wdwgirl03
<font color=red>I'm just a big Disney Freak! :-)<b
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(last warning if you do not want to be spoiled!!!)
I saw the Beast's Castle!
We would definitely be going back there a little later for lunch at Be Our Guest! Of course I had to stop for a quick picture.
Now, I had looked at New Fantasyland pictures before the trip. But it was so awesome finally being there in person to see it because 1.) pictures don't really give you a sense of how everything is laid out, and 2.) pictures don't do it justice! The amount of detail is incredible. The trees, the rockwork, the Cast Members' costumes...EVERYTHING!!!!! I mean, if this is what Disney is going to do on new projects then I can't wait to see what else is in store! It really is so different from what they've done in the past.
So then we walked over to Under the Sea. OMG Prince Eric's Castle...STUNNING.
Not only was I looking forward to the ride, but I could not wait to see this castle in person. Seriously, can I just move in there?! It is amazing. And then we got to the ride entrance.
But IT WAS CLOSED.
REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?! I was about to ride Under the Sea for the first time in my life and it was closed?!
Well...not exactly what I wanted to hear, so the Little Mermaid was going to have to wait a little longer.
We will be back, Ariel!
I would also need to make a stop at Gaston's Tavern at some point for some Lefou's Brew!
Instead we went to Old Fantasyland to ride Peter Pan. The line was pretty long already (I think the posted wait was 40 minutes-another sign the park was busier than it has been in the past...) but we figured it wouldn't get any shorter. Oh, and I don't think we actually waited 40 minutes.
(here's another random picture of the Rapunzel bathroom area from the Peter Pan line)
By that time it was getting pretty close to 8:00, which was the official park opening time. So we headed toward Frontierland to do a couple more classics: Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain! I was so excited to finally be able to ride BTMRR again after its refurbishment!
When we got there the line was down to the sidewalk but they must've had some of the queue blocked off because we started moving through the line pretty quickly after a couple of minutes.
At the bottom of the ramp, they asked us how many people there were in our group. The CM wanted to squeeze all 3 of us into one row. The thing about the seats on BTMRR is that they seem deceivably long, atleast to me. I remember a few years ago they put three of us in one row and I didn't think it would be a problem. Boy was I wrong. So this time we asked to be split up. Dad went in the row in front of me and Emma. I guess he decided he didn't want to ride with us because he walked on with some random lady which Emma and I thought was slightly amusing.
Bye, Dad!
Then it was our turn to hop on "the wildest ride in the WILDERNESS!!!!"
(It was a little disappointing being in the front...the back is so much more fun!)
We ended up getting fastpasses for Splash Mountain because for some reason it wasn't running right away (though atleast there was water this time, unlike the night before!).
I saw the Beast's Castle!

We would definitely be going back there a little later for lunch at Be Our Guest! Of course I had to stop for a quick picture.

Now, I had looked at New Fantasyland pictures before the trip. But it was so awesome finally being there in person to see it because 1.) pictures don't really give you a sense of how everything is laid out, and 2.) pictures don't do it justice! The amount of detail is incredible. The trees, the rockwork, the Cast Members' costumes...EVERYTHING!!!!! I mean, if this is what Disney is going to do on new projects then I can't wait to see what else is in store! It really is so different from what they've done in the past.
So then we walked over to Under the Sea. OMG Prince Eric's Castle...STUNNING.

Not only was I looking forward to the ride, but I could not wait to see this castle in person. Seriously, can I just move in there?! It is amazing. And then we got to the ride entrance.
But IT WAS CLOSED.
REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?! I was about to ride Under the Sea for the first time in my life and it was closed?!
Well...not exactly what I wanted to hear, so the Little Mermaid was going to have to wait a little longer.



I would also need to make a stop at Gaston's Tavern at some point for some Lefou's Brew!

Instead we went to Old Fantasyland to ride Peter Pan. The line was pretty long already (I think the posted wait was 40 minutes-another sign the park was busier than it has been in the past...) but we figured it wouldn't get any shorter. Oh, and I don't think we actually waited 40 minutes.
(here's another random picture of the Rapunzel bathroom area from the Peter Pan line)

By that time it was getting pretty close to 8:00, which was the official park opening time. So we headed toward Frontierland to do a couple more classics: Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain! I was so excited to finally be able to ride BTMRR again after its refurbishment!

When we got there the line was down to the sidewalk but they must've had some of the queue blocked off because we started moving through the line pretty quickly after a couple of minutes.
At the bottom of the ramp, they asked us how many people there were in our group. The CM wanted to squeeze all 3 of us into one row. The thing about the seats on BTMRR is that they seem deceivably long, atleast to me. I remember a few years ago they put three of us in one row and I didn't think it would be a problem. Boy was I wrong. So this time we asked to be split up. Dad went in the row in front of me and Emma. I guess he decided he didn't want to ride with us because he walked on with some random lady which Emma and I thought was slightly amusing.
Bye, Dad!

Then it was our turn to hop on "the wildest ride in the WILDERNESS!!!!"

(It was a little disappointing being in the front...the back is so much more fun!)


We ended up getting fastpasses for Splash Mountain because for some reason it wasn't running right away (though atleast there was water this time, unlike the night before!).