The PERFECT Day in Magic Kingdom

haunted mansion triple mountain challenge pirates of the caribbean dole whip parade fireworks let's go have the perfect day at disney's magic kingdom [Music] magic kingdom officially opens in about five minutes the resort guests have been able to get in since 8 30 as part of early theme park entry if you are a resort guest i highly recommend taking advantage of that time to knock some things out in fantasyland and tomorrowland since those are the lands that open early but if you're not a resort guest oh i'm being cut off by the morning show which is far more important than i am [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] as i was saying the left half of the park doesn't open up for early theme park entry that's eventually in frontierland and liberty square so if you are coming as a non-resort guest you should rope drop this way because you should try and get on jungle pirates splash big thunder mountain railroad haunted mansion some combination of those first thing in the morning so that's what we're gonna do as you can see lots of people are taking this advice that's because it's good advice i booked a genie plus for jungle cruise at 7 a.m this morning so we're gonna skip jungle cruise and try and knock out at least one of the mountains in frontierland maybe also pirates and mansion before the lines get too too long happy to skip this long standby line at jungle cruise that's forming already and uh we're gonna go hit one of the other big guys over here only a five minute wait up pirates the caribbean but i feel confident i can get it you need plus time for it later or it won't get as long as some of these other attractions we're gonna head towards so we're gonna go to frontierland first it doesn't look like splash is opened yet so we're gonna go to thunder just getting quite a long line already that's okay they even actually opened the queue up so it looks like a big cluster and it is but once they actually open the queue up people will fill in there it shouldn't be too long it's spring break but lucky for me i did pack my patient pants and i recommend you do the same they're opening up the queue so people are starting to move through already while we're waiting to get through this crowd let's do our little genie 101 moment genie plus is the new skip the line system that disney launched last fall there's three different versions of genie there's disney genie which is free personalized itineraries tip board the dining tip board there is genie plus which is 15 per person per day and it allows you to skip the line at over 40 attractions across all four theme parks and then there are fancy rides as i call them which are individual lightning lanes they're an additional cost per ride if you would like to skip that an individual cost you do not have to buy genie plus to buy fancy rides currently there's only one fancy ride in the each park and in this one it's seven dwarfs mine train anybody can book a genie plus attraction right at 7 am and i highly recommend being up and at them ready to do so and either booking jungle cruise or peter pan's flight at this park fancy rides are a little bit different though you can book them at 7am if you're a resort guest and at the time the park opens if you're not a resort guest unfortunately for me at the time the park opened today at 9am they didn't have any more seven drawers mine trains so i'm gonna hope one either pops up throughout the day or we'll figure out a time to ride it without a super long line when i've heard a lightning lane that's just the physical place you go on the attraction both fancy yards and genie plus attractions have lightning lanes it's just the fastpass line it's the line you go through tap your magicband or your card to bypass the main queue great news friends we're moving and grooving through the big thunder queue oftentimes after the initial drop at 7 am or park open times like 15 minutes later more lightning lanes will pop up it happens a lot it's wild and so i checked around 9 15 to see if my trade pods back up and it did and it said it was for like 9 45 and then it was like no it's gonna be 4 30 and then by the time the payment actually went through it's for like seven but that's fine we got by a tray hello tony that's tony baxter the imagineer of this ride anyway um i'm gonna do another magic kingdom genie plus challenge soon where i try and get all the lightning lanes in the magic kingdom provide you some tips and tricks specifically on genie plus and how to navigate at best in this park look forward to that as well in the meantime we've got plenty of genie plus videos that get down into the nitty-gritty genie plus is very helpful in this park especially now that it's spring break and super busy um so again we're gonna be using a mix of genie plus and not genie plus today but we're not gonna get too into the nitty-gritty on jimmy plus oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] big thunder mountain check i love that attraction it is so much fun i giggle with glee every time i write it because i'm always just delighted to be there um i only wait about 20 minutes which is great for one of the big rides in the park baby it is already a busy busy day here at magic kingdom big thunder's already up to 70 minutes buzz is 30 mansions 20. jungle cruise is 75. peter pan is 60 pirates is 35 mine train is 90 but more uh lightning lanes pops back up so keep an eye out there space mountain is 40. well we were gonna do mansion but now it's supposed to 35 which isn't too bad but i don't feel like waiting in a 35 minute line today i'm gonna try and keep it 30 and under for the day with the combo of street smarts and genie plus so instead so let's go into fantasyland and do one of my favorite little coffee hacks and then let's enjoy some non-rides while the lines are really long walking to pick up my coffee i noticed that beating the princesses only had about a 10 minute wait and it could be a surprise princess so i figure let's go meet a princess let's start the day with a little royalty am i right meeting the princesses here in fairy tale hall there's two sides there is cinderella and elena and then there's rapunzel and normally tiana but sometimes a surprise princess shows up they do have lightning lane but you need lightning lane for both sides uh and it is a pretty popular attraction here that gets a long line so happy to knock this out quick hi rapunzel i love your sparkle thank you it matches your dress actually my pascal who helped me add some of the beading work he did yes he's very talented he uses his little claws those small detail work very well i have a question where's maximus my maximus he's making sure that the morning guard has everything that they need okay and they're getting ready for a smooth transition into the game okay good he's my favorite i love all of your friends but i really love maximus yeah so eugene and his satchel he always keeps an apple in there it's kind of like a peace offering they're much better that's a good idea hi princess tiana hello i see you at my restaurant yes remember yes i love your cookies oh thank you kindly i'm always trying to get as many beignets as i can absolutely i love the