Magic Kingdom Morning Strategy & Rope Drop Tips
Here we offer Magic Kingdom morning opening strategy and rope drop tips for Disney World’s busiest park, including what time to leave your hotel, which attractions to prioritize, and anticipated wait times. We also offer overdue thoughts on changes to the Magic Kingdom Welcome Show.
Park opening at Magic Kingdom is like Walt Disney World’s morning running of the bulls, except with strollers instead of bulls. That may sound safer and less grueling if you’re unfamiliar with Disney’s version of the sport. Then again, you’ve probably never seen a parent on a mission to get to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train while it’s still a walk-on pushing a double-wide stroller.
At rope drop in Magic Kingdom, ordinary people transform into Olympians when there’s the prospect of waiting an extra 20 minutes for Fantasyland dark rides. As usual, we’re getting ahead of ourselves. If you’re a Walt Disney World first-timer, you might be wondering what rope drop is. It’s simply park opening–when the lands and attractions officially open. If it’s easier, just think of “rope drop” as “first thing in the morning” at Magic Kingdom.
In addition to rope drop being a time, it’s also a verb (“we’re rope dropping Seven Dwarfs Mine Train”), and one that has spread beyond park opening. We have been known to say, “we’re rope dropping In-N-Out Burger,” which is really just us banging on their door at 10:20 a.m. yelling, “WE WANTS THE DOUBLE DOUBLE!” (Unlike Walt Disney World Olympians, we just like cheeseburgers.)
Anyway, let’s take a look at how rope drop plays out in Magic Kingdom. We’ll start with a discussion of the new v. old Welcome Show, so if you don’t really care about that and are only interested in morning Magic Kingdom park opening strategy, skip the next section.
Magic Kingdom Welcome Show
Like much of Disney parlance, the “rope drop” term didn’t make any sense for a while because there was no dropping of a rope. That all changed when Magic Kingdom did away with the “Welcome Show.”
The Welcome Show at the Main Street USA Train Station was replaced with the current smile & wave character greeting on Cinderella Castle forecourt stage due to overcrowding and security concerns at the front of the park.
Irrespective of that, I think we can all agree that–regardless of why it was replaced–the current show doesn’t hold a candle to its predecessor. Here is our video of the full show so you can determine whether or not the new Welcome Show is better…or if it’s skippable:
One thing we all cannot agree on is whether the new procedure is better than the old one. Personally, even I’m not entirely sure. I have incredibly fond memories of the Welcome Show and racing up Main Street after watching it, but almost all of those are over 5 years old at this point.
More recently, what I remember is the area around the Mickey flower bed being packed with people, and hundreds more guests being stuck outside of the turnstiles once that area filled to capacity. We were in that outside crowd a few times, and there was nothing fun about it.
If anything, Walt Disney World’s changing security policies doomed the Welcome Show a couple of years before Disney officially moved it to Cinderella Castle. I miss that show and don’t at all care for the new one. But I digress.
Magic Kingdom Morning Touring Strategy
When you should leave your hotel to arrive at Magic Kingdom for rope drop is a pretty common question. It really depends upon your priorities. Do you want to be among the first to ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and undertake an efficient touring plan for the day? Are you just looking to have a cup of coffee and see the Welcome Show before chilling with the Country Bears in Frontierland?
If the latter, be at your hotel bus stop by around 8 a.m. If the former, you need to be at your hotel bus stop by around 7:15 a.m. Earlier if you’re at Walt Disney World during a busy season–later if you’re staying at a Magic Kingdom area resort and don’t have a long commute to the park. Regardless of your hotel, buses are abundant first thing in the morning, so you shouldn’t be waiting long. This gets you to the park and through security–if all goes according to plan–no later than 8:15 a.m.
Main Street in Magic Kingdom turnstiles open to all guests at 8 a.m., with pre-park opening breakfast guests being admitted at around 7:45 a.m. (On busier days, Magic Kingdom might open slightly earlier to regular guests, too.) Security starts screening guests even before that. Nonetheless, 8:15 a.m. is early enough to put you near the front of the sea of humanity that’ll be racing towards Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, if that’s your cup of tea.
