Trip Report Yes, we are going to Disney again... A June 2019 Trip Report

Hey everyone! We have been back from our trip for two weeks, and I finally have all of the photos organized and ready to go! I'm excited to share this trip with you all! If you read my pre-trip report, you know that our trip underwent quite a few changes - the dates, the length, the hotel, how many park days, etc. but it was all worth it in the end!

The basics
Who: Myself (Jessica) and my wife (Justine)
When: June 8th-17th
Where: Pop Century

The title

Every conversation we had with our families about our vacation pretty much went like that Fortunately, we have a few friends that love Disney just as much as we do!

Now, let's get this trip report started!

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Great start! My wife and I are staying there next month for the first time since 2016 and your photos are getting me excited to go back!

We loved the staying there! The rooms are SO CUTE and the overall theme around the resort was great!

 

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Just caught up. Glad you guys were finally able to take your trip after the delays. Love the title and all the pics so far!

Thanks! It forever to get here, and it just went by so fast!

 

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Looks like a fun trip!

Looking forward to reading along.

Loving your report so far!

Dont know how I missed the beginning of this but I am here now!!!
Loving the photos

Thanks so much!!!

 

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Day 2: Magic Kingdom
The next morning, we were up early to get ready for our day at Magic Kingdom! We always start our trips with Magic Kingdom, it just doesn't feel like Disney if we don't. The room had one of those single cup coffee makers, but I don't love the coffee that they brew. I decided to head down to the food court to get coffee with our refillable mugs. It was a beautiful morning!

Coffee mission completed, we finished getting ready and were out the door around 7:45am.

Magic Kingdom is definitely the furthest park from Pop Century, but the bus ride wasn't too bad and soon we were there!

We stopped for some Photopass pictures out front. We has purchased Memory Maker so we were definitely going to use it on this trip. Plus it would be nice to have some photos of us that aren't just a bunch of selfies!

And then there's this one:

I almost named this report "The trip of awkward PhotoPass poses" After our photos, we were finally in Magic Kingdom!

There's nothing like the first sight of the castle walking down Main Street

And checked out the storefront windows as we walked.

 

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Of course, we had to stop for a photo in front of the castle!

And then we found a photographer closer with no line!

He asked if we wanted to do a magic short - obviously! He said he could Tinkerbell or Aladdin, so we chose Aladdin, which resulted in the beauties!

...maybe we should've done Tinkerbell

Love this statue

And then we took an obligatory castle selfie while we waited for the welcome show to begin!

The space in front of the castle wasn't too crazy - most people were lined up to the for the Seven Dwarves. We were able to find a spot and the show began!

It was super cute! I had red some complaints about the show being moved to the castle and not in front of the train station, but I really enjoyed it this way. It was a pretty relaxing start to our day to be able to walk down Main Street and take it all in before the park fully opened.

 

[tatibus0913]

So so sorry for disappearing! The last month has been really crazy with work and visiting family! I hope to be back soon!!

 

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I'm back! I have some time this afternoon and am ready to continue our Magic Kingdom day!

 

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The plan for our day in Magic Kingdom was to start in Frontierland with Big Thunder Mountain. After the show, we headed to the left and made our way through the pathways to BTR. Honestly, I had forgotten how long of a walk it was haha! But we followed the pack, took about 15 minutes through the queue and had a wild ride! I always forget how much I love this ride. I have no pictures of any of this, so you'll have to take my word on it all After we got off Big Thunder, Splash only had a 5 minute wait, so we headed on over!

The 5 minutes was basically walking through, and we were on in no time. Not so great ride photo:

We really try to be conscientious and not put our hands up, but oh well. Since we were in the second row, we were SOAKED.

Well, maybe Justine a little bit more so than me! We dried quickly!

Next up was our first FP for Jungle Cruise. Honestly, it wasn't a great pick as our first FastPass - neither of us love it, but I knew how busy it would get, and it fit the plans. I also couldn't get Seven Dwarves Mine Train for that first day.

Back of the boat selfie

Our skipper was energetic, and we had a nice ride through the jungle! After that, Pirates of the Caribbean had a short wait, so we headed on through.