beignets with extra powdered sugar thank you i get them all over myself so that's how you know you're eating them right and i love the purple hair thank you i'll see you next year for mardi gras oh yeah this i can have the purple hair at mardi gras that would be perfect and of course i'll invite my best friend charlotte and we'll have eyes again love charlotte that's a good thing has she found her prince yet she's still looking for her that's okay you know she's been pretty busy with my restaurant she's been keeping an eye on the place that's good i'll see you again yes i'll be there i'll have the usual the usual yes thank you tiana told me i could come to our restaurant and order the usual oh i would love that horace not really insisted um and i picked up an iced coffee from fryer's nook right next door friar's nook serves shaky jamaicans from joffrey's you can mobile order it but for some reason it didn't give me the option to order until lunchtime so i ordered it for lunch time and then they didn't have a line and i just asked nicely if i could pick it up now and the customer said no prob so being nice always helps and now we're headed to main street for one of my favorite things i know i've been zigzagging a little bit but you could get coffee on main street at the bakery however i chose to scoot into fantasyland quick to get it just because you can order it and it's a lot faster usually than waiting in line at the bakery that is a great tip that pinocchio's village house friars nook you can order joffrey's cobra there at sleepyholly you can order a mocha coffee there and as you can see it's already very busy so we're going to do some non-ride moments before i can book another lightning lane and i have a jungle booked a little after 11 as well you tell me this is there anything better a dapper dance and a nice coffee on main street that's me now the dans are either gonna be performing up there they might be on the trolley they also started doing sets back down on the street and you can see their showtimes in the my disney experience out but they've been around since 1971 even longer disneyland they're an absolute must for me it doesn't feel like the magic kingdom without the dapper in it [Music] ring you'll know it's me [Music] yes [Applause] [Music] you know if you came over to my house and you didn't say hi to me i would think you're really rude and i feel like the same thing applies here how am i going to come to the magic kingdom and not say hi to mickey mouse you can meet mickey in town square theater right at the front of the park he's in his beautiful iridescent 50th outfit so there is a lightning lane for this but it only supposed to five minute wait it usually doesn't take too long so we're going standby for this one always got to say hi to the boss hi mickey oh my gosh how are you you're great yeah i'm doing well too it's so good to see you i love this outfit you always look so dapper but this is just quite the look minnie made it for you oh she's so sweet she put the castle on it i have the castle on my earring so i yeah kind of match a little bit um well i just want to come see you and thank you for having me to magic kingdom today always have to come say hi to the to the man in charge shopping pro tip they moved the chapeau over here to the exit of town square theater there's a great ear selection and hardly ever anyone in here so shopping tip gosh is there anything better than meeting mickey mouse i got a little teary expect dramatic but people often ask like does it get boring going to the parks every day do you get sick of it but there's like little magical moments every day that i get to be a part of and the little kid in front of me runs up to mickey and he goes mickey i'm your biggest fan and it was so cute and it just was like that was awesome so um now we're headed to go pick up our first feeding of the day a little special morning-only treat hi tigger hi i love you tigger baby is it busy today spring break is no joke my mobile order is ready here at sleepy hollow this is a little snack stand right on the cusp of liberty square that does funnel cakes and mickey waffles they also do foot-long hand-dipped corn dogs but they do one of the best snacks and it's only available for breakfast till 11am say hello to the nutella and fruit waffle again available at sleepy hollow only till 11am it's a big belgian waffle with nutella hazelnut chocolate spread and then fresh fruit i have now found a spot along the parade route because the mickey celebration cavalcade is gonna step off in a few minutes and i'm gonna enjoy this delicious breakfast while i see mickey things are going great it's so delicious so simple especially the fresh strawberries love the waffle definitely one of mk's best snacks i prefer to snack around this part it's not a great quick service or table service the food here generally is kind of mediocre so i prefer to get snacks here but we are going to do something extra fun for lunch also as a pro tip i recommend eating something small at your hotel room or on your way and not wasting time for a real breakfast are you done because as you saw the morning time was crucial to getting on an attraction doing some stuff before the lines get really long so don't waste your first hour hour and a half eating try and use that time to knock out some stuff so feed your kids something that will hold them over and then you can get a good snack around ten thirty or [Music] all made it to the eleven there's magic everywhere even though the parade is back i still love the cavalcades that was mickey's celebration cavalcade it's the one for the 50th where the elite eight are all wearing their 50th extravaganza ensemble which matches my hair currently so i think it's really cute you can check the times for the cavalcades in my disney experience app they all step off in frontierland and then work their way through liberty square and down main street so playing accordingly but that was perfect to pick up a snack and watch it right on the parade route it was great i loved it now it's almost time for me to book another genie plus as a reminder the 120 minute rule basically you can book another genie plus lightning lane access this doesn't count fancy rides either once you've done the first one if the first one expires like if you don't go for some reason or two hours after you booked that first one whichever of those things comes first so when i booked jungle cruise it was for 11 10. um i booked it right at 7 00 am now it doesn't start until the park opens so i had from 9 to 11 to wait which means right at 11 i can book another one so if you book any genie plus that starts after 11 a.m when the park opens at nine you can book another one right at 11. so i'm gonna start fiddle filing start seeing what's available my alarm is going off it's 10 59 that's a great pro tip if you are gonna kick off the 120 minute rule set an alarm for what time you can book another one if you ever want to know what time it is try and book another one and it'll say sorry you can't book another one till this time but it's a great tip to set an alarm so you don't miss it all right it's officially 11 am which means i can book another one there's plenty of