Here’s a recap of our Disney journey, publish 1 of 4! We spent our first day on the Magic Kingdom from solar as much as solar down.
Disney Trip: Magic Kingdom
We are residence from Disney!
Hey hey hey!!! We’re again from a quick and livid journey to Disney final week. We had a GREAT time! I’m at all times so relieved once we are residence and searching again that nothing main went mistaken (illness, journey delays, blizzards, and so on.).
This was Thomas’, Birch’s, and Mazen’s first go to to Disney World! And I hadn’t been in 20-something years. So we had been all so excited.
I’ll be sharing a recap of every of our three days on the Disney parks after which a last publish with all of my tips about the place we stayed, Genie+, eating reservations, and what we introduced.
If you might have zero curiosity in Disney World, you may need to simply skip this week on KERF!
Here’s a high-level overview:
- Day One: Magic Kingdom
- Day Two: Epcot
- Day Three: Hollywood Studios
We had a one-bedroom suite on the Swan Reserve, which is a Marriott property that has Disney resort perks like early entry and bus service to the Magic Kingdom. We had been SO HAPPY with our resort alternative. (I’ll be sharing extra on our resort within the suggestions publish!)
We flew in on a Tuesday and began shiny and early on the Magic Kingdom! Here we go.
Day One: Magic Kingdom
We determined to start out with Magic Kingdom on day one since we had probably the most power, and I’m so glad we did as a result of it was our longest and most intense day! Thomas and I set our alarms for six:30 a.m. and bought espresso and breakfast from the resort that we introduced as much as our room. (We additionally introduced a couple of issues from residence, like cereal, so we simply had to purchase milk.)
Mazen had the Mickey waffles!
I had an egg and cheese sandwich on a complete wheat English muffin. It served pretty much as good gasoline for the morning.
Getting To Magic Kingdom
We left our room at 8 a.m. and caught the Magic Kingdom bus in the back of our resort. This was the one day we needed to catch a bus since we had been capable of stroll to Epcot and take a fast boat to Hollywood Studios. We bought fortunate with timing as a result of we solely waited one minute! Buses run from the Swan/Dolphin/Reserve complicated each 20 minutes or so.
After we arrived on the bus station, we bought on the Monorail that takes you to the Magic Kingdom entrance.
“Get early entry so you’ll have the park to yourself,” they stated. LOL – there have been SO many individuals already there at 8:25 a.m.!!
Genie+
I used to be accountable for getting our Genie+ and making our first reservation every day round 6:45 a.m. We booked Space Mountain for our first Genie that day. I’ve famous which rides we used Genie+ for with a G+, and if we booked only for two of us, G+ for two. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! (More particulars within the suggestions publish.)
The Seven Dwarfs (Skipped)
Our plan was to move straight to the Seven Dwarfs, and we laughed when the road was already 80 minutes lengthy. Guess everybody else had the identical plan! Luckily nobody was too unhappy to overlook it, and we went to Little Mermaid proper behind it.
Little Mermaid (No Wait)
Birch LOVED Mermaid!! It was an awesome first trip.
Barnstormer (No Wait)
After Mermaid, we went to the Barnstormer. Right once we entered the road we had been greeted by Stephanie who’s a KERF weblog reader!!! She acknowledged us straight away. It’s a SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL!
The Barnstormer is a superb youngsters’ first coaster, and my sister’s youngsters beloved it, so we hopped proper on with Birch. He did NOT prefer it in any respect! He stated he’s by no means occurring one other coaster once more in his life.
Dumbo (5-Minute Wait)
We went to Dumbo subsequent and solely waited about 5 minutes to trip. Everyone beloved it!
Space Mountain (G+)
After Dumbo we went to Space Mountain for our Genie+ reservation. Mazen has been to Disneyland earlier than, so he has been on the California model of lots of the rides. He was not within the temper for Space in the intervening time, so we ended up simply going separately. With our lightning lane, Thomas and I had been each by in 10 minutes!
It was nice – simply as I remembered! But in comparison with Guardians of the Galaxy at Epcot, and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Hollywood, this was now looks like a child coaster to me!
Buzz Lightyear (G+)
While I used to be in line at Space, I booked our subsequent Genie+ to Buzz Lightyear. The standby strains had been all 25–40 minutes at this level, and we had been strolling proper on with our Genie.
Birch beloved buzz! (He was a bit of afraid of the massive robotic.)
It’s A Small World (G+ for two)
After Buzz, we headed as much as It’s A Small World – one among my all-time favourite rides!
Everyone else hates the tune on repeat, however I find it irresistible! Mazen and Thomas opted out of this one, so I booked their subsequent Genie for the Haunted Mansion.
Birch beloved Small World too!
Lunch at Columbia Harbour House
Our information guide informed us that Columbia Harbour House was lunch spot and we had been proper within the space, so we took a break for an early lunch. Unfortunately, we didn’t assume the meals was actually that good in any respect. French fries and shrimp skewers in a darkish room. It wasn’t too crowded although, in order that was a plus.
I bought the healthiest factor I may discover, haha! It was so bland.
Jungle Cruise Booking (G+ for two)
Mazen actually needed to go on Jungle Cruise, and I seen that the Genie+ reservations had been already round 7 p.m., so I snagged 2 spots for 7:15. This held up 2 of our spots for a couple of hours, nevertheless it ended up being good in the long term.
