And the Magic Continues! (WDW May 24-31 Trip Report)

[TGM]

Your video of Kermit cracked me up! I know that feeling. As I get older I don't move quite as fast but still get excited. Thanks for sharing your trip.

Yay! Reader! Thanks for reading!

 

[TGM]

Day Four
or Why Is It So Empty?​

In the morning, we were at the pool, until about 2:00, when we got on the bus to the Magic Kingdom! And it wasn't crowded!

We did the Haunted Mansion, Carousel of Progress, Mine Train, and Buzz Lightyear, and then we went to Tony's for dinner, which was fantastic!This was our view. I got the Margherita flatbread, which was great! After dinner, we got Dole Whips, and made some more FastPasses! We did the Carbon Monoxide Speedway, Barnstormer, Jungle Cruise, and Buzz Lightyear.

 

[MisterSquid]

What happens to someone when they pass out in the Magic Kingdom? Something Magical I hope?

 

[steviethegreat]

Your report is great! I can't wait to read the rest. You write very well!

 

[dina7]

Enjoying your trip report! I like your funny comments along the way

 

[TGM]

Your report is great! I can't wait to read the rest. You write very well!

Enjoying your trip report! I like your funny comments along the way

Wow! Thanks for reading!

 

[TGM]

What happens to someone when they pass out in the Magic Kingdom? Something Magical I hope?

Well, the CM took the chair out from beneath my dad's feet (he was using it as a foot stool) and gave it to the person. They probably got free FastPasses.

You'll get to hear the story about how we got 9 FastPasses today, later.

 

[TGM]

Day Five
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We spent a couple of hours at the pool in the morning, and headed to Disney MGM Stuidos, or Disney's Hollywood Studios, or whatever the next name is.

We went on Toy Story Mania, on which I won! We didn't get to do third track again, but I still got 173,100 points.
Nobody sat next to me, but my parents sat behind me.

Later that day, we went to Giant Star Wars Ad. It was pretty good.

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant Star Wars Launch Bay.

I traded with the jawas. That was interesting. Earlier that day, I found a large plastic coin in a bush by the pool, and gave it to one of the jawas. He inspected it for a couple of minutes, and gave it back to me, shaking his head. I walked over to the other one, and he looked at it, took it, and gave me this.



I took it, and continued on, into the gift shop (of course), and I got a name tag with my name in Aurabesh, and my home planet. I chose Couruscant.

We also met a cast member from Alderaan. And Kashyyyk. We went back to the pool (mom, if you're reading this, see all of the pool time I'm giving you!), and had dinner around World Showcase at 5ish. We took a carbon monoxide vehicle (A.K.A friendship boat) to Hollywood Studios, to see Symphony in the Stars and Fantasmic!

We got to the SITS seating area (ground with tape on it), and we got a perfect seat, until we heard Them.

You know what I'm talking about. That Cast Member who's using their free park passes, who thinks that Disney is a large corporate monster with no interest in their customers, and cuts corners everywhere.

And he talked, and talked and talked.

And I wondered who he was talking to!

Was he talking to the sidewalk? Did he have a Bluetooth? Was he talking to himself? Did he think he was talking to Walt Disney himself?

Here, I'll share some snarkiness with my readers (you can't pretend you don't exist now, I've got comment proof!)

"(In obnoxious accent) Ugh, don't you just love it when people film with their iPads?

"Ugh, this show's gonna be terrible. Disney shows are terrible" (yes, that's why the Magic Kingdom is the #1 theme park in the world)

"Ugh, there's people standing in front of me" (while he's standing, and everyone else is sitting)

The shows were great! Here's some photos.

 

[steviethegreat]

Oh no! Did you report that Cast Member? (Maybe that's where you got your FastPasses!) I imagine that everyone is entitled to a moment of grumpiness, but I would hope that CMs would never intentionally ruin someone else's vacation time. The quality of your pictures is excellent, too. Are you meant to trade with Jawas? Do you have to find specific things to trade with them or just bring something with you? (I'm a new Star Wars fan.) It certainly sounds like you're having a great time!

 

[TGM]

Oh no! Did you report that Cast Member? (Maybe that's where you got your FastPasses!) I imagine that everyone is entitled to a moment of grumpiness, but I would hope that CMs would never intentionally ruin someone else's vacation time. The quality of your pictures is excellent, too. Are you meant to trade with Jawas? Do you have to find specific things to trade with them or just bring something with you? (I'm a new Star Wars fan.) It certainly sounds like you're having a great time!

Yes, you are meant to trade with jawas. You can bring anything, but they like shiny things, and things that look like they have value (I brought a plastic gold coin).

 

[TGM]

Day Six
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In the morning, we did all of the usual things, wake up, eat breakfast go to the pool, blah, blah, blah. But, you aren't here to read about blah blah blah. You are here to read about Walt Disney World. So off to Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park we go.

Wow. That name has grown over the years.

Animal Kingdom

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Nahtazu (remember that?)

Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park

Anyway, we used our FastPass for Kali River Rapids, which wasn't as bad as I remembered it being. And we used complimentary lockers. Complimentary! Free! In a Disney Park! Where a water bottle costs $4!

I'm getting the hang of Photoshop!

Anyway, we had lunch at Yak and Yeti, and talked to someone from Virginia, with BPPV, just like my dad! Great! (in sarcastic tone) Someone else who can complain with him!

He has been talking about this for weeks.

Monday: Ugh, I feel terrible. You have no idea how I feel.

Tuesday: I feel great! Let's go do Rock 'N' Roller Coaster

Wednesday: Ugh, I don't know how I'm going to go on vacation like this.

Thursday: I feel great!

And it went on, and on.

After that, we headed towards the new Harambe Village, and did the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail (which I believe is being renamed The Gorilla Trail, or something like that).

We saw the animals, and then headed to Dinoland to get lunch at Restaurantosaurus, where the level of detail is amazing! I could have spent hours looking at the photos, and reading the letters (don't worry I have pictures, just not right now).

And then we did more stuff that I forgot about.

Oh yeah! We did Dinosaur.

But we were there for 6 hours, to see Jungle Book: Alive With Magic.

Who can resist a show with a colon and the word 'magic'!

We headed over to the FastPass entrance, and we tried to get in,









































as they were evacuating the theater, due to thunderstorms.

6 hours!

Ooh, that's a good cliffhanger!

I'll let you wonder (and maybe guess, so that I know that you exist?)

while I look for photos.

 

[buteraa]

super report! following along...

 

[mickeymad]

Great report! Great writing! Can't wait to hear the rest.