things available it doesn't look like anything's gone for the day besides um mine train which is a fancy ride isn't showing up again but my goal is to book something soon-ish that's not too far so like haunted mansion splash pirates because i have jungle in about 10 minutes so i don't want to walk all the way through fantasyland now space is normally a fancy ride but disney moved one fancy ride from each um park into the genie plus category in through august at least so it's part of genie plus 50 minutes at space but now we begin the fiddle battle which is my made up word to just refresh the screen over and over again because new times will show up we did it it took about literally 20 minutes of me sitting there refreshing and new stuff was popping up but we have a lunch reservation we have to consider um but i eventually was able to get a haunted mansion at about 15 minutes and my jungle cruise has already started the window so we're gonna go right jungle ride mansion and then we're off to lunch and i know it's a bummer that i literally just spent 20 minutes looking at my phone and refreshing and refreshing but there's an 80 minute line at haunted mansion right now so i would rather spend 15 minutes refreshing my phone over and over and avoiding an 80 minute line and i know that's one of the complaints about genie plus but unfortunately it is what it is you want an idea of how busy it is that caster with the sign is the end of the magic carpets of aladdin queue so we love the jungle cruise a must do but i don't want to wait 115 minutes in line for it thank you now normally as soon as you tap in i would recommend starting to book your next one but i've already booked my next one so that loophole closed lightning lane doesn't necessarily mean walk-on it just means much quicker and expedited so 15 minutes in the lightning lane much better than 115 minutes in standby so just keep that in mind also the reason that jungle cruise tends to have a really really long line and run out of lightning lanes quickly is because the main things that factor into a ride's weight are the capacity how quickly you can load an unload guess and then of course how popular it is so popular attraction it's got a very low capacity with these boats and it takes a long time to get people on and off these boats which is why the weight is always so so long compared to like an omni mover where you can get people on and off pretty quickly like over at haunted mansion you're usually going to see a longer line at an attraction like jungle bridge plus no matter what they're going to prioritize the lightning lane so if you're in standby you're going to wait even longer [Music] i'm going to miss you bye i cannot stand that girl the basic kind and the deluxe kind but either way it's really either or they're always good for a quick bite but if you're really not feeling like fish we do have a snake surprise don't worry about that guy yeah he's nowhere near as big as the one in the back there oh wow that guy right over there tried to charge us ah don't worry we already have all that information on your magic bands i don't think we found the other half of his problem here well you know people think my job is so easy that even monkeys could do it i know the jungle cruise is actually brought to you by ziploc always keeping our jokes fresh and by animal crackers teaching all kids that animals taste the same delicious jungle cruise check that is such a fun attraction i live every time especially because the skippers often have jokes i haven't heard somehow and this skipper was like if you've had fun on this jungle cruise today my name is skipper kelly that's spelled h-e-l-p-m-e the exclamation point is silent and i pack him he was very good and from one classic to the next we're taking this little breezeway right here back to the haunted mansion the first parade is stepping off now so i was able to make it across the street it's always good to know what times the parades are happening even if you don't plan on watching it because the parade can derail your whole day if you can't get around it so right now today it's at 11 30 and again at three but they do change sometimes so just check the app haunted mansion is at an hour long wait which is a long time for this attraction because it's an omni mover and it tends to move quick so that just tells you how busy it is but i love this attraction you love this attraction everyone loves this attraction if you don't love haunted mansion we're probably not gonna get along very well this is what we ranked as the number one bus ride in magic kingdom if you go watch my ranking the rides video so you gotta do it you must i've done a whole video on the haunted mansion and just all the details and the backstory and easter eggs to look for so you can go check that out as well because there is a ton of cool imagineering details in here [Music] done with haunted mansion and now i am leaving yes i always recommend leaving in the middle of a magic kingdom day because it's getting real crowded in here it's really hot if you've road dropped and been here since early theme park entry you've been up for a long time it's time to go sit down and eat a delicious meal like i said there's not great dining in the magic kingdom i think skipper canteen is a great choice uh and there's a few snacky snacks we'll get later that are good choices but there's much better dining at one of the monorail resorts grand floridian polynesian or contemporary so pick whichever one suits your fancy and schedule yourself a one o'clock lunch and along the way i'm gonna fiddle faddle for an attraction for a time between like 2 2 30 which is when i predict we'll be back in the magic kingdom so we can pop right on another ride we made it to our lunch reservation just checked in using the mobile app and was called to my table this is steakhouse 71 it used to be the wave of american flavors but they revamped it and it opened up for the 50th anniversary i absolutely adore it it's quickly becoming one of my favorite spots to eat in all of walt disney world it is a table service restaurant but it's not a signature the prices are great and the food quality is amazing plus i love all the nods to walt disney and the original imagineers that you see as you come in here they have great cocktails the best burger on property and i've never had anything that i didn't enjoy here so this is a really great spot to come if you're looking for a little mid-afternoon break from the magickino taking a look at the menu they've got fabulous french onions soups a couple salads their onion rings are plant-based but they are amazing for anyone the spicy ranch amazing um shrimp cocktail a potato brioche bun bacon and eggs are just like a pork belly and grits dish crab cakes for your entrees at lunch you've got crab cake sliders a prime rib sandwich their signature stack burger turkey club fish sandwich gourmet grilled cheese steak frites the vegetable wellington that's also plant-based and excellent they can also do a plant-based version of the burger and a salisbury steak so this is an a plus restaurant you're going to get a really high quality sandwich they can also at times do the filet mignon upon request at lunch