My mom, her boyfriend and I started our trek to The World at about 8am with one pitstop to pick up my friend, Kyle. We made one more pitstop half way there at the Lakeland rest stop and boy was it packed. Which kind of freaked us out because we haven't seen it like that in quite some time. Regardless, we did our duties (-insert snicker here-) and were on our way. We got to MGM a little after 10am to a somewhat hellish parking lot, but no worries, we were ready to man the crowds. As we stepped into the park we graciously volunteered to do a WDW survey. From a distance, I could see a giant "High School Musical" sign. I began to fear the new stage show took center stage right in front of the Sorceror's hat, but as I got closer I saw the stage was moving down the street, pretty cool! High School Musical was alright, but the music is seriously brain infecting! I was singing "We're all in this together" pretty much all morning long, lol.
So our excursion started with a walk over to Rock n' Rollercoaster. The stand by time was a good 50 minutes and the fast pass distribution was for 5 to 6pm (Mind you it was 10.30am at this point, I suppose it was to be expected). So we passed it up for a while and headed over to The Great Movie Ride. Now, I hate to rant so much already, but we had the worst Gangster take over our car on this particular trip. He was lackluster and non-enthusiastic, the worst kind! When he got to the Indiana Jones jewel scene, he slapped the activation button very obviously and put his hand on the jewel for a second before we all saw him just kind of, let go of it... I love that ride, it just stinks when you get cast members who aren't as into it as you'd hope.
We then stopped for a snack at Starring Rolls Bakery. I'd never been there before and I must say, they have VERY good croissants! If you haven't stopped in there before, I reccommend it. Our next stop was One Man's Dream (which I think should be required for ALL patrons of WDW). Absolutely love this attraction, visiting WDW always feels so much more special after seeing this.
Next was the Backlot Tour, always something new to see and always fun! This time, they had the skull and bones chambers from Pirates 2. Very cool to see. (And to think, Johnny Depp has his hands on them! lol) We took some pictures on the Streets of America and then headed to Lights, Motors Action! I was the only one of the group who had seen it before. Everyone really enjoyed it. We quickly headed over to Muppet Vision 3D before our dinner reservation at Mama Melrose. I'd been there once before a few years ago and it was just as good as I'd remembered. (BTW... If anyone ever needs any dining advice, please don't hesitate to ask! I have been to quite a few restaurants on property and can give you reccomendations if you'd like!) After dinner we walked around a bit when I noticed this:
This last one isn't that great, but these are photos of Echo Lake. I'm not sure why it was emptied, but the photos are pretty cool. If you notice, the piping is covered with fiberglass shaped to look like trees. I found that to be quite interesting, gotta love the detail. I love the picture where you can see the back side of Gertie. Just thought you'd like to see those. After stopping off at Sid Cahuenga's, we headed over the the Magic Kingdom for the rest of the evening.
We started the night off right, with a pitstop in the Main Street Bakery for brownies and cookies. Then we headed over to Pirates of the Caribbean. The look on my moms face when she saw Johnny Depp's animatronic was priceless. Classic ride. Next was the Haunted Mansion, this is one of those rides I have to go on no matter how many times I go to Disney World, lol. And finally, It's a Small World. We took the evening at a slower pace and ended the night with Wishes and Spectromagic. A very fun day. During Spectromagic, Snow White came up to me and said that I looked lovely. It was by far one of the best compliments I've ever gotten, I mean, look who it was coming from!
So I guess it was just another enjoyable day at WDW! I'm so glad it hasn't rained in a while. Gosh, I hope I don't jinx myself! Please feel free to leave me your feedback, what you like, what you don't like, what you'd like some info or pictures of and I'll do my best to get it for you!
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