Episode #143: How to make the most of your Day in Magic Kingdom

Ever wondered how to breeze through Magic Kingdom like a seasoned Disney pro? Buckle up, because Brittany and I are dishing out all the insider tips on nailing the perfect Disney day. From mastering Genie Plus to securing those coveted Lightning Lane passes, we're unraveling the secrets that'll see you zipping through Tron's virtual queue and setting realistic expectations for ride wait times. And, of course, we'll share our own tales from the park to sprinkle a little pixie dust on your game plan.

Crack the dawn code with us as we reminisce on the thrills of being first in line for Space Mountain and map out the ultimate morning strategy in Tomorrowland. Hungry for more than just adventure? We've got the scoop on where to grab the tastiest breakfast, whether you're all about the pastries at Joffrey's or craving the colossal cinnamon rolls at Gaston's Tavern. And for those looking to dine with Disney royalty, we weigh in on whether it's worth trading in those Dole Whip dollars for a seat at Cinderella's Royal Table or the Crystal Palace.

As night falls on the Magic Kingdom, the enchantment doesn't fade. We'll guide you through the best spots for evening dining — from the jungle flair of Skipper Canteen to the homely Italian vibe at Tony's Town Square Restaurant. Plus, we chat about how to wind down your day with stellar fireworks views and late-night rides, capturing the magic as the park glows under a starlit sky. Join us for this episode of Circle of Parks, where every second is a step further into the heart of Disney wonder.

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Speaker 1: 0:21

Hello and welcome to Circle of Parks podcast episode number 143. Today we are continuing our series with how to make the most of your day in a certain park, and today's park is Magic Kingdom. There is far too much to see and do. We are here to help guide you through, to see and do. We are here to help guide you through. But before we do that, we must talk Disney merch.

Speaker 1: 0:53

So this week, disney merch. For those of you that like charms and Pandora bracelets, you might want to check out a bunch of new Pandora charms that have shown up on DisneyStorecom. You have a Mickey and Minnie Mouse fireworks charm. You have a Mickey Mouse lollipop that dangles. You have Sorcerer Mickey. You have a Mickey and Minnie Mouse clip charm. There's one that's the Fantasyland Castle. There's a Donald and Daisy teacup charm, where it looks like they're on their teacup ride. There's Stitch and quite a few more. So, again, go check that out at DisneyStorecom Still getting used to saying that, as you know, it used to be ShopDisneycom but it's now DisneyStorecom. Also, we have merch. So if you go to CircleOfParkscom, click on merch and then it will take you directly to the TeePublic site and you can find Circle of Parks merchandise, such as stickers, coffee mugs, sweatshirts, t-shirts and more. So please go check that out.

Speaker 2: 2:03

Thank you, everybody for joining us. Episode number 143. I'm Zach, I'm Brittany and we do this show every single week and our goal is to help you have a better Walt Disney World vacation and to break your week up and take you to Disney once a week.

Speaker 1: 2:17

Yes, this is an escape for us too, not just you, the listener.

Speaker 2: 2:20

Yes, because we're going over this. It takes time and effort to do these episodes. I know it just sounds like we're rambling a lot, but there's a lot of work that goes into these shows, so that's kind of an escape for us too, right.

Speaker 1: 2:31

It is especially, you know, if you've had a stressful day or week and you just wish you were at Disney and want to talk Disney to put that smile on your face.

Speaker 2: 2:37

So yeah, so today we're talking about how to make the most of your day in the Magic Kingdom, and I think this was the hardest one of them all.

Speaker 1: 2:46

I agree and I feel like I left something out, but yeah, Well.

Speaker 2: 2:49

So I went about it a different way than I have the past ones, because here's the thing with Genie Plus in the Magic Kingdom there's no way to plan around that. You get what you get right.

Speaker 1: 3:02

Right.

Speaker 2: 3:03

So I went about it as if you're in this area at this time of day, right?

Speaker 1: 3:08

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 3:08

Because you're going to have to crisscross the park. It's just no other way around it.

Speaker 1: 3:12

It's true Like there are so many times and y'all have probably heard me on past episodes like can't we just go in order for once, because we zigzag, zigzag, zigzag. But it's just how you have to do it sometimes depending on the wait times for rides or whatever.

Speaker 2: 3:26

Back in the old FastPass days, you could plan your day around what you had selected, right. So you could do that. Now with Genie Plus here at Magic Kingdom not happening, and it's not like Hollywood Studios, where Hollywood Studios is a pretty compact park. So you're not. Yes, you're walking around the park, but you're not. Yes, you're walking around the park, but you're not.

Speaker 1: 3:46

It's not like magic kingdom it's not spread out quite like the magic.

Speaker 2: 3:48

Yeah, so keep that in mind. And again, we're doing this based on normal crowd levels, not like a spring break or a fall break or a fourth of july or christmas day, so just keep that in mind. This is normal wait times, which, when I think of normal wait time for Space Mountain, I think 45 minutes to an hour. I think 80 plus for Mine Train, I think 30 for Mansion, 30 for Pirates, maybe 45 or 50 for Big Thunder. Right, is that?

Speaker 1: 4:18

that's on a non crazy busy day.

Speaker 2: 4:22

But just on a normal day, normal day Busy in the summertime day.

Speaker 2: 4:27

So for the Magic Kingdom, we do recommend Genie Plus. For Magic Kingdom and an individual, I recommend an individual pay lightning link for Tron. Yeah, Do not forget 7 am. If you're staying on property, Everybody else is when the park opens. As of today, the recording Magic Kingdom opens at 8 am. Early magic hours or early entry from 7.30 to 8 am. So at 7 am you can start making that first Lightning Lane selection, which I would recommend. Peter Pan or Space Mountain would be probably my go-to for the first ones, or maybe Jungle Cruise.

Speaker 1: 5:08

Seven Dwarfs.

Speaker 2: 5:10

Lightning Lane, not individual paid.

Speaker 1: 5:12

That's an individual paid, sorry, sorry sorry, yes, no, I would agree with what you said.