i've done a full video review here of a bunch of different items but i'm telling you this is one of my favorite places on property mixing it up a little bit this is the raspberry gin sour it's gin lemon juice raspberry sage syrup my server said it's not super sweet i normally drink like a bourbon or a rum based drink here i love the cocoa boulevardier um i love their old fashion i love the fig manhattan but you know what it's one o'clock in the afternoon and we're going back to the magic kingdom so let's have an afternoon that is nice you gotta like gin which i do um but it's not really piney like a lot of gingering some slight sweetness from the raspberry but you do get the tartness and a little from the lemon a little bit of herbiness from the sage but mostly the strongest flavor is gin that's a nice afternoon cocktail we are vibing right now and here she is in all of her glory this is the steakhouse 71 stack burger it's their signature burger beef burger american cheese lemon aioli red onion house made pickles and a brioche bun then you can either get parmesan fries a pasta salad or a petite wedge salad this is their baby version of their wedge salad which has got house made blue cheese dressing on it tomatoes red onions bacon and some hard cooked egg their parmesan fries are great as well but i love wedge salads and you know what sometimes you need to eat a vegetable alongside a burger it's called balance this burger is so dark good and perfectly cooked every time there's like a little bit of sweetness from the bread two patties and the gooey cheese the lemonade only is perfection i love the crunch from the pickles the red onion you cannot do better than this burger you're certainly not going to get a better burger inside the park salad first love blue cheese dressing i'm just saying the magic kingdom is wonderful and magical and amazing but it's also crowded and hot and exhausting so you're not gonna last all day do yourself a favor go do a resort break go to a restaurant have some down time you will thank you your kids will thank you you'll avoid a meltdown possibly and that's what we're gonna do for the next hour [Music] we are back in the magic kingdom we had a lovely little ac cool down lunch break over at the contemporary and now i'm scooting to peter pan's flight my goal is to be able to tap in there and then book the parade reserve viewing peter pan's flight is definitely one of the most popular rides and it has been since basically opening day in 1971 it actually opened like two days later and it's just one of those popular rides it's got a really low capacity and it's very popular so the weight in standby is usually well over 80 minutes and that is a long wait in a tight queue with a lot of kids getting antsy so this is one i absolutely recommend using genie plus if possible if you're not interested in jungle cruise book this one first um or you will probably have to book it a little bit further out and trigger that 120 minute rule or if you are a resort guest and you're not interested in doing seven doors mine train you would likely want to do this one as the first ride during your early theme park and a lot of people are like peter pan's flight is overrated and you know what if you wait 80 minutes for anything it's probably overrated and so i get that complaint but i also feel like it's one of those must do's it's nostalgic it's reminds me of my childhood so i always want to do it when i come to magic kingdom so i'm telling you lightning lane or get here early as a resort guest peter pan's flight check such a cute attraction especially when you wait 30 seconds to ride it and not 80 minutes a must do for me also mobile ordered another iced coffee again you can order it both pinocchio's village toss and fryer's nook and now as soon as i tapped in out peter pan i booked whoo [Applause] castle castle show fireworks everything we're gonna see the castle show in a little bit but um it is almost parade time and as soon as i booked peter pan's flight i was able to refresh a few times and book the parade viewing i think that's a nice to have not need to have which is why i didn't book it earlier to make sure i could get it but the festival fantasy parade has returns they've been doing it twice a day which is great so it's two times to see it and it's a really long parade route so you can usually get yourself a decent seat 30 or so minutes beforehand it kicks off in frontierland obviously if you wait on main street it's going to be more crowded and on a really busy day you know you may want to grab a seat extra early or use the lightning lane reserved viewing made it into the reserve viewing area this is the lightning lane reserved area it's right in front of cinderella castle so a great spot also very hot in direct sunlight i would say if you want prime prime viewing of the parade get here early tap in right at 2 30 and you can claim your spot i'm just one person and i'm an adult who's seen this parade several times so i'm happy to stand a little bit further back but if you especially if you've got kids and you want to spot right up against the rope you're going to want to get into the spot a little early the parade steps off at 3 but it does take about 20 minutes or so to get here so you can expect to see the actual parade around 3 20. so i'm gonna do a little fiddle faddling and book our next lightning lane while i wait [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] that's my face the whole time watching that frame it's just so good i love the music i love seeing a parade again and i know it's not the full parade but it's just great to have one dancing down main street space mountain is kind of flirting with not being available so i refreshed it a few times and i got it to pop up for 6.50 which is actually right after my mine train so we're good to go so i'm going to go ahead and do some filler rides over in tomorrowland buzz lightyear spacecraft spin only is a 25-minute wait so we're going to go get in that line see if that's true there's also other great filler rides over here and when i say filler rides i don't mean anything against the attraction i just mean attractions that don't typically have super long lines like people mover carousel progress so we're gonna go spend some time in tomorrowland i always forgot to share one of my favorite things to do with the genie plus purchase is the photo lenses that you get you get like photo filters included if you purchase genie plus and there's one only available in front of the castle and it makes the castle look like the 25th birthday cake castle so if you've purchased uni plus make sure you get that selfie it's a good way to pass the time if you're waiting for the parade like i was all right it says posted 25. it doesn't look too too long so let's hope that's accurate [Music] [Music] buzz lightyear space ranger spin always one of my faves always fun ended up being a little longer than 25 minutes it was closer to about 35 but in a time when all the weights are pretty long i will take it and now i'm headed to peoplemover which has a posted 20 minute wait so peoplemover is like the ultimate in filler attraction it is thebomb.com it is the most relaxing attraction in the magic