My little Trip report for 6/3

[NavyDad01]

SO we finally finished out first day at Disney it was a fun and eventful day . We arrived a little early we were still thinking Thursday time and got there at 7am and realized it didn't open till 9. We managed to ride

*Haunted Mansion
*Pirates
*Indiana Jones 3 times
*Splash Mountain 2 times
*California screaming 2 times
*Toy story mania
*Soaring
*Grizzly river run
*Tea Cups
*Mr toads wild ride
*Buzz lightyear space blaster
*Rogger Rabbit
*Gadget go coaster
*Its a small world
*Fantasmic
*Fireworks


CROWDS

It was really really crowded when we walked down mainstreet we just saw the whole mob of people and I got really worried. My main thing was to stay out of that area and maximize Fastpass . We ended up riding all of the above with no more the 15 min wait. It was weird because even Toy story mania had a 20 min wait posted and it was more like 10min . I kind of think the new rides worked to our advantage because the rest was empty and not as crowded. Towards the end the group was really getting into the hype and was deciding about waiting in the 150min wait to get on Star tours but I explained to them that it will be on Fast pass next week .

FIRST TIMERS
They loved Indy with a passion that was the OMG lets keep doing it ride. They also were surprised how good the food was were we ate they were not expecting much but loved the ribs and fries from soaring counter service. The highlight of the day was when we went to Fantasmic and everyone but my wife and me were downplaying the show . They were just saying "No were tired we will wait here at the tables" or "I'm not into shows, thats more for the kids". So my wife and I went to find a standing spot and half way through the show I looked back and see my group all trying to stand on the whole planter area is and were told to get down. After the show when we went back to them they were mad and just saying how cool it looked and they want to see it on Monday .We were all surprised by mr toads wild ride we were laughing at the end asking ourselves what the heck on train part it really caught us off guard.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

Does Indiana Jones have different routes? Some in out group were claiming it was different . We also were a little upset because on California screaming when we were coming down the hill my mom threw her hands up and it smacked my little brother she does not ride coasters so she threw her hands to the side instead of up, Well when we got down and looked at our pictures it happened to catch my mom in the pose smack my brother , lol . We went to purchase it but they would not sell it to us and kind of pissed us off because that was a once in a lifetime shot but we understand why they didn't sell it to us. Other then that I only had one incident and that was with my 17 year old brother I had t repeatedly tell him to watch his mouth it got to the point were I had to threaten him with not taking him the rest of the trip . He tried to turn it into him being the victim by claiming we were trying to control how he talks and say that we talk the same way at home. My wife had to take over and explain to him the difference between at home and in public with kids. I'm glad she took over because I was about to ring his neck.


sorry I'm on my itouch so my grammar and spelling is way off

 

[ddwlms]

thanx so much for taking the time to give us such a detailed update. love it!

 

[NavyDad01]

Also why do they not offer free refills on their souvenir cups ? I guess that was my fault for not asking but most places I have been to if you buy 1 you get free refills.

 

[OnTheRoadAgain]

Yea for all your planning!

 

[*luvdisney*]

Thanks so much for the update. My family and I are going to be there on the 12th 13th and 14th most first timers. I was checking the other post about the lines for LM and Startours and started thinking the whole park looked like that! LOL Scared me...I don't think we will be riding the newly opened rides!

 

[sonnyjane]

RANDOM THOUGHTS

Does Indiana Jones have different routes? Some in out group were claiming it was different .

The ride is the same, but the ride has a moving facade so that the door your vehicle first drives through is different. Sometimes you go through the center door, sometimes through the one on the right...get the picture? But you end up in the same place.

 

[Squirrel!!!]

My family and I were there too on the 3rd. We are AP's and I would have ordinarily skipped such a day, but it was my DD's birthday, and going to DL was her pick of a special day.

I, too, was surprised that it wasn't all that bad. We were only there from 9 until 3 and managed to get on 9 rides with our max wait for ToT because we managed to hit it just wrong just as the mob was leaving Aladin.


Using FPs and avoiding tomorrowland, it went okay.

I do hope to see the new rides sometime soon, but the posted wait time for Star Tours was 240 minutes. No thank you!!

 

[skiingfast]

I, too, was surprised that it wasn't all that bad. We were only there from 9 until 3 and managed to get on 9 rides with our max wait for ToT because we managed to hit it just wrong just as the mob was leaving Aladin.

I read elsewhere that if you calculated the capacity of LM and the time the wait took, there was at one point at least 8,000 people in line. I'm sure that helped every other attraction, at least in DCA.

OP sounds like a great day, enjoy F! again.