GoofyDad_STL
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 6, 2003
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We just got back Friday after 8 days at WDW. We were lucky enough to experience all 3 of the new rides/attractions. My thoughts on these:
Soarin' - Was great, my 6 year old DD said "lets do it again" right after we got off. They told us that we were the 16th group to go on it, so that was very cool. They also told us that the queue was built to handle lines that are 3 or 4 hours long, so definitely try for Fastpasses.
Cinderellebration (sp?) - personally, I liked the old show better, but my wife said it was really a girly show and both my DDs loved it.
Lights, Motors, Action! - Great show, incredible stunts, thought it really fit the theme of Disney-MGM Studios well, but I also saw the Indiana Jones Stunt show for the first time this trip and I enjoyed it more.
My thoughts on being at WDW for my first spring break. The crowds on the 18 - 19 weren't bad but they just kept building once the spring break week started. Disney countered this well I thought with having MK open at 7 AM all week. We actually were there at 7 AM Tuesday and from 7 to 8 we rode everything in Fantasyland. We were doing so well that we even decided to take a break for breakfast that day and used the PS I had at the Crystal Palace for 8:10. From 9 to 11 things weren't too bad and we stayed in the park until 4 that day before heading back to Wilderness Lodge. I will say that 7 AM was a little early, as evidenced by me falling asleep on the Carousel of Progress (a ride I usually like), one minute we are in the 1920s, then next we are in the future! My DW said I snored too, how embarrassing.
We went back to MK on Thursday the 24th and I couldn't kill everyone getting up to be at the park at 7 again, so we made it there at 8 instead. The crowds were not bad until about 10 and then they kept building and building. And I kept grabbing fast passes. This time we took a break in the middle of the day and went swimming, coming back for dinner and hoping to see Spectromagic and Wishes. Well that was when the size of the crowd finally hit me. There was no way to get anywhere near the Spectromagic route, so we decided to wait and see where we could settle for Wishes. It was even worse by then, there was no using Main Street and they opened up the backstage area to get from Tomorrowland to the entrance of the park. We decided to high tail it out of the park and watched Wishes from the boat back to the Wilderness Lodge (which wasn't a bad thing).
Would I come back for Spring Break? Yes, in a heartbeat. I enjoyed the weather so much, I only really felt too hot one day, Tuesday, the rest of the time it was so perfect. We even had to buy coats our first day in the parks because we were too cold. We will go back again in 2 years for Spring Break(we are doing a Disney Cruise in 2005). It just takes a lot of planning and either getting up very early or staying up very late to get to do all the rides you want. Also Fast Pass is great.
If you have any questions, let me know.
Soarin' - Was great, my 6 year old DD said "lets do it again" right after we got off. They told us that we were the 16th group to go on it, so that was very cool. They also told us that the queue was built to handle lines that are 3 or 4 hours long, so definitely try for Fastpasses.
Cinderellebration (sp?) - personally, I liked the old show better, but my wife said it was really a girly show and both my DDs loved it.
Lights, Motors, Action! - Great show, incredible stunts, thought it really fit the theme of Disney-MGM Studios well, but I also saw the Indiana Jones Stunt show for the first time this trip and I enjoyed it more.
My thoughts on being at WDW for my first spring break. The crowds on the 18 - 19 weren't bad but they just kept building once the spring break week started. Disney countered this well I thought with having MK open at 7 AM all week. We actually were there at 7 AM Tuesday and from 7 to 8 we rode everything in Fantasyland. We were doing so well that we even decided to take a break for breakfast that day and used the PS I had at the Crystal Palace for 8:10. From 9 to 11 things weren't too bad and we stayed in the park until 4 that day before heading back to Wilderness Lodge. I will say that 7 AM was a little early, as evidenced by me falling asleep on the Carousel of Progress (a ride I usually like), one minute we are in the 1920s, then next we are in the future! My DW said I snored too, how embarrassing.
We went back to MK on Thursday the 24th and I couldn't kill everyone getting up to be at the park at 7 again, so we made it there at 8 instead. The crowds were not bad until about 10 and then they kept building and building. And I kept grabbing fast passes. This time we took a break in the middle of the day and went swimming, coming back for dinner and hoping to see Spectromagic and Wishes. Well that was when the size of the crowd finally hit me. There was no way to get anywhere near the Spectromagic route, so we decided to wait and see where we could settle for Wishes. It was even worse by then, there was no using Main Street and they opened up the backstage area to get from Tomorrowland to the entrance of the park. We decided to high tail it out of the park and watched Wishes from the boat back to the Wilderness Lodge (which wasn't a bad thing).
Would I come back for Spring Break? Yes, in a heartbeat. I enjoyed the weather so much, I only really felt too hot one day, Tuesday, the rest of the time it was so perfect. We even had to buy coats our first day in the parks because we were too cold. We will go back again in 2 years for Spring Break(we are doing a Disney Cruise in 2005). It just takes a lot of planning and either getting up very early or staying up very late to get to do all the rides you want. Also Fast Pass is great.
If you have any questions, let me know.
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