I spent the last 3 days with my family at Disney. I always enjoy these trips, but this one was particularly fun for some reason. We all just seemed to get along better and I felt relaxed. We went to Epcot one day and the Magic Kindgom the next. Things are definitely still weird at Disney; lots of little things that would only make sense to a long time Disney park goer like me. For example, the second day we were in Magic Kingdom and wanted some “Mickey Ears”, which are these dark chocolate ice cream bars in the shape of Mickey’s head that my family and I really like. Normally, at Disney, there are 800 people all swarming you wanting to sell you any and everything, including ice cream. But this time we actually had a hard time finding anybody! There was so much less staff on hand of every kind and it was obvious. A lot of things are moving to apps - at one point we went to Starlight Ray’s Cafe, which I like because of the totally weird Sonny Eclipse animatronic show, and in order to even get in the door, we had to show an online food order - you can’t just walk in and order any more. All of this is fine, it’s just a bit unsettling. The parks look mostly OK, but you can tell that this is a tough time for them. But we still had a ton of fun. The second day at Magic Kingdom was really nice because there were so few people - Space Mountain had a 15 minute wait! We did everything in Tomorrowland, and particularly enjoyed the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, where they do a short comedy show with real live comedians. I actually laughed pretty hard for the first time in a while.
Epcot was nice too; they were doing the food and wine festival which is fun, and we ate at the Coral Reef restaurant; the Lobster Bisque is my favorite and it didn’t disappoint. The Epcot resort area is a mixed bag; the Cape May restaurant, which is usually one of our favorites because it’s a buffet, had gone way way downhill. But the pizza at the pizza window was delicious, and my brother rented Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and we watched most of it until my mom got bored.
All in all, a good trip.
