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Yesterday was great! Got to the park at 6 and from when I put my car in park to when I was off the monorail and actually in MK it was 6:14. Not bad...but incoming crowds are very light that late in the day.

At first the park itself was somewhat crowded but as time when on it got lesser and lesser. I was able to do a ton of stuff. I stayed from 6:15 until close at 10 and did 9 rides. Splash Mountain was down all night and when I was about to leave at like 9:30 I checked the app and it was back up! So I ran and did that. It was about 55 degrees out, and very late in the day so the crowds were low. When I finished that there were still a few minutes left before 10 I got a quick Peter Pan in before close. Peter Pan at like 9:57 is the time to do it. Usually that ride has at best a 30 minute wait but it was a walk on.

It was really nice being in a park at night again. This was my first time since reopening I've done that. It was a beautiful night too. Nice and cool and clear and starry.

Now I'm off to Hollywood for rope drop. I'll do Railway cause I can't stay away from that ride and I have boarding group 31 for rise so that should let me on around 10. In between I'll see what else I can do. I'd like to hit Star Tours, Tower of Terror and Rockin Roller Coaster but let's see what the lines look like.

I can never get enough WDW.
 
I'm back home now. Even w/some rush hour traffic and a crash that slowed things down I managed to make it home in 3 hours and 2 minutes. Not bad.

I technically have my motel room until tomorrow at 12pm but even w/my Chinese eye in the sky, I missed my little Athena and felt bad that she was all alone. I'm happy to be back with her. I really love that little beast. But I stand by loving my camera. I must have checked in on her 20 times in the past 2.5 days. It was very nice to be able to do that.

So Monday was the best day of the trip for all the reasons I wrote about above. Yesterday I started off at Hollywood and did Railway w/only a 15 minute wait. Then I was able to do Star Tours with about a 10 minute wait. By the time I got off that ride it was up to a 70 minute line. Tower of Terror and Rockin' were also up to 70+ minutes by like 9:30am so I skipped those and did my walk for the day, just taking laps around the park until my Rise group was called.

I noticed something really cool this time on Rise. During the third and final pre-show before you get on the actual ride they put you in a room where you see Kylo Ren about a story above you, in a room where the ceiling tilts down from the bottom of the screen to the other side of the small room. They do their best to make it not look like a screen through forced perspective but it's a just a screen nonetheless. However, the thing I noticed this time is that while Kylo walks back and forth across the screen they have his shadows project above your head like he is an actual, real life figure. It's little touches like that (that took me riding the thing 15 times to notice) that make me love Disney so much.

After Hollywood I did Animal Kingdom for the last 2 hours before close. I did Kilimanjaro Safari twice and Everest. Today I rope dropped epcot and got on the Frozen ride with only a 10 minute wait. Once again, about 30 minutes later the line was up to 70+. I then did Figment because Figment rocks and The American Adventure where Ben Franklin and Mark Twain walk you through the Pilgrims to the the present day. The Civil War scene and the clip of a vet at the Vietnam Memorial in that show always gets me.

So overall another successful Disney trip. Even with the Spring break crowds if you know what you're doing you can get a lot done...maybe not everything but still a whole lot.
 
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Oh and the Flower and Garden Festival at epcot was beautiful as always. The topiaries are always cool to see. I thought this dragon was particularly cool. Check out this pic I took of it from the Japan pavilion in the World Showcase:



Off to the right you can see the tacos and what people are now calling the Stargate (it's 6 stories tall) that was recently installed for the new, upcoming fireworks show.
 
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I was in Orlando, FL last week. The Disney portion has a very strict mask mandate. You have to even wear a mask outside (amusement park and hotel) Mask has to be over nose and under chin. When eating or drinking, you must be stationary to remove your mask. You cannot walk while eating and/or drinking with mask off. It was in the 70’s/80’s there so it was not too bad wearing a mask outside.

I don’t doubt the other parts of FLORIDA being loose on the mask wearing but just a FYI for those going to Disney World in the near future.

Side note is that it was my first time there. A very well run machine. Disney treats everyone like gold. I wore a Cincinnati Reds shirt three of the days I was there. A great time!
 
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I was in Orlando, FL last week. The Disney portion has a very strict mask mandate. You have to even wear a mask outside (amusement park and hotel) Mask has to be over nose and under chin. When eating or drinking, you must be stationary to remove your mask. You cannot walk while eating and/or drinking with mask off. It was in the 70’s/80’s there so it was not too bad wearing a mask outside.

I don’t doubt the other parts of FLORIDA being loose on the mask wearing but just a FYI for those going to Disney World in the near future.

Side note is that it was my first time there. A very well run machine. Disney treats everyone like gold. I wore a Cincinnati Reds shirt three of the days I was there. A great time!
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Did you return home and have a binge with Jack Daniels? I am told that is a Disney tradition.
 
Yup. it's accepted policy that masks have to be worn at all times. There are near constant announcements that if you don't follow the rules you'll get the boot.

I kinda feel bad for cast members, they have to go telling people to put their masks over their noses.

World we live in these days. Dark ages.

But we still have Disney, things could be worse.
 
goreds2 said:
I was in Orlando, FL last week. The Disney portion has a very strict mask mandate. You have to even wear a mask outside (amusement park and hotel) Mask has to be over nose and under chin. When eating or drinking, you must be stationary to remove your mask. You cannot walk while eating and/or drinking with mask off. It was in the 70’s/80’s there so it was not too bad wearing a mask outside.

I don’t doubt the other parts of FLORIDA being loose on the mask wearing but just a FYI for those going to Disney World in the near future.

Side note is that it was my first time there. A very well run machine. Disney treats everyone like gold. I wore a Cincinnati Reds shirt three of the days I was there. A great time!
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we should totally chill.

park pals.
 
goreds2 said:
Side note is that it was my first time there. A very well run machine. Disney treats everyone like gold. I wore a Cincinnati Reds shirt three of the days I was there. A great time!
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It really is well run. Walt knew what he was doing. Iger and Chapek and Eisner all know how to run a massive corp.
 
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