Day 3 - Tuesday, 18th October 2016 (MM at DL, DCA)
An early start for us with the alarm sounding off at 5.45 am ready for our Magic Morning! We definitely leaped up with a spring in our step though, I mean we're at Disney after all! The Magic Morning begins from 8.00 - 9.00 am so we wanted to give ourselves a head start and get to the esplanade before 8.00 am to take full advantage of this extra hour!
We grabbed breakfast at the hotel again around 7.00 am. Nikki made herself a waffle in the waffle irons and I had a peanut butter toasted sandwich - breakfast of champions!
We headed straight to the esplanade shortly after breakfast and were waiting in line at the DL entrance by 7.35 am. We were in DL by 7.50 am and headed down Main St. but kept at a rope by Refreshment Corner until 8.00 am. The CM's kindly told everyone not to run, so instead, lots of people skipped! We took the power walk approach, or the 'London Walk' as Nikki called it from her city commuter days, and high tailed it straight through the castle to Peter Pan's Flight! Luckily, this was basically a walk on and Nikki loves this ride, so a win win!
Next, we did Single Rider on Matterhorn Bobsleds, which is good fun and the Yeti is cool! After the bobsleds, we rode Snow White's Scary Adventures and then waited in line for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride for 15-mins before being told it had broken down! We decided to ditch and grabbed a Fastpass for Space Mountain instead. As we were in Tomorrowland now, we went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters - Nikki beat me (as usual!)...my excuse is that I get a dud gun each time!
Next up, Astro Orbiter where we shared a rocket and found it to be a tight squeeze! Maybe it isn't meant for two adults?!
Coffee break now! Nikki grabbed us a much-needed caffeine fix at Starbucks on Main St. and I headed down to Haunted Mansion to see what the Fastpass window was looking like - the return time was good, so I grabbed a couple of those for later that afternoon.
After refueling with a coffee, we returned to Tomorrowland to ride Autotopia. We both had a giggle at this and I joked that it was good practice for the upcoming driving on the right part of our holiday!
Our Fastpass window for Space Mountain had opened now, so we headed over there to find it was down when we arrived! Ah well, we'll return later and try our luck then.
Next, we hopped over to DCA to get a Fastpass for WOC and were able to get one in the Yellow section. As I wrote up from Day 2 of our TR, WOC really blew me away and I couldn't wait to see it again that night, and this time with a better view, hopefully.
We headed out of DCA as quickly as we arrived, but before we did, we got a Fastpass for RSR for 5.00 - 6.00 pm.
Back over in DL now and time for our Haunted Mansion Fastpass. We both absolutely love the holiday makeover! The decorations and music are awesome and I wish they did this in WDW! We got off the Haunted Mansion by midday, so walked across to Tarzan's Treehouse to waste a bit of a time before our ADR at Cafe Orleans.
We were seated in the outdoor area by around 12.45 pm. Nikki had the Braised Beef Crêpe and I had Pommes Frites and the La Salade de Maison, all was very good, especially the Pommes Frites, which were everything everyone had said they'd be...and more! For drinks, we had a Coke and Pomegranate Lemonade. Whilst we were eating we could see Jack and Sally in the courtyard opposite, which was very cool and a nice view to have whilst you're having lunch!
After lunch, we grabbed a BTMRR Fastpass and then headed back over to Space Mountain to try and use our earlier Fastpass. Luckily it was back up and running and we were on within 10-minutes after the CM happily honored our earlier Fastpass. Such good fun and bless Nikki, it makes her eyes water!
A trip to Fantasyland next for Alice in Wonderland, which Nikki loved and said, for her, it was on par with Peter Pan's Flight...I'm not convinced!
Back over to Frontierland for our BTMRR Fastpass. Loved the runaway train and it was hands up the whole way round!
We decided to head out of the parks now and walked into DTD where we spent a bit too much money in World of Disney (it's too easy!) and we found WALL-E and Eve mugs! We'd seen these mugs online a few months before our trip and were so excited to try and get them as WALL-E holds a special place for us a couple so this set would suit us perfectly!
Whilst in DTD we also had a look around the
Lego Store and the Fossil shop as Nikki was interested in a watch. We also popped into the Grand Californian to have a nosey around the lobby - very impressive!
We returned to our own hotel after this and dropped our shopping off and relaxed for a little bit until 5.30 pm when we returned to DCA to use our RSR Fastpass. We were in a red car this time and in the front row! Lot's of fun and the theming is exceptional throughout.
Staying in Cars Land, we rode Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree, the latter of which was great fun, but we weren't too impressed with Luigi's.
Headed over to Paradise Pier next for California Screamin', which had a 15-min standby wait. Luckily, we had only just walked into the line and the CM then closed off the ride entry for the night - this was at 7.15 pm. We love roller coasters and this was our first time on CS, but it wouldn't be our last!
With giddy legs, we went over to the WOC Yellow section Fastpass area. Again, WOC was fantastic and being in the Fastpass area that night, I felt our view and experience was much more immersive than the previous night. Got choked up again too!
After WOC, we hopped back across to DL as it was staying open until 10.00 pm that night. First off, we checked Indiana Jones Adventure, but that had no Single Rider line open and BTMRR was a 30-min standby wait, and neither of us felt like waiting for too long at this point in the night. Instead, we went over to Fantasyland and rode Pinocchio's Daring Journey and as it was now running, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Enjoyed both, but Pinocchio's Daring Journey is a bit dark, especially for children!
Feet were killing us by this point, so we decided to call it a night...
On our way out of Fantasyland and in the front of the castle, a couple got engaged! It was so romantic and we all clapped! A great end to the night!
Back at the hotel, and as standard, we got an ice-cream at Cold Stone Creamery! I had a Waffle Cone with Chocolate Fudge Brownie Batter with Reece's Cups mixed in and it was heaven on earth! Nikki had the Cake Batter flavor with sprinkles.
We hit 30,000 steps today and our legs were feeling it...but it was so worth it!
BRING ON DAY 4!
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We loved seeing Jack, Sally and Oogie Boogie and all the other smaller details throughout the ride.
So, instead, we went onto Triton's Carosaul, Mickey's Fun Wheel (the swinging gondolas!) and Silly Symphony Swings. We had grabbed a Fastpass earlier in the day for Radiator Springs Racers and our window was coming up. The Fastpass line was quite long, but it was so much fun! The ride itself is great, with lots of detail to the design and theming and the same can said for Cars Land, which is wonderful too and very immersive.
