Our Fantastical Photo-Filled 5 Day....Day 4 Magic Kingdom...UPDATED

[des1954]

This is one of the BEST TR's ever!!! Your pictures are simply delightful and your children are BEAUTIFUL!!! I really, really mean that!

You must be a terrific actress... 5 kids, and you look so....well....SANE!!

 

[Kimbere]

This is one of the BEST TR's ever!!! Your pictures are simply delightful and your children are BEAUTIFUL!!! I really, really mean that!

You must be a terrific actress... 5 kids, and you look so....well....SANE!!

Seriously, I almost fell off my chair just now. Only 2 of the kids are mine!! One boy (Matthew) and one girl (Alison). If I had 5 kids I would need to be committed....FOR SURE!!

Thanks for the compliments!

 

[des1954]

Dat would 'splain why, when you & Brad were in a picture with kids, there were 3 kid missin!!

If I were really smart, I would have read your siggy!!!





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[Shannone1]

Great trip report Kim

 

[3gr8kids]

Can't wait for more ~ I'm vacationing vicariously through your trip report, lol

 

[seabee]

May I ask where you stood for the Block party? It looks like it was perfect. Awesome pics!!

 

[Kimbere]

May I ask where you stood for the Block party? It looks like it was perfect. Awesome pics!!

Hi Nicole! When we came out of the Indy show if you go to the left, that's where it hooks up with with the street the parade comes down. If you go straight when you come out you'll end up going down the stairs to the lake and the dinosaur. There is a snack stand were we bought the beers right there as well. Perfect spot to view the Toy Story show...and catch everything else as it comes by!

 

[JCJRSmith]

I'm loving the reports, Kim, and I really cannot wait for our own trip in June. When I first started reading the report I missed the part where you said you met up with your friends and I was thinking - "They traveled all that way with THAT MANY kids in THAT truck???? These people are very brave, very disciplined or just plain NUTS!!!!" I need to pay more attention

 

[Kimbere]

I'm loving the reports, Kim, and I really cannot wait for our own trip in June. When I first started reading the report I missed the part where you said you met up with your friends and I was thinking - "They traveled all that way with THAT MANY kids in THAT truck???? These people are very brave, very disciplined or just plain NUTS!!!!" I need to pay more attention

Seriously cracking up right now!! I barely made it down there in our truck with the 2 kids....

 

[Hypermommy]

This is a most excellent trippie. I can't wait to read more!!!! The idea of it being "photo-filled" is what snagged me but your writing style is going to be what keeps me!

 

[Kimbere]

I'm back! After our dinner at Mama Melrose, we headed to the 7:00 (and final show) of Beauty and the Beast! I had fairly decent seats, but not quite as close as I would have liked.

Having seen the Broadway production of this show, I wasn't expecting much. Man, was I wrong! It was fantastic! Belle sounded EXACTLY like the girl from the movie and the costumes were awesome!! Lots to take in and well worth the time. Don't miss this show if you haven't seen it!

After the show we headed over to Oscar's for our private entrance into Fantasmic!! We walked into our own private section in the ampitheatre and found seats down close. If you can arrange to do a Fantasmic dinner package, do it!! People started lining up to get good seats at Fantasmic at 6:30 and the show doesn't start until 8:30. With the private entrance we had to be there by 8:00...which is what we did. On our way over we hit up a Photopass photographer and got some good pics!

While waiting for the show to start we had some frozen lemonades and popcorn. The crowd started the "wave" which of course the kids loved doing!

Right at 8:30 the show started and Mickey appeared!! Yay!

This show is INCREDIBLE!!! There are water screens where they are displaying pics from different movies, and shows the beginning of the battle against evil. (My pics are not great of this, too dark and far away)

There were lots of different water floats, with characters on them. The climax of the show features Malecifent and Jafar...not telling anything else. There are lots of pyrotechnics and great effects!

When Mickey wins the battle, a boat comes out with fireworks, that contains LOTS of characters!! The kids loved that! Okay, I did too!!