Speaker 2: 5:16

Or get in that virtual queue for Tron, because Tron is awesome. But keep in mind, with Tron, if you get a virtual queue, you could still wait an hour plus in that line. That's just guaranteeing you a spot in the line. It's not saying the line's going to move fast yeah so the and the queue for this I don't think is that great. It's cool, but it's not worth waiting an hour in for guard like like guardian.

Speaker 1: 5:39

I'll wait an hour for guardians, I don't mind right but tron, I'll just take the individual lightning lane and go and in fact speaking from experience too, because there was one time when y'all did the virtual- queue and you did wait almost an hour, um, but then another time with the lightning lane it was like 20 minutes, yeah, yeah so there's a virtual queue at 7 am and that's for everybody.

Speaker 2: 6:02

You don't have to be in the park for that, and at 1 pm't have to be in the park for that and at 1 pm. You have to be in Magic Kingdom for that. Now, if you're doing an individual paid Lightning Lane for Tron, I would highly, highly, highly highly recommend you do this at night, Because you can pick the time slot for the individual paid Lightning Lane Nighttime. You're welcome.

Speaker 1: 6:21

Yeah, I mean I haven't ridden it, but it looks.

Speaker 2: 6:23

even just watching it at night looks so amazing it's so much better at night, but we'll get to later on in the day. But so for recording purposes and planning purposes, today's hours for the Magic Kingdom are 8 am to 11 pm, with early magic hours from 7.30 am keep this in mind. Happily ever after fireworks show 8.45 hours from 7 30 am. Keep this in mind. Happily ever after firework show 8 45 pm. So you still have a few hours after after the firework show.

Speaker 1: 6:53

We'll get into that, yeah, and you know, but this is where you do need to be aware of the hours when you go, because it's not always going to be the same. It depends on the time of year changes quite often. Yes, yes, and so keep that in mind, because certain times of the year, after the fireworks, that's it that's it, yep you know, and then other times, as zach just mentioned. You still have some time all right.

Speaker 2: 7:11

So what attractions are we rope dropping in magic? Keep in mind, the only two lands open are space, mountain, fantasy land, that's it well, the land is called space mountain yes, the land is called space Mountain. Yes, the land is called Space.

Speaker 1: 7:24

Mountain. Yes, sorry, tomorrowland.

Speaker 2: 7:25

Tomorrowland and Fantasyland are the only two lands open for that early entry.

Speaker 1: 7:31

Yes, so yeah, definitely keep that in mind, because if you're thinking you'd rather do like, you know Pirates or some.

Speaker 2: 7:39

Big Thunder.

Speaker 1: 7:40

Big Thunder. You can't get there at that time. That opens at 8 am.

Speaker 2: 7:41

Yeah, Big Thunder that you can't get there at that time. That opens at 8 am yeah.

Speaker 1: 7:43

So what we do? You know we've talked about this before Now. The first couple of times we went we did do a different direction, but now we do Tomorrowland to hit up Space Mountain or at least Zach and the boys do. I go to Joffrey's get a coffee, get some donuts for them and wait till they meet me again.

Speaker 2: 8:02

Yes.

Speaker 1: 8:07

So I'd recommend Space Mountain 1. And you don't have quite as big of a crowd going towards Tomorrowland as you do Fantasyland, because everybody's either going to be going to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Right.

Speaker 2: 8:14

Or Peter Pan.

Speaker 1: 8:16

And we used to, like the first couple of times, head in the direction of Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, but it was just craziness and we just feel more comfortable. Head in the direction of Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, but it was just craziness and we just feel more comfortable. It's less like ah, in your face first thing in the morning if you go to Tomorrowland, for us I really like the music while you're waiting for the rope to drop at Tomorrowland, because you can hear it.

Speaker 2: 8:40

It's loud, it's not crazy busy there yet and the cast members are chill and they're asking. Some of them will ask you like Space Mountain trivia and stuff like this. So, of course, Zach loves that. Oh yeah, I love that, and when you walk through it the music in the queue is. So it's just. It's something about it. I don't know, maybe it's just tradition with me and the boys. That's something I'm always going to remember, and when we have grandkids I'll look back on that.

Speaker 1: 9:06

I don't know, but it's just something about it. But I think even walking through Tomorrowland to get to Space Mountain you hear the music more.

Speaker 2: 9:14

That's what I was saying, yeah.

Speaker 1: 9:15

I thought you were talking about the ride.

Speaker 2: 9:16

No, no, Well that and the ride music.

Speaker 1: 9:20

You hear the music during the day a little bit, but it's just so busy that you don't hear it as clearly.

Speaker 2: 9:33

It's not getting your attention as much as it does early in the morning or later at night. So one of our friends, they went for spring break during the week where it was not busy.

Speaker 2: 9:38

And they put on their stories. They were rope dropping Space Mountain and they were at that rope drop line. You could hear the music and I'm like I could just it music and I was like I could, just it's like I was there. I could smell the smell in the air. It felt like I was there because the music it was great, all right. So we've rope dropped either Space Mountain, peter Pan or Mine Train. Here's what I put. Keep in mind the areas you're in. Here's what I put. Keep in mind the areas you're in. So what do you do for morning attractions and breakfast? I put if you rope drop Space Mountain, you can do Buzz Lightyear, ranger, spin and Astro Orbiter pretty quickly, so you can knock those three attractions out in that first 30 minutes.

Speaker 1: 10:16

Yes, because Astro Orbiter tends to get a longer line as the day goes on because of the process to get up to it.

Speaker 2: 10:25

Yes, it's a very slow load and unload process.

Speaker 1: 10:28

Yes, so um so yeah, that is an option. I put Tomorrowland Speedway People Mover.

Speaker 2: 10:37

I'm saving the People Mover.

Speaker 1: 10:39

Well, you can ride, well, we can ride. People Mover off and on all day.

Speaker 2: 10:41

Right, exactly.

Speaker 1: 10:42

But, um, you can ride PeopleMover off and on all day, right, exactly, but I'm thinking other rides that you might want to do if you start in Tomorrowland.

Speaker 2: 10:47

You can do a lot of them pretty quickly.