kingdom for sure it's just this little train ride around tomorrowland you get a great view of the castle you get a great view of the tron construction you see walt disney's model of his original idea for epcot and it's just the most relaxing attraction definitely a must definitely like a kind of a low-key fave for a lot of people and it doesn't have lightning lanes so usually it doesn't have near as long a line as other things because they're not prioritizing one group so you'll see it usually 30 minutes or under even on a busy day which is what i'm happy for it's a great attraction when you're killing time during the 120 minute run the people mover is the perfect vehicle for people watching so keep your eyes peeled you never know who you might see there's an authority presents progress city walt disney's dream for an experimental prototype community tomorrow progress city was the inspiration for epcot and many of its forward-thinking ideas have been realized throughout walt disney world [Applause] the people mover is always a delightful time five stars it's just so nice to leisurely view tomorrowland and it's still has a 25 and a weight pretty much everything else in the park is looking at 45 or longer besides some of the shows so that's a great attraction now i have a little bit more time in my quote dead time which is the 120 minutes from booking a further out space mountain and there's some entertainment that has returned and arrived at the magic kingdom so we're gonna get a sneaky snack it's time for another feeding and then watch some entertainment hello spring rolls these are from the adventureland spring roll cart which is right as you're entering adventureland on the bridge normally the line's really long but there wasn't like any line and i think it's because i went at kind of an off time just like eating dinner pro tip go on off time these are so good i got one of the cheeseburger one of the 50th which is the pastrami and pepper jack they are delicious they are usually a meal for me so this will probably be my dinner i'm just going to keep snacking for the rest of the day go check out our snack video where these took the silver but then we're gonna watch two new entertainment offerings yes i'm eating on a trash can one of those things you know that's a cheeseburger one it's my favorite i don't even care about a cheeseburger for lunch it's everything you want a cheeseburger shoved into a crispy crunchy egg i'll dip it in the special sauce which is like a big mac sauce and beef and cheese and pickles and onion fabulous and then this one the pastrami one i dip this one in the special sauce too otherwise they'll give you mustard salted tasty pastrami pepper jack cheese fabulous waiting here for the disney adventure friends cavalcade this is the brand new cavalcade that debuted this year it's got almost 30 characters in it including the magic kingdom debut of miguel the incredibles zootopia characters from pocahontas and mulan and brave and so many characters this is a super fun cavalcade make sure you check the my disney experience app so you know what time yes yes hi buddy [Music] hi merida [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] i'm gonna say something possibly controversial that adventure is cavalcade better than a parade yeah i said it i said it i love the parade don't get me wrong you should definitely watch the parade but the fact that there's almost 30 characters it's very zippy it's very quick it's easy to get a spot there's zootopia characters clarabelle is crushing miguel woody pocahontas merida mulan it's really good characters it's not your classic characters it's not your classic princesses so i definitely think you should watch the celebration cavalcade in the parade too but that cavalcade slaps and i enjoy it very much it's time for mickey's magical friendship fair this is the return of the castle show right here at cinderella castle it was mickey's royal friendship fair but this is like the 50th twist on it so the characters are wearing their beautiful 50th outfits there's a new open and close and a new song but it still features characters from frozen and princess and the frog entangled you know me i love disney entertainment these are great things to do when you have some down time absolutely love the castle show as well so [Music] i'm very dramatic right now mickey looked at me when he said he's appreciative of old friends and also minnie said she hopes this was the best she thought this was the best day ever and mickey said every day with you is the best day ever and i'm unsafe um truth be told i actually haven't seen this show since it came back breathe love was the one that covered it for us the first day it came back and then every time i've tried to see it since it's gotten rained down um and even though i'm in the parks like four or five days a week i just it hasn't been my time to see the show until right now which actually makes sense for a perfect day because it was so good i love live entertainment i'm so glad it's all coming back adorable make time in your day to see things like this the kids were loving it there's so many great characters in it and entertainment is part of what sets disney apart from other theme parks i mean who doesn't want to watch some of the princesses and mickey and the gang dancing on cinderella house of states [Music] i assume a nice graphic is there thank you to the best editor in the world a very nice family just asked me to take their photo in front of the castle i happily obliged but as a pro tip do not take your family photo right here you do you know these people you don't want them in your picture where you need to go is to the sides so either as you're headed towards liberty square there's a pathway up if you're headed to marlin there's a path or when the show's not happening when they drop these ropes the ramp's up if you can go from the side the castle's still gorgeous i promise strangers aren't in your christmas car that's my pro tip here are some examples [Music] and usually there is photo pass on the liberty square side and the toronto anyway we're headed to fantasyland because my seven doors mine train lightning lane is in about 30 minutes and we're gonna go do some filler attractions in there by the time i got to small world it was 50 because it looks like everybody saw that it was 25 right got mine but that's okay because we can get a lightning lane for that later if we want and we're going to go do the carousel which is low-key one of my favorite things of fantasyland prince charming regal carousel does not have lightning lanes so you want to catch it when it's a lower weight recently it has been getting up a little bit higher like peak midday because everybody's in fantasyland so it's been getting up to like 30 45 minutes sometimes but right now it's just 15 minutes and i love a carousel i know it's simple but it's just sweet and lovely and magical now we have to look for cinderella's horse it's the one with the golden ribbon in his tail and we have to be prepared to knock a child down to get it [Music] someone got it i guess you'll have to do [Music] good work boy next up phil heart magic this is that 3d show with mickey and classic disney