Tuesday, March 22, 2016

disney day six :: magic kigdom

Last day of our Magical Spring Break!  We spent it in Magic Kingdom...
We kind of slept in a little and casually made our way to the park.
We grabbed a quick lunch at the Tommorrowland Terrace.  Originally I had us a late breakfast at Chef Mickey's but we decided to do that the next day before our flight out.


We had 4 fast passes for today {thanks to our friend Barbara with Disney}.  Originally I had a Meet & Greet with Anna & Elsa, 7 Dwarfs Mine Train and Splash Mountain.  The girls were not into Anna & Elsa so we swapped for Space Mountain.  We opted for Big Thunder Mountain for our 4th fast pass...so we had a great day of fast passes...all 3 mountains + 7 Dwarfs.  We did not have any set dining reservations since I cancelled Chef Mickey's.


After lunch, we jumped on the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train using our fast pass...





Then we headed to Adventureland because we had not really be there this week.  We got in line for Pirates of the Caribbean because it was short...


Then we headed to The Magic Carpets of Aladdin...



Then we moved onto Frontierland.  We used our fast passes for Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain.  They asked us in the queue if we wanted to fit all 12 of us in the same log.  We all said yes which meant we were 3 to a seat.  Jody, Owen & William were on row 1.  Justin, Ben & Banks were on row 2.  Kathryn, Sarah Kathryn & Mary Reese were row 3.  Wesley, Julie & I were sandwiched into the back row... 

I couldn't feel my legs by the time the ride was over but it was totally worth it for this picture!  Owen was dabbing in the front.  He was mad because he got covered up by Jody and William.

We grabbed us a snack on the way to Liberty Square...

My absolute favorite!  Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas were also a big hit with the crew.  We stopped by and watched the Country Bear Jamboree {exactly the same as I remembered from my childhood} before getting in line for the Hall of Presidents.


The were having issues with the Hall of Presidents so we moved onto Fantasyland.  All the moms and kids jumped on It's a Small World...



The dads totally bailed!  It was a favorite for the moms and so fun to ride with all our children!  We watched the Mickey's PhilharMagic show while we were still in Fantasyland.


We were all starting to get a little hungry for dinner.  The Roberts family were on the dining plan so they had booked a dinner at Crystal Palace because they had a table service they needed to use.  The Murphrees and Perrys were not on the dining plan.  We debated about trying one of the resorts in the Magic Kingdom area {we really wanted Ohana again} but decided to hop over to Epcot for some Chinese. We cut through Cinderella's Castle and headed to the monorail down Main Street.


We really took advantage of our hopper tickets this trip.  After a quick monorail ride we arrived at Epcot...
We had the most amazing dinner at Nine Dragons in China...



We ordered several appetizers and entrees to share.  We had potstickers, spring rolls, honey sesame chicken, peppered beef and some amazing shrimp.  Even the Chinese beer was delicious!  It was well worth the trip over to Epcot for dinner!  We decided to head back to the Magic Kingdom to ride until closing!


The Roberts were finishing their dinner as we were getting back to the Magic Kingdom.  We decided to meet up at Space Mountain.  We used our fast passes and hopped on...


William bailed right before we all boarded.  The boys all wanted to ride Splash Mountain again and we had a little less than an hour before the park closed.  We ran back over to Frontierland.  The boys got on Splash Mountain for 1 last ride...
This picture totally cracks me up!  Justin has his light up Mickey's wand and Owen finally got his dadding in the picture.  He was so proud of himself!

The girls decided they did not want to ride Splash Mountain so Kathryn, Sarah Kathryn, Mary Reese and I jumped on Big Thunder Mountain.

When we got off, we saw the boys in line to ride.  We ran back through and got in line.  The boys were exiting as we were getting on again.  We did this cycle 3 times.  The boys barely got back in line for the last ride before park closing.  The girls were getting off and the boys were ready to board for the very list ride of the night.  We asked the workers if we could ride again with the rest of our party.  They said we could...so we jumped on for our 4 time in a row!

We decided to head to the castle to get our picture made before leaving for the last time of our magical Spring Break trip.  The park was almost an eerie empty!





We walked down an almost empty Main Street.  Bought a few last minute souvenirs at the Emporium.  Listened to the closing remarks called A Kiss Goodnight {if you have never stayed for these...you need to...chills and the perfect way to end our last night}.  It was the icing on the cake castle for our trip!  And headed to the gates and our bus stop.

Tomorrow afternoon was our flight home!  We still had a Chef Mickey's breakfast ADR in the morning to soak up a little more pixie dust...







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