It was almost a mob scene at 10 AM.
Our first stop was in Adventureland:
where we caught our first attraction of the day - the Jungle Cruise:
It was about a 40 minute wait for this first attraction and to make it a little interesting while walking through the line, we counted the number of boats - 10 - that were used for the cruise, and we each picked a name of the boat we thought might be ours when we boarded. Josie hit it right on and we boarded the boat named Mongala Millie. The cruise was a safari through a jungle of animals, natives and scenes - like this one:
It was a nice little boat ride that was perfect for the kids on board.
Next to the Jungle Cruise, was another attraction called Pirates of the Caribbean which was another boat ride - this time through a long tunnel, with displays of pirates in caves and Captain John Sparrow hiding out somewhere.
There were a few other interesting attractions here but the wait times were very long, so we headed to Frontierland:
where we wanted to ride the famous train at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad:
As you can see, the crowd was enormous, and there was over a 2 hour wait to get on the ride. It was then we decided to do something we hadn't done before, and that was to get a Fast Pass, which is a ticket for the ride, later in the day, and you go directly to the front of the line at your assigned time of day. It was around noon when we picked up our pass to ride the train at our designated return time of between 6 PM and 7 PM.
Not too far from there, was another exciting attraction - Splash Mountain - that was temporarily out of service as you can see from tthe "empty" boat in the shot below:
The long drop can be seen in the distance and that makes for the exciting, and wet, conclusion to the ride. Maybe next time for this attraction.
We walked over to Liberty Square, where we wanted to do the the Haunted Mansion:
to see how it compared to the one in Disneyland in CA. We didn't think it was quite as good, as we remember, among other things, a ghost being in the car you are riding in and they took a picture of you with the ghost. This one didn't have that feature. But, it still was an excellent attraction.
The next attraction was in Fantasyland, where we had to do the "it's a small world" boat ride so that we could hum that tune for the rest the day. It was just as we remembered.
We also went to an attraction - Mickey's PhilharMagic:
where there was another 3D movie that was well done.
Of course, we had to get a picture of Mickey with Minnie to complete the day:
and we returned to the Big Thunder Mountain and went right to the front of the line. At that time, there was nearly an hour wait for those in line. It was a thrilling ride and was almost identical to the Disneyland ride.
We ate lunch inside the park, did lots of walking and enjoyed the whole day. We rode the railroad around the park and also did the shops on Main Street before leaving at around 8 PM. This last shot seems appropriate for the ending of a fun day and the end of our visits to the Walt Disney World theme parks:
We would say that our favorite park was Epcot, but that probably is because we went to all the parks alone, without our grandkids. If we had had them with us, Magic Kingdom rules.
It's off to our next chapter in our adventure - Big Pine Key - and we are looking forward to the new experience. We will stay at the Okeechobee Landings RV Resort in Clewiston, FL, tonight, and roll into our destination tomorrow.
That's about it from Orlando...
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