Speaker 1: 10:49

Yeah, it could be Tomorrowland Speedway and PeopleMover. Now PeopleMover and Tomorrowland Speedway throughout the day. They usually don't have long wait times.

Speaker 2: 10:56

No, they don't.

Speaker 1: 10:57

But if it's one of those like hey, we're here, let's get a couple more rides in, couple more rides in, and maybe you don't want to do buzz lightyear or go up to astro orbiter.

Speaker 2: 11:08

These are some others. So I put buzz lightyear because it can get a long wait. We don't prefer, personally like it, but it can get a long wait and if you go to it right after space mountain, no one's going to be going to buzz light your buzz light, your ranger, space ranger spin first thing in the morning. But you can go ahead and knock that out pretty quickly too.

Speaker 1: 11:24

Yeah, and I mean, some people really like this ride, but we like Toy Story Mania better in Hollywood Studios than Buzz Lightyear.

Speaker 2: 11:31

Yeah, so I also put since you're in Space Mountain, you go to Joffrey's Coffee and you get a couple of big donuts for breakfast.

Speaker 1: 11:38

Yes, you can split those. They're splittable, yeah.

Speaker 2: 11:40

So Split those, they're splittable.

Speaker 1: 11:41

Yeah, so that's what you know I tend to do. I go ahead and get that while the boys are riding boys and Zach are riding Space Mountain, and then it's waiting for them when they get off the ride.

Speaker 2: 11:56

But as far as breakfast goes, I also put Sleepy Hollow Fruit waffle.

Speaker 1: 12:00

Yes, so they have more than just the fresh fruit waffle sandwich, but it is so good. You have strawberries, banana, blueberries and chocolate hazelnut spread on a waffle for $8.49. They also have funnel cake with strawberries and powdered sugar regular funnel cake, mickey-shaped waffle with strawberries and powdered sugar, a regular Mickey waffle with powdered sugar and your choice of juices or Coke beverages.

Speaker 2: 12:28

So I'm trying to stick to where you may be for what you might want to eat.

Speaker 1: 12:32

Right, I get it. Well, we covered Joffrey's Right.

Speaker 2: 12:35

So if you rope drop Mine Train or Peter Pan, and then maybe you could knock out Winnie the Pooh or Little Mermaid pretty quickly too.

Speaker 1: 12:42

Yeah, since you're in that area, if you start over there, yeah.

Speaker 2: 12:46

And so for breakfast, if you're in Fantasyland, Gaston's Tavern.

Speaker 1: 12:51

Oh, for the big cinnamon roll.

Speaker 2: 12:52

For the big cinnamon roll. Well, first of all, they have the gray stuffed cupcake, they have the warm cinnamon roll and they have a warm provolone and Swiss sandwich. That actually looks ham, provolone and Swiss. That actually sounds pretty good. So these are huge, but if you have a big family, split it.

Speaker 1: 13:10

Right, yeah, because that cinnamon roll yeah, it is massive.

Speaker 2: 13:15

And you get LeFru's Brew, which is frozen apple juice with a hint of toasted marshmallow and topped with all natural passion fruit mango foam. That's very sweet, but so here's the thing don't take a big swig, lefru's brew right after taking a bite of the cinnamon roll.

Speaker 2: 13:29

It's gonna hurt, yeah, so, but if you want a lot of sugar to get you going for the day, gaston's tavern is the place. Now here's another option we don't recommend, but if you have families that want to do this and and this is a bucket list place for families as well Cinderella's Royal Table. Well yep $69 per adult for breakfast, $42 per child for breakfast.

Speaker 1: 13:57

Yeah, we have not done this.

Speaker 2: 13:58

I don't think we will ever do this, but they just have traditional breakfast scrambled eggs, sausage, baked potatoes, they have beef, beef tenderloin and egg. But that's a lot of money it is, but it's a bucket listing for a lot of people. I get it it is now.

Speaker 1: 14:11

if you, and if you're big on breakfast and you want to do some other character meet and greets for a little cheaper, you can also head to the Crystal Palace. It's a buffet. You meet the Winnie the Pooh characters and that's $48 per adult and $30 per child and it's your typical buffet offerings that we talk about each and every time, from fruit, bacon, waffles, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, yogurt, eggs, cereal, assorted pastries. So that's another option.

Speaker 2: 14:40

Okay, are we good with breakfast time stuff. Okay, so now it's lunch time Later. Okay, let's do with breakfast time stuff. Okay, so now it's lunch time later.

Speaker 1: 14:47

Okay, so it's later. Let's do some attractions and then lunch.

Speaker 2: 14:49

Okay, so here's where I'm at. Here's where I'm getting at. Okay, a snack. Yes, here's where I'm getting at. I couldn't decide Like. You're going to be crisscrossing this park so much with Genie Plus. So Do your Genie Plus attractions, whatever they may be right. Again, you can pick one every 120 minutes, or when you tap into that one, right.

Speaker 1: 15:09

Right.

Speaker 2: 15:10

So I'm not even going to try to imagine where you could possibly be at any time in this park, right? Not even going to try. So I'm thinking, like you've done some attractions, you've had breakfast, you've done some Genie Plus, you've done your lightning, like you've done your lightning, like you've done mansion or big thunder or jungle cruise or whatever, right, right? So you've done a couple of attractions.

Speaker 2: 15:29

When you're in that land, whatever land it may be, look for the filler attractions oh yeah like, if you're in, like if you do jungle cruise, do aladdin's carpet right, or if you're in um you know, if you're in fantasy land, do the teacups, something like that, that's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 1: 15:47

Okay, yeah.

Speaker 2: 15:48

They're not going to be 20, 30. I mean, they'll be 20, 30-minute waits, but do something like that. But for the midday and you brought this up multiple times this is a good time to get out of the sun.

Speaker 1: 15:59

Yes, especially in the middle of summer.

Speaker 2: 16:01

Do a couple of shows and you want a relaxing lunch, because it's going to be, even though it's not like 4th of July or Christmas Day, Magic Canyon can get very overwhelming.