music and they recently well several months ago at this point added coco it's super cute this is one of my other favorite fillers because it's really fun for everyone you'll have a big dumb smile on your face the whole time it's good disney music it's sitting air conditioning kids and adults alike will enjoy this one so we've got about 15 more minutes what better use of time this does have lightning lane you really don't need to use it here um and if it ever says more than 15 minutes it says about 15 minutes because that's how many shows you'll have to wait for basically so if it says 30 or 45 minutes you're gonna be waiting for like two or three shows so our amend waiting till it drops to 15 but it's really really cute and one of the best underrated things in this park [Music] so mickey's fill her magic was so great it is such a cute show i love the coco edition definitely a great probably not like a must-do for most people but a great time killer filler get out of the heat attraction seven doors mine train is the remaining fancy ride in this park since space mountain is currently part of genie plus it was ten dollars for me to book it today which i know is a lot when you add up multiple people so my recommendation if you would like to not pay for it again if you are a resort guest get here early early early for that early theme park admission and head straight here if you're not a resort guest you can try doing it first thing in the morning but they will have the jump on you so it will probably be around 60 to 80 minutes which is likely lower than it will be the rest of the day or wait till last thing at night you can always jump in a ride queue one minute before the park closes and even if it's an hour long you can ride it but it still will probably be a little lengthy that late so it doesn't really have a drop time of day where it goes down a little bit so it's just up to you if you want to ride it if you want to pay for it or not [Music] [Laughter] [Music] wow [Laughter] [Music] oh my gosh that ride is so fun i don't ride it frequently because it always has a very long line like right now it's 95 minutes it was 1 30 earlier today but it is so fun every time i ride it i love that the car swing back and forth it's got a little more zip than you think it's a really great attraction i but i understand if you don't want to wait two hours for it also who were they designing those seats for children just children those things are snug it's finally time to use that space mountain pass i booked a while ago as well so headed back to tomorrowland i know i'm zigzagging at this point i tried not to as much earlier but with this park like studios when you can get the genies that you want you gotta snag them so it's really hard to just go in a circle unless you're prepared to wait in some long lines space mountain time this is one of my favorites of all time it's one of the very few rides that's a disney world original instead of a disneyland copycat i love love love this ride [Laughter] [Music] oh wow a lot better no there's no graceful way to get out wowzers do i love that ride it is so fun and there's people that are like disneyland is better and this is one of the rare times i think that the kingdoms is better and i love that needed chiropractor after feeling oh so fun i was able to secure a splash mountain lightning lane for not too far from now it has come back up so we're headed back over there i'm also going to get a treat i bet you can guess what treat i'm going to get on that side of the park an absolute must-have and i'm going to hope pirates either drops a little bit lower than the 40 it is right now where lightning lane becomes available for pirates after splash because that would pretty much knock out that side of the park and then we only have some fantasyland stuff left besides of course fireworks made it to aloha aisle for my must-have magickino snack a dole whip i actually did this mobile order about an hour and a half ago because these ones tend to fill up quick so if you have a vague idea of when you're going to want to eat your dole whip go ahead and mobile order as soon as you can you can always adjust the time and move it back if needed but you often can't move it forward so there are several different flavors of the iconic dole whip here to ohio currently of course there's pineapple which you can get in a float you can get swirled there's my favorite coconut there is raspberry and there's also lime right now for one of the 50th floats and then there's a variety of different 50th floats if you're gonna do a float i recommend the tropical serenade which is coconut dole whip with the pog juice the iconic pog juice but for me i go with the simple cup because it's so good on its own here she is in all her glory coconut dolan it's actually soft serve because there is dairy in it i'm like the fruit joel whips which are plant-based but it's my all-time favorite it's so creamy and coconutty and delicious it's my favorite sweet treat the magic kingdom a plus you have to get a dole whip get whatever flavor tickles your fancy get a swirl get a float but don't let number one must have on your magic kingdom and that's a pro tip it'll melt a lot faster than it will right now but if you wanted to you could time it so that you pick up your dole whip walk through the breezeway right there and then be in frontierland right on the parade route so you can time it with a cavalcade or the parade if you want it to get crazy even though my splash window opens in five minutes i'm gonna go ride pirates first because pirates is down to a 20-minute standby so i'm gonna jump on that you have an hour window when you ride genie plus so for example mine 745 to 845. i don't want to be there at 7 45. i can arrive anytime within that window as you can see pirates will drop it definitely was very long all day it was low this morning when i went and rode thunder i could have walked onto pirates if i had chosen that instead it's obviously drives now it'll probably stay pretty low throughout the rest of the night so you could also jump on it last thing at night because again this side of the park not open during those early park hours so early or late is good for this one unless you are able to snag a lightning late but i wouldn't prioritize this one over like the mountains because those are all still long whereas this one is dropped [Music] i am no chicken i will not talk [Music] i adore that attraction it took about 25 minutes so pretty accurate now i'm scooting it's as i can to splash because we're gonna be cutting it really close with fireworks but i think all right as much as i do not like getting wet splash mountain at night is very fun because the view from the top of the big drop is excellent so i guess i'm excited to ride it at night but i'm not excited about possibly getting wet especially because now that the sun has gone down it's a little unseasonably chilly oof still has a 75 minute wait and look how back to the lightning weight is hmm this is spicy with fireworks about to happen this little backup is likely because since this attraction had downtime earlier when you have a downtime and you have a genie plus lightning lane they give you a pass to come