Day 2 November 17, 2012 Part 3
During my last part of the TR my DA and I were at DCA that morning getting FPs and going on rides like TSMM and MFW. Now we just got off MFW and about to head on over to our next attraction which was Soarin. The day was quite really nice where it wasnt that busy around Paradise Pier. TSMM was a walk-on that morning which was really shocking to both of us since TSMM gets a lot of people when the park opens. But with CL opened, most of the people are over at CL instead of PP. It just shows you even the best ride at DCA will be empty first thing in the morning.
We just got off MFW and on our way over to Condor Flats to ride Soarin. I like to ride Soarin when I am at the park with my DA. Its a good thing that Soarin at DCA is not as long as Soarin over at EPCOT which gets long lines during the day.
While we were walking through PP and we passed TSMM which the line wait time was only 5 minutes. It was a good thing that we were able to ride TSMM on a walk-on that morning.
It was really quiet around the Little Mermaid ride and passed by GRR which everyone was over at CL to ride RSR or something else in the area.
We got to Condor Flats and we head on straight to go non Soarin. Good thing that there was barely anyone in the area so it was going to be another walk-on that morning.
We had to wait only about 5 minutes to get on the ride that morning. The ride is still the same after all these years and it is fun to go on this ride.
When we were seated on the ride we were on the left side of the ride and on the first row. We always wanted the middle side of the ride and top row when we ride Soarin. But we had no problem getting a front row on the left side.
After getting off Soarin, we were back at Condor Flats. It was close to our time to use our FPs for RSR. So we decided to head on over to RSR and use our FPs. We were a little concern that day when we were on MFW and saw that there was no one on the ride. We were hoping that it will be up and running when we get there.
This is one of the reasons why I dont like riding RSR first thing in the morning since it could be down. But it also means a miss opportunity to ride it first thing in the morning when the wait time is low. But through my experience, I would rather wait for this ride than riding first thing in the morning when it is not guarantee that it is not running.
So we head on over to CL but first we passed by BVS on the way over and it was getting a little busy around the area.
A look at the Carthay Circle Theater as we passed by it. We are also having dinner that night so later on I can share you my pictures of the inside of the restaurant.
We were now at CL and it was not that busy as we have thought. But there were quite a lot of people that were getting pictures right at the sign and right at the buildings down Radiator Springs.
I got some more pictures of the Holiday decorations at CL while we were walking on over to RSR
Fillmore Christmas tree
It was getting a little cloudy that morning where it looked like it was going to rain but I always bring my poncho and a umbrella just in case if it rains that morning.
Maters Junkyard Jamboree
Passing by the Cozy Cone Motel with the Holiday decorations
Passing by Curios Shop with the Holiday decorations
We just passed by Town Hall with the Rim Christmas tree and there were some people getting pictures around the area.
Now we were at RSR and there were a lot of people standing right at the entrance and I knew that it was down when we got back in the area. The wait time and stand-by times were not up and running. It was a little disappointing to see that RSR was down that morning. Our times for our FPs were at 8:45am to 9:45am and my DA thought that we cant use our FPs since it was down. After hearing from reports that Disney was taking serious of the times of to come back and go through the FP line.
We talked to a CM and asked to see if our FPs were still good. They said that they were good after the FPs schedule time so we can come back later that day and use our FPs. It was a good thing that we are able to use our FPs later that day since RSR was not running that morning.
We left RSR and took some pictures of the Holiday decorations as we were figuring out what to do next that day. While we were in CL, it was a good opportunity to get some pictures of the Holiday decorations that I have missed or wasnt bright enough from the other day.
Flos V8 Café
Radiator Spring Curios Shop with snow on top of the signs
We head on over to the Cozy Cone Motel area to get some pictures of the Holiday decorations. The one that I wanted to get while it was daytime was the gingerbread house inside the lobby of the Cozy Cone Motel.
Garland cones on top of each cone at the Cozy Cone Motel
While we were at the Cozy Cone Motel, I had to get the souvenir cone cup with the Holiday blue color with snow flakes on the cone. I have seen those the other day and I wanted to get one just in case they dont run out completely. I was fortunate to get the souvenir cones during the preview and had the opportunity to get the Holiday version for this year. Even though it was early that morning and I shouldnt got a soda, I just had to have the souvenir cone cup that morning.
We also got Churro Bites at Cozy Cone 1 where we didnt get any pictures of them. Since we didnt have breakfast that morning, we needed to eat something that morning. We could have eaten at Flos V8 Café for breakfast but I had that during my August trip and it wasnt that great as I have thought. So we skipped that.
That is it for this post and I will have more from DCA that morning and see what time we got on RSR after it was closed that morning.