August 16, 2019

 

 

 

     

Another night ends with a bang - Part 2

 

But when we left the restaurant it was raining.

There was still time until the parade, so we hid from the rain in the Emporium for a while, checking out all the merchandise. Around 25 minutes before the parade was about to start we decided to stake out a spot in the designated area. 

We asked a Cast Member who was guarding a roped off area where we had to go and she pointed us in one direction. 

That was where we walked, asked another Cast Member and she pointed us right back to the first one. 

Had to let her know that the other Cast Member just sent us over and she told us that it was the area right in front of the flagpole and opened the rope and let us in. There were already a few people in the area, but no one had claimed the spot where you can see right down Main Street, so we claimed it. 

And while we waited for the Festival of Fantasy Parade to start it started to rain again. About 10 minutes before the start of the parade there was an announcement that it would leave 15 minutes late. 

Waiting was a bit of a bore as we were now standing there for 40 minutes and we had to put on our ponchos and then a few minutes later had to take them off again, but finally it was announced that the parade would arrive in 15 minutes. 

And after an hour of waiting we could see the first glimpses of the parade. 


 


 


 

We loved our spot and enjoyed the parade immensly.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 When it was over we intended to leave with the masses, but there was such a foot traffic, traffic jam leaving under the railway station that we decided to instead just walk up and enjoy a view of the castle from the railway station. But first we wanted to see the train in the station from up close. 


 


 

And when we got there we were greeted by one of the nicest and knowledgeable Cast Members we had encountered in a long time and we struck up a conversation. He definitely was in love with trains and knew all the little tidbits that make it even more interesting. And before we knew it we had been chatting for more than half an hour. 

When more people came up to see the train we said our goodbyes and finally left the park. 

We took the Express Monorail back to the Transportation and Ticket Center and then hiked to our car. And since a tram was already waiting we hopped on board and made the short trip to our stop. 

And from there it was just a few steps to our car and a short while later we had made it back to our resort. It was now mid afternoon and we decided to rest for a little while before we were to head out again later that day.

 

 

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