Nervous Dad's first trip report Day 5 MK part 2

[conan617]

Continued...
The monorail was working so we jumped on and headed to the Contemporary Resort. The ride is really quick but it was the kid’s first trip on the monorail and they really thought it was cool. From the monorail station we made our way to Chef Mickey’s. The line to check in was really long. We waited about 15 minutes just to check in. Since we had to wait a little at Boma the other night, we thought we would check in a few minutes early for our 7PM reservation, but it didn’t matter. We were told that the restaurant was running behind and we should get in at our scheduled time. We found a waiting area that had a TV that was showing the Packers/Bears game. While we had to wait about 30 minutes past our scheduled time for dinner, the wait was softened by the Packer game. There were a few other groups from Wisconsin waiting with us so it was fun to cheer as a group.
Our turn for dinner finally came up (the Packers won!) and as we were sitting down, Donald Duck came by for pictures. Our server brought Matthew a cupcake, candle and a book of matches and instructed us to light the candle whenever there was a character in the area. If the character saw the lit candle they would come over especially to see the birthday boy. We made a trip through the buffet and I was just digging into the shrimp, turkey and prime rib when Mickey came by followed by Minnie and Goofy. Then a celebration song started and Minnie came back to see Matthew. She got us twirling our napkins around while she danced around. We hit the dessert buffet for ice cream and tarts when Pluto came around for pictures.
After dinner we headed back to the Magic Kingdom via monorail by way of a trip around the seven seas lagoon. We got back to the park in time to see Wishes the fireworks spectacular. It was amazing to see the fireworks and the special effects showing on Cinderella’s Castle. When the fireworks finished the kids traded some pins with some of the cast members until the Magic Memories and You presentation started. I couldn’t believe the effects that were shown on the castle. At one point it looked like one of the turrets had changed into a rocket and blasted off!
We stayed in the park late because extra magic hours were allowing us to stay until 1AM! We walked on to everything we wanted to do! We went back to the Laugh Floor and this time Matthew was on the big screen with the caption “can burp the alphabet” and I was on the screen again as part of the story, I got to play Mike Wasowski but I had to portray that I had only one eye. We did Buzz Lightyear again and this time I got a Planetary Pilot grade. Our next stop was Cinderella Castle and back to Frontier land where we hit the Country Bear Jamboree, and then made our way to Adventure land so I could ride the Pirates. As I said, we walked on everything so were we loaded into our boat and off we went. Around the first corner, smoke drifts down and Blackbeard is projected onto the smoke. Our boat stopped right in the smoke! We sat in the same spot for 10-15 minutes with smoke pouring on us and the resounding boom of “Dead Men Tell No Tales!” echoing. That was a cool experience for about 5 minutes then the smoke started to get annoying and the soundtrack started to wear on the nerves. We finally started moving again and all was fine until we got to the point where the drunken pirate is laying in the pig sty and then we were stuck again. This time for only a few minutes but I figured since we were stuck, I would ignore the flash photography warning and get a few pics. Finally, we got out of Pirates after about 45 minutes and made our way to the Jungle Cruise. This is a very different attraction in the dark as opposed to the daylight in my opinion. Our guide was funny and she made sure to wish Matthew a very Happy Birthday. Next we experienced the Enchanted Tiki Room. Including our family of four, there were 9 total people in the show. Lastly for the day we rode Aladdin’s magic carpets and made our way back to the car. Everyone was dog tired and when we made it bed, I don’t think anyone was awake longer than 5 minutes before they were out. Good thing we have a day off planned for tomorrow.

[SBETigg]

What a special birthday dinner for Matthew, and a long day of fun at the MK! You must have been pretty exhausted.

[faline]

A practically perfect birthday celebration (It might have perfect had it not been for the long delay inside the Pirates ride)!

[conan617]

A practically perfect birthday celebration (It might have perfect had it not been for the long delay inside the Pirates ride)!

Pirates is one of my favorites. Honestly, if the smoke hadn't been pouring into our boat, I would have loved every minute of it. It got a little tough on the lungs after a few minutes.

I'm probably one of only people that doesn't mind when the rides break down. When I get stuck, I look at the details of the ride or try to see some of the behind the scenes features if possible. I got stuck in HM with Matthew and got a great look at the ghosts in the ballroom/dining room.

I might have to look into a behind the scenes tour for next trip

[conan617]

What a special birthday dinner for Matthew, and a long day of fun at the MK! You must have been pretty exhausted.

It was a loooong day, but by the end it felt like MK was open just for us. We walked on to everything and talked to CMs about the attractions. They also gave us advice about the parks and resorts.
Matthew said it was one of the best birthdays he's ever had. That made it all worth it. Now we have to plan a birthday at WDW for Mara.

[pdrlkr]

Thanks for the Report!

[Janmac]

Yeah, smoke would be tough. We usually have that sort of luck with it's a small world. On our last trip we broke down in every room. As we exited, we saw the entrance roped off, because of a technical difficulties.

Poor Matthew His next birthday is going to be hard.

Thanks for the trip report.

Jan

[artyboy]

Thanks for posting!