Here is our day by day trip report!
Day 1:
We arrived at our hotel around
10:30 in the morning to find out our room was not yet ready, so we packed a
quick park bag with the essentials (sunscreen, money, camera, etc.), gave the
rest of our carry-ons to Bell Service to be held until later and were off to
the Animal Kingdom!
Once in the Animal Kingdom, we
headed to Expedition Everest and rode it in the single rider lane because the
regular standby was 45 minutes! We then decided to head to the 12 o’clock show
for Finding Nemo: The Musical! When we went into the musical it was sunny and
hot, when we came out though, everything was wet and the sky was dark. We made
it into the center of the park when the next storm came. It rained for roughly
an hour. In Animal Kingdom that can
cause a bit of a problem because a lot of the attractions are outside, but we
decided to run from store to store and check out the goodies! Once the rain
seemed to stop for now, we went to meet Dug & Russel from Up! We were the
last group to see them because the storms started again and characters can’t be
outside in lightning. So once again we headed to a couple stores to wait out
the storm. The rain slowed to a drizzle so we made our way to our lunch
reservation at Tusker House with Donald, Mickey, Goofy and Daisy. After lunch, we
grabbed a ride on the Wildlife Express Train to go to Rafiki’s Planet Watch
where we met Rafiki, as well as, Chip and Dale. This wrapped up our time in
Animal Kingdom for the day.
That night we were on our way to
the Magic Kingdom! We went over near Liberty Square and were able to meet
Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen. If you were following along on Facebook, you
would have learned that I now have a HUGE crush on Naveen! He was adorable and
just overall awesome. We went to find a snack before our Fastpass+ reservation
for Splash Mountain. We were soaked from Splash Mountain, but it felt nice in
the very hot temperature. We then saw Mickey’s Phillharmagic, used FP+ for
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, rode the Mad Tea Party, went to the Monster’s Inc
laugh Floor, used our last FP+ for Space Mountain and then battled Zurge in
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Spin. We closed out our night by watching the Main
Street Elextrical Parade near the Train Station. We headed back to our resort
in the hopes of catching some sleep after a very long day.
Day 2:
We started
off by heading to Typhoon Lagoon Water Park! We were there before it opened
which is a great way to go because you beat the rush of people. We were able to
do every single slide/raft ride in an hour and a half because there is never
usually a wait right when the park opens. Since we were able to do all of the
big stuff early, we decided to take it slow and go around in the lazy river a
couple times and then headed for the wave pool. After lunch, we went in the
wave pool and then headed out so that we could both shower before dinner.
That night
we had dinner at 1900 Park Fare located in the Grand Floridian. This dinner is
a buffet with Cinderella, Prince Charming (swoon!), Lady Tremaine, Anastasia,
and Drizella. This has always been a favorite character meal of mine and it
definitely did not disappoint!
Once dinner
was over, we headed to Downtown Disney to go to Disney Quest which is an
in-door interactive play area. We did things such as a Buzz Lightyear Bumper
car-like ride, learned how to draw Mickey Mouse, created our own roller coaster
simulator, and a bunch of other fun things. Being worn out from running around
the water park all morning, we called it a semi-early night and headed back to
our resort.
Day 3:
We made
sure we arrived at Hollywood Studios before rope drop because we wanted to get
to Toy Story Midway Mania as soon as the park opened. I knew from reading
Disney blogs and such that the “running to Toy Story” was intense, but we
decided we wanted to do it anyway. They were not kidding about it being
intense! Once they let us scan our magicbands to let us in the park, everyone
ran up to the hat in the middle of the park where there was a set of ropes
holding us back from going any further. They replaced the rope with a line of
cast members that quickly walked from the hat towards Toy Story Mania. There
were hundreds of people all trying to get to the same place as us. We were
luckily to be two of the first fifty people to walk into the line and were able
to ride it with no wait. By the time we walked out of the ride, the wait time
was already 60 minutes! I couldn’t believe it and was happy we made it to the
front of that line. After Toy Story Mania, we were able to meet Buzz and Woody
and then decided to head to find a spot for the Frozen Parade. We were in a VIP
section because I surprised my sister with the premium package (more info on
all the surprises I had in another post). We watched the Frozen Royal
Processional and then decided to do some shopping before we went to see Beauty
& the Beast Stage Show. After the show we rode Tower of Terror with our
FP+, then headed all the way across the park for the Frozen sing-a-long. The
sing-along was awesome! It’s amazing how big of a phenomena Frozen is and all
of these people coming together to sing along with the movie songs was pretty
neat. It was then time for our Rock n Roller Coaster FP+. After RnRC, we headed
to the Art of Animation Building and were able to meet Ralph & Vanellope
from Wreck-it Ralph and then we met Mr. Incredible & Frozone from the
Incredibles.
By this
point, it was time for us to head to dinner because it was at a resort and not
Hollywood Studios. That night dinner was at Chef Mickey’s in the Contemporary
and what a great experience we had. J
We were
then heading back to Hollywood Studios for the rest of the night. We were able
to get a picture with Sven from Frozen and do some shopping in Wandering
Oaken’s Trading Post. It was then time for the Frozen Fireworks Dessert party
that was included with the premium package. They had tons of desserts, drinks
and entertainment. Once everyone filled their bellies, we were able to watch
the Frozen Fireworks Spectacular while singing along to Frozen songs of course!
The fireworks closed our day in Hollywood Studios and we headed back to the
resort for some shut eye before another long day in the parks.
Day 4:
We made it
to the Magic Kingdom this morning in time to see the Welcome Show they do every
morning. We then made our way to Jungle cruise, then rode Magic Carpets of
Aladdian, saw the Enchanted Tiki Room, and were able to ride Splash Mountain
with basically no wait. We then took the Railroad to Fantasyland, rode Goofy’s
Barnstormer, Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid, and It’s a Small World
all before an early lunch at Be Our Guest. After lunch we traveled to
Tomorrowland to ride the PeopleMover, see the Carosuel of Progress, and ride
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train with a FP+. By this point is was about 1 in the
afternoon, over 100 degrees, and we were losing energy quickly. We decided to
take the railroad to Frontierland to use our FP+ for Big Thunder Mountain
Railroad and then found a shady spot for the parade and waited for it to start
while eating frozen lemonade to cool down. We then watched the Festival of
Fantasy Parade and then used our last FP+ for the day on Splash Mountain. Due
to the excessive heat and running around, we felt gross and sticky! Because of
this we decided to head back to our resort to shower since we knew we had dinner
at Cinderella’s Castle later that night.
During our
dinner at Cinderella’s Royal Table, we met Cinderella (obviously), Ariel,
Jasmine, Snow White and Aurora. Due to the timing of our reservation, we were
able to see some of the fireworks show from our table threw the window. Knowing
our next morning was going to have to start much earlier than usual, we headed
back to resort for some shut-eye.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for part 2!!!
J