Day 2, The Magic Kingdom

 Gotta start at the very beginning, right?
So gotta start with The Magic Kingdom!

For some reason I first ride was Its A Small World! NOT my favorite ride at all - not after getting stuck on it twice! And I like the ride better at Disneyland than Disney World but ok....

We got most of the rides done that we wanted. A few had longer lines so we will do them first when we come back next Saturday. Not too crowded in the morning, but as the day progressed the lines were getting longer and the place was getting busier (guess not everyone is like hubby who wants to be there when it opens!!)

Started raining on our way into the Haunted Mansion. Once we got in we could see why that long line was actually moving very quickly. Due to Covid they do not have the opening of the ride in the haunted room...you just walk through and go right onto the ride.

When we got out it was POURING! And they would not let you stop under the awning covered walkway to put on ponchos etc. Really???!!!!! We found that WDW is not very customer friendly....

Got under the covering for the Riverboat ride

And as the rain was tapering off decided we might as well ride the Riverboat now as later

Before the ride was over it had stopped raining.

People are so irritating. Long line at Pirates too. But it was moving ok - just seemed longer when you were out in the sun. Part way through the couple in front of us started to let a family  cut in line....I think they, like I did, thought it was just a man trying to catch up with his family. No, it was a whole damn family of ADULTS who were cutting in line. So the couple in front of us did not let them cut - and neither did we - but the couple behind us did. Way to enable these entitled people. Like I said, these were not kids, or teen agers, these were adults.

Lunch at Tony's Town Square Restaurant. Tom said we have eaten there before. I do not remember. Our reservation was for 3 PM but by 1:30 PM we were done with the park and ready to leave. They told us they could fit us in on the waitlist but it might be 20 - 30 minutes. We said we would take it and 10 minutes later we were seated. It wasnt bad but.....The worst ice tea I have ever had! It was beige colored water. And my caprese salad was those little tiny balls of mozzerella - not the nice thick slices you usually get. They told us we would get garlic bread with out meal....which turned out to be slices of not-so-good foccacio not the least bit of garlic on it. My chicken Parmigian was ok - it was a 1/2 chicken breast - not pounded out like I am use to. But it was ok. The marinara sauce was a bit spicy. They do not bring around, or offer, Parmesan cheese to put on top of anything - what kind of Italian restaurant is this? Tom had spaghetti with meatballs and he asked to have one sausage along with the meatballs. They brought out a saucer with 2 sausages, not a drop of sauce on them at all - strange sausage, it literally crumbled when you tried to cut it. But we took the leftovers home and that will be dinner sometime this week.

We checked to see if the People Mover had opened - the wait for it was an hour. We decided to skip it. I am disappointed.

We walked 6.15 miles that day.

Changes due to Covid - I think that is an easy excuse for - we decided to save money. No throw pillows at all. Which made the couch very uncomfortable until we started using the bed pillows there too. So ok, I can understand those might be harder to clean.....but no notepaper? No pen???? And no shower cap! But boy they sure stocked us with toiletries! And more laundry soap and dishwasher soap than we usually got - 2 rolls of PT (one more than usual). Coffee for the coffee maker (and sugar and sugar subs and creamer) - but no tea bags!

And somehow my headband and scrunchie that I got out of the drawer to put in the suitcase did not make it to FL! I bet I will find them when I get home....I could buy a Disney themed headband for $14 but I would never wear it again so why?

The best thing after all that walking? The hot tub and pool! And we were so tired we both walked back to our room - the long way around - forgetting to put our masks on! And. Not. One. Person. Stopped. Us!