We went to the Magic Kingdom today because it’s an unwritten law that you must visit the Magic Kingdom before any of the other parks. It finally feels like a true vacation now that we’ve been to one of the parks too, but we are sooo tired from all the walking. My feet and legs are sore! Joe is actually napping on the couch as I type this.
I’m glad we got there before they opened too because I had forgotten that after parking you have to take a tram to the transportation center and from there take the Monorail to the park entrance. By the time we got to the Magic Kingdom it was 9 am.
The weather was quite chilly in the morning so we had jeans and sweatshirts on. I couldn’t believe the people in shorts and tank tops. They must have been nuts or didn’t prepare for the possibility of cooler weather! It was a bit windy too which added to the chill, but once the sun came out it was quite comfortable.
The first attraction we visited was Mickey’s PhilharMagic in Fantasyland. Joe had been talking about it and being newer, I had never seen it. Let me just saw, wow! It’s a 3-D movie but with special effects. I won’t say more as not to ruin it for anyone who wants to go. Not knowing about some things made the attractions more fun.
After the show we hit all the rides I remember as a kid (It’s a Small World, Peter Pan’s Flight, The Haunted Mansion, and Pirates of the Caribbean). There was no more than a five minute wait for each which was awesome. We also went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad which I had never been on before and I loved it. We tried to go on it again later in the day but didn’t want to wait the 40 minutes in the standby line or the hour and a half for the next FastPass.
We spent the most time in Tomorrowland. I was nervous about going on Space Mountain … I never went on it the other times I’ve visited because I’m not a huge fan of rollercoasters, but I had heard how cool it was and had to check it out. Turns out it is now my favorite ride in the whole park. In fact, that’s the only ride we got a FastPass for all day so we didn’t have to stand in line the second time we went on. I didn’t see any signs posted, but it seemed like if you chose the right-side line the ride was more intense than the left. It’s definitely not the same because while the right seemed more intense, it also seemed shorter because it had steeper drops. Maybe it was all in my head, but Joe seemed to notice the difference too.
We ate lunch in Tomorrowland at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe because the cheeseburgers smelled so good and I had read it was a nice place to eat in the park. We sat outside which was nice and had a great view of the side of Cinderella’s Castle.
After lunch we went on some more rides in Tomorrowland and visited Mickey in Toonland. Then we went walking around some more to see what rides we might have missed in the other areas. By then it was a lot more crowded so we ended up getting Mickey Mouse ice cream bars and just walking around but not going on anymore rides except Snow White’s Scary Adventure which was super lame. We headed back toward Main Street around 3pm. Since everyone was lining up for the parade, we took advantage of how empty the souvenier shops were and did some shopping before leaving.
We’re probably going to grab some dinner in a bit and then watch game 3 of the World Series. I’ve been hearing that the Astros play better on home turf, so this game should be interesting. I bet the Sox still wins though. They are on fire!
Tomorrow’s agenda – Epcot. I am really looking forward to it because I have always loved Epcot and I want to taste a bunch of different things at the Food and Wine Festival.