My two favorite times of every Disney trip were always:
- Walking in to whatever park we were visiting on the first day of the trip
- Being in Magic Kingdom until 1 or 2 in the morning for Evening Extra Magic hours.
My favorite family photo of all time is from a Disney Trip in October 2016. We were at Magic Kingdom for Evening Magic Hours that lasted until 2 A.M. We managed to be in the back of Frontierland when the clock struck 2, and we took our sweet time walking back to the front of the park. We kept fiddling around, and when we got to Main Street about 2:20, there was virtually no one there. We kept our snail's pace up, and by the time we got to the front of the park, there literally were no other guests left on Main Street. We were the last ones standing.
However, much to our surprise, there was a PhotoPass photographer there. She took a picture of us with a brightly lit Main Street decked all decked out for Halloween in the background. When we got out to the bus depot area, they had to specially call one to come pick us up and take us back to our resort. Every time I see that picture, I remember what a great night that was. And, remembering that we were seemingly the last ones in the park that night makes it even more special.
Realizing that a moment like that could not happen now, and may not ever happen at Disney again, makes me sad.