When the show was over we headed towards the park exit to get back and sleep!! Everyone was pretty tired and our family was heading to Animal Kingdom and Epcot for the Princess Storybook Dinner the next day! A couple more shots on the way to the exit, and our wonderful day was complete!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Beauty and the beast has been our favorite show for the past 13 years!!! We never miss it. My DD5 was picked to accept the rose at the end of the show in Dec07 but was too shy to go up, we considered dragging her up but dicided that may not be the best idea...dont want her growing up afraid of Disney World!!!!

 

[Kimbere]

Beauty and the beast has been our favorite show for the past 13 years!!! We never miss it. My DD5 was picked to accept the rose at the end of the show in Dec07 but was too shy to go up, we considered dragging her up but dicided that may not be the best idea...dont want her growing up afraid of Disney World!!!!

That's so funny! When that happened at the end of the show, Brad leaned over and said to me, "I wonder how much they had to pay for their daughter to get that rose". Wait till I tell him about your story!

 

[Kimbere]

After getting back to the camper about 9:45, we all could have used a little more sleep. We were up at 7:00 and left for Animal Kingdom by 7:45. It was cloudy and a little cool....around 60 when we pulled out. Hoping the clouds would burn off and the day would be a nice one again. We arrived at AK about 8:00 and the park was just opening. Upon entering we got our stoller and went straight back to Everest to ride and then get FP to ride again. Taking Tour Guide Mike's plan once again! The park was very empty, which was a surprise...but this was a "good" day according to him.

We got a photopass pic taken on the way back and continued on our way.

I stopped to take some great shots of Everest on our way and was enjoying the early morning quiet.

This park is really beautiful and I could tell that we were all going to really love it. Both of my kids love animals...but Alison is a total animal nut and wants to be a vet when she grows up!

We got to Everest and it was a walk on!! After the horror of the RNR yesterday, Ali wasn't excited about riding Everest. (I'm putting this very mildly!) She was actually NOT wanting to ride at all and was pretty scared! Then we started talking to this family in front of us and the 5 year old son told her it's his fave ride. She decided to suck it up and deal with it! The queue in this ride is amazing with tons of great stuff to look at!

This ride is awesome and we all liked it a lot!! Even Ali, but she wouldn't admit it! Troll! We got our FP and walked over to Dino-Land. There was hardly anyone there as well....excellent!! We walked on the Triceratop Spin and had a little ride.

I've heard talk that a lot of people hate this area of the park. I can see that it doesn't exactly "fit-in" with the rest of the AK, but thought it was fun. We walked on Primeval Whirl...which the kids and I liked but Brad thought it was too jerky. It was...but it was fun!

On to Dinosaur, where Ali was once again scared to ride (and it was driving me nuts). Matthew is a huge dinosaur fan in general and loves the movie "Dinosaur" so he was all over this ride. There were great dinosaur things to look at and I was taking pics like an idiot!

I thought this ride was really cool....and that the effects were awesome! After Dinosaur we needed to start heading back to Everest for our FP ride. When we rounded the corner we saw Pluto and Goofy and had to stop for a pics and autographs. Love how Pluto has to put the book on his nose so he can see to sign. Very cute!

On our way out of Dino-Land we stopped for one some last pics. On to Everest once again....yippee!

 

[kathleen27]

Great trip report. Lots of great pictures.
Looking forward to more!

 

[Hypermommy]

Actually I advise everyone that's ever said Dinoland didn't fit into the theming of the park to listen to Lou Mongello's WDW Radio podcast. I can't remember the episode number but it's the one where they did a DSI (Disney Scene Investigation) about Dinoland. The back story there apparently is that the Dino Institute came to this sleepy little backwater town and set up shop there because of the dino finds in the area. Well, the rest of the town - predictably, I say - decided to cash in on the tourists that were coming to see the Dino Institute. Chester and Hester had a gas station but they decided they'd make more money if they turned their gas station into a gift shop and put some carney rides out in the parking lot for folks to enjoy. That's why, if you noticed, there's a road (blacktop with white markings just like a highway) running between the gift shop and the rides. That's why there's carney games. After listening to the DSI on it, I can't wait to get back and really check out the backstory. Again, Imagineers apparently put a lot of thought into it but unfortunately, this time at least, most folks just don't get it. I know I didn't but I can't wait to go back and check it out with this new mindset.

