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Day 4, Part 2: Back to Breaking Everything!
We last left off with me getting into line for the early entry!
I was thrilled when at 8:25 they let us loose!
My first stop I had planned was Buzz! However, it was broken down, so I opted to hit up the people mover instead. Fortunately this was running!
(I know I’ve said this before, but did you even ride the peoplemover if you didn’t get this shot? )
While on peoplemover I checked the app for wait times and was shocked to see so many rides were down! I was apparently back to breaking everything!
After peoplemover Buzz was still down and Space had a pretty long wait, so I made my way over to Fantasyland where PPF and Philharmagic were also down whomp whomp.
I ended up making my way to Dumbo! I hadn’t ridden it since it was behind the castle, so it’s been some time!
It was walk on at this point and I felt a bit odd basically rope dropping this and being surrounded by toddlers, but whatever, it’s a classic!
After Dumbo it was just before 9, so I made my way to the castle to take the side path down to Adventureland and head over to Pirates.
I made great time and was at pirates at 9:02, only to find that it too was down! Ugh, why must I keep breaking things?!?!
I decided to head back up to HM since Jungle Cruise already had a 80 minute posted wait! I got the HM, and the line was nuts, extended back past the riverboat.
Awesome.
Well, I didn’t have anything else to do so I got in line.
After being in line about 5 minutes, this large group in front of me decided to give up waiting and left, and as I was walking to fill the gap they were in, this couple walking by jumped in front of me totally cutting the line! UGGGGHHHH I HATE PEOPLE.
Now, it was only two people, and they were clearly completely oblivious and seemed like they were on their honeymoon and since I was last in line I figured it wasn’t worth starting something with them, so if you’re reading this, I hope ya’ll enjoyed your trip, but seriously, pay attention to your surroundings next time!
When I got in line for HM the posted wait was 20 minutes, but quickly jumped up to 40. I ended up waiting 35 minutes. Not ideal, but not unexpected with so many rides down at that point.
It was a great ride once on!
So I’m looking off to the side in this picture because I swear during the lightning flash I saw a hidden Mickey on the sails of the ship painting and was watching it to see it again! HA! (the lightening didn’t flash again so I never did confirm this grrr)
After HM I checked the app and saw so many rides were still down, and the rides that were running had super long waits (not unexpected), so I went to get photopass pictures instead. First stopped to get a picture of Splash, RIP.
(btw, this must look so weird now without the stump on top of the mountain, like can you even see there’s a mountain there from this viewpoint anymore???)
I finally found my way over to outside of Pecos Bills where I found a wall to sit on and wait for my Thunder LL time to come up and call my mom to give her an update on my trip. While waiting I booked another LL for Pirates for in about an hour, which was still down at that point and surprisingly turned into an anytime LL immediately so I could book another LL right away.
Also, I’m trying to figure out how I booked another LL before my Thunder return time. If the park opened at 9 I should not have been able to book one until either 11 or after scanning into Thunder, but for some reason I was able to book one just before scanning into Thunder at about 10:05. No idea what was going on, but I seriously was having some LL luck that day! I did double check this with my mom, and she confirmed that I had booked the Pirates LL while chatting with her while waiting for my Thunder LL. I wonder if there was a glitch in the system this morning since my Pirates LL also immediately turned into an anytime one even though my return time wasn’t for another hour…or maybe the CM on the phone that morning had done some behind the scenes magic?
Anyways, I headed over to scan into Thunder 5 minutes before my return time because I apparently live for the grace period, and scanned right in.
I got stuck behind a family with a very young kid who insisted on letting the kid walk the queue. This happened a lot this trip. It was kinda annoying. Like if your kid is so young they take 10 minutes to walk 30 ft, maybe don’t let them walk the entire LL queue, kinda defeats the purpose of the LL!
Ok rant over! (and kinda kidding….kinda)
When it got to my turn to be assigned a row I saw I would be row 1 which I’m not a fan of, so I asked if I could possibly wait for the last row, and the CM was super nice and told me to just wait to the side and I’d be in the last row on the next train. YAY!!!!!
I did get my last row and it was so much fun! I still do not understand why they haven’t added a picture on this ride..
After Thunder I decided to hop on the train at the Frontierland station, so headed over there. I lucked out and got there just before a train left and got on just before it did!
It was such a nice ride around the park, but my goodness was it packed! I’ve never seen so many people wanting to ride the train!
I rode it the full loop of the park, getting off again in Frontierland.
I decided that even though I had an anytime LL for the broken down Pirates, I really wanted to ride Pirates, and it had just opened so I headed that way!
First up, picture of the Splash sign, probably the last time I’ll see it in person.
It was a short wait in the LL and soon I was on!
There is no picture from this one since the camera wasn’t working. The people in the row behind me were REALLY confused about this. They had apparently posed for the picture, but after passing where it is and no flash went off they spent the rest of the ride debating where the picture is actually taken.
