Bornieo goes to Disney World - The Official Trip Report - Page 5

Prudence · 11-04-2007, 02:11 PM

Oh yeah - the Dino area sucks - we went once the first time we were there and never set foot there again.

Wanna hear about EPCOT!!!

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 11-04-2007, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Technically, I think the Grand Californian is the Animal Kingdom lodge with art deco theme, and the Animal Kingdom lodge is the Wilderness lodge with African theme. But yeah, they're all built in the same style (Wilderness was first.)

By the way, I'm enjoying your report so much that we actually looked at ticket prices yesterday...

Yeah, fairly the same grandeur. No doubt they'd reuse layouts again and again. Frankly the layout of the All Star Sports and the Port Orleans are basicaly the same inside and out.

I've been looking at prices too.

EPCOT and Dinosaur coming soon.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 11-07-2007, 12:43 AM

Day 5 - the Magic Kingdom!

So, finally I have one full day dedicated just to the Magic Kingdom - it’s Extra magic hour, so I have unti l Midnight to work the park! Arriving at the park I took the horse drawn carriage down Main Street to the hub- I was very excited!

The big disappointment of the day was missing my breakfast reservation at the Crystal Palace - I was late and was not really hungary so I skipped it and went for a walk around the park - stopping for a Peter Pan fastpass and made a nice slow walk thru the park checking out details and appreciating it.

Ariel!

Love the old Swan boat docks.

The Castle.

Love this building! Hall of the Presidents.

By the time I reached Liberty Square the Liberty Belle River boat was ready to depart so I hopped on for a ride around the Rivers of America - Not sure if they call it that, but it was a nice ride around and I got to see part so f Tom Sawyer’s Island, which I didn’t go to.

Nice two level dock!

Big Thunder - which was closed for Referb.

Oddly, the rumble in my tumble shows its’ face so I head over to the Plaza Restaurant for a quick bite. Still loved this place - quiet, just off Main Street. I had the Cheese Steak Sandwich which was perfect.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 11-07-2007, 12:44 AM

After an early lunch, my Peter Pan fastpass was ready to go, so I hit that. I was very pleased with the ride system and I think it would help the California version. Though the line was around 50 min. I walked in with my fastpass. Some parts I loved better that the Disneyland version (Like the Pirate ship) and some I liked better. It was really wonderful. Then around the corner was Mickey’s Philharmagic, which was just about to go in, so I hit that also. Loved it!! The CG was the best Disney has done, not counting Pixar - of course.

Afterwards I head back to Adventureland to see about Jungle Cruise but the line has moved to 40 min. (Good luck seeing that in California) so I walk to Splash Mtn for a fastpass and hit up Pirates of the Carribean.

Apparently the just got the addition of the Jack Sparrow character so I’m not sure what was upgraded but I enjoyed the attraction. The drop is shorter as is the ride as a whole. There are some missing elements from what California has, but I appreciated the position of the Davy Jones waterfall. It was in such a perfect spot. The que was a surprise having been used to the short que we have and seeing the boats and parrot pretty much right away. Their que really set the mood for the ride.

Next up was the Swiss Family Treehouse, which was great to go thru again since we now are stuck with Tarzan and then moved over to Aladdin’s Magic Carpet Ride! I had looked forward to riding this because of the motion the ride can do - that was fun. I then move over too....

And my reaction...

Nuff Said!

It’s a Small World had a 20 min line so I hit that next.!!

I had heard mixed reviews of the ride and I was very interested in seeing the "flooded" building version. Someone had said that the water made the scenes seem far away - I really didn’t get that feeling as I felt more in the scenes than at the Original. There wasn’t the gully of concrete slabs and lights that Disneyland has but at the same time, it felt a bit too clean. But, I really did enjoy the differences in that the scenes were more joined together and not separate by countries like in the Original - its more of a unified ride.

Laugh it up!

Chicken Choking goes on in Florida too!

From there I headed to Tomorrowland and towards Stitch’s Great Escape!

As it should be with Astro Orbiter on top!

I enjoyed the show. It wasn’t the greatest thing ever, but it was fun with well done AA’s and a good "story" to the ride. Burping Chilli-dogs and getting squirted wasn’t the best part but it was a fun ‘ride." I had heard about the shoulder bars, so I sat up taller when it came down so it wasn’t daunting on my shoulders - it never did, which was better than I’d heard.

