Oh well! FastPass+ attractions were already scheduled and so was our breakfast at Be Our Guest Restaurant, located right inside the enchanted Beauty and the Beast castle. Our breakfast was scheduled for 9:15 a.m., but we arrived late, not realizing it would take some time to get through the long entrance lines along with the monorail ride from our parking lot to Disney. Thankfully, our reservations were still honored, and we were quickly led to a table in the Grand Ballroom. I tried to make-believe I was a princess eating among royalty, but my two boys were out of sorts. "This is the meal?" my husband complained; he chose the Beast's Assorted Charcuterie, a very skimpy platter of assorted cured meats and cheese. "I don't have any butter," my son whined, refusing to eat a bite of his French Toast until someone brought it.
Unfortunately, the restaurant is/was so popular that there were hundreds of patrons walking in and out at any given moment. The staff appeared to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume and so the butter arrived 20 minutes later--that is to say, 20 minutes after hearing my husband and son complain about the service and how they couldn't believe the breakfast was costing over $100 for the three of us. "Well excuse me for thinking it might be cool to eat inside a Disney castle," I retorted. It was obvious I was the only one excited about being there. I made Lewie walk around with me, so I could get some photos, but he wasn't impressed either. They would have been happier if I brought them to a food stand.
After breakfast, we headed out to go on some attractions before our FastPass+ reservations. Having downloaded the Disney App, I could see the wait-times for the rides. Attractions like Space Mountain, Peter Pan's Flight, and the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train were either not running or had 90+ minute wait-times all day long, so we headed on the less popular ones that, of course, were still fun.
Our first one, It's a Small World, was right in Fantasyland. I remembered this ride back in 1986, and I insisted that the boys had to come with me because it was a classic. My husband and Lewie chose to make jokes during the entire 10 minute ride, but I was just as entertained as I was at age 11. I took dozens of pictures.
Right after It's a Small World, we headed to Tomorrowland. There, Lewie and I chose to go on the Tomorrowland Speedway and the Tomorrowland Transit Authority Peoplemover. The speedway reminded me of many other speedways we've been to at regular amusement parks, but the Peoplemover was cool. On board, we tranquilly glided above the Tomorrowland part of the park, which gave us outdoor views and even a brief indoor view as we passed through Space Mountain. As we moved along the outdoor track, Lewie and I used the opportunity to scout out a place that sold popcorn. Score! We took mental note of its location and found it once our feet touched the ground again.
In Adventureland, it was time to go on our first FastPass+ ride, Pirates of the Caribbean. I LOVED this part of the park! We moved pretty briskly as we didn't want to lose our reservation, but still, I took mental note that I wanted to come back to look at food choices and to explore the Swiss Family Treehouse. Pirates of the Caribbean was fun and probably my favorite ride inside the Magic Kingdom. I was bummed that my pictures didn't take, but I have a great one of Lew pretending to bite Lewie with a plastic snake in the gift shop. "Annette, can I have money to buy this snake?" my husband begged.
"No," I answered, envisioning it positioned under one of my bed pillows. There was no way I was going to set myself up for years upon years of snake pranks.
Liberty Square was next followed by Frontierland. First, it was our FastPass+ ride in the Haunted Mansion and then the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. While on the Haunted Mansion ride, there were a few technical difficulties, and twice we were stopped along the track with ghosts and ghouls around us. It was not the type of creepy that would give me nightmares, but it was the type of creepy that made me want to jump out of my seat when we were stuck in these rooms for twenty+ minutes. I didn't now how many more eerie creaks, moans, laughs, and whispers I could take!!
Being afraid of roller coasters, I bypassed the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride. I knew the reviews said it wasn't particularly scary, but I decided better to be safe than sorry. I used the time to go back to Aventureland to explore the Swiss Family Treehouse and then to get myself a Rockyroad shake! I even had a chance to watch some of the brave souls go down Splash Mountain before reuniting with my boys. It was a 60 degree day in the Magic Kingdom, so we opted to stay away from water rides.
At 4 p.m., I was outvoted to leave the park. Big Lew and Little Lewie were pretty tired and sore from our almost 12 hour day at Epcot, and we all knew that the Magic Kingdom would be closing down at 5 p.m. anyways. I made us take a few more iconic pictures of Main Street and the Cinderella Castle, and then we called it a night. Visiting the Magic Kingdom was amazing, but we all agreed it was much busier than any of the other parks. We would rest up for the rest of the night and get ready for Hollywood Studios and then Universal Studios for the next two consecutive days.
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Sounds like you had fun even though you were tired!
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