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- Arriving at the Magic Kingdom. Hard to tell what is going on just before security they have this small area dug up.
- Things game to a grinding halt after security.
- It appears they had to reboot the turnstyle system or something. No one allowed in for several minutes. The word filtered back computer glitch.
- 40 min for Mickey, 10 min for Tinker Bell this afternoon.
- Cinderella Castle at the end of Main Street USA
- Some treats.
- Decided play Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom for a few minutes.
- A film crew setting up at the point for the parade.
- You can now purchase Wishes Fireworks dessert party tickets the same day. They have added capacity and take over part of the old FastPass+ viewing area.
- A crew working on the Castle this afternoon.
- Some ducklings roaming around a planter.
- The Festival of Fantasy Parade making its way around the hub.
- I moved to higher ground by the Castle.
- Tinker Bell
- Merida from Brave
- Maleficent breathing fire
- This gives a great idea of scale of the dragon. Notice the crowd.
- This looks like she is trying to light Pans ship on fire.
- Pinocchio
- Daisy Duck
- Mickey to close oout the parade.
- Returned to get a picture of the Fireworks Dessert Party sign.
- Interesting two bays of burgers now. The soup and sandwich bay is a thing of the past.
- Some current pricing inside Cosmic Rays
- Stopped by the Carousel of Progress
- Work on the building is going on, but the show was running normally.
- Still think it seems odd to have face painting in this area of Tomorrowland. This is below the former skyway station.
- The Roger Broggie preparing to leave Fantasyland.
- A video clip of the Roger E Boggie departing Fantasyland Station.
- Another angle of the crew at work.
- Only a 10 min wait for Little Mermaid. It takes that long to walk the queue here.
- Gastons has a ham and cheese stuffed pretzel
- A check of Gastons menu
- The skies were darkening as a storm rolled in. It was drizzling and I sought cover and the lift was being lowered.
- The skies opened. I was under an umbrella at the Village Haus. Not the best move but I stayed fairly dry and could watch everyone else run for cover.
- The rain did not slow these guests down. Usually if you wait 5-10 minutes it blows through. But guess they were in a hurry.
- It did let up and I moved quickly to Frontierland and more cover before the next cloud burst.
- I was surprised by how empty Grizzly Hall was. Seems with the rain more guests would want a dry spot for a few minutes.
- Outside the rain had sopped and the crowds returned to the walkways.
- It still looked threatening.
- Met up with the rest of my group in the Harbour House. They had just arrived and said there was no rain at Pop Century nor the bus ride over.
- Dinner tonight was fried food for everyone. Here are my nuggets (ordered without fries but as you see somehow still got them).
- The shrimp plate
- Fish and Chips
- Interesting note.. when did WDW change ketchup vendors?
- After dinner everything was dry.
- Sunglass Hut has a location in Adventureland.
- We used a FastPass+ for the Jungle Cruise.
- Standby was 50 minutes. It took us just over 10 in the FastPass+ line
- The Fastpass+ line
- Almost there..
- Butterflies along the river.
- The villagers were mia
- Gorillas in the camp
- These lions almost had more movement than the ones I saw at Animal Kingdom this morning.
- The lost safari
- Cruising through the temple
- The elephant bathing pool
- Next up Winnie the Pooh.. I booked the FastPass+ while in line at the Jungle Cruise.. was able to walk over and on with now wait. Standby was 25 minutes
- Passing by Gastons
- Booked a FastPass+ for Little Mermaid. It was a near walk on without it but figured why not since it was for a few minutes after our Winnie the Pooh time so it meant we could walk over and on with no waiting.
- Pretzel cart pricing in Storybook Circus
- A hidden Mickey.
- Making my way to Tomorrowland to use a Buzz FastPass+ we picked up while at the Little Mermaid.
- Had about 5 minutes so instead of sitting idle and waiting opted for the Peoplemover
- All was going according to plan until this point when we stopped.
- After several minutes you could see a group of cast members gathering at the controls.
- They then set off to evacuate everyone. Which takes a while thanks to the distance the Peoplemover travels.
- Took about 10 minutes for them to come into sight.
- They reached our train and we joined the line of guests walking off.
- Found it funny to walk over the gift shop and no one seemed to notice the parade of guests overhead.
- We exited through a door by the Progress City model. I snapped a couple quick pictures before leaving.
- For our delay they issued a paper FastPass+ to use. Notice the exclusions. Also interesting it was good for the rest of the month. Surprised it was not electronic and added to our bands.
- Back on the ground and time to visit Buzz. It was a 20 min standby wait. With our FastPass+ we waited less than 5.
- Mr. Incredible at the Incredibles Dance Party
- Frozone
- Mrs. Incredible
- The sun was setting and the sky was looking great tonight. So I set of to try and get a couple decent pictures.
- Ended up heading for Cinderella Castle.. since that was the obvious choice and I was close by.
- The Merida Meet and Greet.
- Back to sunset pictures.
- The new castle walkway and iron work (well new to me since December).
- Had some time to kill so visited a couple more portals
- Wanted a picture of the Electrical Parade sign. The CM wanted to pose for the picture so felt obliged to share it with you all vs just the sign.
- Found a spot on the Train Station for the Main Street Electrical Parade.
- Tinker Bell leads the way.
- Goofy driving the train.
- The Alice grouping
- I always enjoy the long shot of the parade.
- Dopey and the mine cars
- A couple of video clips from the Main Street Electrical Parade
- The finale to Honor America
- A last look at the entrance as we exited.
- As we walked to the bus to end our day the Electrical Water Pageant was floating by.