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Magic Kingdom was the third Park we hit and after a bit of drama at the hotel that morning, we were on our way and arrived nice and early to the park. To be honest, I didn't like the park as I thought I would. I had a blast and the park is really fun, but I definitely didn't think it lived up to the hype that many people have set up for it. I think the biggest thing is that it's not much different then Disneyland, just more spaced out with less impressive rides. I also know nostalgia is playing a huge part in my views as I grew up on Disneyland. It used to be the BIG thing as a kid when we could manage to make it that year to Disneyland. When I got my pass a few years ago, I was there two three times a month, sometimes a week, and I got to know that park and all the little things that were just plain cool and I still discover new things every visit. lol now I'm just rambling, bottom line is I love Disneyland and Magic Kingdom just didn't surpass it.
First up as we entered the park it was time to get some buttons! I got a first visit button and a birthday button which would provide a real highlight moment for the whole trip. Off to Adventureland and a trip on the Jungle Cruise, I'm glad we had a decent captain as having worked on Cedar Point's Paddlewheel Excursions I definitely know that a bad captain can make a very bad ride. Next up was Pirates of the Caribbean which had a great queue, but the ride was inferior to it's western counterpart. I enjoyed seeing Swiss Family Treehouse again as it's been a while since the overlay DL's with Tarzan.
We headed over to Splash Mountain and the Frontierland section of the park. I liked that SM told the story of Br'er Rabbit running away from the Briar patch better, but it felt slow and it was damn humid in that show building. Next up was Big Thunder Mountain, and we waited way to long to ride, it was fun, but I'm not the biggest fan of the Big Thunder's I've been on.
Next up was a relaxing ride on Liberty Belle Riverboat and heading over to haunted mansion. I really liked it, it was odd not actually moving in the stretching room, but the new speaker system was pretty damn amazing! I liked the improvements throughout the rest of the ride as well and hope a few of the newer effects make it into the refurbishments of Disneyland's.
Over in Fantasyland we hit up "it's a small world" and I saw a friend from Cedar Point so yay for that, iasw is also a guilty pleasure of mine so I enjoyed it and I actually can't wait for the "improvements" coming to DL's. One of the attractions I was definitely looking forward to was Mickey's PhilharMagic and it didn't disappoint. I absolutely loved the show and while the 3-D was a little lacking, the overall attraction was worth a view and I wish I could have watched it again! we ended up skipping out on the rest of the Fantasyland dark rides as the other really didn't want to do any and I figured I'll be back so I could skip out on them. We headed over to Mickey's Toontown Fair so I could get my barnstormer credit and we could get some pictures with the characters where we waited yet another ridiculously long time to get pictures with Donald, Goofy, Pluto and Mickey in his separate tent.
It was about time for our reservations at Cinderella's Royal Table inside of Cinderella's Castle. so we trekked back through Fantasyland and got in line for our picture with Cinderella herself and headed up to our table. We had yet another amazing waitress and I ended up having the prime rib which was actually really good and usually I'm not found of those types of cuts. Since two of us were wearing birthday buttons, our waitress started singing happy birthday enlisting the help of the table next to us, by the end the whole restraunt was singing, BEST. THEME PARK EXPERIENCE. EVER. For now at least.
Off to Tomorrowland as this was the last "land" to hit and there was plenty of filler rides to do. Since we just had a huge meal, we headed over to the Tomorrowland Transit Authority and it just so happened that the lights were on in Space Mountain's building. After that we headed over to Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. I hated the guns that were attached and again, the building was again very humid. We ended up stopping, which was great for my score, but sucked cause it was gross in there. At some point I forced everyone to do Stitch cause I wanted to see the animatronics for myself (freakin AWESOME by the way) and we did MILF (Monster's Inc. laugh Floor) and they made me dance on screen and they told my joke at the end, today f**king rocked. At some point we also did Space Mountain sometime after small world, but I don't really remember when. Coaster wise I liked it a little more then DL's, but for me you can't beat the awesome soundtrack from Michael Giacchino. if they end up doing what they did out here and rip out the existing track but added new track with the same layout and added some music it could very easily top Disneyland's.
Finally, we staked out our spot to watch Wishes and it was damn good, just to the right facing the castle. The show was pretty good to, not as solid as the Remember Dreams come true show at Disneyland, but it managed to use a lot more big shells more often so that was fun, I like when things explode lol. That was the end of our day so we all went back to the hotel and crashed. The next and final day lead to Animal Kingdom and a final night at Pleasure Island.
. Eventually they're going to start censoring you...hehe. Look forward to seeing the Animal Kingdom pics.
