Rosanne
05-10-2011, 05:22 PM
Of course, any Disney honeymoon trip has to include the Magic Kingdom and we did not disappoint. We got to the park around 10am and we hit the rides immediately. We went to Pirates :pirate: first (as I always do) and had no wait there. We then got some Splash Mountain Fastpasses and headed over The Haunted Mansion. On the way over we saw the new Frontierland Donald and had one of the coolest character interactions in my 27 Disney-going years.
A bit of an explanation- DH LOVES Donald. It’s his favorite character and we never get to see him outside of the Mexico pavilion. He was going to pass him by, but I made him stop to take a picture. While we were on a hot long line waiting for Donald, we watched and laughed as he kept throwing a little boy’s Mickey Mouse pen down and refused to sign his book with it. When it go to us, the character attendant pointed out DH’s “Chick’s Dig Me” Donald shirt to Donald. Donald started to jump up and down and pointing at it. He proceeded to take DH’s by the hand and walked him up and down the line behind us. He stopped in front of every kid with a Mickey shirt and pointed at DH, giving him fist bumps and high fives. The photopass photographer must’ve taken 20 photos and each of them were equally hysterical. :donald:
Unfortunately HM was down so we headed to the Hall of Presidents. I am loving this attraction since the update. I get very choked up for some reason.
Shortly after, we had a second magical moment. While walking back towards Splash Mountain, a cast member spotted our pins and offered to make a magical moment for us. Of course, we obliged! The cast member took us on our OWN Tom Sawyer Island raft and took us around the lagoon, giving us history and facts about the area. It was awesome and we took a ton of photos (that probably only the two of us will appreciate). :thumbsup:
We finally got to ride Haunted Mansion and we both absolutely LOVED the new queue. We let lots of people go in front of us and played for a long time. I have no idea why people wouldn’t do that before going into the ride. It was a lot of fun and kept us amused.
After lunch at Pecos, we made our way through Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, literally getting the VIP treatment wherever we went. A cast member at Space Mountain took us up to the front so we didn’t have to wait and the same at Buzz. The smile never left my face… not once. :blush:
DH and I thoroughly enjoyed the Main Street Electrical Parade. He had never seen it and I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid. It is a terrific parade. While I love the Spectro music, MSEP has such a variety and whimsical nature. After the parade, we fought our way up Main Street to watch The Magic, The Memories, and You! show. I have to admit, I was extremely skeptical of this show from the outset. However, after seeing it in person, I was blown away. It was truly spectacular and gave me the chills. Also, it was the perfect intermission between the parade and Wishes! Wishes was of course amazing, but a little bittersweet because the honeymoon was LITERALLY over. :( We left for the airport the next morning at 5am.
A bit of an explanation- DH LOVES Donald. It’s his favorite character and we never get to see him outside of the Mexico pavilion. He was going to pass him by, but I made him stop to take a picture. While we were on a hot long line waiting for Donald, we watched and laughed as he kept throwing a little boy’s Mickey Mouse pen down and refused to sign his book with it. When it go to us, the character attendant pointed out DH’s “Chick’s Dig Me” Donald shirt to Donald. Donald started to jump up and down and pointing at it. He proceeded to take DH’s by the hand and walked him up and down the line behind us. He stopped in front of every kid with a Mickey shirt and pointed at DH, giving him fist bumps and high fives. The photopass photographer must’ve taken 20 photos and each of them were equally hysterical. :donald:
Unfortunately HM was down so we headed to the Hall of Presidents. I am loving this attraction since the update. I get very choked up for some reason.
Shortly after, we had a second magical moment. While walking back towards Splash Mountain, a cast member spotted our pins and offered to make a magical moment for us. Of course, we obliged! The cast member took us on our OWN Tom Sawyer Island raft and took us around the lagoon, giving us history and facts about the area. It was awesome and we took a ton of photos (that probably only the two of us will appreciate). :thumbsup:
We finally got to ride Haunted Mansion and we both absolutely LOVED the new queue. We let lots of people go in front of us and played for a long time. I have no idea why people wouldn’t do that before going into the ride. It was a lot of fun and kept us amused.
After lunch at Pecos, we made our way through Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, literally getting the VIP treatment wherever we went. A cast member at Space Mountain took us up to the front so we didn’t have to wait and the same at Buzz. The smile never left my face… not once. :blush:
DH and I thoroughly enjoyed the Main Street Electrical Parade. He had never seen it and I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid. It is a terrific parade. While I love the Spectro music, MSEP has such a variety and whimsical nature. After the parade, we fought our way up Main Street to watch The Magic, The Memories, and You! show. I have to admit, I was extremely skeptical of this show from the outset. However, after seeing it in person, I was blown away. It was truly spectacular and gave me the chills. Also, it was the perfect intermission between the parade and Wishes! Wishes was of course amazing, but a little bittersweet because the honeymoon was LITERALLY over. :( We left for the airport the next morning at 5am.