4 Parks - One Day - 23 Hours - 8 People... Amazing!
Thanks to all on here for the tips. And it went like this on Thursday, Mar. 7:
1. 6 a.m. - Port Orleans Riverside West Depot Bus Stop - On 6:05 a.m. Bus to Animal Kingdom
*only 7 of us, one teen slept in and joined us at Hollywood Studios
2. First in Line at AK to Tap In - 6:40 a.m. (ish)... on this day, resort buses did beat parking lot guests in line
*7 a.m. - 3 People on Same Account on Different Phones (Refreshed phones at 6:59 & 59 seconds w/world clock):
-My Sister Got: Tron VQ Boarding Group 83
-I Got: Rise of Resistance ILL 10:30-11:30 a.m. & Cosmic Rewind ILL 2:05-3:05 p.m.
-My Daughter Got: Remy LL 12:10-1:10 p.m.
3. 7:20 a.m. (I think): Early Entry Into Animal Kingdom (then resort guest band check to the left on way into park)
4. Flights of Passage - Off Ride 7:50 a.m.
5. Night/Rum Blossoms from Pongu Pongu
6. Lyft to Hollwood Studios - Arrived Early Park Opening 8:35 a.m. (park opened 9 a.m.)
7. Tower of Terror - Standby Line, 15 Min Wait
8. Millenium Falcon - Smuggler's Run, No Wait (Single Rider Line... 2 of us got to ride together so no one actually rode single)... Standby Wait Jumped to 30 Mins (we got there almost same time as 9 a.m. regular park entry guests)
*Got Dramanine for my sister (the screens on SR affected her, nearby store had it if you asked at counter)
9. Star Tours - Standby Line, 15-20 Min Wait
9. Rise of Resistance Went Down (right before we could get on at 10:30 a.m.)... Got Snacks, Rested in Shade (great flat walls with plenty of shade right outside the tunnel between Rise and Muppets Theater)
*Split up between Muppets 3D Vision / Lightening McQueen Academy to Kill Time
10. 11 a.m. - Booked Soarin LL (adjusted time later)
11. 11:30 a.m. - Rise of Resistance ILL - Came Back Online right at 11:30 a.m. (we were going to come back using the anytime pass they issued us if it didn't come back up by 11:30 a.m.)
*My daughter left her phone in the seat pocket... they were very nice... an extra 10 min wait while they checked the seats at the entrance and exit to the ride and they found and returned it to us
12. Skyliner to Epcot
13. 1:00 p.m. - Book Haunted Mansion LL
14. 1:05 p.m. - LL Remy
15. Some Toured the World/Festival Kiosks - Some Hit Canada/Far & Wide and Other Food at Connections
16. 2:20 p.m. - Cosmic Rewind ILL
17. 3:00 p.m. - Booked Space Mountain LL (adjusted timing later)
18. 3:05 p.m. - Soarin LL
19. Monorail to Magic Kingdom
20. 3:40 p.m. - Tron Boarding VQ Group 83 (it was still being called), Probably 25-30 mins to get through queue
21. Mickey Pretzels, Frozen Cokes
22. Carousel - No Wait
NOTE: Probably could have done Peter Pan here (line was all the way inside to Nana picture area, maybe it had gone done and was just coming back online?), but we were getting tired, LOL
23. 5:30 p.m. - Haunted Mansion LL
*Book Pirates LL
24. ?? p.m. (maybe 6 p.m.) - Space Mountain LL
25. ?? p.m. (right after SM) - Pirates LL... except it went down and up, then down again... finally gave up to get out of the park... had an evening event - Opted for a Dole Whip
26. Waited 30 mins for POR bus - two came right together (we watched all other resorts on our row have 2-3 buses arrive during that time span - they said something happened to delay one and they got off rotation - very nice cast member at bus stop)
27. Cleaned up and rested until 11 p.m.
28. Got ready for Magic Kingdom wedding - arrived at Wedding Pavilion at Grand Floridian for security check at Midnight
29. Bused backstage to MK, Arrived 12:45 a.m... entered near Terrace restrooms/next to Plaza Ice Cream Parlor... completely empty MK (this alone made the night)
30. Wedding in Front of Walt & Mickey in front of castle maybe 1:15/1:30 a.m.
-Live string trio
-Bride came down empty Main Street in Cinderella's Carriage with her dad, 4 or 6 white horses
-Footman brought rings down the aisle
-Fireworks from behind the castle right after "man & wife"
31. Reception with projection cake, Beauty & Beast single rose centerpieces with fairy lights, Mickey & Minnie as bride and groom and hors d'oeuvres (with Mickey ice cream bars) right in front of castle
32. 3:00 a.m. walked back to the buses backstage
33. Back to Grand Floridian to pick up our car, back to POR a little after 4 a.m.
Can't really say we missed anything - wished we could have added Three Caballeros in Mexico, Peter Pan (LL was booking too late since we knew we wanted to rest before wedding) and Pirates (we were too tired to wait it out - LOL).
A pretty perfect 23 hours!
NOTE: Mostly NOT my photos... credits to other wedding family members and guests. I understand some people feel strongly about cameras during the actual ceremony. While I chose not to use my phone during the ceremony, I am not posting an opinion either way. Please no comments on the photo during the fireworks - technically those were post ceremony, and photographs did seem almost encouraged.
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