Let's Meet in the Dump Shop SciFi Breakfast

[Minnie&Nana]

Wow, I have so much catching up to do I am not even sure how far back I need to go...guess that means the dreaded skimming!! Will not skim all the fabulous pics for sure...oh, and someone PLEASE go with me for F&G one of these years! Have been waiting to go back since 2004 when I saw nothing because my poor friend was terribly sick and I stayed with her at FQ (she was seizing and had to of the hospital).

Going back..pics looks fantastic - what a Magical trip!

Kathy, those buses holding more people is another reason not to like the things ...just think how many more double strollers and HUGE back packs to knock us on the head. Ouch!

We had the same style bus in Boston and I well remember standing on the center circle....a built in ride on a bus!

 

[englishrose47]

Continuing on with our day at MK


Carol and I headed to Adventure Land while Marv & Pat wnt to use some FP+ 's

Our first ride







We were on the very first boat



We then walked on to POTC





Carol did Thunder Mountain on stand bye ,only 10mins wait

Made our way to Haunted Mansion



On our way to New Fantasyland we got a preview glimpse of .......



Still on our way to FL






Getting closer ...




Finally we find a Duck




It was then time to hea ove to BOG for our lunch FP+ with Pat Marv

 

[Minnie&Nana]

More great pics! I was going to say that it looked pretty crowded but then read the wait times! Was it like that all your days?

 

[englishrose47]

More great pics! I was going to say that it looked pretty crowded but then read the wait times! Was it like that all your days?

By going left at MK we always find low waits , a lot of rides were low waits , but some were horrendous !! It was the saem all the days some short some not !!

 

[Poolrat]

You are right Rosie we went right to get on SM and then use our FP+ BUT SM was down. So we went here.



Hidden Mickey







Yup I got Crushed...

Peoplemover




Lights on



Some sort of filming going on near the castle.



Details around the mine train.













Of Course.





Then onto HM.



Then onto splash



BTMRR



Took the train to Storybook circus.

 

[Poolrat]

HM in the light.





A spin on LM





















And then we met Rosie for lunch here

 

[MEK]

Cute picture!

Leave it to Pat to get Mine Train details. Way to go Pat!

To both of you - Wasn't seeing that Mine Train running such a tease???? I hated that. It looks really fun and I can't wait to ride it!

Rosie - nice Pirates pictures!

 

[KatMark]

Great updates, Rosie & Pat.

You both got a lot of attractions done in that short amount of time in the morning before lunch.

Great photos, Rosie, of Pirates and new Mine Train; love the picture with Donald with you and Carol. Great detail getting, Pat, and especially the trash can.

Can't wait to hear what you thought about lunch. Mark and I want to get a FP for BOG for September.

 

[dizneeat]

Great updates and photos both of you! Love all the details that you were able to get a shot of.

Now waiting for some food pics from Be Our Guest!

 

[englishrose47]

Cute picture!

Leave it to Pat to get Mine Train details. Way to go Pat!

To both of you - Wasn't seeing that Mine Train running such a tease???? I hated that. It looks really fun and I can't wait to ride it!

Rosie - nice Pirates pictures!

Yes I have added Garbage cans to my list of must take pix in honor of Pat and of course Hats for Mr Mark !!! Yes Pat I remember how you got all messed up with SM being down and they let you walk all the way over without telling you, of course had we known we would be meeting you 2 Carol would also have had a FP

Great updates, Rosie & Pat.

You both got a lot of attractions done in that short amount of time in the morning before lunch.

Great photos, Rosie, of Pirates and new Mine Train; love the picture with Donald with you and Carol. Great detail getting, Pat, and especially the trash can.

Can't wait to hear what you thought about lunch. Mark and I want to get a FP for BOG for September.

Yes our Dis strategy of going left has always worked , so ssshhhhh don't tell I still have to upload the pix for the BOG Lunch, but it was good and I enjoyed my choice which was inspired by Karin

Great updates and photos both of you! Love all the details that you were able to get a shot of.

Now waiting for some food pics from Be Our Guest!

Pat did a Great job with the Mine Train details , I was just determined to get at least 1 shot of the Train I was impressed with the whole set up of ordering at BOG. I am not sure if I can fit a lunch there into our September schedule and we could NOT get supper ressies at all !!

 

[GoofyFan1515]

As Rosie already mentioned, she and Carol were heading left when we entered the park while Pat and I planned to head right, try to ride SM standby before using our FP+ for a second ride, and trying to do some other rides/attractions before meeting back up with them for lunch. We got inside rather quickly and made our way in the direction of Tomorrowland. We were stopped momentarily by CMs at the entrance to Tomorrowland so they could walk everyone towards the typical destination……Space. I was very happy about that because we were close to the CMs and we would be able to ride Standby like we hoped without much of a wait, in plenty of time before our FP+ window opened.

****Spoiler Alert****
For those of you who think Disney can do no wrong, you might want to skip this next little bit of my update……..I was NOT a happy camper!



After a very short wait, the CMs began the controlled procession through Tomorrowland towards Space Mountain. As we walked we filled in available space and got closer to the CMs to prepare for entry into the ride queue. There were the usual few people who peeled off into the line for Buzz, and even a few who turned left into Stitch! But it was obvious where most of the crowd that headed into Tomorrowland was going. As we finally arrive at the entrance to SM one of the CMs, who had lead the procession all the way there, turns around and stops everyone to announce………”The ride is currently down and we don’t have a time estimate when it will be back up.” WHAT? You obviously knew this the whole time you were holding us at the entrance to Tomorrowland, and the whole time you were walking us slowly towards the ride, because nobody stopped you and gave you any type of update about this fact! Why did you not inform everyone of this when you were holding the crowd at the entrance to Tomorrowland, because obviously you already knew?????? To me this is just a crazy way to do things, and extremely disrespectful to your paying guests! We could have opted to head off and try to find Rosie and Carol to spend some of that time together. But NO, you thought it made sense to waste a large group of people’s time for absolutely no good reason!

