Wednesday MK evening part 2:
So after we left the park and caught a bus back to the hotel, we changed and headed down to the pool for about an hours swim. I wanted to make sure we could rest for about an hour and try and get back to the park around 6ish.
Emma didnt want to wear her matching shirt anymore, so she changed and the rest of us changed back into our same clothes from earlier. We all felt refreshed after swimming and getting alittle rest. My plan was to just get some Counter Service somewhere for dinner once we got in the park.
We caught a bus and walked back into the park alittle after 6 I believe it was. Now I had a whole stack of Fast Passes from earlier plus the child swaps, so we were set! But I still needed some Jungle Cruise FPs b/c I heard how much fun that is at night. So that is where we headed first and grabbed some FPs.
We decided to go to BTMR and use our FP from earlier. I went this time since DH went this afternoon. So much fun!! Then DH took them on Splash, the stand by line was like 60 minutes, but not for us
Got out the child swaps and they were on there way.
Emma and I decided to go and get some Popcorn, her all time favorite snack!
We had a prime waiting spot for Splash,
We then decided to check out the Haunted Mansion which was only like a 15 min wait!
I love this ride! And Emma wasnt scared at all, actually my kids are never scared of things like this, I dont know if that is good or bad? But they eat this stuff up!!
It was kind of funny and alittle sad too b/c there were a lot of older kids that were really scared or crying, and I could hear the parents point at Emma and say stuff like, look that little girl is half your age, and she isnt scared etc.. Now if my kids DIDNT want to ride something, I would NEVER make them just b/c I did
I witnessed that a lot this trip on all the scarier rides. After HM we decided to head back over to Toontown (we also grabbed another set of FP for PP) On our way over to Toontown we stopped for potty breaks , then our mission was Goofys Barnstormer!
As we were walking I passed ILUVXU and her crew again, I smiled and waved but not sure you saw us? (There is one more time I saw you but again wasnt sure you saw us)
The line was only like 15 min, yeah! Emma absolutely loves this ride. DH rode with her this time since I got to earlier. We ended up getting back in line again b/c she loves it so much! We went thru the houses again, and checked out the line for meeting them. She soo wanted to meet Minnie. Nope still to long of a line, I know I know, I told you I was mean mom when it came to stuff like this. But they would rather ride rides than wait in lines for pictures and autographs for sure! After ToonTown we took the secret red path (I think that is what TGM calls it?)over to TomorrowLand. NO ONE was on it! The kids thought that was pretty neat, and ran down it like crazy wild children.
DH , Lauren and Joey were ready to try out Space Mt! The FP line was sortof backed up, but once we made our way up, we realized it was just a big group of people waiting for their return time! OK people, move aside please, you dont have to stand in FRONT of the entrance. This part was kindof of a pain, b/c Emma always had to come with me to get the swaps etc.. So she saw Emma and clearly knew she wasnt tall enough, so handed me the Swap. The plan was for DH to take L, &J on Space while I used the FP from this morning on Buzz then we would swap out, since I really wanted to ride this tonight! I wanted to see Spectro and Wishes also!
We picked our meeting spot, and went on our way.
Buzz didnt take to long to do, and afterwards we went and waited in our spot, but I overheard the lady next to me who just came off the ride say, even the FP line right now was alittle backed up. So I decided to take Emma on TTA since we have never done that before and it was a walk on. They ended up calling me to say they were done just before we got off. So the timing would have been perfect if we didnt try and wait alittle first.
We did a time check and I realized it was way to close to the parade time now, to even try and get a seat. Since this was planned to be a late night, we decided to plan on the last Spectro show @11:00. Well see if they make it??
Well since we decided to skip the parade now, I took Lauren and Joey back on Space with the swap and Dh took Emma back to Buzz, the stand by line wasnt bad. Picked our meeting place again, and were off!
The standby line for Space was something like 70 minutes, it felt liked we just walked and walked past everyone right up to the front (which we sortof did) It also feels like everyone is starring at you trying to figure out how you got past them all? At this point my kids had become FP experts as well, and would say mommy why would anyone wait in those LONG lines when they can do a FP? I would say I dont know, but arent you glad you dont have too! of course it is more complicated than that for many different reasons, but WE never waited in ANY long lines!!!!