Speaker 1: 16:14

Yeah, now I did it where, like if you had done some attractions since eating your breakfast and you're getting a little hungry again, stopping at the spring roll cart.

Speaker 2: 16:26

Yeah, so snacks are great. Spring roll cart yeah, I didn't really talk about snacks on this too much.

Speaker 1: 16:31

Yeah, so I was thinking again. This is if you're not quite ready for lunch but you are a little hungry. Maybe you did split that cinnamon roll and you weren't stuffed. Because you split it among family members, so you're getting a little hungry again. Stuffed because you split it among family members, so you're getting a little hungry again. That spring roll cart, you know, right now they have the cheeseburger in the pepperoni pizza. Now that pepperoni one lately is the one that's been changing. It could be a different option when you go like, maybe like a buffalo chicken one, but it seems to be that they are keeping the cheeseburger on.

Speaker 2: 17:03

So can you remind us where the Spring Roll cart is?

Speaker 1: 17:06

Adventure Lane Outside of it.

Speaker 2: 17:07

Are you asking me or telling me? I'm, I'm telling you, you're telling me Right outside of Adventureland.

Speaker 1: 17:13

Say it with confidence Right outside Adventureland on the right.

Speaker 2: 17:17

From the hub, from the hub, there we go.

Speaker 1: 17:19

Coming from the hub, coming from the castle. If you don't realize what we're saying, the green grass area is the hub. As you're walking into Adventureland, off to the right, you will see a spring roll cart.

Speaker 2: 17:31

All right, so I'm assuming you're in Tomorrowland. Maybe you wanted to do another Space Mountain Lightning Lane, right? You rope, dropped it and you want to do it again Because you paid for Genie Plus Might as well, take advantage of it, right.

Speaker 1: 17:43

Yeah, but I'd want to do it later in the day. Okay, well, just go with me here, I'm going.

Speaker 2: 17:47

Let's just say you're in Tomorrowland right. You've done Space Mountain right. I think a good show. Carousel of Progress Gets you out of the sun. Classic classic Walt. Walt built it, had his hands on it, designed it. It's not exactly the same. It's gone through some iterations but it's still essentially the same show, right.

Speaker 1: 18:09

Yeah, I mean, and that is when, at some point in the day, when it's getting really hot, because it takes a little while to go through it too. It, and that is when, at some point in the day when it's getting really hot, because it takes a little while to go through it, too, it does. It's 20 minutes.

Speaker 2: 18:19

You're out. Yeah, so you're 20 minutes out of the heat Right.

Speaker 1: 18:20

People movers, great yes, anytime of the day.

Speaker 2: 18:22

Anytime of the day.

Speaker 1: 18:23

Night Anytime.

Speaker 2: 18:24

Anytime People movers Great.

Speaker 1: 18:35

And that is one of my choices I put, I put this here, this cheeseburgers, fried chicken sandwiches it's nuts in here. But they do have plenty of seating.

Speaker 2: 18:46

There is plenty of seating. So, even though it's nuts.

Speaker 1: 18:49

You're going to find a table.

Speaker 2: 18:50

Mobile order. The lines here get very, very long. I do not know why people do not mobile order Mobile order here get very, very long. I do not know why people do not mobile order Mobile order here. It will save you so much time and headaches but it can get pretty nuts. So I'm bumping this down a little bit on my rankings for quick service restaurants in Magic Kingdom.

Speaker 2: 19:07

But, it's a theme park burger. It's not a bad burger, it's not going to knock your socks off, but you got chicken tenders. You got all that stuff here. Everybody's going to be happy with the food here. You got Sonny Eclipse. He's playing some tunes. Funny, pay attention to it, it's good. So that's what I put if you're in that area, that area.

Speaker 1: 19:27

Yeah, and so he's on my, or Cosmic Graze is on my list too, Sony Eclipse. Yeah, cosmic Rays is on my list too. Again, like Zach was saying, depending on where you're at Now, I had mine kind of listed out. You know, after the spring roll cart, maybe, if you haven't already, get in line and ride Pirates of the Caribbean.

Speaker 2: 19:45

Ooh, I like where you're going with that.

Speaker 1: 19:47

And then you're out of the heat again.

Speaker 2: 19:48

Right.

Speaker 1: 19:49

You know it's, it's what. How long is that ride? 10 minutes once you're on it, yeah, but the queue is even out of the heat too, yeah, yeah. And so Pirates of the Caribbean, maybe Haunted Mansion If you're wanting a show, and maybe even take a dole whip with you.

Speaker 2: 20:10

Hall of Presidents. No, the Tiki Room. Tiki Room's on my list the Tiki.

Speaker 1: 20:14

Room and then I had put you know, maybe for lunch. These are my choices for lunch. Now, one of them I haven't been to, but zach has. So again, depending on where you're at, I have put cosmic rays. I had also put columbia harbor house here's where I'm at.

Speaker 2: 20:28

yes, columbia harbor house if you're on that side of the park, regardless if you're in Adventureland, frontierland, fantasyland, columbia Harbor House, I think is Go ahead.

Speaker 1: 20:42

Well, it's kind of in a central location. Yes, it's in.

Speaker 2: 20:44

Technically it's in Liberty Square but it's kind of very centrally located. This I'm going on a limb and saying this is going to be the best quick service restaurant in the Magic Kingdom, for two reasons. One, it's not theme park. Well, they do have theme park food here.

Speaker 1: 20:59

But Not just that.

Speaker 2: 21:00

It's not just that. Two, it's crazy. Downstairs you go upstairs, it's a whole new world.

Speaker 1: 21:10

Yes, it's a lot more quiet.

Speaker 2: 21:14

Barely any people know about it is chill so I'm looking at the menu. They have a lobster roll, new england shrimp boil. Grilled salmon, mustard glazed salmon shrimp skewer. The trio platter is what I've always gotten and it's made me feel sick. I'm not getting that anymore. But that's fried shrimp, chicken strips and battered fish with hush puppies. All fried stuff. I'm done with that.

Speaker 1: 21:36

But it's very good.

