kathyell
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2009
All right, who else was with us in those crowds last night trying to leave the Magic Kingdom at closing time?
We were there last night and had actually planned on leaving a bit before park closing, but I had the bright idea to slip on to PotC before we left. We loaded into a boat there, the gates shut at the loading station, and then the ride lost power. They couldn't let us out because the boats could start moving unexpectedly, so we ended up as the last people on the ride that night, floating through at a snail's pace. About forty minutes later, we were no longer leaving early.
We reached the exit and learned that the reason the monorail had been down when we'd come in the park around 5pm was because some critical part of the system had been struck by lightning earlier that day. The ferries and buses were the only ways out.
The TTC ferry line was backed up past the bag security tables. Even the resort launches were backed up many boats' worth of resort guests and people just trying to leave the MK one way or another. We went out to the bus stands to see if there were buses being dispatched to the TTC, and were told by a cast member that the line for those buses was very long as well. She suggested that we could bus to the Poly and use the walking path, which I realize someone is going to flame me for even considering, but the cast member also said they were trying to start spreading people out among all the options to get to their cars instead of overloading the ferries and the TTC bus.
We then got in line for the Poly (again, ONLY because it was suggested to us by a CM) and met a lovely couple from Tennessee, but we soon overheard cast members saying that EVERY bus would be routed to the TTC first and then its real destination, and to try to distribute guests evenly in the lines. We moved to a different line at that point to comply with the new info from the CMs, and after waiting two more buses, we were at the TTC.
Total travel time from MK turnstiles to Daisy 31: 1 hr, 54 mins. And you know what? So many people in the crowd were lovely and friendly even though we were all tired and frustrated, it wasn't as bad as it might sound. We got home around 2am, but we have a "leaving MK" story we can tell for a long time.
Who else was there? Was anyone there today, and can you post whether the monorails are back up yet? We saw several powerless monorails getting pushed along the tracks last night and it just seemed like this might be the kind of thing that will take time to fix.
We were there last night and had actually planned on leaving a bit before park closing, but I had the bright idea to slip on to PotC before we left. We loaded into a boat there, the gates shut at the loading station, and then the ride lost power. They couldn't let us out because the boats could start moving unexpectedly, so we ended up as the last people on the ride that night, floating through at a snail's pace. About forty minutes later, we were no longer leaving early.
We reached the exit and learned that the reason the monorail had been down when we'd come in the park around 5pm was because some critical part of the system had been struck by lightning earlier that day. The ferries and buses were the only ways out.
The TTC ferry line was backed up past the bag security tables. Even the resort launches were backed up many boats' worth of resort guests and people just trying to leave the MK one way or another. We went out to the bus stands to see if there were buses being dispatched to the TTC, and were told by a cast member that the line for those buses was very long as well. She suggested that we could bus to the Poly and use the walking path, which I realize someone is going to flame me for even considering, but the cast member also said they were trying to start spreading people out among all the options to get to their cars instead of overloading the ferries and the TTC bus.
We then got in line for the Poly (again, ONLY because it was suggested to us by a CM) and met a lovely couple from Tennessee, but we soon overheard cast members saying that EVERY bus would be routed to the TTC first and then its real destination, and to try to distribute guests evenly in the lines. We moved to a different line at that point to comply with the new info from the CMs, and after waiting two more buses, we were at the TTC.
Total travel time from MK turnstiles to Daisy 31: 1 hr, 54 mins. And you know what? So many people in the crowd were lovely and friendly even though we were all tired and frustrated, it wasn't as bad as it might sound. We got home around 2am, but we have a "leaving MK" story we can tell for a long time.
Who else was there? Was anyone there today, and can you post whether the monorails are back up yet? We saw several powerless monorails getting pushed along the tracks last night and it just seemed like this might be the kind of thing that will take time to fix.