Once inside, we like the leisurely stroll up Main Street. Perusing the many gift shops that are open on Main Street without people is a nice experience. Perhaps it’s just me, but the crowds in these cramped stores make me feel a bit claustrophobic later in the day. It’s also nice to grab a cup of Starbucks coffee from the Main Street Bakery as a pick me up.
From there, I like to head to the seating area near the Plaza Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor. A wise philosopher once wrote, “it’s never too early for ice cream.” The new-ish doughnut ice cream sundae (pictured above) must be a breakfast food since it has a doughnut somewhere under all that chocolate sauce.
I enjoy having the umbrella-covered Plaza seating area to myself as most guests crowd at the ropes that lead to Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. Magic Kingdom can be chaotic, but the morning sunshine plus minimal crowds is a wonderful experience I love, even if it means not having an efficient rope drop experience.
Speaking of which, it’s probably a good idea now to transition into actual Magic Kingdom morning touring strategy, instead of just discussing a change that’s now over a year old and what I like to do. There are a few options here, and my habit of just sitting back and soaking up the Main Street ambiance is not the most savvy one (even if it is the most enjoyable one).
You’ll find the largest crowd on the right side of the Hub (Central Plaza) at the entranceway to Fantasyland. The vast majority of these guests will be heading to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. You can join the Mine Train Stampede and be one of the first to ride that attraction with around 30 minute wait, so long as you are no farther back than the middle of the rope drop crowd.
Above is a time lapse of what that line for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train looks like 5 minutes after park opening, with the end of the queue in Storybook Circus. This is a regular thing, and even though this line appears longer than what you’d encounter midday, keep in mind that guests haven’t filled the interior queue yet. It is a long line, but it looks deceptively longer than it really is in this video.
If you choose the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train option, keep in mind that you won’t be able to see the Welcome Show, which will be obscured by trees from your rope drop location. Also keep in mind that the experience of the Mine Train Stampede is not exactly a “magical” way to start out your morning. It’s chaotic and stressful.
After doing it a couple of times as research for this post, I’m done. Mine Train is not worth that experience for me. Of course, your mileage may vary. There was a time when Sarah and I used to run up Main Street and we found that to be an exhilarating way to start our Magic Kingdom mornings. We did rush from ride to ride, and we did have fun doing it. We’re older now, and maybe wiser…but maybe not. Everyone has different priorities.
If you prioritize watching the Welcome Show from directly in front of Cinderella Castle or you stroll up to the Fantasyland rope drop spot at 8:55 a.m., don’t plan on doing Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. You’re too far back by that point and will end up in the overflowing standby line in Storybook Circus.
Not only will you wait close to an hour from Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at that point, but you’ll also forgo an hour of other attractions having no lines (since Elon Musk has yet to release his tech allowing you to be in two places at once!).
Instead, race to Peter Pan’s Flight via Cinderella Castle and find another time to do Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. (We’d recommend 1 minute before park closing, but that might not be feasible for families.) Note that this option will mean a slight delay in entering Fantasyland, but it’s still the quickest option since it’s the most direct route.
Objectively speaking, starting in Fantasyland is the most efficient approach, which is why we recommend that in our 1-Day Magic Kingdom Itinerary. Knocking out attractions that are popular, short in duration, and will have longer waits later in the day is the savviest approach. Unfortunately, it’s the approach that probably two-thirds of park opening guests take to start their morning in Magic Kingdom.
Even on a lightly-crowded day, it’s an unpleasant experience, and you really have to ask yourself if riding the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh with a shorter wait is worth starting the day out on a sour note. (Any time a question begins with “Is the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh worth…?” the answer is always no.)
Alternatively, Tomorrowland draws a more modest crowd, which makes sense given the relative FastPass+ availability of these attractions. Nevertheless, Space Mountain will command lengthy waits later in the day, so it’s never a bad idea to do that early on.
Same goes for pretty much everywhere in Magic Kingdom that’s not Fantasyland. It takes until about an hour after park opening before these lands start feeling saturated with crowds, whereas that same feeling is pretty much instantaneous in Fantasyland.
Despite Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad both being popular draws, Frontierland is eerily empty even 30 minutes after park opening. On a recent visit, we headed there are doing some attractions in Fantasyland, and found it was still empty.