I passed up the Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor for another time - the wait was 20 min and didn’t seem "worth it" at the time.. Plus I found a Space Mountain Fast Pass on the ground, so I got to ride that again! I got on Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin - which although having the ray-gun bolted to the car, I really liked the layout better than ours. I thought it was more than just a bunch of cutouts - it had some depth and it wasn’t just a track you go around on - it moved and there were things on both sides etc. It was better visually, to me, that the Disneyland Buzz ride.

Working back thru Fantasyland, I picked up a Fastpass for Winnie the Pooh and made my way to Splash Mtn to use that fastpass. The que is fairly familiar and I was fairly pleased with the boats but wasn’t totally able to fit without bumping my knees. The ride itself is just amazing, such an improvement on the Disneyland version and as I was told, you trickle by the scenes as apposed to flying by in the other version. Also, I didn’t get anywhere close to soaked as I do in the California version. Really, really loved the Brier Rabbit hopping along the boat and the little Muskrats singing along.

It was now time for my early dinner reservation which were for the Liberty Tree Tavern. It’s a character dinning with Family style service - meaning they bring big plates of food and you dig in. Since I was by myself the waitress just brought me a nice portion of Turkey, Ham, beef, mash potatoes, green beans and some awesome rolls that came with Honey butter. The characters came around, dressed in the period attire, Chip & Dale, Goofy, Pluto and Minnie Mouse all came by. The food was excellent, very fresh and I stuffed myself. I kick myself for not going back on Mickey’s Not So Scary night, more on that later.

It was getting later in the day, so I picked up my wrist band for the Extra Magic Hour and worked my way thru Fantasyland towards Mickey’s Toontown fair. While there I got a picture of the Castle that is my favorite picture of the trip. Just beautiful -

My fastpass for the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was up - so I went to that next. Our Pooh sucks, their Pooh is a wonderful ride. The differences just astound me in that we have such a cardboard, lame version of this attraction and the Magic Kingdom has such a broad complete, interesting, "wow" attraction is just amazing. Just a wonderful experience.

The Toontown fair was nice but packed. I rode Goofy’s Barnstormer, which is a version of our Toontown’s Gadget’s Go Coaster and a very short thrill for the 30 min wait. Donalds Boat, the play areas and Houses were all standards and lined with people. I hopped on the Walt Disney World Railroad at the Toontown Fair station. While waiting I had a nice conversation with the CM there. I was wondering how late the trains ran, he told me they close early because they shoot fireworks off on the tracks. He was surprise to hear how much of Disneyland closes down for the Remember fireworks.

The WDWRR was a nice ride around the park with nothing really more to offer than a ride. No diorama but a nice time to reflect and rest my feet.

It was getting darker by the time I got back to Toontown Fair and I wanted to catch Spectromagic again, so I got an excellent spot in the Hub facing towards the Main Street Train Station. I really really loved this parade, can’t say enough about it. After it was a few minutes until Wishes fireworks and I got a fine spot there in the hub.

The finale video is on my Myspace - www.myspace.com/40909299

It was very remanisant of Remember, Dreams Come True from Disneyland and a lot of the same music. Tinkerbelle flies (Tink Taco) from the top of the castle overhead towards Main Street. As usual, the fireworks, though familiar, were awesome and equally beautiful.

Like in Disneyland, the post fireworks means people leave and this was a nice chance to roam hitting the rides I had missed earlier. The Country Bears were first and I had hoped sitting in another part of the room would make the sound better, but it wasn’t too be. Its still great though.

Peter Pan had a 30 min wait, so I hit up Snow White’s Scary Adventure again, then Dumbo and a ride on the Carousel. Really liked Their Carousel because of the music. Over to Mad Tea Party - which spins and spins WELL. Not like ours, it was a simple turn of the wheel and I was moving! Then hopped on the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway. The evening ended with another viewing of Mickey’s Philharmagic.

Like at Disneyland, I like to spend closing in Town Square watching people leave. Sadly, there are no benches in Town Square at the Magic Kingdom, so I leaned on a rail until most everyone was gone and then left myself.

What an extraordinary magical day!

