Taking a two hour nap seemed like a good idea at the time, but it resulted in a fairly sleepless night. That just meant staying in bed longer - until around 8am. I woke up not nearly as stuffy as I was the day before, and it the heat wasn't going to be as unbearable so I deemed it a good day with hope that I'd last through the evening.
I got ready quickly and was out the door. I skipped breakfast because I planned on trying out the Main St. Bakery. On my way through the lobby I stopped and voted for my favorite pumpkins in the AKL pumpkin contest. It was an MK morning for me so I took the bus rather than driving. I didn't want to deal with the whole TTC piece of it.
I had just missed a bus so I was afraid of how long the wait would be for the next one. Luckily, it arrived very soon after I got to the bus stop and it was virtually empty. So it was a nice, semi private ride to the Magic Kingdom.
I didn't make rope drop and wasn't expecting to - this was the first trip where I didn't make any MK rope drops! I'll have to make up for that in May. It didn't really matter that I missed rope drop though since I was headed to the Main St. Bakery. There was bit of a line, but nothing too crazy. There are so many options here, but I ended up just having a Cheese Danish and some OJ. For some reason I had really been in a Cheese Danish mood the last few days. I really liked sitting at the tables and looking out on Main St. There was lots of action going on, but I was able to enjoy the activities while still having a fairly relaxing breakfast.
After breakfast, I slowly made my way to Fantasyland. I stopped at the hub for some photos.
I have yet to ride one of the Main St. Vehicles, but it's on my list for the future. I just never seem to be able to time it correctly.
Once in Fantasyland, I started with Peter Pan. The line was still short, only about 5 minutes. I love doing Fantasyland first thing in the morning when it is very quiet. I walked by Peter Pan not a half an hour later and the line was already at 20 minutes. After PP, I did IASW. This was a walk-on as always and I almost had a boat to myself. Someday I'd like to be able to have a boat all to myself and no boats in front or behind me so I can take lots of flash photos. It hasn't happened yet, but I have come close a few times.
Liberty Square and Haunted Mansion were next on my list. Again, this was a walk-on. I walked right into a stretching room and was first in a doombuggy. Knowing the trick about where to stand makes a HUGE difference. Every time I rode HM on this trip I was first on the doombuggy and had about a 5 car gap between me and the next group. The audio wasn't working in my buggy, but I didn't care. I could hear the audio from other cars and didn't miss out all that much.
Splash Mountain was my next stop. It had a very short wait, practically a walk-on. Everything started out just fine, I was in the back row of a full log. Then we started stopping - a lot. It seemed like in every room the announcement would come on that they were having technical difficulties. Each time they seemed to be resolved until we got to the outside portion of the ride that is right after the big drop. All the boats stopped at this point and they had people coming out to check on us. The announcements were saying that the ride was being reset and the CM by us said it wouldn't be much longer.
This lizard was watching us sit in the baking sun.
We did end up getting started again, but it didn't last very long. In the last room we stopped again. And this time we weren't going anywhere.
I took this picture to remember exactly where we got stuck
CMs started coming around to evacuate us, only problem was that we were not near a place that we could safely evacuate! We were too far ahead of the walkway that we could have used to step out on. Apparently the CMs had a plan though and threw a rope to me since I was in the back seat. I missed the rope a few times, it's hard to turn and catch something when you are in those tiny seats. Eventually I got it and was instructed to hook it to the back of the log. Once the rope was latched on, they pulled us to a section where we were all able to safely step out. It was cool to be standing up basically in the scenery and looking at the empty logs in the water.
I took this photo and got yelled at
They told me that I'd get in trouble for taking it, but I couldn't understand why - I wasn't taking a photo of any secrets - just the empty boat. I didn't end up getting in trouble by the way.
They walked us backstage and handed everyone a re-entry pass good for ANY ride in the MK that day - pretty cool. I had gotten a re-entry pass for Space Mountain a couple trips ago when the ride had to be reset, but it was only good for Space Mountain. I liked that this one was for anything I wanted - even rides with no FastPass line.
We got back into Frontierland and I saw a boat that was stuck in a spot where they really couldn't evacuate or even pull the boat to a safe place. The poor people were sitting directly in the sun and looked like they'd be there for a while. The CMs were handing out bottled waters which I thought was nice, but then I was thinking that I probably wouldn't drink it because I'd have to pee!!
I walked over to Pirates where the posted wait time was 15 minutes - I didn't believe it since there is never a line, but wouldn't you know - there WAS a 15 minute line. I have never been in a line at Pirates...it was crazy. They must have been having issues with the ride or something because it made no sense. Needless to say my boat was pretty full. The people in the front didn't get the no flash photography message which was a little bit annoying.
Tomorrowland was my next stop, but I took a short break to have some lunch at Casey's first. I ate right a lunch time so there wasn't a table available and I ended up sharing with someone. They didn't seem to mind too much.
Once I got to Tomorrowland I got a FP for Buzz and took a ride on the TTA. After the TTA I used me re-entry pass for Buzz.
I was pretty happy with my score!
I guess it was good because I was so serious about my job of saving the planet for the evil Emperor Zurg.
I still had a FP for Buzz to use, but it wasn't time yet so I did one more run on the TTA. My Buzz FP was ready so I went and used it, not as good of a score this time around, but still one of my favorite attractions.
I had a demo to get to at Epcot at 2:45 and it was nearly 2:00 when I left MK, I was cutting it pretty close.
Yes you will!
I hotfooted it to the monorail where luckily I found one waiting for me...phew!
The tour sounds really interesting!
and some Ice Cream at the Edy's Flavorhood stand. 