After doing Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, we saw some of the Country Bears out engaging in shenanigans with guests who had no idea who they are (I always find this to be a hoot). After being the only guest in the area who knew Wendell’s name, Sarah received some attention from him:
This was definitely not the most efficient way to spend the 10 a.m. hour in Magic Kingdom, but it was a fun and more memorable experience than we would’ve had doing attraction 87 of the trip. The magic of the park is not in crossing off as many attractions as possible in a single day.
Rides are fun, but if you focus only on getting as many “done” as possible, you’re going to miss out on the little moments that define Walt Disney World. We know this is an odd thing about which to get preachy in a post devoted to morning touring strategy, but we firmly believe that balance is the name of the game.
Time is a precious commodity the first two hours Magic Kingdom is open, but those moments spent stopping to interact with free-roaming characters or letting your kids inspect some random detail or gag will produce memories that are far more precious. You’re never going to remember whether you did 19 or 21 attractions in a single day at Magic Kingdom. What will be ingrained in your mind, in vivid detail, are the seemingly “little things” you paused to enjoy for no reason in particular. Those moments of pure whimsy are when the magic happens, and what keeps us going back.
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Your Thoughts
What is your Magic Kingdom rope drop strategy? Do you like to savor the low crowds and have a leisurely experience, or are you doing the Mine Train Stampede? Do you agree or disagree with our advice? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing feedback about your experiences is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
So you say to be at the hotel bus stop at around 7:15, but on Disney’s website they say that the buses start operating 45 minutes before park opening (which would be 8:15.) What’s the deal?
We never do Disney without doing rope drop every day. Our family has even been picked to do the opening announcement at more than one park. Plus we sometimes see the same families at rope drop from day to day and make new friends.
I always tell people Disney is about the experience. If you want a vacation to sleep late, go somewhere else.
We’ve been going to WDW annually for years and have not bothered being at the park anywhere near opening time for years. If you go at a “less” busy time of year and getting in as many rides as possible isn’t really important to you it is entirely possible to take a WDW vacation and have a great time without lining up at the parks at 7am. We dont feel its necessary to see the opening show every day or see the parade every day etc. We get our top 3 rides booked in advance on fastpass and then just we just enjoy walking around and going to a show or on a few other rides and see the sights and basically we just “wing it ” and just relax and enjoy ourselves for the majority of our time. If there was a ride we really had to do that we couldn’t get a fastpass for we might get up early and be there at opening for that one time. Usually it’s not necessary. The more days you have the easier it is to do it this way of course. Some of the unplanned moments are the best! We usually go 6-9 days per vacation. We use park hoppers and we often go from one park to another, we might start at MK then take the monorail to Epcot. It’s fun not to have things too planned. I used to plan every detail down to the minute ( our first couple trips ) and it was very stressful and my family didnt like it at all . For us it is better to plan a few things and just be more spontaneous and relaxed the rest of the time. I wouldn’t discourage anyone who wants to do Disney but does not want to get up at 5am to get there! You can still have a great experience.
So enjoy your blog….have a trip to Disney World coming up in September with our kids and grandkids…your info is so helpful, and exciting. Thank you!
I agree!
I always head to Frontierland after rope drop. It’s like you just have to wait for a ball of hay to pass by. Completely empty.
I once got an entire BTMR train for myself! I try to get a couple of rides on BTMR and Splash Mtn before heading to Adventureland.
This is a particularly good strategy because it saves a lot of FP+. Getting to do the frontierland headliners with basically no wait, I can use my fast passes on 7 dwarves, space mountain and peter pan. Works for me because Peter Pan is my single favorite ride in all WDW hahaha
I love the notion of highlighting magic over marking attractions off a list. But reality is a little different. I’m guessing you spend 30+ (50+? 100+?) days a year in a Disney park. We get six days once every 3-4 years. We try to pencil in time to allow for magic to happen, but that doesn’t always work. True, no one will remember the number of attractions hit 10 years after the fact. But kiddo will face friends who ask about 7DMT or FOP within days of our return. And I will inevitably get “Why didn’t we get to do that?” I know there is totally a balance at play. I just haven’t quite succeeded at identifying what that balance is with a limited number of days in the park.
