The parks opened at 8am on Sunday, June, 3rd. We decided to leave by 7:15 and rope drop to get a good start. Being ready by then was no problem at all, it was 9:15 our time.
We used Pavillion's delivery service and it worked really well. We got 2 cases of water and some gatorade. Granola bars and muffins for quick breakfasts and the littles drink soy milk so C ordered some of that too. It was ready and waiting for us with no trouble. At around 6:45 we joined up in the other room for some giant muffins and soon we headed to DL.
Full disclosure I know that we did not tour the most effective way. There were just too many variables in this trip. The little guys make it harder and mixed thrill levels do too. Not having the 4th adult also made the logistics a bit more difficult. To save a bit we opted to go without park hoppers and we were going to play the whole Max Pass thing by ear.
I do not have a bit of regret not having the hoppers. It saved me 120$ and I don't feel like we would have done much differently if we had them. If it was just me and my kids we might have used max pass but I just had too many balls in the air to try to manage all of that for everyone too. Fast pass worked fine and I feel like we did a nice job managing to do what was most important to everyone.
Day1
Bag check was short and soon we were waiting by the gates. J did not appreciate early then wait until I showed him the lines of people streaming in at 10am. My research usually pays off in the efficiency of our plan.
Soon we were let into the park with cute new Pixar themed tickets. It was easy to keep up with our splits on everything because both groups had 2 adults and 1 child. Since G is 10 she counts as an adult ans since little B is 2 she doesn't need tickets.
We knew that Fantasyland was going to be the best place for rides that the bitties could do we headed that way to rope drop.
We got a front row spot and soon we headed in. The bitties wanted to do Alice, since that was what they saw first so we dropped off the stroller and headed in to their first DL ride.
G was dying for some thrill so she and I ran over to the Matterhorn while C and J took the smaller guys to the tea cups and on Dumbo.
G loved the Matterhorn and I thought it was fun but very rough. The wait was only about 10 minutes so we headed back to meet the others and caught them on Dumbo.
The kids and I all wore ride shirts today. I had to ride Mr. Toad with my funny shirt so that is where we headed next. Little B did not really like this one much but the rest of us had fun. The wait there was probably also right around 10 minutes.
Next the girls wanted a go on the carousel so we went that way. It was walk on
We headed back towards Alice to grab the stroller and we ran into a meet in greet with Alice and the Mad Hatter.
They were really fun. I couldn't get friendly C to turn around for a picture, she kept showing Alice her nail polish.
A few steps past Alice we saw the Evil Queen from Snow White. Villians are my fave so we hurried over to meet her too.
We met seperately from C and her fam. just in case little B was afraid. The queen was evil with me and my kids and very much less so with the Bitties. Well done.
We had to bow to her first.
She told us no smiling for pictures as it gives you wrinkles but I couldn't do it. I was too happy. She seemed pleased that we came all the way from Texas just to meet her.
Even the Evil Queen had a hard time not smiling at little C when after they met and were walking away she turned and ran back and hugged her legs and told the Queen that she loved her. The Queen replied that of course she did. It was priceless.
We took a quick bathroom break near the Alice ride and then we headed over to the storybook canals ride.
The wait was about 15 minutes here and all the kids really liked it. We just wish it was a little longer. A few more castles would be nice.
Next up was a trip on It's a Small World. It is really pretty area. The little guys really liked this one.
It was also a walk on and we got our own private boat.
Everyone was getting a bit hungry and I had a fun plan for where to go.
Before we left I tried to get a good idea from everyone regarding what foods and snacks and rides/shows were most important to each person. That way I could make sure to squeeze in something for everybody.
I felt that it was B's turn for a minute so we headed to critter country to get him the snack of his dreams. The boy was dying to try a Tigger tail.
Another way that I saved a little money was I cashed in my Disney movie rewards that I had been saving from buying so many movies and I used them on Disney Gift cards. They were in 5 or 10 dollar increments so I used them on snacks so most snacks just cost me a few dollars out of pocket. It made a bunch of snacks/treats easier on the budget.
I walked ahead of the group and grabbed Splash Mt. Fast passes for G, B and I. Then I gathered us back up and we headed into the Pooh Bear snack shop to get a snack.
In case you don't know a Tigger Tail is 4 homemade marshmallows dipped in caramel, then dipped in chocolate and coated in orange sugar, then more chocolate stripes are painted on. It was really good and B ate every bite.
I got a similar item, just no sugar. It was awesome too but to my surprise we liked B's better. The sugar added a nice texture to the treat.
G went with a giant Mickey rice crispy treat covered in chocolate and m &ms.
These treats all tasted nice and fresh.
After seeing G's treat little B knew right away that she wanted the same thing. C wanted a giant giraffe cookie. She took one bite and was done but her Mom said it tasted fine. Girl is just picky. I think C either got another or finished Little B's rice crispy and J went somewhere else and grabbed a frozen lemonade.
We found a nice bench and had a break and then we rode Winnie the Pooh while waiting for our fast passes to be ready for Splash.
I got to ride with my C Bug. Such a sweet little ride.