Next up: Steakhouse 71!
I was thrilled when at 8:25 they let us loose!
My first stop I had planned was Buzz! However, it was broken down, so I opted to hit up the people mover instead. Fortunately this was running!
(I know I’ve said this before, but did you even ride the peoplemover if you didn’t get this shot? )
While on peoplemover I checked the app for wait times and was shocked to see so many rides were down! I was apparently back to breaking everything!
After peoplemover Buzz was still down and Space had a pretty long wait, so I made my way over to Fantasyland where PPF and Philharmagic were also down whomp whomp.
I ended up making my way to Dumbo! I hadn’t ridden it since it was behind the castle, so it’s been some time!
It was walk on at this point and I felt a bit odd basically rope dropping this and being surrounded by toddlers, but whatever, it’s a classic!
After Dumbo it was just before 9, so I made my way to the castle to take the side path down to Adventureland and head over to Pirates.
I made great time and was at pirates at 9:02, only to find that it too was down! Ugh, why must I keep breaking things?!?!
I decided to head back up to HM since Jungle Cruise already had a 80 minute posted wait! I got the HM, and the line was nuts, extended back past the riverboat.
Awesome.
Well, I didn’t have anything else to do so I got in line.
After being in line about 5 minutes, this large group in front of me decided to give up waiting and left, and as I was walking to fill the gap they were in, this couple walking by jumped in front of me totally cutting the line! UGGGGHHHH I HATE PEOPLE.
Now, it was only two people, and they were clearly completely oblivious and seemed like they were on their honeymoon and since I was last in line I figured it wasn’t worth starting something with them, so if you’re reading this, I hope ya’ll enjoyed your trip, but seriously, pay attention to your surroundings next time!
When I got in line for HM the posted wait was 20 minutes, but quickly jumped up to 40. I ended up waiting 35 minutes. Not ideal, but not unexpected with so many rides down at that point.
It was a great ride once on!
So I’m looking off to the side in this picture because I swear during the lightning flash I saw a hidden Mickey on the sails of the ship painting and was watching it to see it again! HA! (the lightening didn’t flash again so I never did confirm this grrr)
After HM I checked the app and saw so many rides were still down, and the rides that were running had super long waits (not unexpected), so I went to get photopass pictures instead. First stopped to get a picture of Splash, RIP.
(btw, this must look so weird now without the stump on top of the mountain, like can you even see there’s a mountain there from this viewpoint anymore???)
I finally found my way over to outside of Pecos Bills where I found a wall to sit on and wait for my Thunder LL time to come up and call my mom to give her an update on my trip. While waiting I booked another LL for Pirates for in about an hour, which was still down at that point and surprisingly turned into an anytime LL immediately so I could book another LL right away.
Also, I’m trying to figure out how I booked another LL before my Thunder return time. If the park opened at 9 I should not have been able to book one until either 11 or after scanning into Thunder, but for some reason I was able to book one just before scanning into Thunder at about 10:05. No idea what was going on, but I seriously was having some LL luck that day! I did double check this with my mom, and she confirmed that I had booked the Pirates LL while chatting with her while waiting for my Thunder LL. I wonder if there was a glitch in the system this morning since my Pirates LL also immediately turned into an anytime one even though my return time wasn’t for another hour…or maybe the CM on the phone that morning had done some behind the scenes magic?
Anyways, I headed over to scan into Thunder 5 minutes before my return time because I apparently live for the grace period, and scanned right in.
I got stuck behind a family with a very young kid who insisted on letting the kid walk the queue. This happened a lot this trip. It was kinda annoying. Like if your kid is so young they take 10 minutes to walk 30 ft, maybe don’t let them walk the entire LL queue, kinda defeats the purpose of the LL!
Ok rant over! (and kinda kidding….kinda)
When it got to my turn to be assigned a row I saw I would be row 1 which I’m not a fan of, so I asked if I could possibly wait for the last row, and the CM was super nice and told me to just wait to the side and I’d be in the last row on the next train. YAY!!!!!
I did get my last row and it was so much fun! I still do not understand why they haven’t added a picture on this ride..
After Thunder I decided to hop on the train at the Frontierland station, so headed over there. I lucked out and got there just before a train left and got on just before it did!
It was such a nice ride around the park, but my goodness was it packed! I’ve never seen so many people wanting to ride the train!
I rode it the full loop of the park, getting off again in Frontierland.
I decided that even though I had an anytime LL for the broken down Pirates, I really wanted to ride Pirates, and it had just opened so I headed that way!
First up, picture of the Splash sign, probably the last time I’ll see it in person.
It was a short wait in the LL and soon I was on!
There is no picture from this one since the camera wasn’t working. The people in the row behind me were REALLY confused about this. They had apparently posed for the picture, but after passing where it is and no flash went off they spent the rest of the ride debating where the picture is actually taken.
Next up: Steakhouse 71!
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