Speaker 2: 21:37

It is good but for next time we go. I'm either getting the grilled shrimp skewer or the grilled salmon.

Speaker 1: 21:44

Yeah, but I mean anything that we've tried has been good. And then, looking at other people's plates and stuff, it's like ooh, that lobster roll looks good. Ooh, that shrimp boil looks good.

Speaker 2: 22:00

Served with rice and green beans. So this is going to give you a little bit of a reprieve of just your basic unhealthy, fried, quick, sweet theme park food, right yes, this is actually going to be some healthier options. And the kids have a good. You know they have fried shrimp chicken strips and they also have a shrimp skewer and grilled salmon. Our kids love shrimp.

Speaker 1: 22:17

They do, they do.

Speaker 2: 22:19

So this may be a better option if you just want to save your stomach for a little while, right. Not feel so bad after eating all that fried stuff and get out of the heat and get out of the craziness that is the Magic Kingdom and chill upstairs. It's so peaceful, the decor is so elegant and beautiful and you can people watch. I like watching from up there too. I think that's really cool. Right, yeah, but there's always plenty of seating up there.

Speaker 1: 22:45

Yeah, and then another one I put, and again, it depends on where you're at, and this is one I haven't experienced, but Zach has, and it may be that you do this, maybe even like more mid-afternoon, so you have a good appetite built up for it is skipper canteen.

Speaker 2: 22:59

I have this for dinner. Okay, we'll talk about that well it's a good. It's a very, very good option.

Speaker 1: 23:04

Yeah so you know, and again I haven't eaten there and that's why I said maybe, like mid-afternoon maybe you don't want a huge lunch in the middle of the day and don't want to end your day on something heavy, but maybe that mid-afternoon, and so they have things like crispy fried chicken with rice and vegetables. It's called Taste Like Chicken because it is Delicious. Dr Fall's signature grilled steak. You have curried vegetable crew stew.

Speaker 1: 23:33

Sustainable baba lamb chops I like the hearty hard char pork yes, and then you have a noodle bowl, and then they, you know, this is just a more. Uh, what's the word for broad menu, different menu? Um, adventurous?

Speaker 2: 23:50

adventurous menu a little bit. It's the jungle cruise. It's gonna be adventurous exactly.

Speaker 1: 23:54

And then you know, for the kids, they have a Chef Tanda Cheese, crispy Chicken, you have macaroni and cheese, junior Skips macaroni and cheese, you have Sizzling Savannah Grilled Steak and you have Congo Connie's Coconut Curry Concoction.

Speaker 2: 24:12

So, and then for sides have potatoes, fruit, volcano cake, steamed broccoli, seasonal vegetables, rice and chocolate covered banana pieces for the kids sides so I'm going to get more into this in a minute, but I think this is probably the most underrated sit down in restaurant period in the magic kingdom yeah, it's so good, but. I also put or go ahead.

Speaker 1: 24:34

Well, my last thing for this time of day. Another thing that can that hasn't been mentioned yet, that can get you out of that heat, is PhilharMagic.

Speaker 2: 24:43

So I put yeah, so you've eaten PhilharMagic's right there. I did mention the Tiki Room and I'm throwing something leave oh yes leave the magic kingdom. Go to one of the monorail resorts for lunch. You don't have to have a reservation, you can go to their quick service restaurants yeah uh, go to the polynesian. Relax if you have a reservation at what's the place we ate at last time kona kona cafe very good food, very relaxing, captain cooks.

Speaker 2: 25:13

I've said that this over and over, and over and over again and over and over and over. I'm going to keep saying it it is one of the best quick service restaurants, not just in a resort but in the entire Walt Disney World area. It's just so delicious and it's just. There's nothing special about it, but it's just so good.

Speaker 1: 25:29

Yeah, the pulled pork nachos are amazing. And, like Zach said, I mean it's just taking the monorail there, taking the monorail go to the Grand Floridian, go to the Grand Floridian Cafe.

Speaker 2: 25:37

It's a little more higher end but they have a lot of good selections. Go eat at Steakhouse 71. You can usually walk up in the contemporary. It's so delicious, gets you out of the heat, gets you out of the craziness for an hour and a half to two hours and helps you recharge and a lot of people tend to go to Contemporary, to leave the Magic Kingdom for a little while and go eat at Chef Mickey's as well.

Speaker 2: 26:01

And that's a buffet, but you're not getting out of the craziness there. You're not getting out of the craziness. The craziness is just somewhere else.

Speaker 1: 26:06

Yes, but you're still out of the heat. It's again just a monorail or even walking from Magic Kingdom there, and so I know a lot of people sometimes tend to do that they they book that reservation with chef mickey's to coincide with their magic kingdom day I'm not one of those people. No, I'm not gonna be one I'm trying to cover it for our listeners I also put ride the train yeah it's a good 20 minutes all the way around. You're not in the heat.

Speaker 2: 26:32

Take the riverboat around 20 minutes yeah that. That's cool. Around the rivers of America. Go to Tom Sawyer's Island.

Speaker 1: 26:38

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2: 26:39

We've seen families just passed out. Yeah, there were like two kids flat out napping in like a little secluded area over there and the parents like you can bring like breakfast not breakfast, but like deli meats and sandwiches and stuff in the parks, like they were having like a little picnic right out there yeah, you can do that too. I think that's a good way because you're still in the park, but it's very quiet over there, well, besides the boat but, and the train whistles, but it's but it's still peaceful.

Speaker 1: 27:07

Yeah, it is in its own way.

Speaker 2: 27:09

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Speaker 2: 29:53

All right. So now we've done all that, we've rested, we're full. It's early evening, right? Yes, we've done some more lightning lane attractions Again, whatever they are. I'm hoping you've done pirates. Go ahead.

Speaker 1: 30:11

Say what I've put yes.

Speaker 2: 30:12

I'm just saying yes, you're broadening it so much. I'm just saying it's yes, I get it though.

