From The Past: July 30, 2008
We all agree that our favorite day of the trip was the day we visited Magic Kingdom. It opened an hour early for Disney resort guests, so we didn’t have as large a crowd at the beginning of the day. I think this park has more rides and more to offer.
This is the run down of things we rode:
Tomorrowland Indy Speedway – Ashley loved driving even though it was on a track. We ended up riding this twice on this day.
Mad Tea Party – Ashley & I rode this while Kevin took pictures. He can’t handle the spinning and we had it going as fast as we could. It was a BLAST!
Dumbo The Flying Elephant – I felt like I was young again! Weeeeeee!
Mickey’s PhilharMagic – a 3-D show where you see lots of Disney characters and experience some terrific music
Cinderella’s Golden Carousel – I always enjoy a carousel ride!
It’s a Small World – This is a precious, innocent ride that takes you through scenes of different countries while you listen to the song “It’s A Small World”.
Peter Pan’s Flight – On this ride you “fly” in a ship through the land of Peter Pan.
Dream-Along With Mickey – This is an outdoor show right at the end of Main Street. You get to see all the princes and princesses, plus Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
Space Mountain – an indoor roller coaster that is mainly in the dark, but very fun
The Haunted Mansion – We went through twice this day because it is my favorite ride ever!
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad – This was a fun roller coaster.
Pirates of the Caribbean – An inside boat ride with scenes from the movie.
The Enchanted Tiki Room – Sing along with me … In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room. In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room. All the birds sing words and the flowers croon, In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room!
Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse – This is a big treehouse that you walk through at your own pace.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – We took a trip through one of the Winnie the Pooh stories and rode in giant honey pots.
Snow White’s Scary Adventures – We rode in one of the dwarf’s mine cars and saw scenes from Snow White.
Stitch’s Great Escape! – This is the only ride that I loathed. 90% of it took place in TOTAL darkness. They made you wear a harness-type of restraint like you would on a roller coaster, but this doesn’t take you anywhere! It was very annoying and worrisome to be in darkness for so long not knowing what was happening and if it was supposed to be that way. I would not recommend this to anyone.
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin – you ride through different rooms and try to shoot targets
Tomorrowland Transit Authority – This ride takes you behind the scenes of some rides and you travel right through the middle of Space Mountain. You get a good rest and see some of the park from a different perspective.
Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress – We all enjoyed sitting in this show listening to the way things have progressed throughout history.
Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams – This is the fireworks show at the end of the night. We watch them in front of Cinderella’s castle and it was truly beautiful and magical. I loved it!
SpectroMagic – This was a parade of lights and we had a front row seat for the whole thing. It was stunning! There were princesses, Chip n’ Dale, the seven dwarfs, fish, a giant peacock, Chernabog from Fantasia, and much more. There was music and singing and smiles galore. I’m glad we didn’t miss this light parade.
As you can see, we rode a lot more this day than the previous days, plus this park seemed to have more live entertainment. Another thing we all enjoyed was most of the rides being indoors in the air conditioning. You could sit down, relax, and get out of the heat for a little while.
Throughout the day, we ate at the Main Street Bakery. Later, we ate funnel cakes at a place called Sleepy Hollow and had a great view of the Dream Along With Mickey show which we had seen earlier. We had dinner at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café.