Disney Trip 5

So… our last full day at Disneyworld was spent at Magic Kingdom… and I gotta say… this was my favorite day of the trip and my favorite trip to the Magic Kingdom. Disney is doing this thing called ‘Year of a Million Dreams’ and they give away various prizes and things. All week, we’ve seen families get thes things called Dream FastPasses… which means for select rides, these families get to bypass the standbye line and pretty much get on the ride in five minutes or less.

Our first ride on this morning was Buzz Lightyear’s space ranger spin and as we got into line… we saw a group of Disney cast members in the line. The first person said… “Congratulations, you have been awarded with a Disney Dream.” And the second person handed every person in our party a set of Dream FastPasses… for nine of the biggest rides at the Magic Kingdom! Needless to say, we were very, very excited! It changed the whole complexion of the day. Instead of rushing to the big rides right away… we were able to go at a more leisurely pace.


Another very interesting thing happened. Later in the day, we rode a ride called the Transit Authority… mostly just to get off our feet for awhile. This ride takes you through various Tomorrowland attractions… like Space Mountain. At this particular time… we rode through Space Mountain when it was shut down for repairs… and the lights were on and we could see the track. It was very weird. I had never seen it that way before. Too bad I didn’t have my camera out. It would have been a great picture.

We ate dinner at the Liberty Tree Inn… which was a family style character meal. It was all Thanksgiving types of food and I know that this was Melissa’s favorite meal. I’m not sure about my parents… but I think they enjoyed it too. Emily got to visit with a bunch of different characters while we ate.


I was able to experience one new attraction at Magic Kingdom: Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor. I found this to be a nice addition. I already liked the characters found in Monster’s Inc… and to have the audience participation and ad lib performances by the various characters of the show really made it a unique attraction. I would give it an A- grade.

If you asked Emily what her favorite ride of the week was… she would tell you Peter Pan… a ride that she didn’t get to go on last year. She loved this classic ride in Fantasyland… and it made it all the better when we bypassed about an hour wait in the standby line. She also was brave enough to ride Splash Mountain twice and Big Thunder Mountain twice! She also really enjoyed meeting Ariel in ‘Ariel’s Grotto.’ That was a thrill for her and ‘Ariel’ did a great job interacting with Emily.


We stayed the whole day and decided to bypass the fireworks and get an early jump on sleep. It was going to be an early morning the next morning for us. We did some shopping on main street, and I got my tradition WDW bobblehead. A Mickey Mouse inspired by the Fantasmic movie… we had a blast on this day!