Walt Disney Magic Kingdom – A Magical Fairy Tale

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Now it’s time to talk about leisure. How can you spend your time productively and enjoyably while waiting for the miracle?

So, the best time to arrive in the U.S. is at 32 weeks of pregnancy—that’s perfect. If you have the opportunity to do it earlier—even better 🙂 The main thing is not to forget that with a tourist visa, you have a time limit for staying in the country—it’s 6 months. If your pregnancy is going smoothly and your doctor gives you the green light to explore the world around you—go for it! We’ll tell you about—and if you’d like, show you—all the wonderful places in Florida.

The first place worth visiting is ORLANDO with its amazing theme parks. The most magical of them all is Disney’s Magic Kingdom!

Going there for just one day isn’t very interesting, but if you really don’t have time to stay there for 2–3 days, then it’s better, of course, to stay overnight—check into a hotel and in the morning, after grabbing a Mickey-shaped waffle with maple syrup (served at all hotels in the park area), set off on a wonderful and very exciting adventure. There are plenty of hotels right in the park, but it’s best to book them well in advance—rooms there are always limited. There are also many hotels outside the park. All of them offer a shuttle service to the park on a comfortable bus.

The park is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. It seems like a lot of time, but once you step into this fairy tale, time definitely flies by twice as fast.

We’ve all heard, of course, that Magic Kingdom is awesome. And of course, we know it’s the most visited of all the parks, but even with all that knowledge, standing in the parking line at 9 a.m., one question pops into your head: when you see that massive line of cars stretching as far as the eye can see, “Is it really that amazing that sooooo many people are coming here?”

Once you get inside, the answer comes naturally—literally within two minutes! Yes! And you’ll want to come back to this wonderful place again and again!

Everything is thought out down to the smallest detail, starting with how cars are parked, to transporting all these thousands of people to the park, which, by the way, is located on an island. And here’s how to get there: first, take the little train from your childhood from the parking lot to the first stop, then transfer to a boat or monorail and ride to the island, buy a ticket, and then go through (very quickly) registration with a single fingerprint scan at the entrance (this is important—the system will add – Under no circumstances should you buy one—you won’t be able to use it… well, unless you bring along the previous ticket holder’s finger—just kidding!).

After that, the line quickly splits into two parts: those with bags head for the bag check, while the rest enter the park on the opposite side—and there you are, in a fairy tale! Your eyes dart around. You don’t know where to go or how best to plan this whole wonderful day. To make things easier from the very start, my advice is to hop on the wonderful fairy-tale train that runs through the entire park and take a single lap with a map in hand to get your bearings, and then feel free to head to all the attractions you like—you’ll definitely have time to check them out while taking the sightseeing lap on the little train.

I’ll say right away that riding the trains with bulky strollers is very inconvenient—there’s no space for them. You’ll have to not only fold it up every time but also try to carefully place it next to you on the bench without hurting anyone. But there’s one nice thing about the park—strollers are available for rent right at the entrance. There are strollers for two children and for one child. They have name tags where you write your child’s name, and you can use it all day long. Now is the perfect time to enjoy the magnificent buildings, take a ride on a sightseeing boat, and scream with excitement on the thrilling rides.

Let me be clear: without a Fastpass, there’s nothing to do in the park. If before 12:00 PM the wait time for the most popular and coolest rides can be 40–50 minutes (by the way, the wait time is displayed on a board at the entrance to each ride), then around 3:00 PM you can get stuck in line for two and a half hours!!

You can get a lot done while waiting in line: do some math, work on language skills, do yoga, do gymnastics, or just jump around and do squats;), which the 20 or so Mexicans standing nearby happily join in on;) play an interactive game, look at and discuss all the types of sneakers available across the U.S. and, accordingly, on the feet of the Americans standing nearby, and much more… After that, you won’t want to stand in line anymore—the ride is over in 5 minutes, but you have to wait 2.5 hours!

Now, on how to avoid this: there are kiosks throughout the park where you can buy a Fastpass for certain attractions; if you’re lucky and among the first in line first thing in the morning, you can buy Fastpasses for all the attractions you’re interested in. There’s one rule: you can only use the FastPass once per ride. Accordingly, the machine displays a list of rides and the times you can book for your FastPass. At that time, you go to the ride, swipe your card, and walk right through like a VIP, with practically no wait.

Plan your route by 3 PM so that you’ll be on Main Street, where the Heroes Parade featuring our favorite cartoon characters begins every day at this time. The kids will squeal with delight, and parents will be just as impressed, though the youngest guests might get a little scared because the floats with the characters are massive and move to the beat of very loud music, and at the end, a huge fire-breathing dragon appears, with its massive size and fiery breath.

After 7 p.m., the crowd thins out significantly—tour buses leave, and many tourists who arrived by car head home—making it easier to navigate the park. Between 7 and 9 p.m., you can visit more attractions than you did all day before.

At 9 p.m., on the same main street of the park, the Light Parade begins—it’s a truly breathtaking spectacle. Platforms lit up with bright lights move down the street to music—it’s mesmerizingly beautiful.

And then the real fairy tale begins: first, a laser show on the walls of Cinderella’s Castle, featuring all the most famous cartoons and beloved characters, and after the laser show ends, an incredible fireworks display begins that will leave no one indifferent! It’s a wonderful way to end the celebration! You’ll want to return to this little piece of childhood again and again.

A wonderful vacation has come to an end, and this is one of the many places you absolutely must visit when you fly to Miami.

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