I traveled down to Disney last Friday early in the morning.
I stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort in the Jamaica section. I loved this
resort! The theme and room were gorgeous and it only takes about 5-10 minutes
to get to both Hollywood Studios and Epcot via Disney buses! Here is a breakdown of my trip:
Friday:
Arrived in my room by 9:45am and was off to Hollywood Studios
by 10:15! I was able to walk right up to see Phineas and Ferb, then only had
about a 5 minute wait to see Mike and Sully from Monster’s Inc. I then enjoyed
lunch at my favorite quick service, Pizza Planet and was off to do my first 2
FP+ reservations of the day, Tower of Terror and Rock n’ Roller Coaster. I
still had a little time before my 3rd FP+ so I went and watched the Muppet
vision 3D show. Silly little show, but has great air conditioning and lots of
laughs. I finished my time at Hollywood Studios with my Star Tours FP+ and
headed back to my room to get ready for Mickey’s Not so Scary Halloween Party!
I’ll have a whole other post on my experience at the Party next week!
Saturday:
Original plan was to get up early and head to Animal
Kingdom for rope drop, but exhaustion got the best of me. I slept until about
9AM and attempted to head out to Epcot. When you stay at Caribbean Beach,
Jamaica is the first pick up point for the parks which is lucky for me. I got
on the bus, we got to the second stop in CB and realized I didn’t have my MagicBand.
Seeing that I go to Disney World quite a bit, you think I would double check
that I have my MagicBand on. I stopped by the check in house to see if they
could give me a key to my room so I could go back and get my band, but the
woman surprised me and said I can do one better. She was able to give me a gray
MagicBand, link all of my stuff to it and I was able to just go on my way! I
had no idea that they could do this, but I’m very happy they can! After my
little mishap, I was off to Epcot once more. I had a quick service lunch at the
Electric Umbrella in Future World and headed to The Seas for my first FP+ for
The Seas with Nemo and Friends. Then, I headed over to the Land for my Soarin’
FP+ and hopped on Living with the Land. Once I finished up there, it was time
for my final FP+ of the day at Mission Space. I decided to take a walk around
the world and see what the Food & Wine Festival was all about. I must say, I
was not impressed, but am giving it another shot when I go back in November. I’ll
make sure to have a post all about it once I get back from that trip.
After I made my way around the world, I headed over to Magic
Kingdom for the night. I ate dinner at one of my other favorite quick services,
Cosmic Rays in Tomorrowland. I was then able to hop on Carousel of Progress,
Peoplemover, Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid and It’s a Small
World without almost no lines. I decided to grab some ice cream and watch the
Electrical Parade, Celebrate the Magic, and Wishes before calling it a night.
Sunday:
I headed back to the Magic Kingdom for my final day. I spent
the first hour and a half meeting a bunch of characters with little wait which
I’ll have a whole other post about how to do the same next week. I once again
rode Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid (the Under the Sea song is my
favorite part) then hopped in line to meet Gaston. Gaston was terrific (and I’m
sure he would agree), by far one of the best character meets I’ve experienced.
Then used my FP+ to ride 7 Dwarfs Mine Train and then saw Mickey’s
Philharmiagic. Used my second FP+ of the day to ride Peter Pan’s Flight and had
lunch at Pinocchio's. I then decided I was going to try to meet Jessie and Woody
in Frontierland. I walked up and thought that the line actually wasn’t that
bad. Boy, was I wrong! It took just under an hour to finally meet them. It was
the slowest moving line I have ever been in. They were definitely fun to meet,
but make sure you are prepared to wait. I took a ride on the Walt Disney
Railroad, used my last FP+ at Space Mountain and said Ta Ta for now as I headed
back to catch the Magical Express.
It was a short trip, but filled with lots of fun and new
information. I’ll be posting both my Halloween Party Experience and my “Character
Challenge” next week!
If you want to plan a Disney Destination Vacation, send me
an email at Shannon.ewing@keytotheworldtravel.com
and we can start planning your pixie perfect trip!
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Shannon J