Speaker 1: 30:16

Yes, because depending on what your lightning lanes are, you can be anywhere in the park. So I get what Zach's saying. However, I did this is where I had put, because if it's still early early evening and it's in the middle of the summer, if this could be another opportunity, get that 20 minutes out of the sun, yes, and then Big Thunder Mountain, you know, early evening or even better, later in the day, at night, yes, and I don't know the last time for this, but an early evening attraction could also be Enchanted Tales with Belle.

Speaker 2: 30:51

Yes, great show has one of the best illusions in all of all disney world.

Speaker 1: 30:58

Yeah, it's amazing and I didn't know what I mean. Yes, I'm a bell fan and beauty and the beast fan and everything, but I didn't expect to still enjoy it as much as I did I enjoyed.

Speaker 2: 31:09

I mean, it was a. It was a cute show. I don't think we'll ever go back. Well, no, no, no, I just want to go. Hey, can I go into the front room and see the little thing and then I'm out. I just want to see that. I don't want to ruin it for people. You can look it up, but it's so cool.

Speaker 1: 31:24

It is. It is so cool, but I think how they try like especially those with little ones, how they try to get it is so good, it is so good. I also put Jungle Cruise.

Speaker 2: 31:36

That's a good one.

Speaker 1: 31:37

Yes, so, and then End of the Night.

Speaker 2: 31:40

I haven't finished my dinner, sorry. Well, you were just going on and on and on earlier, so I just started going on and on. So for dinner I put two things.

Speaker 1: 31:49

This is when I'm talking about Skipper Canteen. Getting to my dinner, when you said end of the night.

Speaker 2: 31:53

We got a whole other separate thing for end of the night. Okay, so for dinner I put Skipper Canteen Again underrated restaurant, great. I put it for nighttime because I really like Adventureland at night.

Speaker 1: 32:07

Right.

Speaker 2: 32:08

When you walk out, it's dark, it's adventurous, it's kind of scary. Not scary, but just just, and they made it that way for a reason. Right, dimly lit. I just love it. I think it'd be a great time to eat at night. The skipper, like the servers, are skippers for jungle cruise right, so it's gonna be witty.

Speaker 1: 32:27

There's just so, it's so cool.

Speaker 2: 32:28

It's just so cool it's. It's great. You went over the menu earlier. I'm not gonna go over that. I, I had the don't call it chicken, because it is chicken. I also put one more for dinner and this is the more I think about this, the more I'm liking it. This is when you want to spend some time down main street, usa with the lights lit up I think it's that for a little later.

Speaker 2: 32:52

It becomes this whole other thing right. Tony's Town Square Restaurant for dinner On Town Square. Try to get a seat outside. I think this is an underrated restaurant too. I've eaten lunch here and the salmon I had was delicious. The garlic bread's really really good, and I think there's things here that everybody will like. Is it just basic? Is it going to be good Italian food? Probably not. No. Will like is it just basic? Is it going to be good italian food? Probably not no, but I like the salmon. It was good salmon, it was priced right and if you like beauty, uh, I'm going blank here beauty and the beast.

Speaker 2: 33:24

No, oh lady and the lady and the tramp, if you like that. There's so many great references here. Outside the restaurant there's a heart with their paw prints in it, there's a statue of them in the main restaurant and they got the movie playing outside where you go to check in, like when you wait for your name to be called for your table.

Speaker 1: 33:42

Well, why haven't you taken me here?

Speaker 2: 33:43

No, the kids could care less. But the kids menu has grilled chicken and spaghetti and meatball and macaroni and cheese and you know there's stuff the kids will eat here. What else do they have? Yeah, so the kids will eat here. I think it's a good. I want to sit outside at night and just watch people on. Be a good people watching spot for Town Square.

Speaker 1: 34:04

Right.

Speaker 2: 34:05

Yeah, okay, so that's what I have for. Hopefully you've done all the major attractions. With Genie plus, you can get most of them done. You've done some shows, so now we're just relaxing down main street usa, and I really think the area comes alive at night I agree yeah so yeah, I put well, so it depends on where you're at where you're at where you've eaten.

Speaker 1: 34:27

You know, did you eat a bigger lunch or a late lunch? All of these things, but some other options. So this could be another time for that columbia harbor house. You know, it's later in the day. Maybe you want that platter, that might, all of these things but some other options. So this could be another time for that Columbia Harbor house. You know it's later in the day. Maybe you want that platter that might not agree with you in the middle of the day, but you want to end your day on it.

Speaker 2: 34:42

I don't know, I don't know you know, uh, also this, this next restaurant.

Speaker 1: 34:48

I'm going to say now we haven't eaten here for dinner, but if you really want to see a place for the environment and willing to pay $70 per adult or $41 per child, be our guest restaurant.

Speaker 2: 35:06

Yes, I was thinking about putting that on here, but I didn't. Yeah, because it's only open for dinner, right? Lunch and dinner. It's not open for breakfast, right.

Speaker 1: 35:13

Yeah, so not right now they're not doing breakfast. When we went a few years ago, it was breakfast.

Speaker 2: 35:19

It was completely different than what they did now. It was like a quick service thing and you ordered out the kiosk.

Speaker 1: 35:23

Yeah, so everything was really different. But I want to experience it later in the day with those food options and maybe it would be a little more worth the price. But the rooms, the individual dining rooms they have here, take on different themes in the theming. You have to admit that it was on point was amazing.

Speaker 1: 35:43

You know from the dining room like where they, you know, dance together to the beast, lair and the. You know the scenes kind of change and it's just it's, it's. It's beautiful inside, so for dinner I just have it pulled up. For the dinner, you know you have appetizers such as French onion soup, duck and pork, potato leek soup, green salad, escargot, but then your entrees you're gonna choose one. So you choose one appetizer. You know it's included in those prices. Then you choose one entree. It can be dry aged joe rock pork, chop trout, uh, grilled filet, mignon, wine and beer. Braised beef short rib pan, roasted squash that short rib sounds good and then they have a chicken dish.

