We normally hire a Limo to take us from MCO to our resort and back - it's the easiest, fasted most enjoyable way to go, unfortunately after a recommendation from our daughter, we took the Magical Express instead which took exactly 2 hours to get to our resort from the time our plane landed.
Behind on our schedule, we decided to grab a quick bite/late lunch at Capt. Cook's prior to heading to the MK. Another mistake. We ordered our food, found a table outside and then waited and waited and waited, finally I got up walked inside and immediately saw our tray of food sitting on the counter with no one around, waiting to be delivered to our table. I picked it up and went to our table.
By this time, we were running late for our first FP. After hustling across the park we made it to Space Mountain just in time, got into the FP line, got to the control office where the line splits and the ride went down. After waiting in line for about 30 minutes, listening to multiple announcements about delays in restarting the attraction, they finally took it completely down and we had to leave. They did scan our magic bans with a FP that could be used at any attraction during the next 3 days though.
A couple days later we did go back to the MK, and on our way out of the park for dinner back at our resort, we decided to use the FP we had been given a couple of days earlier and guess what, the ride was down again. We told a cast member about our situation and he gave us a paper FP that could be used at any attraction any time. We eventually did get to ride SM during the Christmas Party and on our last day.
During our stay:
Space Mt. was down twice;
the Monorail was down twice (mid-day);
Splash Mt. was down for an extended time one morning - took several hours for it to come up;
Test Track was down for an extended time one morning - waited over an our for it to open;
And what good is staying at a Monorail Resort when we tried to go to MK an hour before opening, which was 9:00 am, and was told that the Monorail didn't run until 9:00 am.
Behind on our schedule, we decided to grab a quick bite/late lunch at Capt. Cook's prior to heading to the MK. Another mistake. We ordered our food, found a table outside and then waited and waited and waited, finally I got up walked inside and immediately saw our tray of food sitting on the counter with no one around, waiting to be delivered to our table. I picked it up and went to our table.
By this time, we were running late for our first FP. After hustling across the park we made it to Space Mountain just in time, got into the FP line, got to the control office where the line splits and the ride went down. After waiting in line for about 30 minutes, listening to multiple announcements about delays in restarting the attraction, they finally took it completely down and we had to leave. They did scan our magic bans with a FP that could be used at any attraction during the next 3 days though.
A couple days later we did go back to the MK, and on our way out of the park for dinner back at our resort, we decided to use the FP we had been given a couple of days earlier and guess what, the ride was down again. We told a cast member about our situation and he gave us a paper FP that could be used at any attraction any time. We eventually did get to ride SM during the Christmas Party and on our last day.
During our stay:
Space Mt. was down twice;
the Monorail was down twice (mid-day);
Splash Mt. was down for an extended time one morning - took several hours for it to come up;
Test Track was down for an extended time one morning - waited over an our for it to open;
And what good is staying at a Monorail Resort when we tried to go to MK an hour before opening, which was 9:00 am, and was told that the Monorail didn't run until 9:00 am.
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