Next up : day 6 - EPCOT and Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween!!

innerSpaceman · 11-07-2007, 08:43 AM

Whew, I'm exhausted just from reading your trip report.

Thanks so much for sharing. It's great to read about your first reactions to Disney World.

lashbear · 11-07-2007, 12:35 PM

You were very brave to do Stitch alone !! Alien Encounter was terrifying.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 11-07-2007, 03:40 PM

Yes, I braved Stitch without you Lash - it was hard but I got thru it.

CoasterMatt · 11-07-2007, 04:50 PM

hehehe, you just said you were hard without Lash...

Snowflake · 11-08-2007, 08:17 AM

In the words of Madonna, I want more!

Borneo!

Nephythys · 11-08-2007, 08:26 AM

Awesome report-bring it on!

(in my head I am plotting ways to get my family out there)

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Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Day 5 - the Magic Kingdom! So, finally I have one full day dedicated just to the Magic Kingdom - it’s Extra magic hour, so I have unti l Midnight to work the park! Arriving at the park I took the horse drawn carriage down Main Street to the hub- I was very excited! The big disappointment of the day was missing my breakfast reservation at the Crystal Palace - I was late and was not really hungary so I skipped it and went for a walk around the park - stopping for a Peter Pan fastpass and made a nice slow walk thru the park checking out details and appreciating it. Ariel! Love the old Swan boat docks. The Castle. Love this building! Hall of the Presidents. By the time I reached Liberty Square the Liberty Belle River boat was ready to depart so I hopped on for a ride around the Rivers of America - Not sure if they call it that, but it was a nice ride around and I got to see part so f Tom Sawyer’s Island, which I didn’t go to. Nice two level dock! Big Thunder - which was closed for Referb. Oddly, the rumble in my tumble shows its’ face so I head over to the Plaza Restaurant for a quick bite. Still loved this place - quiet, just off Main Street. I had the Cheese Steak Sandwich which was perfect.
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11-07-2007, 12:44 AM	#44
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	After an early lunch, my Peter Pan fastpass was ready to go, so I hit that. I was very pleased with the ride system and I think it would help the California version. Though the line was around 50 min. I walked in with my fastpass. Some parts I loved better that the Disneyland version (Like the Pirate ship) and some I liked better. It was really wonderful. Then around the corner was Mickey’s Philharmagic, which was just about to go in, so I hit that also. Loved it!! The CG was the best Disney has done, not counting Pixar - of course. Afterwards I head back to Adventureland to see about Jungle Cruise but the line has moved to 40 min. (Good luck seeing that in California) so I walk to Splash Mtn for a fastpass and hit up Pirates of the Carribean. Apparently the just got the addition of the Jack Sparrow character so I’m not sure what was upgraded but I enjoyed the attraction. The drop is shorter as is the ride as a whole. There are some missing elements from what California has, but I appreciated the position of the Davy Jones waterfall. It was in such a perfect spot. The que was a surprise having been used to the short que we have and seeing the boats and parrot pretty much right away. Their que really set the mood for the ride. Next up was the Swiss Family Treehouse, which was great to go thru again since we now are stuck with Tarzan and then moved over to Aladdin’s Magic Carpet Ride! I had looked forward to riding this because of the motion the ride can do - that was fun. I then move over too.... And my reaction... Nuff Said! It’s a Small World had a 20 min line so I hit that next.!! I had heard mixed reviews of the ride and I was very interested in seeing the "flooded" building version. Someone had said that the water made the scenes seem far away - I really didn’t get that feeling as I felt more in the scenes than at the Original. There wasn’t the gully of concrete slabs and lights that Disneyland has but at the same time, it felt a bit too clean. But, I really did enjoy the differences in that the scenes were more joined together and not separate by countries like in the Original - its more of a unified ride. Laugh it up! Chicken Choking goes on in Florida too! From there I headed to Tomorrowland and towards Stitch’s Great Escape! As it should be with Astro Orbiter on top! I enjoyed the show. It wasn’t the greatest thing ever, but it was fun with well done AA’s and a good "story" to the ride. Burping Chilli-dogs and getting squirted wasn’t the best part but it was a fun ‘ride." I had heard about the shoulder bars, so I sat up taller when it came down so it wasn’t daunting on my shoulders - it never did, which was better than I’d heard. I passed up the Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor for another time - the