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All
(initial) closing times for our stay are posted. My hunch payed off, Magic Kingdom is open
later the second Sunday and also the day after allowing a hop after the Cinderella
dinner for the end of the night if we want.
Notification
to the family:
Disney
World has (finally) posted the park hours every day we need them.
They
always do some tweaking as time passes. My biggest bet on a change is
since the Magic Kingdom switches from closing at 9pm the first week to 10pm the
second week on our second Sunday there (YAY!!!!) they will extend Saturday's
closing time at some point. (Doesn't affect us except as a possible crazy
person end of the day hop to catch the night show.)
Since
we can hop, I left the closing times of all the parks on the grid, instead of
only the park we're in.
I
did bold closing times, Extra Magic hours and shows of the park we're going to be in
to make it clearer to see.
The
Magic Kingdom parade moved from 3 PM to 2 PM. That means timing the
approach for the 2:30 castle lunch on Wednesday is going to take directional
planning.
It
also means something for the first day. I'm not sure what. Last time we
made it to the park at about 3 PM because we went straight to our 3:15
lunch. Now we have a later 4:35 Plaza dinner, so with the earlier parade,
we may be able to squeeze a FastPass in.
I
stuck the most likely nights for the Electric Water Pageant in The Grid (two
dinners in hotels it passes and the first night there the Kingdom closes
before it goes.) As always, the timing of that is flexible and weather
dependent, meaning we'll have play it by ear.
I'll
keep an eye on the times here and there and update as they change. Next
big update in June for FastPasses.
(And
shirts of course...can’t forget shirts)
March
1, 2019
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Well,
EpoopCOT.
Saw
a listing on a site with more info than the usual one I use saying
Illuminations runs until Sept 1.
We
don't get to see the "History of old EPCOT music" temporary end of
the day show.
Oh
well, now we can use that time for rides 'n stuff!
March
4, 2019
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Allears.net
posted an article “It’s Not Walt’s Disney World Anymore, and That’s OK.” It
lists all the changes to the parks with old favorites leaving and points out
Walt quotes to reference how much he espoused the idea of change and growth,
such as:
“Whenever
I go on a ride I’m always thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and how it
can be improved.”
“I
can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with
my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.”
“In
this volatile business of ours, we can ill afford to rest on our laurels, even
to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must
keep our aim constantly focused on the future.”
“There’s
really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward – opening up new
doors and doing new things – because we’re curious. And curiosity keeps leading
us down new paths. We”re always exploring and experimenting.”
I
gave it the finger.
March
6, 2019
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Mariachi
Cobre in the Mexico Pavilion adds storytellers and a Miguel Puppet to tell the Coco
story! Ole!
A meeting
for Anabelle’s school band trip, dubbed “the scouting mission” was held. Her band director advised “stick it to the
man” when it comes to the counter service meal coupons. More evidence that the guy obviously knows
Disney.
March
7, 2019
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Holy
crap that was close!
Because
of overwhelming geeky fan clamoring, Disney has announced Star Wars Land is
having an early partial opening in both parks.
Disneyland
California will be in May, and MGM will be August 29, the day after we leave!
As much of a Star Wars nerd as I am (and I am a huge one) I did not want to deal with those people.
It
may make it rough to get a late check out our last day, but hopefully it won't
affect crowds too badly as most people will target going over Labor day weekend
instead of the weekend before.
I'd
guess/ hope MGM will be close to empty when we go that last Tuesday (Aug
27) because people will be targeting the
partial opening.
[Later Edit- More proof that with all the research I do, I know very little.]
March
8, 2019
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Anabelle
arrived for her “scouting mission” Band Trip in the Magic Kingdom today. That means I drove her to school at 2:30 AM
last night. Here’s hoping at least she
got some transit sleep before her amazing day in the Magic Kingdom.
March
9, 2019
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Scouting
mission day two: Anabelle performs at Disney Springs, how cool is that? Then finishes the day Animal Kingdom, being
the first McGinley to set foot in Avatarland.
March
10, 2019
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Scouting
mission day three: Anabelle learns about
being a professional player with Disney musicians, the coolness continues. A high speed EPCOT Death March Sprint ends
the day. She informs us the flower festival fans
are much more fun than the drunken mobs.
March
11, 2019
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End
of scouting mission at MGM. I pick her
up at school in the middle of the night for an all too fast return to
non-Disney life. Then again, no one in
my family has a truly non-Disney life.
Her overexcited constant stream of talking about the whole trip to us at
night is balanced by her total exhaustion the next morning.
March
19, 2019
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“Awesome
Planet” sounding a bit like the “Planet Earth” series movie will be in the Land
Pavilion, I guess the Hakuna Matata film we never saw is begin replaced with a
new film…we won’t see. Rafiki’s Planet Watch
comes back this summer with more Lion King theming, details pending. We
probably won’t go there either.
[Later edit- We didn't. And the movie didn't change yet when we were there. And we didn't see it anyway. Our record remains unbroken.]
March
20, 2019
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The
“Walk Around the World” bricks in by the Magic Kingdom entrance are going away.
Embarrassingly, Grandma and I can’t remember if we ever got one. We’ll have to
check and see if we get a commemorative one.
March
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