DAY EIGHTEEN-The Magic Kingdom.
Out of all the parks, the Magic Kingdom was the least favorite amongst 100 percent of Munschs who were surveyed.
We had just been to Disneyland two years previously, and this was just more of the same. Except for this time, there were a zillion more people. We mostly relied on our fast-passes to get through the park and skipped all of the little kid rides. And It's A Small World.
However, when we went to redeem our fast pass for Splash Mountain, they turned us away as there was a ride malfunction. In my three other Disney visits combined there had been a total of zero ride malfunctions. This visit to the parks it was more the rule than the exception. They did say we could come back at any time in the day to redeem our passes, so we just wove that into the rest of our visit and it wound up working a lot better. But I did feel especially bad for the people who had been waiting in the regular line for over an hour and were evacuated. Hopefully, they got a voucher for a free donut the size of their heads.
There were only two lines that we waited in. First up, The Peter Pan ride, which was disappointing. I mean, I would wait 45 minutes tops for that ride. Not an hour and a half. One kid, who was clearly overindulged, had a folding beach chair that he would kick along the line and then sit in. He was maybe 10, but could not be bothered with standing in a line for that long. He used his time shuffling along in his chair playing videos games. Apparently, the Disney magic that surrounded him was not captivating enough, and it was pretty impressive as the waiting area of that ride was at least as good as the ride itself. Also, what did he do with that chair when he got on the ride? Did it ride with him? Did he hand it off to a cast member? Did he play his game while he rode? So many questions.
We also waited for an hour and forty-five minutes at the Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster, where exactly one hour and forty-two minutes in, Lucas exclaimed that he had to go to the bathroom and wanted to get out of line. Um. No. It turns out he was nervous that the coaster was going to be scary. We reassured him that it was not even close to scary and he managed to hold it through the ride which lasted about 45 seconds. Whew. To be fair, I also needed to use the bathroom in a serious way in that same line. There really should be little way stops with bathrooms in those super long lines. Our kids were old enough to hold it, but I can't imagine being there with younger kiddos who aren't as capable. Or you know, just other people who didn't have 1-gallon bladders made of steel.
We also waited for an hour and forty-five minutes at the Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster, where exactly one hour and forty-two minutes in, Lucas exclaimed that he had to go to the bathroom and wanted to get out of line. Um. No. It turns out he was nervous that the coaster was going to be scary. We reassured him that it was not even close to scary and he managed to hold it through the ride which lasted about 45 seconds. Whew. To be fair, I also needed to use the bathroom in a serious way in that same line. There really should be little way stops with bathrooms in those super long lines. Our kids were old enough to hold it, but I can't imagine being there with younger kiddos who aren't as capable. Or you know, just other people who didn't have 1-gallon bladders made of steel.
We hit all the rides we set out to ride and finally decided to call it a night. Waiting in the line for the ferry was by far the worst part of our day. Samus was pretty sure that his feet hurt more than anybody's feet in the history of humanity. Thankfully we would be riding in the car most of the next day.
When we finally got back to the camper, we piled inside and slept like dead horses.
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