I totally agree. I also have this HUGE problem of getting mentally caught up in the frenzy of racing from ride to ride-and the feeling that we are “ missing “ something if we are not actively trying to get to a ride. It’s a problem!
We have been going for a WDW vacation once annually for 6 -9 days at a time. The first trip I planned every minute of our time and insisted we had to be there at park opening. We rushed from ride to ride. It was stressful. My family was not happy. I realized it was not necessary to get in as many rides and shows as possible. What is necessary is to enjoy our time together on our family vacation. Now we pick our top 3 rides and book fastpasses in advance then just “wing it” for the rest of the day. Unless there is a popular ride with huge crazy lines that we really want to do and couldn’t get a fastpass for we dont ever bother lining up at the parks at opening at all anymore. We have a nice relaxed family breakfast together before heading to the parks. We still manage to do other rides and see shows but every minute isn’t planned. We can walk around, eat ice cream, see the sights, take photos. We get park hopper tickets and we often will start at one park and end at another. You can ride Thunder Mountain at MK and then take the monorail to Epcot for lunch or dinner and then head back to MK for fireworks if you want. One afternoon we accidentally happened upon Goofy doing photos at HS and there were only 3 people lined up. We all got multiple photos done and goofed around with Goofy and had so much fun! Totally unplanned moment! We go for quality of time and don’t worry about quantity of rides. We’re more relaxed and we have a better time. We do try to go at a less busy time of year. Most important is adapting expectations and prioritzing what matters most. I learned you dont need to go on every ride to have a good time and the best way to get your money’s worth on vacation is to just relax, have a good time and enjoy each others company.
By special request of my 5 year old we are rope dropping…. Buzz Lightyear! Couldn’t persuade them to try for Peter Pan or basically anything else that draws a big wait. It’s Buzz or bust for my little one.
We are also doing 8am Crystal Palace which basically doesn’t get us in the park “early” any more given the new setup, since when we are done we’ll have to join the rest of the cattle at the pens for rope drop…. but we are doing it for the character experience so we’ll enjoy it any way.
When my husband and I went back the end of September, the wait for a Buzz Lightyear picture was the LONGEST part of our entire day! Great idea to get him done first.
Hey Tom, have you done a full post on the topic of prioritizing enjoying the magic versus over-strategizing? I vaguely remember you writing about it, but not sure. Would be a great post for many of us who get caught up in compulsively strategizing (I’ve done one trip to DW as an adult and one to DL, and I went a little too fast and hard both times). I always like the specificity of your experiences versus the generic “tips” everywhere else. Help me calm my Disney neuroses before my next attempt at both parks?
Abby! YES! This is precisely what we need from Tom! We are always discussing the balance between a tripped planned to the hilt to maximize every second with pockets of “ free” time. But I’m not sure where to find that balance!
I wonder if it’s possible to see the Welcome Show if you have ADR for CRT first thing? It’s our first trip and it’s been the plan to get into the park early with an ADR but now things have changed, as have many since we started planning over a year ago! lol
Hi Abby, we had CRT reservations for 8 am and we watched the show through the tunnel from behind while waiting to be checked in for breakfast (1 person waited in line while the others in our party watched). The characters waved to us as they entered the tunnel that leads to the front of the castle where the show happens. This was a great perspective after having watched the show a previous time from the standard front. No you are not going to see everything through the tunnel but it was unique and not something most people get to experience.
Sorry, I meant Karrie when replying. And to clarify we had 8 am reservations on a day MK had park hours starting at 8 am.
Hi Shanna, thanks for that perspective 🙂 We have 8:30 reservations so I hope we get to sneak a peak.
I must agree about rope dropping Frontierland. VERY enjoyable and stress free!
It was even better on an early Magic Hour morning. We went directly to Big Thunder Mountain RR and by the time we hit Frontierland, it felt like we were the only people in the park! We rode Big Thunder, then rode it again because there were only a couple people on the whole ride. We then went down to Pirates of the Caribbean and walked right on as the only guests on the ride! Very cool! Its like we had our own theme park. 🙂 We then hopped on Jungle Cruise after waiting about 5 minutes for a boat.
We love Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, but its simply not worth doing without a fastpass. Why wait for one ride when you can do 4 or 5 other rides with little to no waiting? Makes the day a lot more fun.
