January 10, 2015
Beautiful sight! If you stay at a Disney resort parking is free. We just show them our parking slip and pass on through.
To get to the Magic Kingdom you either ride the ferry or monorail across from the parking lot. I always pick the Ferry! I LOVE riding this thing! It’s relaxing and there’s always this cool breeze.
After sailing across, we were here! Those Christmas decorations… sigh… perfect! We always end up with so many Christmas Card worthy photos. We headed in. I love entering Main Street! There’s so much nostalgia it’s overwhelming. You smell the fresh popcorn, hear the old timey music, and see the vendors holding big bunches of Mickey balloons. It just feels like magic. We noticed there was a short wait time to see the new talking Mickey Mouse.
I’m not going to sugar coat it. As an adult, a Mickey Mouse that talks is both awkward and a little creepy. It was amazing watching him interact with different children and it did seem magical to them. If you have kids, definitely check this out. I’ll personally skip talking Mickey in the future. I prefer the strong silent type.
We scored an empty bench in front of the theater. It was almost parade time and this bench was perfect. Since the theater’s porch is about 3 steps up, I would be able to see above the crowd on the streets head. CM’s (Cast Members for you non-Disney addicts) told everyone wandering up they couldn’t stand on the steps. This means I could actually see the parade!
That is until these people strolled up half way through the parade. These people saw me. These people got the official “Short’s dirty look”. These people’s vacation were obviously more important. Don’t be these people. I fully understand everyone’s vacation is as important as mine and if they were there first I wouldn’t complain a bit. However, coming in late and blocking someone’s view is rude.
Atleast Mom got a picture of the fire breathing dragon for me. This was the only part I was really wanting to see anyway. After the parade we headed to Cosmic Ray’s for lunch.
I promise there’s a burger under there! There’s 2 quick serve restaurants at Magic Kingdom with an amazing toppings bar, Cosmic Ray’s and Pecos Bill’s. Both places are typically pretty packed. You can see why!
Mom had hers bun free to lower the carbs. I had a chocolate gelato which was delicious but so so rich and an iced coffee. Gotta keep that energy up!
We headed back out to the park and stopped by Monsters Inc Laugh Floor. This place never ceases to amaze me with the interactions with the crowd. It’s different every visit. How do they do it?
Feav rode Space Mountain and Mom and I explored Future World while we waited. It was getting dark which means I was getting harder for people to see. Why people don’t watch where they walk I’ll never understand.
Problem solved! You can’t miss glowing Mickey ears. Feav returned from space and we ventured on to New Fantasy Land.
We went under the sea on the Little Mermaid ride. I was impressed at the boarding procedure for wheelchairs. I was on in seconds! After we finished our ride, we headed to do some window shopping at the Beauty and the Beast gift shop & Big Top Souvenirs and Mom rode Goofy’s Barnstormer. After all that it was time for our dinner reservations.
Th right, Be Our Guest dinner reservations! These were hard to get. Poor Mom had to get up at 4:45am to get them and they were all gone 2minutes after Mom got ours. There’s always a few that open up but it’s never a sure bet unless you get them early.
We were excited to see what all the fuss was about. Was it really worth the advanced planning you need? Soon we’d know!
Mom had the layered ratatouille. It was really good.
Feav had pan seared Chicken Breast. It was good too.
I had French Onion soup broth and well… it wasn’t a good idea. I think if it was full soup with bread or something it would’ve been fine. By the time I had drank around half I was feeling sick and stopped. Also the chef here seemed confused at liquid only and it wasn’t strained well. I’m assuming because it’s new but still not my typical experience.
The scenery was great and definitely well themed. It was “snowing” outside the windows.
You can also meet the Beast during your dinner and have pictures made. All and all we felt like it was nice but it wouldn’t be a must do on future trips.
We stopped by a few photo pass photographers but started making our way to the front. I still felt nasty from the soup so we decided to call it a night.
We would be back tomorrow to finish off the to do list at the Magic Kingdom!
