We start and end every trip to Disney by visiting the Magic Kingdom.
A large storm moved into the area and it rained most of the afternoon. Rather than fight the storms, we decided to enjoy our villa and hit the park around dinner time. Doing so would give us six hours in the park, which is a nice visit when having an extended stay.
We were surprised by how much construction is happening at the Magic Kingdom.
They have been expanding the viewing area for the fireworks, but now it appears the construction is moving down main street. The expanded viewing areas are now open. Some of the area includes grass areas (artificial turf) for sitting and watching the show. The sitting areas are reserved by fast pass.
We noticed a problem with the Fast Pass system. In the picture below, you can see the twenty minute long line for the fast pass to Jungle Cruise. The stand-by line was 50 minutes, so, the fast pass line was faster. However, waiting twenty minutes in the fast pass line is unusual. This tells me they are providing more fast passes than the ride can handle.
Pirates of the Caribbean was closed, which was disappointing because it is one of our favorite rides.
We watched the fireworks at our new favorite location: at the tables by the ice cream station. We don't get to see the castle, we can only see the fireworks that fire behind the castle, and we get rained on by ash, but we get a chair, get to relax, and don't have to stand in a crowd.
Six hours was perfect. We left the park exhausted.
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