The Many Adventures of an Aussie Disney Honeymooner

[pkondz]

It was well worth staying at BLT for that experience alone.

Some day.

But still smiling... what a trooper.

He’s incredible!

It was only at some of them. At the Snow White dinner, we had to line up for the Evil Queen. At CRT, obviously we met Cinderella on the way in. And then there was this one, where we had to line up for Pooh. I was under the impression that it's always been that way at WDW, at least for CRT, but it was something new to me.

I did know that about CRT. But it wasn’t that way last time I was at CP.

 

[zanzibar138]

Chapter 7: In which we come to the savanna and DH nurses an injury

7.2. Horsing around at the fort​

Having said our goodbyes to MK, we headed to the dock for the boat to FW.



At that time of day, there was a bit of a wait, enough for a small crowd to gather. We were at the front of the line though, so made our way straight to the deck. I was headed for the front row, but Ben preferred the look of the shade.



It was fun to see all the resorts from the water.







I also loved going over the ‘water bridge’.



Approaching FW, I observed with interest the work being started on the new resort. I’ll be very interested to see how this turns out!





We were excited to arrive at our destination!





Continued in next post…

 

[zanzibar138]

Who wants to guess the first thing I took a photo of???

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We checked out the shop first, which actually had some fun merch! We spent a bit of time in there, and came away with a couple of t-shirts and a couple of drinks.



We had a specific point of interest for this visit.



The stable block was separated into public and non-accessible areas. There were several beautiful horses we could meet in the public area.







They were so beautiful, and reminded me so much of Violet (our beautiful wedding horse), I got a little bit emotional meeting them!

There were also a few interesting displays.







Then there was the non-accessible area.



Continued in next post…

 

[zanzibar138]

We visited the cute ponies that were on standby for pony rides. The CM kindly brought one of them out to say hello. We didn’t really have great interactions with CMs here. They all seemed to be very focused on what they were doing and not really interested in engaging with us too much. It was a little disappointing as I would have loved to talk horses with them, but I also understand they had real work to do



The ponies were presented beautifully!



A couple of little girls came along for pony rides just as we were finishing up. I seem to have neglected to take any photos, but there was a little track just outside that they were led around (like a lazy river lol!). They seemed to be having a great time!

As we were watching the pony rides, this big handsome guy was brought out for a bath.



Having had my horsey fix, we headed to the nearby bus stop to continue our journey. First we were headed to the outpost. We enjoyed seeing more of the grounds along the way.



At the outpost, our next bus wasn’t far away. In the meantime, we enjoyed looking around. We observed the large amount of golf carts (and wondered what happens when the ‘carpark’ overflows!).



We looked longingly at the trail rides area, and briefly considered asking if we could join the group we could see gathering. We would have booked beforehand, but we wanted to keep our options open that day and weren’t sure on timing etc. We decided to stick with Plan A though, and soon we were on the bus to AK.



We’d really enjoyed looking around FW, but given the amount of time it took to get around, we were glad we hadn't decided to stay there.