fallonkendra
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Just read your entire TR! I love all of the pictures and details you included. Can't wait to read the rest of your AK day!
Thanks for reading!
Just read your entire TR! I love all of the pictures and details you included. Can't wait to read the rest of your AK day!
OMG! I have never ever commented on a TR before and I know this post is a little old but I just found your report last night. My hubby and I are in your Mine Train pictures!! That's amazing!! ETA: We are in the back. We also had BOG reservations and were out by 8:30 so we did Mine Train 3 times in a row. I think this was our last ride of the 3 and we were trying to be "serious" to make a funny picture but it just looks like we are mad.Day Seven - Part Two - January 11th, 2016 - So Many Rides!
When we left Be Our Guest, it was still only 8:45am, so the park did not officially open for another 15 minutes. We realized that the Mine Train was already up and running, so we quickly headed in that direction, which isn't a very far walk at all from BOG.
We had planned on skipping this ride today, since we didn't have a Fastpass for it, but since the line was non-existent we actually walked right onto it! We even got to admire some of the queue line at our own pace! There were not even enough people to fill the entire train, and we ended up riding with only 6 other people!
On January 6th when we were on this ride, the cameras must have been broken or my Magicband didn't work properly, because we didn't get any pictures or video from the Mine Train that day . I didn't realize this until way too late to try and do something about it. You'll notice in the pictures above, Luke and I were actually taking a selfie since we didn't realize there were pictures on this (if we did know, we would have been making funny faces...). Here's proof of our selfie :
By the time we got off, the park had started opening, so we headed straight for Peter Pan's Flight. We had less than a 10 minute wait until we were in a ship, sailing over London! It was a really cute ride, but there's no way I would wait for over an hour for it! The standby line is really great too, so much detail! We actually had a Fastpass for this scheduled for later in the day, but we didn't feel the need to re-ride it so we went on our MDE app, dropped that FP+ and managed to pick one up for Haunted Mansion in the afternoon. Score!
From there, we decided to go on Winnie the Pooh. I had my entire bedroom done in Pooh bear when I was younger, so I love this ride! So cute! And the interactive queue line is fantastic! I also prefer the motion of the ride over the Pooh ride in Disneyland. (They are practically the same ride, but I find the one in Florida has better movement during the windy day part).
When we exited Winnie the Pooh, it was only 9:20. The park had only been open for 20 minutes, and we had already been on three rides! This day was going wonderfully! We decided to head over to Tomorrowland. We were trying to hit any and all rides we had missed on our first MK day, so when we saw a 15 minute wait time posted for Astro Orbiters we jumped in line. That ride is a tight squeeze for two adults! But it does offer some pretty great views
It was then time to use our first FP+ of the day for Space Mountain! I don't even know what I was doing with my face, but I think the award for funniest face has to go to the random stranger in front of me...I'm also not sure why Luke looks like he's freaking out?
Next up was Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and Luke beat me again. I might have mentioned this already, but this ride is so much better in California. I don't like that the guns are attached and you can't pick them up in WDW. In DL, by being able to pick the gun up your aim is so much better! And yes, this is yet another ride photo where we are making stupid faces...
We started walking towards the castle but stopped for Photopass pictures under the Tomorrowland sign. The photographer was a bubbly little thing, very friendly. She was fascinated by my magenta-coloured hair and wanted to talk about hair dye for at least 5 minutes. Poor thing wasn't very good with the camera though...It's a good thing we have plenty of other great Photopass pictures that I didn't mind these ones not turning out.
I am SUPER late to the party but just wanted to say I am really enjoying your TR! Spent the last hour reading through it
Looking forward to hearing about the end of your trip...although the ending is always the saddest part!
Joining in! Can't wait to read more. Also it's great to see the math breakdown of the dining plan. I always wonder how that math ends up working out, so I'm glad you enjoy showing us!
OMG! I have never ever commented on a TR before and I know this post is a little old but I just found your report last night. My hubby and I are in your Mine Train pictures!! That's amazing!! ETA: We are in the back. We also had BOG reservations and were out by 8:30 so we did Mine Train 3 times in a row. I think this was our last ride of the 3 and we were trying to be "serious" to make a funny picture but it just looks like we are mad.
I've heard a number of people complain about the seat size issues at Universal. It's kinda ridiculous ... I understand that they want to design their ride vehicles in a certain way, but when you end up excluding so many people ... maybe you should try a different ride seat design? Even though I've never had a problem fitting into any of the seats, it still frustrates me to no end every time I hear about it.
I'm sorry that you had such a rough birthday, that definitely sucks!
Oh man Fallon I'm so sorry about your Universal experience I did know that many of their rides don't work for larger people, but honestly Luke doesn't look that big!!! That is such a shame and really ridiculous that, given how upset you were, they wouldn't refund your money. In addition I agree that too many of their rides use screens and are 3D. My boys enjoyed a lot of it and HP is beautifully done, but in my eyes it just doesn't compare to Disney. The thing that stood out the most to me on our trip there last summer was the big pink donut we had in the Simpsons section lol! Really I don't know why SO many of their rides exclude larger folks.
Yikes, now I know what you meant when you mentioned that you would not be back. And on your birthday no less. That really sucks about the ride vehicles and service you encountered. Knowing me, I'd probably be in tears too. I'm glad there were at least some things you enjoyed though.
By the way Doom's Free Fall was a huge disappointment so you lost nothing there.
I loved this and could've eaten the whole thing by myself lol!Shared a Lard Lad doughnut.
Wow, that donut is big!
I love that you bought Gryffindor robes. When I went to Wizarding World (which was so long ago that Hogsmeade was still brand new and there was no Diagon Alley), I saw a few things I wanted but I balked at the prices. All I got was a keychain (and a pack of playing cards for my dad) - I kinda regret not getting some sort of clothing (I don't know that I would have gotten robes, but I could probably should have gotten a t-shirt or a hoodie).
Thanks for sharing your trip - I really enjoyed reading along (and seeing how often we were in the same park and didn't see each other). I'm looking forward to reading about this year's trip once you get that report started.
That's quite the quick wrap-up lol! But congrats on getting it done
And I don't want to spoil anything but on the other thing to be congratulated on, if you know what I mean I'll definitely follow over to your new TR when you start it!
I loved this and could've eaten the whole thing by myself lol!