I crashed early and hard Tuesday night. But, I didn’t necessarily stay asleep. Sometime in the middle of the night I woke up to a weird red glow. There were no alarms sounding, so I was pretty sure it wasn’t a fire, but I still went to the window to investigate. Seems this red light was coming from the light up Broadway sign across the way. All I could think, as I tried (and clearly failed) to keep said light out of my room, was that, while I know Disney tries for authenticity, I wonder how many jokes are made at this resort on a weekly basis about Disney creating a red light district.
I did eventually get back to sleep, but was awake for the day by 6. I slowly got ready for the day, ate a breakfast bar in the room, and was at the Hollywood Studios bus stop by 8. A bus came along within 15 minutes, and the bus ride was uneventful. When the bus arrived at Hollywood Studios, I was pretty amazed by the new bus area. I didn’t think it was possible, but I think it might be even larger than the bus depot at Disney Springs.
Bag check was easy, and the tapstyles were already open, so it was a quick entrance into the park. I was able to find a spot sort of in the shade, and actually reasonably close to the front of the mob. I spent the wait chatting with a couple from the Netherlands and a family from NY, all of whom kept telling me I need to write a Disney blog. If only I had time…
The CMs dropped the rope at exactly 9 am. I assume this is because they had the early morning magic event in Toy Story Land this morning. The family from NY stayed right with me until Toy Story Land, where the mother took the youngest kiddo to other rides, and the father, 14 year old daughter, and middle child joined me in line for Slinky Dog. We passed the wait continuing to chat. The line looked horrific, but we were on the ride within half an hour of reaching the queue. I rode with the 14 year old in the very first row. We all enjoyed the ride.
Once off Slinky Dog, I headed for the park exit, hoping I would beat the rain to the shelter of the bus stop. It was too early in the day to have to carry a wet poncho around! Thankfully, I did, in fact (barely) beat the rain to the bus stop.
A bus to the Magic Kingdom came along pretty quickly. The ride was uneventful, and the weather improved throughout the bus ride.
I think I got to the Magic Kingdom about 10:30ish.
I was hungry, but it was a little early for lunch, so I decided to find an attraction with a short wait. After a look at the app, I decided Little Mermaid was the direction to go. Of course, the walkway around the castle that I had intended to use (to the left) was closed, and I didn’t realize it until I was almost there, so I ended up walking to Little Mermaid via Liberty Square. Working on that appetite!
After going under the sea, it was definitely time for lunch. Sticking with the idea of trying places I haven’t eaten at before, I hiked over to Pecos Bill’s. It was early enough in the day that the lines were nice and short.
I had the “veggie and rice bowl” with chicken. This actually was rice, black beans, some zucchini and summer squash, and chicken, so it’s not really what I consider a veggie bowl, but that’s exactly why I ordered it. And I loaded cheese on it at the fixins bar. It was delicious. Not really sure why I haven’t eaten here before.
After lunch, I walked through Fantasyland, and ended up over in Tomorrowland. It was time to put my feet up on the Peoplemover! The line was long, but moving. I took a few pictures while on the ride.
Once I returned to ground level, I decided it was time for some air conditioning. So I joined the surprisingly long line for Carousel of Progress. Thankfully, it was only about a 5 minute wait. And the theater was FULL.
After my trip through time, it was time for a water refill. I had read that there was a brand new water bottle filler in Cosmic Ray’s, so I headed there, via Mickey’s Star Traders. Why? Well, I had to take a picture of how completely ridiculous the new Disney leggings are for Nick.
The water bottle filler is on the Tomorrowland side of Cosmic Rays, between Bay 1 and Bay 2. Disney needs a lot more of these, but I know they’ll be slow in adding them, since they’ll cut into Disney’s bottom line.
Once I’d filled up my water bottle, it was time for a sugary, cold treat. Sleepy Hollow seemed like the place for this. I got myself a churro ice cream sandwich. Fortunately, I had read a tip to use a fork and knife for this. Definitely a good tip! I found a place to sit over by the Mary Poppins and Tiana meet and greets, behind the Christmas store. This was actually an amazingly quiet, relaxed area to take a break...and in this case, enjoy a wicked tasty treat. The churro ice cream sandwich was definitely a challenge to eat, but the reward was worth the effort. Delicious!
After eating as much of my dessert as I could, and cleaning up the mess that was left behind, it was time for some shopping. Or, really, some browsing. I spent some time in the Christmas store, and in the stores on Main Street, but didn’t find any must haves, thankfully. While in the stores on Main Street, Michele texted that she and Xander were eating at Casey’s, so I found them and we chatted while they ate. Once they finished eating, they headed deeper into the park, and I headed for the exit, via the stores on the other side of Main Street. Have to be an equal opportunity air conditioning stealer, I mean, store browser, right?
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