Day 1, Part 8 Mine Trains, Ships, and Carpets
After getting super dizzy, we headed out and over to Peter Pan’s Flight, where the line was a bit too long for our liking (posted 25 minutes). At that point, we split up, because Zach wanted to head to Frontierland, and I felt like just waiting for 7DMT.
On my way over, I stopped at another cart for more water/soda bottles for later; I actually didn’t get any ice cream all evening, because I was soooo stuffed from dinner and the dessert party and I didn't want to get sick!
When I got to 7DMT, it was a 25 minute posted wait, but I decided to just wait it out. Well, that definitely was over inflated, because it ended up being a 10 minute wait (a vast majority of the queue was roped off). And I was happy to be able to finally see the interactive queue elements, since I’ve always just fastpassed it! Unfortunately I couldn’t get enough of the barrels spinning at once and no one else wanted to help, so I couldn’t see the surprise in the center!
I actually requested to be the front row of the last car. I wanted to see if the last car was more intense, but figured front row is better for photos! And, thankfully, they didn’t seat anyone with me, so I wasn’t as squished as normal. Though those bars definitely squish my thighs! I get the ride was supposed to be dwarf sized, but would it have hurt the imagineers to maybe make it a bit wider?
We got held up for a moment in front of the cottage, and the moon was super full above us, which was neat, but unfortunately my picture was a bit blurry.
I decided next to just loop around for another ride, and that wait was even shorter, only about 7 minutes (the line didn't even start until it got into the water fountain area). And that included me letting plenty of people walk by me so I could really enjoy the fountain and barrels!
Ended up getting I think the second car this time, though I was squished next to someone else. My thighs really ached after this one, so even though the line still looked relatively short, I decided to quit that ride for the night! So, despite it not being a "walk-on", I still got to ride 2x.
Zach and I were trying to meet up again soon, but he decided to go on BTMR and Splash, so I made a stop at Peter Pan. It was still posted 20 minutes, but really was probably a 5-minute wait (line didn’t start until you exited the nursery hallway, so if you walked by you saw a line, but really there weren’t many people).
I ended up letting other people pass me again though, since it gave me time in an empty nursery to fully enjoy the interactive queue! Peter Pan was my first movie in the theatres, so it always has a special part of my heart!
I wish I had gotten a photo/video, because when I walked up to the shadow wall, it showed my silhouette, which then burst into butterflies! So cool! They also eventually showed Tink stuck in a cage, and when I helped release her, I got a top hat, which I could wave around! That part of the queue is so absolutely amazing and magical! Unfortunately it could never exist at Disneyland due to size restrictions in an already crowded Fantasyland.
So, I think I do have to say, after riding again, I like WDW’s version better than Disneyland. The queue is hands down, amazing. And then the ride itself is much smoother, but still has the drops and dips (last September I forgot about the drops, so I thought Disneyland only had them). And the animatronics are cooler and you can see them better. But I do prefer Disneyland’s version of London at night, and love flying thru the stars around Neverland, which are my favorite parts, so I still love Disneyland’s too! (None of my photos turned out on this ride; moving too fast, so I could see the figures and colors, but they were too blurry)
Once I got to Adventureland, Zach was still visiting the Laughing Place, so I took a round on The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, which are so relaxing! I ended up riding 2x in a row because the CMs were allowing people to just remain seated. I had my own carpet, but realized I could reach the tilt button for the row behind me, so I'm sure I looked awkward (with one hand on the up/down controls and one hand on the tilt controls), but still had fun!
I also had one of the best CMs working there, who was just so giddy! They were letting anyone who wanted to, remain in the carpet for another round, but when it came to let other people in, he just ran round shouting “You get a carpet, and you get a carpet, everyone gets a carpet!” and another time “Welcome to Candyland!” He also did other things, and it was just great. I made sure to do a cast compliment for him afterwards!
Cont... The "amazing experience" is coming up in the next post, but I'm going to delay publishing until Zach gets a chance to put it up since he was the one who instigated it!
I agree your arm probably looked really weird before the Mickey bar was added in lol