back later and so people are coming back later but i'm hoping this won't take too long [Music] look at this wow look at that [Music] [Music] um [Music] let it go yes [Applause] oh [Music] i got way wetter in my face than i'm used to didn't care for it now i am scurrying to fireworks because of course it broke with me on it like the lights came on it was very annoying splash not part of my perfect day i don't like getting wet it does have a lot of technical difficulties this one's a great one to do first thing in the morning if it opens on time or a little lightning lane or later at night it still has like a 55-minute wait though but right before park close jump in line if it's still open it is pretty at night i will admit that but now we scurry now for the record i'm not one of those people that believes you need to stake out a fireworks spot for like three hours but i'm also not one that would advise most people to cut it this close i feel like because they're big and in the sky you can get a pretty decent spot most days 30 minutes it's usually good for me i've come up a lot less as well i like to stand on main street for these because i like the projections on main street um but closer to the castle not not ever closer than walt and mickey though because then you don't really see the fireworks it's my preferred viewing i like to be on main street somewhere i know lots of you like to be like in fantasyland and other places around the park but the projections are what make this show special [Music] [Applause] [Music] they're magic i do love that show i think it's great i'm a wishes fan so i refuse to enter this half flavor after enchantment chat um oh okay now we're swimming upstream because we're not leaving yet we're still partying the park doesn't actually close until 10 fireworks are at nine and right now main street is a mess so we are cutting through the emporium the lines for the monorail and the buses and the boats are going to be miles long right now sorry i've been derailed do i need this jacket it's 120 dollars but i love a jean jacket and it's got pocahontas there's also a tiana one and a cindy one these are fabulous okay i don't need 120 jacket i live in florida if you don't have to don't leave when the park closes i booked a small world lightning lane but basically nothing has a line right now the only things that have a significant line still are splash space and mine train everything else is very low fight make a meeting place and then fight your way to that spot enjoy a few more rides and then don't deal with this you know what i mean the cast is doing a great job organizing people they're telling people leaving go one way people that are saying go the other way they have one of the bypasses open which means they've opened up a backstage area to help funnel people out instead of only having main street um please tell the cast members you have no idea how hard it is to be a parade control cast member or fireworks digital cast member i picked up a few shifts back in my day and i was horrible uh people are yelling at you because they want to stand places people don't understand that some places are barred off for safety or reserve viewing or wheelchair viewing or whatever it is and people scream at you and just please even if it doesn't make sense to you they didn't make the rules up listen to where they tell you to go and be nice as always there's my be nice to kasper's psa for this video all right goodbye beautiful castle we're gonna come stare at you later and now we're gonna fight our way with a decent amount of people but nowhere near as many people that are trying to exit the park now i will say there is some parts of fantasy land that are gonna be roped off like this bridge from liberty square is currently roped off it's a fireworks fallout area so you have to wait for the cast members to clear it i booked a small world fast pass after i tapped in at splash so i'm gonna go around the back side not that i need it it's a five minute wait thank you [Music] ugh don't you just love the mary blair facade with the pops of color for the 50th we love it [Music] about 15 minutes left to park time fantasyland is just a special kind of magical at night which is why i saved this land for the evening time i didn't want to wait in like 35 45 55 minute long lines for rides like small world and winnie the pooh earlier which is where we're headed next because they're walk-ons now but i also didn't want to waste valuable genie plus time when i was trying to pull things like space mountain and splash mountain so that's why i saved these rides for last but i do recommend no matter what going into the park again after fireworks if you're able because i promise by the time i get to the monorail line it will be a lot shorter than it was at 9 20 right after enchantment to winnie the pooh it says 20 but i don't believe it 14 minutes apart close tell park close can we make it to one more after this only time will tell [Music] and the adventures of winnie the pooh is so darn cute i love bouncing with tigger he's one of my favorite characters what a great ride it was definitely like five minutes not 20. i'm telling you if you've got older kids especially or your adults who want to play in fantasyland now's the time definitely try and use genie plus if you're getting it for peter pan's flight for mine train these smaller rides you can bang bang bang bang bang knock a bunch of them out in the evening and we have two minutes to get to dumbo i'm walking quickly and reading so we can do a final wait time check five minutes of dumb but five minutes at small world 20 at poo which we saw wasn't true 15 at pirates splash is closed mermaid is closed 35 at astro orbiter that's because everyone tries to ride it at night because it's much better at night five at barnes from our 30th thunder also great at night 10 at buzz 13 at haunted mansion which is their fun little thing they do when it's a walk-on 45 still at jungle 10 at tea party 10 at magic carpets of aladdin 15 at philhar which is just the last little walk hello i made it yay peter pan 40 carousel 20 great at night mine train 75 space 40 25 at speedway 10 at people movers i believe the clemson dumps and bow is on this one of the side of the dumbos so i will be attempting to fly in that wait i think this side has two weirdly did i get it did i get it did i get it i will raise a child yes clemson dumbo [Music] [Music] position [Music] [Music] got the clemson dumbo that ride is so beautiful at night i love dumbo it's a classic it's quintessential mustu you are legally required to bring your kids on dumbo the first time they come i don't care if it's your adult kids um and walked right on at the constant dumbo which is the orange and purple one and it's just beautiful night the rainbow water you can see the castle now let's walk through a much emptier magic kingdom we've got one more last surprise as we head back to main street to look at the castle at night and round out the perfect day we had let's go over some of my best pro tips number one rope drop if you are a resort guest get here for early theme park entry and hit the highlights in fantasyland seven doors mine train or peter pan's flight or tomorrowland