It Only Gets Better From Here...Right?! WDW TR July 2025 LIVE update 7/31

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Magic Kingdom part 2

Morning! I'm all ready for Hollywood Studios today. The family is getting ready, so I'll give another update on the next leg of our MK day .

I left off just after we'd eaten lunch, and we were splitting up. Most of the group headed for Space Mountain...






The rest of us headed to Pete's Silly Side Show. We had a duck and a dog to meet .

It was only a 15 minute wait. We'd never been in this part of Storybook Circus before, and it was super cute. The meet was quick and fun. I never have any conversation with the characters. I'm not good at that sort of thing . But Miles sure loves it all, and I know this might be the last year he's interested in meeting characters, so I wanted to indulge while I still have the chance.







Once we met the characters, we headed over to do Journey Under the Sea with the LM. We had made new LL's for it, since our earlier ones were converted. We got right in and were about to load when the ride shut down. It was down for probably 5-10 minutes but then it restarted and we had our bubbly ride.

We met up with the rest of the family back in Tomorrowland, and it was time for our LL for Buzz Lightyear.



I look really focused, huh? Lol Micheal beat me but only by a little!


At this point, me, Micheal, and Miles, and my parents, headed back to our resorts. My sister and her family, and Ashlyn, stayed behind to get in line for Tron.

The posted wait was 55 minutes, actual wait was around 70. We still haven't gotten our ride photos from this one. I put in a request with photo pass to get them, but they've come back and said they can't find them . So I'm going to keep trying with better descriptions I guess?

Anyway, that's all for now! Up next will be our evening at MK, with the fireworks dessert party!!!

 

[kclark9830]

Magic Kingdom part 3

Well my friends, our park days have come to an end. We finished up at Hollywood Studios today and we are done for!

While we lay around and relax in our resort room, I will put off packing by finishing up our MK day for you .

We last left off with our midday break. We headed back into the park around 6PM. In general, we have had decent bus experiences this week. Never had to wait too long, and they've had plenty of buses for the crowds at Sports.

When we got into the park, we did some shopping and hung out on Main Street for a bit. I got a Pandora necklace, and Micheal got a pocket watch. Ashlyn found a puzzle she wanted, but she didn't buy it just then.







My parents called and said they'd been back in the park for a while, so we met up with them and headed over to the happy haunts.

The line at Haunted Mansion was odd. Even with a LL, we waited a really long time. Then, they let a horde of people in, and we all squished into the loading zone to load onto the ride. I've never seen them do it this way. It was really uncomfortable!

But I assume they were having issues because we kept stopping during the ride .



Miles rode with my parents, and this picture makes me laugh because it sums up Micheal and Ashlyn's relationship so well .

By now, my sister called and said they were back in the park, so we met up at Pirates where we all rode together. It was a fun and lively boat! On the way out, we got a few souvenirs.



I mentioned earlier that we would be doing the post fireworks dessert party tonight, and I was so excited! But first, I needed to stop by first aid to see if they had an OTC medicine I needed. Unfortunately they didn't have it, so on we went to meet up with everyone else who had gone to Journey Under the Sea with the LM.

At this point, we gathered our kids and my parents and went to check in at the Tomorrowland Terrace. We were given wristbands and sent to the grassy hub area.

We still had an hour until the fireworks, and they told us we didn't have to stay there the whole time, but we decided we were too tired to walk around. We sat in the grass to relax.

However, Micheal did take Ashlyn over to the Emporium to get the puzzle she wanted!

We also got a bonus viewing of the new nighttime parade! That was unexpected and exciting!





On our very first visit to WDW, they had a nighttime parade. That was over a decade ago. Seeing this parade brought back those memories! .

Continued in next post because I won't have room for pics...

 

[kclark9830]

Magic Kingdom part 4

Continued...

I wanted to soak in the fireworks, so I didn't take pics of those, but oh we had a GREAT view! It was as magical as I'd hoped!

Afterwards, I was just glowing inside!



We laughed so hard at this picture .








A few minutes after the show had ended, a CM came through holding a sign and a red light to guide us to the dessert party back at Tomorrowland Terrace.

They gave us a quick tour of the food and drink offerings, then they showed us to our table.

The desserts were soooo yummy! The apple cinnamon crepe was to die for, but everything was delicious. I had strawberry lemonade which was also so good and refreshing.







Overall, I am so happy that we booked this! I'm not sure I'd do it repeatedly, but for a one-time splurge, we were really pleased with it!

By now it was 10:50. We gathered our stuff and headed out of the park. We were soooo tired. Main Street was full of people waiting for the second nighttime parade. I hoped that would mean the bus wouldn't be packed, but I was very wrong . This was the only ride where we had to stand. Poor Miles was holding on to me, and he looked up at me with super tired eyes and said, "Mom, I can't stand up anymore."

I told him to just sit on the bus floor . He did, but we made sure to wash well when we got to our room!

So, that's the end of our very magical Magic Kingdom day! I will be sharing more in the coming days about our Epcot and HS days, plus I will get around to our arrival day and Disney Springs day! You're going to want to hear the story of our arrival day. It is actually kind of traumatic, and we even heard random people talking about it at Disney Springs the next day . It all turned out fine or else I wouldn't be writing this trip report, but I think I'm avoiding writing about it because it truly was something!

So, ta ta for now! I'll be back! (Now I need to pack . Boo.)