We tried to take a selfie in the dark (maybe I should've called this "Our Disney trip through selfies"

I don't quite understand this ride photo, but it did capture Justine grabbing her ears so they wouldn't fall off! Also, nobody looks very happy.

At that point, it was time for a break. We were both hungry and wanted to sit for a few. At this point, it was only 10:45 and we had done a lot! So we made a stop at Sleepy Hollow, for this delight! We shared one and paid for it out of pocket, since it wasn't a snack, but used snack credits on coffee.

SO GOOD. I'd love another one right about now!

After our breakfast, we headed back to Pirates of the Caribbean and waited for Jack Sparrow to arrive. We had a few minutes, so took some photos with the PhotoPass photographer.

 

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OH I should mention - this was our first year with pins! Justine had bought me the lanyard a Minnie 2019 pin for Christmas, and then I had bought some for us off of the Disney Store website before we left! It was hard alternating between pins, ears and sunglasses (seriously, #disneyproblems) but I love love our pins!

 

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Then, Captain Jack Sparrow arrived!

Side note: I love meeting characters, it's fun and a part of the Disney charm. But y'all, I feel so awkward meeting the face characters!!!!

He was asking us where we got our medallions (pins) and I couldn't think fast enough and was like "uh the store" but fortunately, Justine was quick on her feet and said we stole them! That led a chat about not stealing from him (of course not) and finding treasure.

Very serious conversation happening here

Despite the initial weirdness, he was great!

After our meet and greet, we were off to our next FastPass - Space Mountain! We both love it, it's our favorite ride in Magic Kingdom! On our way over to Tomorrowland, we pass in front of the castle during one of the shows and stopped to watch it for a few minutes. It was really cute!

And then we stopped for a photo with a different angle of the castle.

First, our selfie (didn't realize my glasses had that serious of a reflection!)

And then, the PhotoPass photographer!

I really like this angle of the castle!

Finally, we headed straight to Space Mountain. We went through the queue and headed up. When we got to the loading area, they he told us to go into rows 3 and 4. We very nicely asked to be in the same car for the picture, and his reply was "you will be, just go" ... uh okay. He was rude so we went.

Here's our same car photos

I do get it, his job is to load the cars as quickly and efficiently as possible. We would never be those people that held up the lines for a request - but the groups in front of us hadn't gotten into their cars yet, and we asked nicely. Fortunately, we had another FastPass for later in the week!

 

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Next we took a ride on the People Mover. We love this ride!

Some Tron construction - cannot wait for this to be built!

We were enjoying our ride through Space Mountain, and near the end it was super dark. Neither of us could remember if this was normal, but then our car stopped, some lights came on and the announcement was made that the ride had stopped and to remain seated. Then, we would move forward a bit, and then stop again.

We were joking that we were going to be evacuated from the People Mover, but it started moving again and soon we were cruising by the Speedway.

Then it was time our last FastPass - Peter Pan! A classic and a super cute ride!

We had a little time before lunch, so I grabbed a FastPass for It's a Small World! I LOVE It's a Small World and was super excited!

I probably have hundreds of photos of all of the dolls in the rooms from past trips, so we decided to just relax and enjoy the ride!

 

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It was finally time for lunch, and we had reservations at Be Our Guest. We had eaten dinner at Be Our Guest in 2016 and loved it, before they switch the prix fixe menu for dinner. We didn't want to use two dining credits on that, so we decided on lunch instead.

We had ordered ahead, so upon entry, we went straight. The line for those who needed to order looked a little hectic, so we were glad to have ordered! We checked-in inside the restaurant, where they said the menu had changed a bit and that one of the desserts was no longer available. Justine has originally ordered a chocolate creme puff, but switched it to a creme brulee. They also said to make sure we had our ID's ready, because they would check them at the table when they brought our beers over.

We headed in to find seats - it was really busy, but we found a table pretty easily. We were seated in the gallery and waited for our food!

It did take a little while, and our desserts came out first. The server joked "in the castle, we have dessert first". Not a big deal, we just put them aside for the time being.

Creme brulee

Grey stuff cupcake

Finally, our food and Kronenburg beers arrived!

Croque Monsiuer

French Dip Sandwich

Kronenburg

The food was good. The only disappointment was the creme brulee, the top wasn't crunchy at all, but the custard was tasty.

