Gracefulskinny
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- Jan 28, 2013
I went in to our meals with that understanding and prepared for it. I can see how it would throw things off. That somehow ended up happening on our first morning a few times.
This was quite a change from the very intense theming at AoA, but at least this guy was in our room
It was very overcast this morning. We could barely even make out the castle from our room. The reason for a pre-park open ADR = pictures of an empty main street!
We were escorted to our table and informed that the characters work on a 90 minute cycle and that we should expect to be there at least that long! Um, no!! We don't work that way!
By this point, it is already 8:50 and the streams of people outside have been going past for the last 5 minutes! We decide to let the kids finish eating, and then just go. We miss Pooh and Eeyore by doing this.
the new queue is awesome!!! None of my pictures came out, but it was so fun to walk through the Darling's house and interact with Tink. It will continue to be a must-do for us!
Ugh...I'd be annoyed that the breakfast at CP took so long too...kills precious morning time in the park...sigh....But you at least got your pictures with some characters for tradition!
I went in to our meals with that understanding and prepared for it. I can see how it would throw things off. That somehow ended up happening on our first morning a few times.
I have heard that Crystal Palace has slowed things down. We have had an 8:05 ADR for the last two trips and saw all 4 characters, ate, and paid the bill by 8:50 each time. But for whatever reason they have slowed it down in the last year sometime. We are trying a 10:30 breakfast this year so that we can tour a while and then go in for breakfast so we will see how that works. Can't wait to hear about the rest of your day.
90 minutes to see all the characters? I'd be a bit upset, too! I forget how long we were at Tusker House, but maybe an hour, and we saw all 4 characters at least twice!
That is so great to be able to walk to MK!! I hope we get to stay there some day. There are so many resorts we want to try!
Oh, wow! The fog makes a really cool effect around the castle. Your pictures came out great.
It's too bad you were seated so long after your reservation. We were told it would be 90 minutes but it ended up nowhere near that long. We must have lucked out because all the characters were at our side of the restaurant. Oh, that's too bad. We weren't too thrilled about our CP breakfast experience and don't think we'll do it again either.
I have to do this next time - go to Peter Pan to ride standby first thing so we can see the queue
I love that the girls still have their BBB hairstyles!
90 minute cycle at CP? That's crazy! I totally understand not wanting to do breakfast there again ... it definitely messes up your morning!
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the new PP queue, even if you were there longer than expected. It really is amazing how a few minutes can totally mess up your plans!
I'm sorry to hear about Crystal Palace. Spoiler alert: we were in and out in 40 minutes tops...and we saw all the characters and made rope drop and were first in line for Peter Pan. I'm sorry it didn't work out well for you. I can't do lunch there...let's just say I won't do any of the buffets except for breaKfast at Disney.
We loved the new queue at Peter Pan. I didn't want to hold people up behind us so I didn't get a lot of pictures. I want to go again when it's not a long wait, but also when I'm not first in line and holding up the people behind me.
We totally skipped the Tea Cups earlier this month...thank God.
I always get a kick out of how different the school calendars are. My kids still have more than 5 weeks of school left (last day is June 25th)
Too bad about the hazy Castle - but definitely got some cute pictures. I agree that a key point to the pre-park opening ADR's is the empty park for pictures and very glad that Disney has the PP Photographers out then
Hmm, I've never been told how long the character's cycle is and if I had been I can't imagine it being 90 mins. Who takes 90 mins for a buffet? We've done the pre-park opening ADR at CP several times and never had that experience. They have been a tad late sometimes in seating us but never took more than 30 minutes or so (maybe 45 max) to see all characters. That really sucks you didn't get to see them all
Glad you enjoyed the new queue for PP. Due to the wait times that ride always have we generally do the FP+ for it ... but you skip the queue when you do FP+ so next trip might have to just go there firs thing with no FP+ and hope for the best as I really do want to check it out.
Well, at least the kids are having fun and that is the important part.
Definitely tough to decide to adjust or stick with the plan. We always try to figure out what are the couple of most important things for each person to do and then ensure we do those and adjust the plan if we needed to - but everyone's touring style is obviously different and you have to do what works best for you.
The pictures with the White Rabbit are really cute!
I love the White Rabbit pictures - and I love that he noticed C's Alice dress!
I can't do the teacups either...my DD went alone too! Great pics though...and I love the rabbit ones!! Sorry about DH being dissapointed in the plan...that's when the whole FP+ thing starts to get in the way...you can't change the plan man...
It sounds like you guys are adjusting well to the messed up timing. I love the pics with the White Rabbit and ETWB.
Stomach bugs are never fun! Hang in there!!!Unfortunately, one of the kiddos came down with the stomach bug. When one gets it, we ALL get it. TEN DAYS! Ten days, it has taken to get it out of the house! Please, let it be gone now! So, yeah, my Lysol can and I have been a little busy. Eww.