Disney World Vacation (Day Six) Magic Kingdom AGAIN!

4.13.18

Today was our last day in a park. When we were here on Monday we only saw about half of the Magic Kingdom. We planned everything last night before bed, and it was great to know what was where and approximately how long it takes to get places. We planned our work, and worked our plan. It was our busiest, and most efficient park day. This was easily my favorite of all of the parks. 

I was feeling fat and lazy from all of the Disney Dining Plan (DDP) eating, and riding the electric scooter. So I rented my scooter right away, parked it, and walked until I needed to sit and ride. It felt really good to walk. 

We had breakfast in the Beast Castle. I had a $25 glorified donut. It was covered by the dining plan, and was a good start to the day. Out of breakfast Ozzie turned to us and said "I wish we could stay here forever." Hearing him say that made my trip. 

$25 knife-and-fork donut

Beast Castle

We rode Dumbo, The Tea Cups, and It's a Small World all before Mama could get her picture with Tinkerbell (and Ozzie) at 9:30. 

It's A Small World

Definition of Irony: As we were getting on the It's a Small World ride, Megan ran into an old friend from LaCrosse whom she hasn't seen for 22 years.

After Tinkerbell the girls went shopping on Main Street, and I took Ozzie on the Tomorrowland Speedway, and for an ice cream sundae. Going around Disney World with just Ozzie was my favorite time in all of the parks.

As I was looking for Mama we passed a Muppet show that was just going on in the middle of the park. As we watched, Mama met us and we went to lunch on Main Street. They had ridiculously large hot dogs. I just used a DDP snack for some Cuban loaded fries.

After lunch we spent a long time in Tomorrowland, an area we didn't see at all on Monday. We did the Carousel of Progress, Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, The Buzz Lightyear ride (which clearly inspired the Toy Story Mania ride in Hollywood Studios), the People Mover, and Astro Orbiter.

I wanted to get a silhouette portrait of Ozzie, and passed a stand that did them on the way to our last DDP sit down dinner. They don't use a pen or pencil for these. They are cut out free-hand with a scissors, and it only takes about a minute. 

After dinner we had about an hour to ride any last ride we missed, and we hopped around the park getting them in. We wanted a good spot for the fireworks that close the park at the end of the night. As we were looking for a spot, I was riding my scooter feeling emotional that the fun was ending soon. All five senses are tickled the entire time you're in Disney World. You can't help but smile and be happy, and the fireworks would mark the return to real life, and bills, and calories, etc. 

The fireworks were spectacular. A light show is displayed on Cinderella's Castle as the fireworks explode above it. There's music that goes through many different Disney films, along with the light show on the castle. It was a special finale to our happiest week. 

We put in about 13 hours today. We do still have a whole day tomorrow to relax, and swim, and a trip to Disney Springs (Downtown Disney) planed for dinner. We've been waking up at our normal work-time all week, and have been petal-to-the-metal all day, every day. We sure could use a day (or six) off. 

Tomorrow: Fun in the sun in Florida