 

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After we finished eating, we walked around so I could take photos of basically everything. Beauty and the Beast is the best, and Belle is my favorite princess! Here's a whole bunch of photos from the the restaurant!

 

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Apparently while we were eating lunch, it had rained and delayed the parade, so we walked around Liberty Square, waiting to see if it would be cancelled.

Really cool that they have the Liberty Bell

And a visit from this guy!

We waited for a while, and weren't sure what to do. They made a few announcements that it was delayed, but didn't give any specifics. While we were waiting, I was able to snag a FastPass for Haunted Mansion and made our way towards the ride. According to my timestamps, it was 3:50pm when the Rainy Day Cavalcade came out! I had no idea this was something they did, and it was really cute!

After the parade, w headed over the Haunted Mansion!

 

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I love that they added a ride photo to Haunted Mansion! We take our rides very seriously

After the ride, we were excited to see the PhotoPass photographer right outside Haunted Mansion. All we wanted was a quick photo like this one:

Then, he started telling us to pose

...I have no idea. But it was funny!

Justine had seen on Twitter that FoMosa had debuted at Sunshine Terrace, which had orange cream swirl and sparkling apple cider, so we headed that way to get one!

It was really refreshing, and not too sweet! I snagged a FastPass for Buzz Lightyear Ranger Spin, so we headed that way!

We are *slightly* competitive, so when Justine beat me by 100 points, we knew that there would be a rematch later!

 

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Then we headed over to Under the Sea, which only had a 20 minute wait.

Smiling because this was really the only line that we had waited in all day!

The queue for Under the Sea is so cute!

We were in a clamshell and on our way!

The ride did stall a couple of times, which was why I was able to get some pictures!

A few PhotoPass pictures outside

At this point, Justine made a comment about me dragging her to every PhotoPass photographer, and the conversation went like this:

Justine: Why are you making us stop at every photographer?
Me: I want nice pictures (aka not selfies) and we paid for the package
Justine: How much was the package and why wasn't it included?
Me: $170, and we talked about this - it was an add-on
Justine: Well, we better take at least 170 photos!

Okay dear

We continued walking around, just enjoying being in Magic Kingdom

At some point, I had gotten a FastPass for Winnie the Pooh, so we rode that and headed back towards front of the park - it was nearing our dinner reservations.

This view never gets old

 

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As we made our way towards Crystal Palace, we came upon a dance party! The floats were great, and it was really cool they stopped and let the characters off to dance with the kids!

We checked in for Crystal Palace and waited about 20 minutes until we were called. Then we were seated, and it took a while for someone to come over to us. When she did, she was very abrupt. We went and got some salads while we waited for our drinks to arrive. Fortunately, the characters started coming around pretty quickly

 

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Our waitress had it made a point to tell us that it could take an hour and a half to see all of the characters, but that didn't seem to be the case.

Finally, our wine arrives (about 20 minutes after we ordered it) and we went back up to the buffet.

My plate - the salmon and the pierogies were really good. The carrot was undercooked.

Eeyore was our last visitor!

And then it was time for dessert - I really enjoyed the pudding and the cookie!

All in all, it wasn't a bad experience - just not as good as our previous times. We usually do breakfast, and I think we'll stick with that in the future.

Love the plants in the entryway

 

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After dinner, the sky was looking a little ominous, but we still had more to do!

More castle pictures

A stop at the next PhotoPass photographer at Tomorrowland

Our next ride was the Laugh Floor - we always enjoy the show here!

And of course, we had to round out our day with the Carousel of Progress

It never gets old! We exited the ride and it was pouring! We donned our ponchos and made a dash for the rematch!

I totally lost

At this point, it was pouring and we were tired. So we put the ponchos back on, took a picture (obv) and made our way towards the exit.

It was a little crazy, since everyone seemed to be exiting the park. The lines for the buses were really long but they had a steady stream of buses. It did stop raining, and we could see some of the fireworks from the parking lot!

It took about a half hour for us to get on a bus, which, given how long the line was, really wasn't bad. In that time, they filled 6 buses, two of them being doubles. We got back to the hotel and called it a night! We needed our rest for Epcot!

 

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Alright, I have to stop here for now, thanks so much for reading along