Hello there! We got back super early Monday morning from our
quick trip. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and I’d highly recommend taking
a trip at the end of February because of it.
Our trip started off a bit shaky as on the plane ride down
we had to make an emergency landing in North Carolina due to a woman on our
flight’s medical problem. We ended up landing about an hour and a half later
than expected. Luckily our room was ready at All Star Movies by the time we got
there so we dropped off our stuff, freshened up and grabbed a quick lunch at
our resort. Once we finished lunch, we were off to Hollywood Studios. We had a
FP+ for Tower of Terror and then decided to check out Star Wars Launch Bay. In
there we met Chewbacca who was very sweet and Kylo Ren who was very intense. We
then headed to Toy Story Mania for our FP+ time and then met Mike & Sully
before they are moved due to the upcoming construction. By this point it was
time for our final FP+ of the day at Star Tours. Star Tours has been updated to
include bits of The Force Awakens in it. We then had dinner reservations at
Minnie’s Seasonal Dine at Hollywood & Vine which this time was Hollywood
themed and I enjoyed this one over the Christmas Dine in November. After a long
day, we were off to All Star Movies early to get some sleep before getting up
extra early for the Princess Run on Friday morning.
Friday morning I was up by 3am to get dressed and head to
Epcot for the Princess 5k! While waiting for the run to start, they had Ariel,
Prince Eric and Sebastian available to meet. The lines were crazy long, but I
was able to see Sebastian. At 6am the run started and I finished around 7am as
I was in the second corral of runners. I’ll have a whole post on my thoughts
about the run next week. Once the run was over, we headed back to the hotel to
freshen up and take a quick nap and were off to Animal Kingdom. First we did
Kilamanjaro Safaris with our FP+ reservation and then hopped on the Wildlife Express
train to go meet Rafiki at his Planet Watch. Once we got back from the train,
we had a delicious lunch at Pizza Fari then used our FP+ for Expedition
Everest. We had some time to kill so we decided to meet Dug & Russel from
Up! Before going to our final FP+ of the day for The Lion King show. Unfortunately,
the Harmabe theatre had a few issues, so we were unable to see the show and
used the final FP+ for another ride on Expedition Everest. This wrapped up our
time in Animal kingdom and we grabbed a bus for Epcot. On the way to Epcot my
sister received the best news! She was accepted into the Disney College
Program! I’m so excited for her and I’ll have to have her do a guest post at
some point to talk about it! Once we got to Epcot we rode Spaceship Earth, had
a visit with Baymax and then decided to explore the World Showcase. We were
able to see Jasmine and Aladdin in Morroco and had dinner in Italy at Tutto
Italia. Before heading out for the night we rode Test Track. It broke down for
a few minutes just before we were about to go out on the fast track, but was
back up and running in a few minutes.
On Saturday we started off our day with breakfast at Cape
May Café breakfast at the Beach Club and then took the ferry over to Hollywood
Studios. We rode Rock n Roller coaster, Tower of Terror and the Great Movie
ride before heading to meet Sorcerer Mickey. We then hopped in line for Toy
Story Mania before heading to the Magic Kingdom. We arrived at the Magic
Kingdom just in time to grab a good spot for the Festival of Fantasy Parade.
This is definitely one of my favorite things to see! We were able to go meet
Gaston and see Mickey’s Philharmagic before using our FP+ on Seven Dwarfs Mine
Train. Earlier in the day I was able to secure a dinner reservation for the
Magic Kingdom’s newest restaurant Jungle Cruise Skipper Canteen. It was delicious
and there were plenty of jokes to go around! Once we finished dinner, we used a
FP+ for Peter Pan’s Flight and then headed over to meet Princess Tiana and
Prince Naveen. Before our final FP+ of the night, we did the Monster’s Inc.
Laugh floor and grabbed some ice cream. Our final FP+ was for Wishes so we had
a great spot for both Celebrate the Magic and the fireworks. I would definitely
recommend this FP+ as it was much better to have a blocked off section where we
weren’t cramped in the middle of Main Street.
For our last day we went to 1900 Park Fare for breakfast before
heading to the Magic Kingdom. My sister and I decided to Disneybound as
Drizella and Anastasia Tremaine again while my best friend went as Cinderella.
We were able to see the Stepsisters outside of the castle and Cinderella (and
Rapunzel) inside Princess Fairytale Hall. Once we had fun photo-ops, we rode
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train again and Jungle Cruise with FP+. We took the wildest
ride in the Wilderness on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and then hopped onto
the railroad for a scenic view of the Magic Kingdom. It was time for our Space
Mountain FP+, so we did that and then did my favorite attraction….The Carousel
of Progress! We decided to take a ride on the Peoplemove before grabbing a
quick lunch at Columbia Harbor House. We finished out our day with some
shopping on Main Street and a stop at the Confectionary before heading back to
our resort to catch the Tragical, I mean Magical Express. :P
Overall the weather was gorgeous, we had lots of fun and
even though there were a few bumps in the road, we had a fantastic trip!
Thanks for following along and have a magical day!
Shannon J
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