Speaker 1: 36:31

You have desserts. You have a dessert trio the chocolate tart, dark chocolate, truffle, lemon jam, macaron, and then you have a vanilla cake with lemon curd. And then the kids, you know they can choose as an appetizer start off with a salad, a fruit bowl or a fruit and cheese plate, and then their entrees are chicken breast, pan, seared shrimp, macaroni and cheese, grilled steak, chicken, chicken strips, and then you have your typical sides for them as well. So you know if you're a big beating the beast fan or you've heard all the talk about you know I really want to see the inside of this place.

Speaker 2: 37:07

Like the inside is is amazing it is amazing, it truly is, and I think we need to give another shot and I want to do dinner sometime.

Speaker 1: 37:15

Okay, at some point okay.

Speaker 2: 37:16

So I think we need to give another shot, maybe when we go again for next valentine's. We go to dinner here, okay what?

Speaker 1: 37:22

do you think that'd be our?

Speaker 2: 37:23

valentine's dinner yeah, you can get in bell dress, but they want what you can like. Wear it like a yellow. We'll see something.

Speaker 1: 37:30

so, uh, but another option now more towards the end of the night, but I want to throw this in while we're talking about food If you didn't have a huge dinner, like at dinnertime, but you're hungry closer to time of fireworks, if you can, maybe you can get a table and eat some Casey's Corner.

Speaker 2: 37:49

Mobile order.

Speaker 1: 37:50

Yes, mobile order.

Speaker 2: 37:51

Yes.

Speaker 1: 37:52

And you know, like they have hot dogs, I like the corn dog nuggets with the cheese sauce.

Speaker 2: 37:58

Do not use a snack credit for the cheese sauce. No, because it will default to that. You have to go in there and fix it.

Speaker 1: 38:06

Yeah, but that's another option If you don't want a huge dinner. Or maybe you ate that late lunch, early dinner, and it's getting closer to fireworks time and you're getting hungry again, casey's Corner is a good option.

Speaker 2: 38:18

Perfect segue it's fireworks time. Yes, if you have never done it, you have to see Happily Ever After. It is a must do.

Speaker 1: 38:26

Yes, at least experience it once.

Speaker 2: 38:28

One time. It is a must must do. We recommend multiple times. We have seen it multiple times.

Speaker 1: 38:33

Yes.

Speaker 2: 38:39

So I think we are now at the point of, if you have either, start looking for different places to watch it from right, or this is a great time to ride those big ticket rides yeah and watch it.

Speaker 1: 38:47

Oh my gosh, sorry, go ahead, sorry well, in everywhere you see it from, like it's great, no matter where you're at. But you but you see different details depending on where you're at. If you're up closer to the castle, you're going to see those amazing projections on the castle, but you might struggle with seeing all the fireworks.

Speaker 2: 39:06

Yes.

Speaker 1: 39:07

You know, the further back you are, you may not see the projections on the castle as well, but if you're further down on Main Street, you're going to see some projections on the Main Street buildings. Yes, but if you're further down on Main Street you're going to see some projections on the Main Street buildings. Yes, you know. And again, there's different like you can even watch from behind the castle, like in Fantasyland.

Speaker 2: 39:23

Right.

Speaker 1: 39:29

You know, so you can watch from off the side. You know, like that Tomorrowland Bridge, there's all sorts of places you can watch from Now. If you do happen to get a table over there by Casey's Corner, you're not like if you're sitting under one of those umbrellas it's going to cut off your view some, but you can still see. Enough of the show.

Speaker 2: 39:40

Sure can, yeah, so if you're choosing not to be on Main Street, or you know, in the hub with 50 billion people, which I prefer not to be anymore, this is a great time to ride those big rides. Ryan and I of years ago rode big thunder during the finale of that firework show, which is gone. We never talk about again. However, it was amazing. The inner, the energy on that coaster, with everybody. It was amazing. It was the best ride on big thunder we've ever had. It was so much fun. Mine train, another one, astro orbiter, another one go. I want to go watch the fireworks from Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse.

Speaker 1: 40:23

That would be nice.

Speaker 2: 40:23

Nobody's going to be up there.

Speaker 1: 40:25

Yeah, or you're only going to get it.

Speaker 2: 40:27

They close it. During that time you can't go up there. They close it.

Speaker 1: 40:29

Oh, ha, ha ha. No, and another one. Now, you're only going to see a short portion of it, but it'd be so awesome on PeopleMover as you're coming around as you come up on the castle.

Speaker 2: 40:39

That'd be so cool. If you time it just right. Oh my gosh, That'd be so good. Also, leave and watch the fireworks. One of our best memories is watching the fireworks from the beach at the Polynesian.

Speaker 1: 40:51

Yes, you can watch it at any of those monorail resorts from different locations.

Speaker 2: 41:00

And any of those like monorail resorts from different locations and they pump the music in and geyser point, oh my gosh, so good.

Speaker 1: 41:02

Now guys. Now geyser point is at wilderness and it's not a monorail resort no but you can still see a portion of the fireworks and they pump the music yeah, it's so.

Speaker 2: 41:11

That's maybe an option as well. Now and you can get to that by boat, but yes, yeah, so if you do choose to stay and watch the fireworks, which we do recommend, if yes, At least once At least once, multiple times. Stay afterwards If the park's still open.

Speaker 1: 41:25

Yeah, and I put that too.

Speaker 2: 41:27

Because this is when you can go. Me and Ryan, we did Pirates walk on, we did Jungle Cruise walk on, big Thunder walk on, big Thunder, walk on. Now everybody usually runs to Space Mountain or Mine Train, but if you let, after about an hour because the park closes today at 11, happily ever after be over by 9.15. So you've still got an hour and a half of park time.

Speaker 2: 41:50

Almost two hours of park time. Let that initial rush for those bigger attractions dissipate and then you can get in Mine Train, probably 30 minutes before park close, and then it'll be a 15 minute wait.

Speaker 1: 42:00

Right.

Speaker 2: 42:00

So this is a time to take advantage of those bigger items if you're still here, if you've been here since rope drop.

Speaker 1: 42:06

Right, it's a long day, and, again, if the park is still going to be open after fireworks.

Speaker 2: 42:10

Not always, so make sure you check those hours.

