WDW 08/18 - 08/21

[Tr0y]

Made a final trip to WDW with my 2024-2025 Incredi-pass before it expires. I started my trip at Animal Kingdom. Being that it was my last trip for a while i decided to splurge and purchase the Lightning lane multi pass. For $19 I highly recommend anyone who visits WDW to purchase the LL multi pass. With the LL multi-pass I was able to ride every attraction open at Animal Kingdom. $19 might get you a single fast pass ticket at Kings Island. With the additional time to spare. I was able to sit down at Nomad’s lounge for a quick bite and a drink. The food was excellent and the drinks are poured heavy, as expected at Disney. 

From Animal Kingdom I got back to my car and made my way to Disney Hollywood studios. The beauty about the LL Multi Pass is that it’s good for any park that day. So I was able to ride pretty much everything with the exception being Alien Swirling Saucers during my visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios because I opted for a second ride on Slinky Dog which I finished the night on.

Day two in Orlando I spent the first half of the day at Magic Kingdom. Due to a ticketed event they had that evening the park had an early closing time. The benefit of that however was the crowd was light compared to a normal day at the park so I ended up not purchasing a LL multi pass. I got a lot of rides in at Magic Kingdom then proceeded to park hop back to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to finish the night.

Day three in Orlando I spent the entire day at Epcot. It was at Epcot that I have noticed some budget cuts made by Mickey Mouse. Normally there are two people working the Lightning lane lines. Other than their most popular attractions, they were only using one cast member. Also on some of the rides the animatronics were not all completely working. For example an arm not working or a mouth. The worst was the day before while riding Tianna’s So many issues, with the animatronics and screens not working, I was surprised it was even allowed to be opened at all. Although some budget cuts were apparent, (Slow time of the year likely?) The customer service was top notch as always. I experienced a rollback on the second hill of Guardians of the Galaxy earlier that day and was granted a single use lightning lane ticket for the ride. Being that I had a reservation at the GEO lounge, I was not going to be able to use my single use LL ticket. Guest relations granted me a ticket to be used the following day.

My final day in Orlando, I started at Epcot again. And again, I purchased the LL multi pass for $19. I rode everything and had time to grab a drink and some food at the Space 220 lounge. From there I hoped on the monorail and made my way to Magic Kingdom to finish the night and the trip altogether. Bad weather was on the forecast for the evening so I assumed the crowd would disperse when the bad weather hit, because as you know. It’s a sticking point for Six Flags during their quarterly meetings every time they don't perform well. The hard rain and lightning came, but the crowd didn’t waiver. Instead, Disney was all but prepared for bad weather. There were plenty of indoor attractions to choose from. With lines stretching outside its indoor queue, with  wait times over an hour. For the folks who had purchased Lightning lanes were given “Wildcard” LL single use tickets that were available to use for a wide selection of rides Disney deemed comparable with the LL ticket that was affected. And it was done preemptively without me ever having to make contact with someone from guest relations. The bad weather lasted a few hours and eventually went away. I finally got a night ride on Tron. I finished my night at Magic Kingdom by purchasing the popcorn mix from the Main Street Confectionary. It is essentially a chipotle for popcorn lovers. With a variety of options of popcorn and toppings. The line was quite long, I probably waited about 20mins to get mine.  I wish this was something that was an option and KI. MY girlfriend and I get one every visit we have made to Magic Kingdom.

All in all, I had a great trip.