Okay, RANT OVER!



So with SM out of the picture we headed for the next logical choice, Buzz! When we got done defeating Zurg (one of us more than the other) I quickly ran back over to see if SM had reopened. I didn’t have to get very close to know that it hadn’t, so I headed back and we used the FP kiosk outside of Buzz to change out our SM FP+ for something else. Since we knew we would be heading to the other side of the park to use our FP+ for BTMRR, we swapped SM for HM so we could do that on the way to BTMRR. Then we took a quick ride on the People Mover. When we saw the lights on inside SM, we knew we had made the right choice in not waiting around in hopes it would re-open soon.

Since we had a little time, we had already planned to go by 7DMT and check it out, with the hopes that we might luck into a soft opening and get to ride it before the official opening date. On the way we spotted a PPP and decided to get a shot with the castle in the background. We asked the PPP if they could do a magic shot picture and they told us we were in luck, so after instructing us what to do, the final product turned out to be…………………………..

After our stop for PP we headed up the right side of the castle towards New Fantasyland. There were CMs guarding the entrance to 7DMT, and while we stood there we heard multiple announcements concerning testing of the ride, which dulled the hope we might luck into a soft opening. While we waited, of course it was a great time to get some pictures. Here is a section of the track near the entrance.

And after a wait, we got a chance to see the mine train on the track.

We saw multiple tests, and the ride stopping just around the corner from the picture above, heard messages where the ride had failed, and even saw one ride with three or four engineers riding in the train during the test. All of this however told us it wasn’t yet ready to take on any passengers, so we headed off to enjoy more of the park.

We used our newly acquired FP+ for Haunted Mansion (sorry, but I almost never get a decent ride photo in there) and then headed on to use our FP+ for BTMRR.

From there we caught the train around to StoryBook Circus so we could meet Rosie and Carol for our Lunch FP+ at BoG. As we walked that way we saw the standby wait for Little Mermaid was short and decided we had enough time to sneak that one in before heading to lunch. Rosie and Carol were waiting for us when we arrived and we walked over to check in.

Coming up, our lunch at BoG, and more of our MK park day……..apart and together!

But first, a couple more PP pictures you might enjoy.

Rosie and Carol getting Goofy again.

Not sure what was going on here, but Carol seems to really be enjoying Rosie with her Hot Donaldo?

Hopefully Rosie doesn't mind me sharing some of her PP pictures. I'm guessing she hasn't had a chance to load them to PB yet, and I just thought it would be good to include a couple here while we are covering that part of the trip.

 

[Poolrat]

Leave it to Pat to get Mine Train details. Way to go Pat!

To both of you - Wasn't seeing that Mine Train running such a tease???? I hated that. It looks really fun and I can't wait to ride it!

It was such a tease!!! After that first stalking and someone reading all the error messages out over the loud speaker, I realized the chances would be slim.

Unless it was after hours there was no way to hide the fact the train was running. I am sure they needed real light and daytime heat for some tests so at some point I was okay that I would not be riding it that trip. Maybe not until I got home and knew it was a no go, but still ...




****** I posted a picture of Splash but after looking at FP+ and thinking a bit it was after lunch that splash was done. ********

 

[KatMark]

I would have been PO'd if the CM's did that. If I were you, I would have walked over to Guest Relations and complained. Absolutely no excuse for that at all.

Love the photopass picture of you trying to stop Pat from flying away with the balloons. Nice job, Marv, on keeping our Pat safe.

 

[glennbo123]

Boo to the cast member for walking you all the way over to Space Mountain just to declare it was down. How strange. You know that they must have been thinking the whole way over, "boy, these people're gonna be ticked when they find out".

Yes, nice photopass pictures. I especially like the one with the Great Goofini.

 

[eandesmom]

Fun MK morning. Well except for Marv and Pat's frustration at SM. Sounds like you and Carol had the right idea!

LOVE the Donald pix of the 2 of you, super fun. Almost as good as Pat blowing away with the balloons. Good thing Marv held on to her!

BOG lunch...can't wait!

 

[englishrose47]

I would have been PO'd if the CM's did that. If I were you, I would have walked over to Guest Relations and complained. Absolutely no excuse for that at all.

Love the photopass picture of you trying to stop Pat from flying away with the balloons. Nice job, Marv, on keeping our Pat safe.

YesMarv was Ticked about SM, we dis met up with them at HM , we did standbye and it wasn' bad

Boo to the cast member for walking you all the way over to Space Mountain just to declare it was down. How strange. You know that they must have been thinking the whole way over, "boy, these people're gonna be ticked when they find out".

Yes, nice photopass pictures. I especially like the one with the Great Goofini.

I liked the pix of Goof too !! Especially me attacking him!!!

Fun MK morning. Well except for Marv and Pat's frustration at SM. Sounds like you and Carol had the right idea!

LOVE the Donald pix of the 2 of you, super fun. Almost as good as Pat blowing away with the balloons. Good thing Marv held on to her!

BOG lunch...can't wait!

Yes BOG will be coming soon!!

at and Marv thanks for the updates , and all the pix , I haven' yet uploaded my PP pix , so feel free to post any you want !!

 

[scottny]

Great pics from everyone.
Those are some big crowds waiting to get in.
Love all the pics from all.

 

[englishrose47]

Great pics from everyone.
Those are some big crowds waiting to get in.
Love all the pics from all.

Thanks Scott !!!

 

[englishrose47]

Have to bump this up or I will not find it

 

[englishrose47]

Wow I had to seach for this , hopefully I will have time to get another update done soon !!