Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

My first park day was at the Magic Kingdom. With early entry I was exploring before 8am. Although we were contained within the hub, there was plenty to see and photograph. I made the most of it. A large portion of the guests lined up at the entrance to Fantasyland next to the Mad Tea Party ride for a race to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

After grabbing my images I sat on a bench along the bridge from the hub while we all waited for the 8:30am rope drop. As everyone lined up for Seven Dwarfs I walked over to Peter Pan’s Flight. I enjoyed the queue and was on my pirate ship within 10 minutes. Later in the day you wouldn’t be able to get a ride without an hour wait.

It was a Halloween party night and the park was relatively empty. By 9:15am I had not only enjoyed Peter Pan’s Flight but visited the 999 happy haunts in the Haunted Mansion and traversed Big Thunder Mountain Railroad twice! Pirates of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise were completed before 10am. This was all while I was happily capturing images of everything. I played Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin (only scored 317,000) while I watched my boarding group time approach for TRON Lightcycle/Run (great ride!).

My favorite artist, Larry Dotson, would be signing his work at The Art of Disney store in Disney Springs later in the afternoon (last day of a week long stay). I left the Magic Kingdom around 2pm after a great time doing almost everything I wanted to do. The line in front of the train station with the photo pass photographer was basically empty so I asked if I could grab a “people free” image. I generally wait in line like everyone else even though I’m not getting my picture taken.