborhood. We were the only ones on Splash. Not just the only ones in our boat but the only ones in any boat. There were empty boats in front of and behind us and not one other non CM to be seen. It was a bit creepy really. We ended up at the hub debating if we wanted to dash over to Space for one last ride but when I checked the app, it was also showing closed. Now I wonder if regularly scheduled nightly maintenance had not been notified that the park was staying open that extra hour? It seemed weird to me that both BTMRR and Space would be down suddenly during that last hour. It was 12:50am and we had had enough! We took our time walking out, stopping to buy some candy and water.
We arrived at the monorail just as one was pulling in - perfect timing again. There were very few people taking the monorail - it was an easy trip to the TTC and the car was right there waiting. We were back at our hotel by 1:45am. We stumbled into bed and I just barely remembered that i had to set the alarm! 2DT was driving in from St. Pete in the morning and we were planning to hit US early since it was another grad night and was closing at 5pm.
We had a great day at MK and I really loved our time there. So much so that we are planning to return for a 4 day WDW only, non Universal, trip the first weekend in December. The one day at MK was expensive but it is the one WDW park where you really get your money's worth. We had spent a staggering 12 hours in the park that day. We'd had 3 meals, met 4 characters, ridden 9 mountains plus been on POTC, HM, Buzz, PM, Mermaid, IASW and PP, I'd taken over 200 photos and we'd spent less than an hour in stand by lines and 0 time waiting for transportation! It was a just about perfect day!
Next up - our crazy Universal ride pics!
After Wishes ended, we went back to Fantasyland to see how long the wait was for 7DMT. The sign said 70 minutes but we could easily tell from the lack of people in the outside queue that it was a much shorter wait than that. I timed our wait just to see and we waited 12 minutes. We enjoyed the ride at night and this time the people in the car with us helped us get it rocking! Not sure if I mentioned the lack of assistance in rocking the car on our previous ride??? What fun! I really wish they had made this one longer, or put in another track so the wait would be less. I wanted to get right back in line and ride again but Boo wanted to check out the wait for PP. The sign said 20 minutes but this time we waited at least 30! After PP we wanted to ride Mermaid as we had skipped that one last year in Disneyland.
After Mermaid we debated Space again or BTMRR. Well BTMRR got my vote so we headed over there after checking the app and seeing a 20 minute wait. It was just about midnight when we go over there. Unfortunately, it was closed for technical issues!!! Such a bummer. We had been looking forward to riding it in the dark. At least we had gotten 4 rides earlier that day so while it was a disappointment, it wasn't the end of the world! We decided to go on Splash since we were in the neighborhood. We were the only ones on Splash. Not just the only ones in our boat but the only ones in any boat. There were empty boats in front of and behind us and not one other non CM to be seen. It was a bit creepy really. We ended up at the hub debating if we wanted to dash over to Space for one last ride but when I checked the app, it was also showing closed. Now I wonder if regularly scheduled nightly maintenance had not been notified that the park was staying open that extra hour? It seemed weird to me that both BTMRR and Space would be down suddenly during that last hour. It was 12:50am and we had had enough! We took our time walking out, stopping to buy some candy and water.
We arrived at the monorail just as one was pulling in - perfect timing again. There were very few people taking the monorail - it was an easy trip to the TTC and the car was right there waiting. We were back at our hotel by 1:45am. We stumbled into bed and I just barely remembered that i had to set the alarm! 2DT was driving in from St. Pete in the morning and we were planning to hit US early since it was another grad night and was closing at 5pm.
We had a great day at MK and I really loved our time there. So much so that we are planning to return for a 4 day WDW only, non Universal, trip the first weekend in December. The one day at MK was expensive but it is the one WDW park where you really get your money's worth. We had spent a staggering 12 hours in the park that day. We'd had 3 meals, met 4 characters, ridden 9 mountains plus been on POTC, HM, Buzz, PM, Mermaid, IASW and PP, I'd taken over 200 photos and we'd spent less than an hour in stand by lines and 0 time waiting for transportation! It was a just about perfect day!
Next up - our crazy Universal ride pics!
when the music is playing! I even play the soundtrack from YouTube or from the CD I bought about 10 years ago if I am feeling the need for a Disney fix! 
It has segments from my older son's favourite sound track from the Hercules movie - Go the Distance! The words from that song are inspiring to me right to this day.....I get goose bumps just thinking about it!......
and tell you to keep up the good work! Sorry to hear you and Boo were under the weather, but you are doing an awesome job with this TR. 
Looking forward to the next installment! And more pictures! The very first post I saw of yours I remember thinking how great a photographer you are, and all of them in this TR are top notch! 
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. I dangled the ultimate carrot, Cinnabon for breakfast, and that got her at least moving. Boo and 2DT are addicted to Cinnabon. After a quick shower she was almost ready to smile. 2DT arrived and was very impressed with our renovated room. After dropping her stuff, she was raring to go. We took the shortcut stairs to ground level and easily found the walking path to City Walk. 
) Looking forward to hearing more!