Frontierland is definitely our favorite “hidden gem” (ok, not so hidden) of DW. My boys loved it & even on a crowded day, it wasn’t nearly as crowded as other parts of the park. We tried to rope drop last year, but semi-rookie mistake, parked in a parking lot that only had boat service. The boat was a fun way to approach the park, but they were having capacity problems & we saw 2 boats leave before we could get on one. For some reason, the monorail wasn’t even running yet. It might have just been a malfunction that day, but it was a huge choke-point for the crowds so by the time we got to the gate, the security lines were SUPER long.
One of my most memorable experiences was interacting with the characters from the Sword and the Stone show. The “uncle” tried to marry his “niece” to my 16 y/o nephew in the gift shop. The improv was great and it was priceless watching him squirm under the attention.
For us, the keys are (1) getting FP+ as soon as we can (so we always stay on property) for the attractions that are going to have the longest lines; (2) rope-dropping every morning, no matter which park; (3) always taking advantage of Extra Magic Hours, morning and night.
We try to get FP+ for the high-demand attractions during the busiest times of the day. That means that we can experience those with minimal wait, and face very short lines at other attractions early in the morning. We are geezers, and always return to our resort for a rest in the afternoon. Even with that, with our strategy we have not had what we consider a long wait in line for an attraction in our past 4 trips.
I agree with your post. There are two strategies. The first is to get all your fast pass plus attractions early in the morning in hopes that you can get more after you have completed your three reservations. The second is to ride standby everything from rope drop til 11;00 and reserve the fast pass plus attractions from 11:00 to 4:00 when the park is the most crowded. I have used both and found that the later seems to work best for our family. From rope drop til 10:00 you will not have much if any line wait with the exception of FofP and 7DMT.
My family recently returned from Disneyland in California where we had the pleasure of using their Maxpass program. WOW that system is significantly better than the Fast pass plus system. With Maxpass program you can reserve your fast pass tickets as soon as your arrive in the park and can a new one as soon as you enter the line or every 90 minutes all by way of your smart phone.
I try to get in extra early by scheduling an ADR at Bells castle or Crystal palace so that I’m already well inside the park once rope drop comes around.
How about rope drop for EMH? Park opens at 8am so should I plan for 7:15 at MK?
Always great posts. I’ve been reading them for over a year planning for our upcoming first visit. I hope the trip is as much fun as the planning.
You’ll want to make sure you’re at the turnstile by 7:15-7:20. For 8am EMH and an 8am open, the park does not open at 7 am for everyone to stroll along Main Street. The turnstiles will be open, but everyone will be asked to wait in the court yard until 7:45, when they will open Main Street.
The Welcome show happens at 8:55 on EMH days, for regular park open.
I wondered the same thing since we’re planning each day to start at the park with EMH… Thank you, Amanda for the heads up on that!
Something I noticed while making our daily itinerary, is that not all attractions open for EMH. Some do, but many do not, so check the attractions hours before making your itinerary. I wasn’t looking for that info when I ran across it by luck and was surprised that not everything is going to be open or available for those early mornings. I changed my plans a bit to work around that. For example, in the Animal Kingdom, many animal attractions do not change schedule to work in EMH. I’m assuming because animals don’t care about the humanoids plans with EMH… they roll how they roll on their own time table 😉 My dogs and cats have taught me that LOL
We were very surprised to find that ALL of frontier land did not open for EMHs on our trip. We weren’t sure if we should change plans and head to fantasy land or just wait it out and be first into frontier land. We ended up waiting and took empty pictures in front of the castle and were first in line to meet Mary Poppins. We were amping the first into frontier land and we were glad we waited the hour until it opened.
Talking about relishing the smaller moments instead of squeezing in as many attractions as possible reminded me of when my young son discovered hidden music in the theme parks and hotels. He was so fascinated by where the music was coming from that we had to stop now and then so he could inspect it. This happened every Disney trip. While he loved all the attractions, it was the hidden music that stuck with him. Rope drop meant nothing to him.
Time passed, my son is now older, the father of two children in college, and every house he has lived in has had hidden music, inside and out. He observed and he learned. It always pays to stop and smell those roses.
My younger son loves Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom! Talk about your niche group…
Got any rope drop tips or strategies for Animal Kingdom?