Haunted Mansion (G+ for two) + Parade
Mazen and Thomas then went on the Haunted Mansion whereas Birch and I watched the midday parade!
He beloved seeing the princesses.
Aladdin (G+ for two)
Birch and I went on Aladdin’s magic flying carpets. He beloved it! Mazen and Thomas watched. We additionally bought to see Aladdin and Jasmine from the facet (the road was too lengthy to attend, and Birch was a bit too afraid of the characters to need to meet them up shut).
Dole Whip Snack!
It was HOT this present day, and we cooled off with Dole Whip.
Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse (No Wait)
While we waited for our subsequent G+ reservation, we went by the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. I want this had been a bit extra interactive as a substitute of only a strolling path. The boys preferred it! Birch particularly beloved the cannons exterior.
Tiki Room (10 min wait)
We had about 20 extra minutes to kill earlier than Pirates, so we went within the Tiki room chook present. It was simply as odd as I bear in mind from 25 years in the past!
Pirates of the Caribbean (G+ for two)
Our little pirate had ZERO curiosity in occurring the Pirates trip!! We had been a bit shocked, nevertheless it was form of scary so I feel he made the suitable alternative. Mazen and I went and took movies for Birch to observe.
While we had been inside, Birch bought to see Captain Jack Sparrow! He was too scared to do the meet and greet, however he preferred seeing him in particular person.
Cinderella’s Castle
The boys loved seeing the fort up shut and getting an ice cream.
Tomorrowland Speedway
The standby line for the Speedway trip was solely 10 minutes once we bought again to Tomorrowland, so we hopped on that. This was my least favourite trip of the entire journey! It was sizzling and soiled.
Tomorrowland
I booked 2 seats on Thunder Road Railroad for five p.m, and so all of us went to Tomorrowland to relax for a bit. While there, we went on the Carousel of Progress (the boys actually preferred it!), the People Mover (additionally beloved by Birch!) and lastly the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor (which had me laughing so onerous – it makes use of viewers members for content material!).
We didn’t use Genie+ for any of those and had been principally capable of stroll on. They had been nice afternoon actions as a result of we had been drained and all three of those points of interest are seated and enjoyable!
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (G+)
We had hoped to do that as a rider swap, however they wouldn’t let Birch go within the line. We would have needed to undergo in two line cycles and we didn’t have sufficient time to try this twice, so I opted out. Mazen and Thomas beloved it and it made each of their high 5 lists!
Dinner at Skipper Canteen
We had a 5:30 dinner reservation at Skipper Canteen per my sister’s advice. We thought the meals was fairly good, however we didn’t love the darkish décor. Actually, the solar set whereas we had been in dinner, and I used to be shocked once we left and it was darkish exterior!
Showing Birch the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
Drinks
I had a margarita that was scrumptious, and Thomas had an IPA.
Salad to start out
Noodles!
Dessert
Jungle Cruise (G+ for two)
We arrived to Jungle Cruise a couple of minutes early and because it was darkish, they allow us to on early. AND they let all 4 of us on although we solely had 2 Genie reservations. (I’m undecided there was even a standby line although as a result of it was darkish.)
The trip was cool at nighttime, however I might suggest going within the mild. It was form of scary!
Bus Home
We referred to as it an evening round 7:45 and headed to the Monorail after which the bus station. We had some bother determining the place our Swan/Dolphin bus could be, so be sure to ask earlier than you permit! Oops.
Night night time
We had been again to the resort simply after 8 and needed to do 4 showers earlier than going to mattress. Everyone was overtired!!
Magic Kingdom Overview
One day was positive for us
Everyone stated to do two days there, however one was good for our household. And we didn’t do a variety of the reveals, meet and greets, or buying although. We tended to be fairly go go go!
We hit the rides, took within the completely different lands, and bought on nearly every part we needed to go on. The solely rides we needed to miss that may would have performed in any other case had been Seven Dwarfs and Peter Pan.
It was so crowded!
We had been shocked at how crowded it was. And February is meant to be a low time! I can’t think about this park on a peak day.
It was smaller than anticipated
The park wasn’t as massive as I believed it will be wanting on the map. I feel we circled nearly every part twice!
Genie+ 2 and a couple of
Splitting up our Genie+ into 2 and a couple of actually helped us hit extra rides and reserve a number of the extra common ones. If you might have two completely different ages, I might think about doing the identical.
Our Magic Kingdom Itinerary
- The Little Mermaid
- Barnstormer
- Dumbo
- Space Mountain (G+)
- Buzz Lightyear (G+)
- It’s A Small World (G+ for two)
- Lunch at Columbia Harbour House
- Booked Jungle Cruise (G+ for two)
- Haunted Mansion (G+ for two)
- Parade
- Aladdin (G+ 2)
- Eat Dole Whip
- Swiss Family Robinson
- Tiki Room
- Pirates (G+ 2)
- Cinderella’s Castle
- Speedway
- Carousel of Progress
- People Mover
- Monsters, Inc. Laugh Room
- Big Thunder (G+)
- Dinner at Skipper Canteen
- Jungle Cruise (G+)
