We woke up Wednesday morning armed with our touring plan for Magic Kingdom. I had studied the plans for weeks from the Unofficial Guide, and then tailored them to our needs. Our focus was to knock out Fantasyland and then some Frontierland, not knowing how long we'd last.
We made good time to the ticketing center and rode the Monorail. We were inside the gates awaiting the opening by about 8:20 a.m. (the park opened at 9 a.m.). The wait got a bit long, and we started to sense crowds would be bigger on this trip than thought. I told the kids to look forward to the opening welcome where the characters arrive on the train...well, it was very modest on Wed. with just Mary Poppins and a couple of others waving....but they did do the train version on Friday.
We made it under the entrance tunnels and up Main Street. Matthew was upsetting the plan....he needed Mouse Ears NOW! This is not the time to shop, Matthew! I kind of dragged him up Main Street and distracted him.
Then they hold you at the castle before you rush to the rides. That was good...we got back up to the front of the line.
We rushed to Dumbo and made the 2nd or 3rd flight of the day. I should have been greedier and asked for 3 elephants among the 6 of us....we learned for the future. Then we were a machine. We did Winnie the Pooh twice. My plan said to do Peter Pan next, but Kathryn said "no line on tea cups...let's do it". So we did that...the girls report seeing Alice in one of the cups. Then Matthew really wanted to do the Autopia (I don't think it's called that at Magic Kingdom, but you know what I mean). We kind of knew we wouldn't have any happiness until we did that. That's a tough ride for splitting up due to height restriction to DRIVE and another height that won't allow little littles on it. Not sure how that worked out (maybe Kathryn stayed off with some????) Anyway, I think I rode with Matthew and Josh, allowing Matthew to steer.
The Peter Pan line was growing, so we grabbed a Fast Pass, and rode Small World while we waited. Really like the MK version as the boat isn't just in a canal, but it's like a whole lake, if that makes sense. The colors were brighter and more vibrant than I remembered. I'd be happy to ride that many times.
We then did the new Mickey's Philharmagic 3D film which was just starting. It has Donald chasing a sorcerer's hat through many new classic Disney movies. Fun, fun.
We had a few more minutes to wait for Peter Pan, so we got Matthew his mouse ears, and Josh got a snow globe. But then Josh started to not feel well. We think perhaps it was the teacups that did that. He was hot and uncomfortable and completely miserable. He just wanted to go home and lie down and take a cold bath. So much for our plans.
We got him to go on Peter Pan and I prayed he wouldn't puke over London. That was my one Peter Pan ride, and I didn't really enjoy it worrying he was truly sick. We needed to call a time out. But we had seen 7 attractions (and ridden 8 times) in 2 hours, so we had done very well, IMO.
Kathryn took Josh to first aid where they said he was fine in terms of fever etc. and I fought crowds at Casey's Corner on Main STreet for lunch. This was our "Tomorrowland at 4 p.m." moment feeling despair and like the trip would be a bust. The other kids were happy and open to leave, too, so we got Josh from First Aid (he had been lying down) and headed home, less than 3 hours after entering the park. (I did run and get Buzz Lightyear Fast Passes before leaving).
To be continued....
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