I forgot to mention in Part 1 of Day 2 that today was the check-in/check-out day of our split reservation. We had to split to take advantage of the Disney Visa Free Dining Promotion, which was available starting 9/28. Our first resse was for 2 days so we had to carefully plan our use of Credits. Yesterday at AK we had used 3 Snacks and 3 CS credits; which meant that by midnight tonight we needed to use 5 CS credits and 5 Snacks. Since we used a complete set of TS credits at Chef Mickey last night we only at one additional set. We would use this set of TS credits for Dinner tonight and use 8 TS credits from the back side of the split for CRT this morning. We thought that we could use the snacks no problem, but due to the fact that Dora is so picky and that we would normally only use 3 CS credits at lunch we had to figure out a way to wisely use the extra 2 CS credits.
Meanwhile back at the Ranch, err Fantasyland
Day 2: Magic Kingdom - Part 2
So even after all of the excitement of breakfast we were still finished before park opening. This was the moment I had been preparing for, I knew what to do. As soon as the rope dropped we entered Fantasyland and headed straight for Dumbo. I think we ended up in the 2nd cycle of the ride. Both girls enjoyed this ride, but they are thrill seekers, roller coaster nut, and this ride though fun did not merit a second ride the rest of the trip.
We headed for Peter Pan, and walked on twice. Peter Pan turned out to be our favorite of the Fantasyland rides. Its no thrill ride, but it a story that both girls are very familiar with and which is told very well through the ride. The fact they had the mermaids on the mountain lake didn't hurt either. After Peter Pan, we rode Pooh. I'd call this good but not great. We were about 30 minutes into our morning and the girls were ready to meet Ariel, at her Grotto.
The girls were ready to change out of their Belle dresses in to normal clothes, so after a stop at the restrooms we rode Cinderella's Golden Carousel and then the Tea Cups, narrowly missing a chance to ride with Alice and the Mad Hatter.
It was 10:15 by this point and we had ridden all the morning must sees for Fantasyland. We had no intention of riding Snow White and knew that Mickey's Philharmagic and Small World could wait until later in the day. The girls were ready for a snack break, so we stopped on our way to Toontown for a Minute Maid Frozon Lemonade. I had one of these as my desert at Flame Tree yesterday and really liked it. We found a bench in the shade served up the frozon lemonade one bite at a time. The girls shared well, so we knew the happiest place on earth was rubbing off on them.
Our next stop was Toontown, some how and I’m really not sure how this happened, the girls walked right past Minnie’s house and into Mickey’s. We did the walk though and entered the Judges Tent for what would be our first line of the day. We waited for about 15 minutes and the met Mickey and Minnie. Afterward we went over to Minnie’s house and played in her kitchen for a while.
After Minnie’s house we road Goofy’s Barnstormer with a very short wait, twice. We had spent about an hour in Toontown, it was around 11:30 and we were ready for some lunch. My plan had been to eat in Frontierland, getting a fast pass for Big Thunder Mountain before right lunch if needed. On our way through Fantasyland the girls saw and wanted to ride It’s a Small World, it had no wait so we walked on. We continued on our journey, Pecos Bill’s was our destination. As we passed though Liberty Square, Dora spotted Frontier Donald so we stopped for a quick hug and picture.
We got over to Pecos Bill’s my DW could not find what she was looking for, so we decided trek back to Columbia Harbor house. Before we started back we walked over to Splash and Big Thunder, but Ariel did not want to consider riding either of these rides today. She did not want to get wet on Splash and apparently one of her friends had told her how scary Big Thunder was. We knew that she would like Big Thunder but did not want to force her to ride anything until she was ready.
So... Almost an hour and ½ after we started our journey for lunch we finally made it over to Columbia Harbor House. Both she and Ariel had Chicken Tenders and I had the Chicken and Fish. Lunch was good and a needed break.
I knew we had wasted some valuable time over the last hour, but we had not been pushing so I did not fret. It was between 1:30 and 1:45 when we finished lunch and our plan for the rest of the day only included 3 more must sees, Mickey’s Philharmagic, The 3:00 Parade, and the Princess Meet & Greet in Toontown. We left CHH to see Mickey’s Philharmagic on the way we passed Peter Pan and rode again, for the 3rd time today with no wait. Upon exiting Peter Pan we walked straight into Mickey’s Philharmagic and got our seat ¾ of the way back. We all really enjoyed this movie. I wish I could have captured some pictures, but I wanted to see the movie myself and Dora ended up on my lap so that she could see. The girls’ reaction to the various flying objects was priceless and I regret not getting the camera out.
It was about 2:30 and I wanted to get a good spot on the parade route so after Mickey’s Philharmagic we dashed to the Hub and found a great spot on the curb. DW and Dora ran off for a potty break. While Ariel and I waited a CM brought out Hula-Hoops and Ariel decided to give it a try. When Dora returned from the potty she joined the fun. The pictures of them both Hula-hooping with the Castle in the back ground are some of my favorite of the entire trip.
So its now parade time and we found our seats on the curb.
To be continued…
Day 2: Magic Kingdom - Part 3