This ride is soo awesome, it jerks you around a lot but still very cool! Its a classic. When we met back up Emma was grumpy b/c DH took her back on TTA, and she didnt want to do it again! Oh well
So I thought we better try and find a spot for wishes now, the crowds were all coming back into the park area since the parade was over.
The last time we were here with the older kids, we really didnt get to see Wishes we were in the other side of the park and just couldnt find a good spot. So this time I was determined to find the perfect spot, and knew I wanted to be on the Tomorrowland bridge under Tinks wire facing the Castle. We got lucky right up front near the railing
There are soo many good spots on the bridge.
I broke out all my little special surprises for the kids, glow sticks, necklaces and those spinning things that I had been saving for years! We even gave a glow stick this little girl that was behind us. The kids loved it~!
It was also at this point that I realized, oops we did it again
we never ate dinner! So we still have like 20 min until wishes. I run over to something in Tommorowland to the right, it just closed like 10 min ago! The line at the launching pad was wayy to long, and I wasnt going to try to get to Cosmic Rays and miss Wishes, so I brought out the snacks I had packed and said sorry.
I was trying to explain the whole Tinks wire thing above us, and how Tink will fly over us. (Remember how I said a few days ago, when Lauren woke up tink she would have doubts later
) Well they were soo excited to see Tink fly.
I had never seen this before either and didnt know what to expect, wow that is soo amazing, what a cool job! So when she flies over, Lauren just looks at me and says that it isnt Tink
I woke her up, and she is little like a fairy, THAT Tink is big like a lady.. Joey and Emma are just looking at me to say whether she is real or not!! THE PRESSURE
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I didnt know what to say, b/c I dont want to ruin any of the magic for others etc, I said well that yes I think Tink is real, and she is being carried by the Tink lady helper since she is so little! I am not sure they bought it or not but they didnt ask again.
Wishes is the most amazing show ever, with the music and the castle changing colors the whole time, just breathtaking
I did get alittle weepy like everyone else I am sure. Just taking it all in with my family and seeing their smiles!
After it was over we, and thousands of our closest friends made our way back over to Fantasyland to use our FP for Winnie and PP, again loonngg lines but not for us! (I think ILUVXU I saw you and Hannah in one of these lines behind us?)
It was getting close to 11 and I really wanted to do the Jungle cruise at night, so we walked very fast over to JC and got the last boat for the night. We were the last people to board everyone else was already on board. They tried to embarrass us and asked us some questions, but we werent really paying attention since it all happened to quick to get on.
Emma kept asking if everything was real, I would just ask her what she thought and left it alone. Sometimes she would say it was real and others times she would say it was fake. It was very cute and fun at night, I really recommend doing this at night!
When we were done and working our way over to Liberty Square to watch Spectro, we passed Aloha Isle which was still opened! I have never had a dole float before. I got the Dole Whip and Float for us to all share. I enjoyed the Whip but loved the Float! The kids surprisingly didnt like it, said it was to much pineapple. We found a spot ( we at this time there were A LOT of spots)across from Sleepy Hollow. We should have gotten a funnel cake but the line looked to long, but boy did those look good! At this point the kids were starting to run out of steam! They were doing great but could tell they were ready to call it a night!
Emma would get really tired than a burst of energy would come through, I guess the prime traits of over tired We stayed for the parade which is so cute! Dont know why I didnt get any pictures of this either!?!?
The bus wasnt that bad when we left b/c at MK POR has there own bus~yea!! cant remember if we were able to sit down or not but made is home and snacked some more in the room and promised the kids a good breakfast! Over all this was just a GREAT day we accomplished soo much and we even had a few swaps left over from splash and BTMR that we didnt get to use. I completely get the whole theory behind TGM not park hopping now! It was so great to be able to use our FP from the day and not worrying about getting more and what time etc
Up next our sleep in day.. Do we actually sleep in? And more plans for HS!
It was great meeting you as well. I am so happy you got to experience RNR, it is such an awesome ride, so sorry for the rain incident and not being able to reach your DH on the cell phone, we had those moments and I know how frustrating that is. So cool both of your kids were picked for Jedi Training! Can't wait to see what happens next.
At least you now know how to fill the box with everything
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