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- Time to start day 5. A look outside before leaving for the parks.
- Hmm.. the bus line is backed up quite a ways this morning.
- These pictures of the queue were taken at 8:55am.
- On a bus and heading to the Magic Kingdom at 9:18am. But as soon as we merged onto World Drive traffic was at a crawl.
- Finally on the turn off for the Magic Kingdom. The new flyover saved some time.
- Magic Kingdom traffic was really backed up this morning.
- 9:38am arrived at the Magic Kingdom and searching for a good line to enter the park.
- Found one and at 9:40am in the park.
- Main Street USA this morning.
- Cinderella Castle
- Making my way into Tomorrowland.
- Decided to pay a visit to th e Carousel of Progress since it was loading.
- Some pictures from my visit.
- Another burned turkey...
- Next up the People Mover.
- A look at the former path to Storybook Circus that will become the path to Tron in the next couple of years.
- Walls are up on the backside of the Speedway for now. Eventually the Speedway will close to be reconfigured too.
- Here is the wall at the former start of the walkway.
- Passing by the Speedway on ground level.
- The Seven Dwarfs Mine
- The Walt Disney World Railroad is closed for the next year or so for Tron construction.
- You cannot see much from Storybook Circus.
- The Tron sign is beyond where you can see/get to unless you are in the Barnstormer queue.
- A crane backstage, not sure what project that is part of.
- Some Christmas decorations on Maurice's cottage
- Passing through Fantasyland.
- Arriving in Liberty Square
- Time to watch the Muppets
- Near the entrance to Adventureland.
- Looking toward Adventureland from the hub.
- Cystal Palace pricing for today. Breakfast $38 and Lunch/Dinner at $52 for adults.
- Citizen sponsors the clocks now at Disney Parks.
- Main Street USA at 11:18am
- Had some time so played Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom for a while and picked up some new cards.
- Time to leave the Magic Kingdom.
- A large number of guests still arriving.
- Full ferry boats unloading.
- We were taking a boat to Fort Wilderness. Here it is arriving.
- The Grand I was out for a cruise this morning.
- Here is some video from the first part of the cruise from the Magic Kingdom toward Bay Lake.
- Making our way into Bay Lake.
- Several boats cruising Bay Lake.
- The Grand I heading toward Fort Wilderness dock.
- A small boat on the side we need to dock at so we had to wait.
- The Grand I backed into the other side to pick up some guests for a Birthday Cruise (the banner says Happy Birthday).
- Arrived at Fort Wilderness just before noon.
- The Fort Wilderness Christmas tree
- I had some time until our reservation so went for a walk through the Tri-Circle D Farm area.
- A crowd for Pony Rides this afternoon.
- Some decorations on the barn.
- I will miss the tour due to my reservation. Maybe next time.
- A quick self guided tour.
- Time to head to brunch/lunch.
- Pulled up a chair to wait until our table was ready.
- On the Christmas tree.
- It was not very crowded this afternoon.
- Since the selection was the same as last visit I will spare the pictures/clicks.. if you are curious visit my May 2018 trip to see pictures.
- Current Marina rentals at Fort Wilderness
- Cruising to the Contemporary. I saw no signs of construction yet for the new Disney Vacation Club resort that will be built here on the former River Country site.
- The Contemporary and Bay Lake Tower
- Guests fishing in Bay Lake
- Sammy Duvall's Watersports has closed at the Contemporary.
- A wreath in the Contemporary.
- A selection of books for sale outside the gift shop in the Grand Canyon Concourse.
- Next up a visit to the gingerbread display.
- This year is once again Cinderella with a Mary Blair nod.
- A small store adjacent to the display.
- This was different. A photo op near by.
- Next up decided to take the Monorail to the Grand Floridian but due to it taking so long decided to go all the way to the Magic Kingdom. This was passing through the Transportation and Ticket center. This took 15 minutes to reach from the Contemporary.
- It took 30 minutes to reach the Magic Kingdom from the Contemporary by Monorail.
- I found the tap queue for the will call ticket booth funny. Not sure why the arrows were needed, nor the queue for that matter.. guests cannot line up?