Wed 2/10 Magic Kingdom, park hours 9-7
OKW Bus stop at 7:30, bus arrived 8:10. Into park at 8:46, SDMT line all the way around to Gaston’s and trains were not running yet so we punted ad headed to Peter Pan and walked on. Over to Space Mountian, posted 15 min, acutally on in 10, most of that walking through the queue. Kids walked on to Astro Orbiters at 9:40. Coffee/snack break at Joffreys. Pooh with a 10 minute wait (posted 15), HM walk on at 10:30, Splash at 10:50, posted 30, on in 20. Popcorn break then got return time for BTMM. Since my mom was in a
scooter and couldn’t use the normal queue they gave us a return time. We only had this happen at MK on BTMM, Small World, and Jungle Cruise. Definitely worked to our advantage but won’t be available if you don’t have a wheelchair/scooter user in your riding party.
Lunch at Tony’s (first time there, surprisingly good). Pirates next, posted 35 and on in exactly 35. Got return passes for Jungle Cruise, 20 minutes out. Rode JC, got Kakamora Floats (so good!!!). Hubby and kids back to Space Mountain, mom and I rode Little Mermaid with a 10 minute wait. Middle daughter’s phone fell out of her pocket on Space and was on the floor of the ride car. They wouldn’t let her get back in the car to get it and so began a 20 minute adventure to get her phone back complicated by a shift change. While the big kids were getting her phone, hubby, Natalie and I rode the Speedway at 5:00 with a 5 minute wait. Big girls headed out to walk to Contemporary to catch a bus to Disney Springs to shop before our dinner reservations. The rest of us did Barnstormer and Dumbo, both a walk on.
The girls reported the bus line DS was outrageous so they hopped on a monorail over to the TTC and walked to the Poly to catch a bus. They said they were the only ones on the bus so a good call. Based on their experience, we got on a monorail and planned to head to the GF to catch a bus. Got to the TTC and the monorail went dead. The whole line lost power. Our door was open but it was starting to get hot and since there was no estimate as to when it would be back up, we hopped off and went to the Poly busstop. Trains were stuck in the middle, I’m glad we were at a station! It was 30 minutes or so from the TTC until we got on a bus at the Poly and during that time, no monorails came through so it was a long outage! DS was packed again but we enjoyed a delicious dinner at Jaleo. Had to wait for a second bus before making back to the resort.
As many have said, the pinch points in Fantastyland and Adventureland make distancing tough. We were frustrated in both DS and MK with the lack of places to actually sit down and eat/drink. So much outdoor space is taken up with the extended/spaced queues that there just isn’t that much “off to the side” space. We made due but it was a constant issue
