first wdw trip--day 1

poohangel

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disney dame33--wife--me planner of trip--
disney dude36--husband--


Sunday 4-14-02, We left motel at about 8:30, we had no trouble with traffic on 192 at all. Disney dude and I went to MK, this was our first actual sighting of the castle, what a mesmerizing thing it is. The crowds at first are minimal, we first went on buzz lightyear, with no wait at all, I really liked this ride. Neither one of us will ride a rollercoaster. The Carousel of Progress was temporarily closed which was sad, I had really wanted to do this.

We headed over to Fantasyland and rode mad tea party(walked on), its a small world (walked on) winnie the pooh ,snow white, and peter pan, these 3 had 30 minutes to wait, not bad so we didnt use the fast pass.

Strolled on over to liberty square and done the haunted mansion, hall of presidents, with no wait at all. hall of presidents was great. By now the park was getting pretty crowded. It was crowded to me, I am not used to crowds at all. So it might not have been too bad for someone else.

At frontierland, we saw the country bear jamboree, i thought this was a cute show. Disney dude wanted to go walk around Tom Sawyer island, it was raining just a little at this time. By the time we were finished walking around it became a deluge. The guy wouldnt even sail us back across the water it was raining so hard. We didnt take any rain gear so needless to say we were soaked, but it was pretty hot so we didnt mind.

In Adventureland, we rode jungle cruise, pirates of the caribbean, and seen the enchanted tiki room. Waits here were about 45 min. so we didnt use fast pass.

after all this it was still fairly early so we wanted to do buzz again, so we got a fastpass and when we returned for it, we rode without using it because line was only 10 minutes, then we used the fastpass, so we rode it 4 times that day. We headed back to ride winnie the pooh, but it was and hour wait, so I liked peter pan better, so we waited about 45 minutes to ride peter pan. We then left the park and went to hotel for some relaxation.

love poohangel
 
Sounds like you had a great time rain and all.Sorry to hear about COP being closed.
 
Welcome home! It sounds like you had a great first day in WDW. Thanks for posting. :)
 
I love hearing first timers impressions of WDW world. Sounds like you're off to a great start! I'm afraid of rollercoasters too, but come October, I'm actually going to ride! At least once! Thanks for sharing, I can't wait to read the rest!
 

I never seem to make it over to Tom Sawyer island, but like you we usally hit Buzz 3 or 4 times! thanks for posting - glad you had a great trip
 
I never seem to make it over to Tom Sawyer island, but like you we usally hit Buzz 3 or 4 times! thanks for posting - glad you had a great trip
 














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