We moved on to Fantasyland and I was so excited to say the least. In this area there were loads of things I thought we could go on with mom, it would all depend on the queues, but I was sure we could squeeze in some old favourites.
We immediately headed for Its a Small World and for those of you that did hazard a guess at what ride I was pictured on, it was Its a Small World I have a few other pictures of me on that ride and one that actually oozes my feelings while on that ride. I dont need to explain it, you can see what I mean when you view the pic
Anyway, the queue was long, but its always fast moving so we didnt mind waiting. It was also under shade and I figured it would be good to go on a slow moving boat ride just after we ate, nice and relaxing!
We moved constantly through the queue and soon enough we were at the front, it couldnt have taken us more than 15 minutes. We boarded our boat and we all settled in for a leisurely journey around the world. The first time I was on this ride, I was 11, then it was cute, the second time I was on this ride, I was 21, then it was verging on annoying, this time I was 27 and annoying doesnt even come close!
The dolls are cutesy, some of the areas are nicely decorated and its air-conditioned, a huge bonus, but why, oh why, do I insist on going on this ride every time? I tell you why, because its a must-do. No matter how cheesy, irritating and downright get me off, get me off, get me off this ride is. It does have a certain strange appeal. Its like your favourite movie as a kid, one of mines being Santa Claus the Movie, in those days it was brilliant and I didnt notice the special effects were cheesy and the script was ropey. Now however, its obvious, but I love it just the same, I guess it brings back fond memories!
I wont go as far as to say that Its a Small World is as enjoyable as sitting in front of a cosy fire, hot chocolate in hand, on a cold winters night watching Santa Claus, but I do understand the need to revisit this ride, at least every once in a while!
So, we cruised, we laughed, we screamed, well I screamed, and then Steven screamed, this picture says it all:
By the end of this ride, I was actually considering swimming for it, the edge didnt look that far away, but unless I was happy staying with these spawns of Satan forever, I decided it was in my best interest to stay on board. My mom on the other hand loved this ride; it had been years since she had visited
Disneyland so I know she was enjoying every moment. I dont know how long this ride is but it is a bit too long in my opinion. Every time I though it was coming to an end, there was just more and more.
We departed our boat and I was happy to be off, that song, it stays in your head for days, I think I even can quote all the different languages singing that song, AAAAAHHHHHH!
Mickeys Philharmagic was showing in 10 minutes and this was a show that I was really eager to see. I had heard so many good things about this and I love 3D show, as does my mom, so I hoped it was all it was cracked up to be.
We quickly entered the theatre, taking our 3D glasses as we went. We found some seats just slightly further back than I would have hoped, but they were in the middle of the row so I couldnt complain.
The show started and I was mesmerized. This by far was among my favourite attractions so far, in any of the parks. I love Donald, even more so now after Chef Mickeys, so I was so happy to see him become the main star. He excelled and it was really funny and so well done. The sound effects were great and the 3D stuff was better than I had seen in a long time. The only thing that betters it imo, is IMAX, but we all loved this attraction and Steven and I agreed that it would certainly be something that we would view again.
The storyline wasnt ridiculous and I loved the water effects and the gusts of air from the popping of the champagne corks, truly wonderful!
After viewing this I had hoped we could go on Peter Pans Flight as I love that ride, but the queue was quoting 50 minutes and I couldnt justify standing that long for such a short ride.
Similarly Snow Whites Scary Adventures had a wait of 40 minutes and if I remembered correctly, it wasnt worth it. We had reservations at Jiko that night and there was no way I was going to cancel. I really wanted us to hit Toontown as I hoped we may get some more character opportunities for mom, plus visiting Mickey and Minnies house, well how could we pass that up?
So we moved on, reluctantly, but we had to be ruthless and go for what was most important.
We decided that we would take the Walt DisneyWorld Railroad as we always pass by these things and never go on them. It looked so old fashioned, I loved it:
It wasnt going to be a long journey but it was pleasant and it saved walking. We arrived at Mickeys Toontown Fair within minutes. The first sight that greeted us was the colourful display of Mickeys house, it looked fantastic. We also saw Stitch signing autographs but as he is no biggie to me, I bypassed him. My mom wasnt interested in him either and was more concerned about seeing Mickeys house.
It was so adorable and the letterbox was brilliant, I want one of those at home:
We entered the house to see how Mickey lived
What I loved is Disneys attention to detail. I mean look at all the shoes and the gloves in his drawers, the slippers, his outfits and even his bowties. It was all so sweet and so well done. This was only his bedroom and I couldnt wait to see the rest.
The living room and games room was just as good, I noticed that if you sat on anything, an alarm went off, not that I did, but a little girl took it upon herself and sat on the gating and this alarm sounded, it gave us all quite a scare!
We then were faced with Mickeys kitchen and what seemed to be his DIY room all rolled into one, he certainly doesnt keep it tidy:
There were paint cans everywhere and the doors were hanging off the kitchen cupboards, obviously a male mouse lived here!
It was then time to see Mickeys garden:
I loved seeing Plutos kennel, it was such a cute addition to this already outstanding house, Pluto is my next favourite character and I hoped he may be around here somewhere
Those pumpkins were huge.
I thought the Cacti were adorable, my god, they think of everything!
We could have waited in the never-ending queue at the end of this garden to see Mickey, but it was so long, I took a peek in the tent and knew we couldnt possibly wait that long, so again, we missed our boy and headed over to Minnies house
Coming up
Minnies House and Tomorrowland.