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Up at 7:30am to catch the 8:30 boat to
MGM. After staying at the Yacht Club a couple times, the walk to the
pier from the BCV seems long, but if you do it right it can be mostly in
Air conditioning! :-) (On the other hand, the walk to Epcot from
BCV was great! So give and take!)
The boat was arriving just as we walked out the pier. (I love that!)
and we boarded a rather full boat. Plenty of room to sit, but
we still had a stop at Swan/Dolphin to make. Turned out fine, there
weren't many waiting at the S/D.
Arrived at the park, and zipped through security. There were a lot
of people waiting to get in, and they opened the gates soon after we got
in line. We headed to a guest relations booth to make dinner reservations.
We use the one at the head of Sunset Blvd, and there was no line. No
problem getting the reservations, but you have to plan around the parade.
The parade starts at 5pm, and the dinner package is good for early
dining (3:30 - 5:30) I had to get 4pm to be out in time for the parade,
which made a trip back to the room a bit of a problem. We'd have to
see what happened...
Headed on the great movie ride, since the throngs were headed for Tower
of Terror and Rock N Roller. On to Star Tours, which is now Brinn's
favorite MGM ride. Maddy was not quite as enthused, but still seemed
to like it well enough. Neither ride had much of a wait. As
we headed across the park, we ran into Cruella DeVil, and Brinn wanted a
picture. Maddy wants NOTHING to do with the Villians, so Mommy and
Brinn got in this one.
On to the Animation tour for Daddy, and Little Mermaid and Playhouse Disney
for the girls. The tour took almost an hour between 15 minute wait
time and 40 minute tour. Kristen and the girls did both Mermaid and
Playhouse before I got out. Loved the tour, but I also have a life
long fascination with animation, so that isn't surprising. The girls
really enjoyed Mermaid and Playhouse. This worked out very well. When
we met up, we waited in line to see the Lilo and Stitch characters. (Follow
the Stitch footprints near the Animation Tour entrance) Long line,
but the girls love them.
I had grabbed fastpass tickets for Rock N Roller (RnR) Coaster so we headed
that way. I grabbed more fastpasses for Tower of Terror (ToT) before
we went on RnR. When you do the parent swap on RnR they give you a
special fastpass for the second adult, so we ended up with 3 extra fastpasses
for this ride. (Since the girls didn't ride it.) Gave these away
to a very happy family... :-) Kristen and I love this ride, but once
each was enough, the girls were getting bored. On to ToT! Brinn
was waffling on this ride. Should I stay or should I go... Finally
decided to go. Maddy said, "No way!" Kristen can take or leave
ToT, so decided to leave it today. Off Brinn and I went. She
was scared, but still had fun. Once was enough though. She didn't
want to go again with Mommy. Two more lucky recipients of extra Fast
Passes! :-)
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