Family Magic Tour

[Wrigley]

Has anyone ever done the Family Magic Tour at MK? We are looking for something new and fun to do on our next trip, and we will have a 5 year old and 1 year old. Is it something that our 5 year old would enjoy and find fun? Thanks so much!

[Carol]

My son and I did it 6 years ago. I don't think they've changed the gist of it since. He really enjoyed it. Here is a snippet from my trip report - way back then.


I was up and atem’ early. To say I was anxious was an understatement. One thing loomed though. The weather. There was a cold front moving into the area. Rain was on the horizon. In fact - sever thunder storms in some regions. Ugh!

I got Shayne up by 7:30. I told him his surprise. We are going to take the Family Magic Tour!! He was thrilled. (He was a bit long-faced in December when he could not take the Keys to the Kingdom with Jeremy and me.) We packed our rain gear and headed off to the Magic Kingdom by 9-ish. Upon entering the park we encountered a large array of characters from Robin Hood. This was a great way to wait for our tour time to kick in.

I was told to check-in for the tour 30 minutes early. When we met up with our group we received a bottle of water and a sticker to wear. (Everyone had a different symbol drawn on their Peter Pan stickers with their names. We were the “tick-tocks”. There were a total of 16 of us in attendance.)

If you do not want to be spoiled with the details of the tour - this would be a good time to stop reading. (Scroll down to the asterisks to find a save spot to begin reading again.)


Let me preface this by saying experiences for this tour will vary greatly. A lot rides on your guide and group. We so happened to have an excellent guide, Cory , and a fantastic group of children and adults eager to participate.

We gathered around Cory to find out what our mission was. He was quite sad actually. He had just found out from Mickey Mouse that Captain Hook’s favorite hook was stolen. If he did not have it back by noon he was going to turn the Magic Kingdom over to the pirates. Arg! (Now this was very comical since Shayne was sporting 2 Stitch tattoos. Cory was not sure Shayne could be trusted – since pirates have tattoos. )

Nevertheless, we were allowed to stay despite the tattoos. We introduced ourselves and had to tell everyone who our favorite Disney character was. (More on that later.) We were given Mickey dust to toss up into the air for good luck. At this time Cory presented the scroll of clues. There were 9 in total. We’d have to solve each of the clues to receive the next – with the end result the hook.

I don’t want to give away the clues . However, I will tell you we ended up pretty much in all of the lands. At one point we had to cross the bridge to Tomorrowland acting like “our favorite characters”. This was SO funny. I imagine if there are party-poopers it would definitely deflate the fun. Not our group. We acted out great!

We also had to sneak through Cosmic Ray’s crawling on our hand and knees. LOL! You should have seen the patrons looking at us. When we arrived at the exit Cory felt no one noticed us. Also at the exit the flood gates opened. It was POURING! Cory dismissed us for our break. We all grabbed drinks and hoped the rain would stop before our 15 minutes were up. It did lighten to a drizzle. Thankfully.

Our next journey involved making wishes with pennies in the fountain, walking backwards, doing pirouettes, hopping, skipping, jumping, taking giant steps … etc. It was so much fun!

Those last 15 giant steps took us to Liberty Square. We were searching for Tink’s “prison”. Once found - the last clue took us to a glade. Upon approaching - out jumps Peter Pan and Wendy . ( I have to tell you – they were unbelievable. So much so I wrote Disney a letter. Both were so into character!) At this point Peter fesses up to stealing the hook. He ducked behind some trees and brought it out . Lots of cheers erupted. We had saved the Magic Kingdom from the pirates! Arg!

At this time we took family photos, received autographed declarations and were invited to go see Mickey’s PhilharMagic with Peter and Wendy. Shayne was asked to hold onto the hook for safe keeping. Cory would make sure it got back to the Captain. Peter was very naughty along the way. He jumped in puddles and rang the Liberty bell – to name a few. When we arrived at the attraction we were escorted into a private waiting area. The children played duck-duck-goose with Peter and Wendy. They played for about 15 minutes. We were taken into the theater. Peter was not thrilled about having to go all the way down to the end of an aisle. He pouted. (They let us bend the rules and had a special spot just for the tour folk.)

Peter sat next to Shayne and had us laughing through the entire viewing. He stood up and yelled when his segment of the show came on screen. He even asked Shayne if he thought Ariel was a true redhead.

After the show Peter and Wendy shook our hands and thanked us. I cannot tell you how much fun we had. Shayne is still talking about it. Peter Pan jumped right to the top of his “favorites”. The tour was only $25 each. We got a discount for being Vacation Club members and paid $20. It was worth that and a whole lot more. Shayne was the perfect age. He was young enough to not worry about being silly – and old enough to know where the clues lead.

Great – great fun!!!

[Mickey'sIrishPAl]

How do you go about reserving this? I have never seen it advertised?

[Patricia]

All the tours are listed here on Intercot.. http://www.intercot.com/infocentral/park/tours.asp

For tour reservations call 407-WDW-TOUR

[Mickey'sIrishPAl]

All the tours are listed here on Intercot.. http://www.intercot.com/infocentral/park/tours.asp

For tour reservations call 407-WDW-TOUR

Thank you very much!!