And this.
And this.
And this.
What a beautiful horse!
Going for a ride down Main Street!
We loved these toy soldiers.
Close ups of the tree.
And finally, my favorite princess’ castle!
I loved these light pole decorations!
Now that I had admired the decorations for a little bit, it was time to get some rides on! We did something unspeakable…WE SKIPPED FANTASYLAND!!! Can you believe it? Instead, we headed straight to TomorrowLand.
We wanted to experience the newly refurbished Space Mountain.
I was hoping and praying that it would be up and running, and it was! With only a 10 minute wait! Woo Hoo! The wait was so short, we didn’t even have time to play the new games that were installed along the queue. I did get some shots of them, though.
Next thing I knew were boarding our rocket (with padded seats, is that new?).
What a great ride! It felt much smoother and even a little longer, although I don’t know if it actually is. I think I laugh/giggled the whole way!
I took some time to get these shots on the way out.
We immediately got back in line, and this time asked if we could go to the left side to experience the other track. Tom decided to make a funny face for the picture.
After our second ride, we grabbed fastpasses for later and then headed to Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.
It only had a 5 minute wait, so we jumped in line.
This was fun, but Tom got control of the joystick that spins the car and made it impossible for me to score many points!
We had no interest in Stitch’s Great Escape, so we decided to cut through the hub and head to Liberty Square. As were passing the rose garden, we saw a bunch of people gathered and walked over to the side of the bridge to see what was going on.
Penn (from Penn & Teller) was there with Stitch doing meet & greets!
We continued on, and headed to The Haunted Mansion.
It says a 10 minute wait, but we walked straight in to the stretching room without stopping.
Well, I did pause to get these photos.
That was the first time Tom and I got to ride together (usually we split up with the kids), so that was especially nice. As we left, I got these shots.
Next stop…Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!
The posted wait time said 20 minutes, but it only took us about 11 minutes to make it to the loading zone. We asked if we could be in the back seat, and it wasn’t a problem. Yay!
However…as the people ahead of us were loading into the train…the ride broke down. The CMs had them sit in the train and had everyone in the “holding lanes” stay put while they evacuated the rest of the line. Once everyone was gone, they had the people in the train get out and exit the usual way, and we walked through the train to exit (if that makes sense).
In addition, we were given special fastpasses that were good for ANY ride in Magic Kingdom, and it didn’t expire until December 31!!!
This actually worked out really well, because our fastpass window had just opened up, and we had been trying to decide whether to get one for Big Thunder or Splash. Basically we could have both now!
So our next stop was Splash Mountain.
And get this…even though Big Thunder had broken down, the wait for Splash was only 5 minutes!!!
We were loving life right about now. It was only 10:46am and we had done so much! As we made our way to the loading area of Splash, we pulled out our ponchos and put them on. I wasn’t taking any chances of getting wet! We had an awesome ride and barely got splashed. Again, I put my hands up and enjoyed the ride even more! Check out the guy in front of me.
We were about ready to head out and get some lunch now, but not before I accomplished one more important thing…get a Dole Whip Float!!!
They turned the ice cream green! It was so strange to see the green color but still taste the pineapple. Oh my, that hit the spot perfectly! Mmmm…They would have been $8.50, but we used 2 snack credits.
We took our time strolling out and stopped in the Emporium to do some shopping. We were able to get a lot, since the store was virtually empty! Here’s what we got:
For Presleigh:
For Lee:
For Sarah:
For my van:
For Maggie:
For Sarah:
For Maggie:
And the best part! They were having the same special here, where you buy $40 or more and you get the blanket for $15.95. However…the blanket here was different! This time, it was a polar fleece of the castle with the twinkly icicle lights. So soft and pretty! We got two!
One more picture on the way out…
Up next…lunch, a nap, and then party time!!!
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