Rope Drop strategies for Animal Kingdom strictly depend on what your plans are for Flight of Passage ride at Pandora. If you don’t have a fastpass for FofP and refuse to leave the park without riding FofP then you need to prepare to get to Animal Kingdom 1.5 hours prior to opening to even get a predictable shot at getting on the ride. If you have to ride via standby and can’t make it at rope drop then you are really in trouble. I have experienced standby for FofP and it isn’t fun. Once it was a 3 hour wait and another time is was a ….gulp…. six hour wait. It really all depends upon the workers monitoring the ride. At times you will have ride monitors that simply don’t use the standby line and you may wait hours in one spot while only fast pass riders are allowed on the ride.
Keep in mind that with FofP being so popular that essentially leaves the rest of the park abandoned. If you have a fast pass for FofP then consider arriving at rope drop and experiencing the rest of Animal Kingdom outside of Pandora. You may not have a line for any attractions for a solid two hours after rope drop.
If you are not planning to ride FoP at rope drop, don’t bother with am EMH. There will be no wait for Forbidden Journey and nothing else is open. We have made the mistake and gotten up very early for no reason. We rode Forbidden Journey twice and then it got a line. We tried for a safari and waited almost 30 minutes for it to even open and it had at least a 15 minute line on top of that.
Last summer we went to Splash Mountain at rope drop and we were the first family to visit the gift shop so the photoshop lady gave us a free 8×10 ride photo!
Tip from a parent of small kiddos: plan morning bathroom breaks well, or you’ll end up rope dropping a urinal…like we did! Although, it does make a great memory to revisit as they grow up 🙂
After our delay at the boats, we also rope-dropped the Mainstreet bathrooms. SIGH.
I always head into Adventureland/Frontierland when I rope drop the Magic Kingdom. As you mention in the post, the whole area remains crowd-free for a surprising amount of time. It’s great to have that leisurely feel, taking in some rides as well as just enjoying the atmosphere, before the crowds build up. It may not be the most efficient start in terms of saving later lines, although there are plenty of long wait attractions in the area so it does save some, but it’s a great way to start a day at MK.
Our preference (as a family) is to go left at the hub at rope drop and use our FP for Peter Pan and Mine Train for early afternoon after lunch before and then Space for late afternoon. Going left allows to do Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Splash and Thunder (multiple times) before 10:30 for a 9:00am open. We’ve done this multiple times.
I planned to do the same thing! Your post reassured me that this is the better way to handle the morning to avoid the masses. Thank you! My parents (69 & 72) are coming with us and I want the day to be enjoyable for them without too many humongously long wait times first thing in the morning. We would rather enjoy the magic than the lines.
I am another “go left toward Adventureland/Frontierland” person first thing since those are my favorite areas. I always fastpass Peter Pan, Mine Train, or Pooh since they are short duration rides and not worth fighting people to get on.
Elisa- I also agree with Bill. We did the same thing and it was a great strategy. Hope it works out!
“(Any time a question begins with “Is the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh worth…?” the answer is always no.)”
This got a huge laugh out of both of us and a “too true” out of my husband. I will never forgive that mediocre monstrosity for replacing my beloved Country Bears at DL and taking away a two-track unique version of one of my other DL favorites (Mr. Toad) before I could ever get to Magic Kingdom to see it.
I wasted over 30 mins in line for it just so I could say I had done it. Now, I wish I had used that time on the Davey Crockett Canoes instead. I’ve still never done those in 38 years and in no way could they be a bigger disappointment. And I love Pooh so that makes it worse.
It definitely makes my eventual MK rope drop strategy much simpler to know once we’ve gotten 7DMT, PPF and maybe IASW out of the way we can move on to Liberty Square and Frontierland.
Wait, you’ve never done the canoes?! It’s an awesome experience–quintessential Disneyland! (Plus, it makes you feel a little less guilty about snack #4 or 5 of the day.)
I know, it’s terrible, but I’ve never done any of the Rivers of America attractions except taking the boat over to Tom Sawyer’s Island. I’m a terrible DL lifer fan. Lol.
The canoes are top of my list for my next trip; while finally going on the Storybookland Canal Boats, which we missed on our first trip, is my husband’s top choice.