Speaker 1: 42:12

Yeah, that too, you know like usually I'm with nolan and we're both kind of tired and ready, but you know. But thinking again for our listeners, you know I had put that too. If if open after fireworks and you know it's not closing right away, then maybe do space mountain again. You know y'all have done that. Maybe I put seven dwarfs, mine train, big thunder and or any ride.

Speaker 2: 42:36

You may not have gotten to go on earlier in the day, maybe it was down during the day or whatever. Most like your. Big Thunder is probably going to be a walk-on, pirates is going to be a walk-on and Haunted Mansion is definitely going to be a walk-on. Peter Pan would probably be about a 30-minute wait still as long as Mine Train. But outside of that Space Mountain mountain probably be a 30 minute wait. People move or walk on people who walk on the tomorrowland speed to be a walk-on.

Speaker 1: 43:02

Most of the other attractions will be walk-ons yes, and then I also put some of what zach was saying earlier. Uh, enjoy main street like, especially when that initial rush of everyone leaving from the fireworks. Enjoy main street, take it all in, see how it looks just all lit up at night the music is beautiful and it just you, I don't know.

Speaker 1: 43:23

You just get some different feelings seeing the castle at night looking from and empty your main street with the lights on and you know, shop in the emporium. Then again, wait, let that initial rush after the fireworks leave. That way you're not bumping into people while you're in the Emporium. But that's a good time too. A lot of times we try not to buy things earlier in the day in the Emporium because we don't want to keep up with it all day long, but then on our way out we stop and get them.

Speaker 2: 43:51

Says the person that bought a popcorn bucket first thing at the beginning of the Christmas party.

Speaker 1: 43:55

Because I didn't want them to run out.

Speaker 2: 43:57

Did they run out?

Speaker 1: 43:58

No, but some people were saying that they could, so I wanted to go ahead and make sure I got it. I carried it most of the time.

Speaker 2: 44:06

I'll give you that.

Speaker 1: 44:07

So, but yeah, so just take a moment, take it all in, you know, if you want to walk back up to the hub once that rush of people leave, you know, and just listen to the music in the hub area and admire the castle, and yeah, I just go down in front of the train station, you know, and look back at all of Main Street in the view of the castle, all of those things.

Speaker 2: 44:29

Yeah, I completely agree.

Speaker 1: 44:30

You know, and if you have a younger one and you're like, the only way you're going to get them to stick around a little bit more and do another ride is maybe get them some candy from the confectionery.

Speaker 2: 44:42

Yes, yes, main Street Confectionery yes.

Speaker 1: 44:44

Because that's kind of helped us with Nolan in the past, like, oh, you want that big sucker, now Just let it go. You're at Disney, go ahead yeah.

Speaker 2: 44:51

And it works out. They get that initial sugar rush and then they crash.

Speaker 1: 44:56

It works out. It's a twofer.

Speaker 2: 44:57

Yes, you don't got to worry about them like getting tired and whiny the whole time, just put them to bed.

Speaker 1: 45:02

Right, but, like we've been saying, you know there's so many ways to do Magic Kingdom and there's not a certain path to take and there's so much here and it depends on how you did Genie Plus and your lightning lanes and what your family likes, and you know, do you have dining reservations, do you not? All of those things. But it is truly, truly a park that I wish you could go from one land to another in order, but you just can't so there's no right or wrong way to do magic kingdom, you just got to figure it out and maybe you have figured out a way to do that that works for your family.

Speaker 1: 45:36

You know, maybe you only want to do a handful of rides and it just works out where you do go from land to land to land so we're gonna have to figure that out this summer.

Speaker 2: 45:44

Yeah, yeah, all right. Anything else you want to say about it?

Speaker 1: 45:48

no, just enjoy it, have fun, take it all enjoy it.

Speaker 2: 45:51

Look, I think the past few times we've gone, we've let magic kingdom overwhelm us yes and don't yeah set like, as long as we get to do these four things right, let's just relax yeah, I think we did it better last time by leaving to go to lunch, but we got to do a better job of it yeah, I agree, like it's um we're not perfect either, like we don't it's, it's just tough like the love for magic kingdom that we used to have, hasn't been there as much the last few times when we've all four been together, because it has been some crazier crowds at the time too.

Speaker 1: 46:25

So I think you know, like zach just said, you got to narrow down what you plan to do maybe, and then if you have time to get other stuff in, then. But don't go in thinking you're going to hit it all necessarily because magic kingdom will beat you.

Speaker 2: 46:39

Yeah, so all right. So disney trivia again. I try to keep it relevant to what we're talking about this week, and so this question was about magic kingdom and I picked a good one. I didn't think this one would be as difficult for people to find out, but apparently it was so. From what movie and person did the sculptor blaine gibson blaine gibson's one that did the partner statue and the roy and mini statue and all them, so he's a very famous sculptor. What did he use? From what movie and person did blaine gibson use to judge the height of mickey mouse with walt disney for the partner statue? I, I had no idea, you had no idea.

Speaker 1: 47:18

Brittany was like no, I just thought they did it the answer, so hold on. But once he tells you the answer and he showed me a picture it made sense.

Speaker 2: 47:26

So there's no pictures of Mickey Mouse with Walt before Walt passed away. So there was no. There was nothing he could use to to figure out how tall Mickey should be Right, Except for one, one image, and it was from the movie Fantasia, when Mickey mouse shakes Leopold Stokowski's hand. He was the conductor of the orchestra.

Speaker 1: 47:55

Right.

Speaker 2: 47:56

That is where Blaine Gibson what Blaine Gibson used to determine the height of Mickey versus Walt. So it's from Fantasia. And when Mickey Mouse shakes Leopold Stokowski's hand, no winner this week.

Speaker 1: 48:11

No, and that was a tough one because, like you said, there wasn't one with Walt. But when you see what it is in reference to, it's like oh, okay.

Speaker 2: 48:19

Yeah, so that's what Blaine Gibson used. Sweeney was emailing me. He's like I've learned way much more about Blaine Gibson than I would ever want to know and I'm like okay, well, all right.

Speaker 2: 48:30

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