And I agree with you in re Everest's standby queue. Sometimes I'll forego a FP to Everest just because I want to spend some time in that queue.

Did you get a chance to head out to Rafiki's? I hope so. With the little vet in your family she (I think it was your daughter?) would absolutely love that place.

Can't wait to read some more!!!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Hypermom...Thats a great explanation...Ive never heard that before.

I never even thought about Dinoland not fitting the theme...Im just not that deep....but on the other hand, I dont see a problem with wearing stripes with plaid either....go figure!

 

[Colson39]

And I agree with you in re Everest's standby queue. Sometimes I'll forego a FP to Everest just because I want to spend some time in that queue.

Yea, Disney really went over the top with the queue for Everest, it's hands down the best queue in any theme park anywhere. Not only is it extremely detailed, it has more items to look at in one queue than probably all of Epcot's rides combined.

I hope they notice the response they get to the queue, and really start getting back to heavy theming in the queue area. I think they learned their lesson after the disaster that was the queue line for Soarin' (although it's a bit better now that it's interactive).

 

[Kimbere]

Actually I advise everyone that's ever said Dinoland didn't fit into the theming of the park to listen to Lou Mongello's WDW Radio podcast. I can't remember the episode number but it's the one where they did a DSI (Disney Scene Investigation) about Dinoland. The back story there apparently is that the Dino Institute came to this sleepy little backwater town and set up shop there because of the dino finds in the area. Well, the rest of the town - predictably, I say - decided to cash in on the tourists that were coming to see the Dino Institute. Chester and Hester had a gas station but they decided they'd make more money if they turned their gas station into a gift shop and put some carney rides out in the parking lot for folks to enjoy. That's why, if you noticed, there's a road (blacktop with white markings just like a highway) running between the gift shop and the rides. That's why there's carney games. After listening to the DSI on it, I can't wait to get back and really check out the backstory. Again, Imagineers apparently put a lot of thought into it but unfortunately, this time at least, most folks just don't get it. I know I didn't but I can't wait to go back and check it out with this new mindset.

And I agree with you in re Everest's standby queue. Sometimes I'll forego a FP to Everest just because I want to spend some time in that queue.

Did you get a chance to head out to Rafiki's? I hope so. With the little vet in your family she (I think it was your daughter?) would absolutely love that place.

Can't wait to read some more!!!

Wow! That's very interesting! I remember seeing that road, we went into that gift shop looking for "my 1st visit" buttons. A CM on Primeval Whirl told us to get them.

Yes, we did go out to Rafiki's. All we had time to do was take a peek around and meet Pocohantas, Jiminy Cricket and Rafiki while there. Next trip we'll have more time to really explore the area. I know Alison would love it!

 

[Kimbere]

Yea, Disney really went over the top with the queue for Everest, it's hands down the best queue in any theme park anywhere. Not only is it extremely detailed, it has more items to look at in one queue than probably all of Epcot's rides combined.

I hope they notice the response they get to the queue, and really start getting back to heavy theming in the queue area. I think they learned their lesson after the disaster that was the queue line for Soarin' (although it's a bit better now that it's interactive).

I thought it was absolutely amazing. Thought it was exactly like I would imagine the area surrounding Everest to look like. Funny thing, while we were walking thru the line, I believe it was in the room with all the wool socks, Brad remarked that the real places around Everest wouldn't smell nearly that good. Disney really thought of everything with that attraction. I hadn't given much thought to the other queues until reading your post. Some are definitely more interesting that others for sure!!