wait was 20 min and didn’t seem "worth it" at the time.. Plus I found a Space Mountain Fast Pass on the ground, so I got to ride that again! I got on Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin - which although having the ray-gun bolted to the car, I really liked the layout better than ours. I thought it was more than just a bunch of cutouts - it had some depth and it wasn’t just a track you go around on - it moved and there were things on both sides etc. It was better visually, to me, that the Disneyland Buzz ride. Working back thru Fantasyland, I picked up a Fastpass for Winnie the Pooh and made my way to Splash Mtn to use that fastpass. The que is fairly familiar and I was fairly pleased with the boats but wasn’t totally able to fit without bumping my knees. The ride itself is just amazing, such an improvement on the Disneyland version and as I was told, you trickle by the scenes as apposed to flying by in the other version. Also, I didn’t get anywhere close to soaked as I do in the California version. Really, really loved the Brier Rabbit hopping along the boat and the little Muskrats singing along. It was now time for my early dinner reservation which were for the Liberty Tree Tavern. It’s a character dinning with Family style service - meaning they bring big plates of food and you dig in. Since I was by myself the waitress just brought me a nice portion of Turkey, Ham, beef, mash potatoes, green beans and some awesome rolls that came with Honey butter. The characters came around, dressed in the period attire, Chip & Dale, Goofy, Pluto and Minnie Mouse all came by. The food was excellent, very fresh and I stuffed myself. I kick myself for not going back on Mickey’s Not So Scary night, more on that later. It was getting later in the day, so I picked up my wrist band for the Extra Magic Hour and worked my way thru Fantasyland towards Mickey’s Toontown fair. While there I got a picture of the Castle that is my favorite picture of the trip. Just beautiful - My fastpass for the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was up - so I went to that next. Our Pooh sucks, their Pooh is a wonderful ride. The differences just astound me in that we have such a cardboard, lame version of this attraction and the Magic Kingdom has such a broad complete, interesting, "wow" attraction is just amazing. Just a wonderful experience. The Toontown fair was nice but packed. I rode Goofy’s Barnstormer, which is a version of our Toontown’s Gadget’s Go Coaster and a very short thrill for the 30 min wait. Donalds Boat, the play areas and Houses were all standards and lined with people. I hopped on the Walt Disney World Railroad at the Toontown Fair station. While waiting I had a nice conversation with the CM there. I was wondering how late the trains ran, he told me they close early because they shoot fireworks off on the tracks. He was surprise to hear how much of Disneyland closes down for the Remember fireworks. The WDWRR was a nice ride around the park with nothing really more to offer than a ride. No diorama but a nice time to reflect and rest my feet. It was getting darker by the time I got back to Toontown Fair and I wanted to catch Spectromagic again, so I got an excellent spot in the Hub facing towards the Main Street Train Station. I really really loved this parade, can’t say enough about it. After it was a few minutes until Wishes fireworks and I got a fine spot there in the hub. The finale video is on my Myspace - www.myspace.com/40909299 It was very remanisant of Remember, Dreams Come True from Disneyland and a lot of the same music. Tinkerbelle flies (Tink Taco) from the top of the castle overhead towards Main Street. As usual, the fireworks, though familiar, were awesome and equally beautiful. Like in Disneyland, the post fireworks means people leave and this was a nice chance to roam hitting the rides I had missed earlier. The Country Bears were first and I had hoped sitting in another part of the room would make the sound better, but it wasn’t too be. Its still great though. Peter Pan had a 30 min wait, so I hit up Snow White’s Scary Adventure again, then Dumbo and a ride on the Carousel. Really liked Their Carousel because of the music. Over to Mad Tea Party - which spins and spins WELL. Not like ours, it was a simple turn of the wheel and I was moving! Then hopped on the Tomorrowland Indy Speedway. The evening ended with another viewing of Mickey’s Philharmagic. Like at Disneyland, I like to spend closing in Town Square watching people leave. Sadly, there are no benches in Town Square at the Magic Kingdom, so I leaned on a rail until most everyone was gone and then left myself. What an extraordinary magical day! Next up : day 6 - EPCOT and Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween!!
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Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	Awesome report-bring it on! (in my head I am plotting ways to get my family out there)
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