We decided to not depart the Magic Kingdom Railroad at the Main Street station. Deciding that, yes, we really wanted to hop on rides as quickly as possible, we hung on for another stop at Frontierland.
-(I'll go more in depth on Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, and The Haunted Mansion on my report from the 1st full day at the park - when we re-rode these rides again in the daytime)-
It was cold. I wasn't prepared, as I only had my t-shirt to warm me. Despite this, we decided to hop aboard Splash Mountain! Heh, not sure it was a wise choice, but we didn't mind. It was a unique experience to ride it at night. As we rounded the bend in front of the mountain, we looked out into Frontierland. A few dim lights...a tall, blue castle in the distance, but we really couldn't see much else.
Splash Mountain was conveniently located directly next to Big Thunder Mountain, and so that was our logical next step (especially since we were already itching to ride it from our glimpse on the railroad). Just like Splash Mountain, the wait time said 5 minutes. Whoa. Though, to be honest, it really takes you 5 minutes to walk from that sign to the loading area of the ride, so there really wasn't any wait. In fact, Splash Mountain had been so dead that we were asked if we wanted to re-ride it (to which we declined - we had much to do).
We boarded our trains and departed on the "wildest ride in the wilderness." I must say, I was blown away - but again, I'll go more in depth on that later.
Once off, and still reeling, we made our way along the edge of the Rivers of America. Again, feeling our way around at night was a little difficult as every lamp nearby barely seemed to glow. In the distance we could see an eerie haze surrounding a small mansion that sat overlooking the waters. We hugged the river's edge on a small path that took us right up to the eerie gates of The Haunted Mansion. Yet again, we went right in (that's going to be a reoccurring theme until we hit Disney's Hollywood Studios). Haunted Mansion, like Big Thunder Mountain and Splash did not fail to impress at all - leaving us a little jealous of this park in more ways than one.
We emerged from the crypt and back into the darkened landscape of Liberty Square. Explosions were already going off in the sky - it was their fireworks show: Wishes. Ana and I moved past the trees to an open skyline in the area where Liberty Square and Fantasyland connect. The fireworks seemed larger than life in the sky, and, perhaps I was just close to where they were launching from, but I've never seen anything quite like it.
It was cold. I wasn't prepared, as I only had my t-shirt to warm me. Despite this, we decided to hop aboard Splash Mountain! Heh, not sure it was a wise choice, but we didn't mind. It was a unique experience to ride it at night. As we rounded the bend in front of the mountain, we looked out into Frontierland. A few dim lights...a tall, blue castle in the distance, but we really couldn't see much else.
Splash Mountain was conveniently located directly next to Big Thunder Mountain, and so that was our logical next step (especially since we were already itching to ride it from our glimpse on the railroad). Just like Splash Mountain, the wait time said 5 minutes. Whoa. Though, to be honest, it really takes you 5 minutes to walk from that sign to the loading area of the ride, so there really wasn't any wait. In fact, Splash Mountain had been so dead that we were asked if we wanted to re-ride it (to which we declined - we had much to do).
We boarded our trains and departed on the "wildest ride in the wilderness." I must say, I was blown away - but again, I'll go more in depth on that later.
Once off, and still reeling, we made our way along the edge of the Rivers of America. Again, feeling our way around at night was a little difficult as every lamp nearby barely seemed to glow. In the distance we could see an eerie haze surrounding a small mansion that sat overlooking the waters. We hugged the river's edge on a small path that took us right up to the eerie gates of The Haunted Mansion. Yet again, we went right in (that's going to be a reoccurring theme until we hit Disney's Hollywood Studios). Haunted Mansion, like Big Thunder Mountain and Splash did not fail to impress at all - leaving us a little jealous of this park in more ways than one.
We emerged from the crypt and back into the darkened landscape of Liberty Square. Explosions were already going off in the sky - it was their fireworks show: Wishes. Ana and I moved past the trees to an open skyline in the area where Liberty Square and Fantasyland connect. The fireworks seemed larger than life in the sky, and, perhaps I was just close to where they were launching from, but I've never seen anything quite like it.
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