like space mountain my recommendation is very strongly fantasyland especially if you don't plan on purchasing any lightning lanes if you are not a resort guest rope drop to the left i highly recommend jungle cruise if you're not purchasing ge plus otherwise pirates of the caribbean splash mountain big thunder mountain railroad or haunted mansion are great choices no matter who you are if you're purchasing genie plus my best recommendations for your first ride at 7 a.m are either jungle cruise or peter pan slide next pro tip mobile order off peak times and try and eat off peak times that helped me not waiting to line up the spring roll cart not waiting a long line to get my dole whip you'll likely be able to find a table easier and get your food faster speaking of food don't forget that you can mobile order coffee two places in fantasyland pinocchio's village house and fryer's nook next tip make sure you plan a break this park is exhausting and if you want to get it all done you have to get here early and stay late as i did today make sure you plan some calm time whether it be at one of the monorail resorts like we did today or going back to your resort make sure you plan at least an hour or so where you're out of the heat out of the park out of the crowd to regroup and recoup next up using a mix of lightning lanes and standby is how i recommend doing this park i know it's a bummer that genie plus costs money but you saw the wait times today it's spring break it's been busy all year that's what you're looking at there's no way to do everything in this park especially not without purchasing genie plus being flexible can go a long way as well you saw that i had several things pinned that i wanted to do and i would book the ones that i could and then watch the other ones for the wait times use those filler attractions to your advantage as well things such as meeting characters mickey's philharmagic people mover tiki broom country bears those are great attractions to do in between those lightning lanes make sure you understand the 120 minute rule and make sure you set an alarm when you're able to book another one so you don't waste any time fiddle faddle federal paddle fiddle faddle refresh refresh refresh it will be your best friend when it comes to booking lightning lanes for disney enchantment you don't need to get there super early in my opinion just be able to grab somewhere on main street my opinion you can show up about 30 minutes or so and be able to get a good spot however if you've never seen the show or you want the pristine spot feel free to wait out there as long as you like but i usually don't have an issue showing up rather late i am just one person though so keep that in mind if you do want the perfect view you may want to look into booking some kind of dessert party i've done a dessert party throwdown where i share the differences in some of the options so you might want to look into that but i do think even on a busy day you don't need to wait hours and hours for a firework spot as long as you can see the castle as long as you can see the projections and the sky you're usually pretty good in my opinion one of my biggest tips for any theme park especially the magic kingdom when you're coming during a busy season is make a list of your top priorities write down the rides the snacks the things you want to do and make sure you get those things done make a plan to get those things done and then anything else you get to do is gravy don't skip the entertainment i know it's easy to say i don't care about the cavalcades i don't care about the castle show i don't care about the parade but in my opinion those are some of the things that make disney the most magical and the most special so they were all great today they were some of my favorite things throughout the day with seeing mickey's magical friendship fair seeing the adventures cavalcade and seeing the parade don't leave immediately after fireworks the lines for transportation are going to be very very busy you can get on a few rides without any weight at all or you can get on a ride you aren't able to get on with a shorter wait or at least you're waiting when the park's not actually open plus you can spend a lovely evening time on main street and through fantasyland and get some incredible photos and video and not be rushed out of the park another little pro pro tip if you can wait until after fireworks to eat dinner i know it's tricky with little ones but if you can pull like a 9 30 be our guest or crystal palace or liberty tree then by the time your meal is done you can come out to an almost empty main street and last but certainly not least the number one tip when coming to the magic kingdom especially during busy season pack those patient pants things are gonna go wrong something's not gonna go according to plan a kid's gonna have a meltdown a ride's gonna break down a snack you wanted isn't going to be available something will go wrong every day that you come to a disney theme park i'm not trying to be pessimistic that's just the reality from someone who goes to a theme park almost every single day but if you watch our videos if you plan accordingly if you learn how to use genie plus if you make a plan if you make that list of your must-dos you can have a really perfect day because let's be honest any day in the magic kingdom is pretty perfect okay once you've finished taking all your amazing castle photos which i don't blame you i just took a bunch as if i don't have any photos of the castle but take some amazing castle photos at night please do it she is beautiful for the 50th i mean absolutely omg stunning there's one to two more stops you may want to make some people know that the emporium and some of the other shops are open late on main street usa that way if you wanted to grab something on your way out you sure can but the confectionary is one of those shops and you can mobile order for up to an hour after park close so a while ago i mobile ordered myself a little treat a little end of the night treat we're gonna go pick it up the main street confectionary has recently reopened and it's really using their partnership with eminem mars so lots of the treats are unique to the bakery that you can't get at the other bakery cases things with m ms and stickers and twix and skittles so i mobile ordered and it's ready so i'm going to the middle order pick up my favorite thing from the eating everything on main street that i found here that i did with quincy which we can link for you an m m cookie pie and i don't wait in this super long line to eat it and the best part it comes in a little baggie and a bag so you can eat what you want take the rest home [Music] it's like a giant peanut butter cookie with peanut butter and ends on it it's amazing what better way to end the night than a tree well that wraps up a perfect day here at magic kingdom hopefully you learned some good tips and tricks share your favorite magic kingdom write down in the comments look for a magic kingdom genie plus video coming soon until next time friends it's been magical now go watch perfect day in hollywood studios bye

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Published: Fri Mar 25 2022