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- 12:29pm - Leaving the Magic Kingdom and setting off for the Contemporary. Noticed the Express Monorail was down.
- 12:36pm - On my way to the Contemporary
- The Walt Disney World Railroad steaming along the perimeter of the park.
- The gingerbread display is in the north side of the concourse toward Bay Lake tower again.
- Some stats on this year's display
- This year the display features Disney100
- Pins for purchase
- Treats available for purchase
- Wish sipper
- A new refillable mug design debuted recently.
- The extended queue for the Monorail was in use so we decided to walk back to the Magic Kingdom.
- The Express Monorail was still closed. A tractor was out on the track.
- 1:20pm - Thought about taking the boat to the Grand Floridian but there were a lot of guests waiting and the next boat was out at the Polynesian still.
- So we walked to the Grand Floridian. The Polynesian DVC on the opposite shore
- The path ahead.
- They had a large boat on the route today, here it is heading to the Magic Kingdom, I do not think we would have made it onto that boat with the crowd that was ahead of us.
- The line at the Grand Floridian dock.
- Renovation work continues at the Grand Floridian
- Christmas decorations
- A lift display, not as festive
- The lobby of the Grand Floridian was very crowded this afternoon. Here is the gingerbread house.
- I snapped a few pictures but had to do it through the guests queued up in the area.
- The Grand Floridian Christmas tree
- A smaller tree near the lobby entrance
- Looking down at the gingerbread house
- This is the crowd waiting for the Monorail. It was backed up and wrapping a few times in the walkway just to reach security which was stalled due to the platform queue being full.
- 2:19pm - Boarding a boat to the Polynesian. We made it on by a couple groups only.
- The Polynesian DVC project from the dock.
- There was a healthy queue of guests on the dock waiting for the boat to the Magic Kingdom.
- They have painted some of the concrete brown, assuming as a test before doing the entire building.
- Assuming this boarded up two story area is a Grand Villa
- The north/right wing has what appears to be a base coat applied already.
- Second coat of paint going on the ground level.
- The clouds are rolling in. This afternoon a big storm front was forecast.
- The Polynesian Resort lobby Christmas decorations
- From the upper floor.
- The express Monorail was back in service and the Polynesian queue was reasonable so took the Monorail back to the Magic Kingdom. Here is a look at the Polynesian DVC project from the Monorail.
- A car at the Wedding Pavilion
- A look at the Grand Floridian Renovation
- Getting darker as we head back to the Magic Kingdom
- The boat queue is much shorter now.
- 3:15pm - Tonight is a party night at the Magic Kingdom, all those guests are waiting to be let in.
- 3:16pm - I am heading for the bus stop to try and get outta here before the rain.
- 3:34pm - A parade of buses arriving, one of which is ours.
- 3:58pm - Back at the Beach Club, nearly 40 minutes to return this afternoon.
- The storm rolled through with some heavy down pours and some lightning and thunder.
- 6:19pm - The heavy rain had passed so I decided to head for the lobby and see what was going on while waiting for the smaller bands to roll through.
- The gingerbread carousel
- The pool was closed due to the storm
- A wreath by the pool
- A wreath by Cape May
- An overhead look at the gingerbread Carousel
- One more wide view before heading back to the room.
- An overhead look at the gingerbread Carousel