Especially with the airlines cutting back on planes these days!theBIGyowski wrote:DW's grandfather is retired from Delta...so we can get free standby tickets...but that is always a gamble to hope there will be two spots going to vacation destinations.
MK open 24hrs on Feb 29, 2012 (?)
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Standby in the middle of the week at the end of February is a good bet though.theBIGyowski wrote:DW's grandfather is retired from Delta...so we can get free standby tickets...but that is always a gamble to hope there will be two spots going to vacation destinations.


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Re: MK open 24hrs on Feb 29, 2012 (?)
Sounds like a fun idea! Imagine being right there at the Magic Kingdom when the sun rose in the morning. I bet it's a beautiful sight!!
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I love how earlier in this thread we were so sure it was a rumor. I guess Disney proved us allll wrong
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Re: MK open 24hrs on Feb 29, 2012 (?)
Is anybody going to do a touringplans meetup with Len? Sounds like he has some cool ideas brewing.
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What are the plans??northernmousefan2007 wrote:Is anybody going to do a touringplans meetup with Len? Sounds like he has some cool ideas brewing.
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Carousel of Progress was playing to full shows at 830/900 and people singing and clapping along to the song. TTA Peoplemover had a 20 minute wait! Space Mountain had a 75 min wait! BUT SO MUCH FUN! I was the last to ride Carousel of Progress (my favorite) from 545AM to 6:05AM
They had a ton of characters that come out for Special Events..some characters in their PJs! Tiki Room was also playing to full shows too. What a great day! I spent all 24 hours in the park

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Re: MK open 24hrs on Feb 29, 2012 (?)
The more you keep bragging the more jealous I become. I enjoyed how Disney tried keeping everyone updated about what was going on. Was it still busy into the wee hours of the morning?packwingfn wrote:Carousel of Progress was playing to full shows at 830/900 and people singing and clapping along to the song. TTA Peoplemover had a 20 minute wait! Space Mountain had a 75 min wait! BUT SO MUCH FUN! I was the last to ride Carousel of Progress (my favorite) from 545AM to 6:05AMThey had a ton of characters that come out for Special Events..some characters in their PJs! Tiki Room was also playing to full shows too. What a great day! I spent all 24 hours in the park
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Yes, not as busy as it was from post Wishes (8pm to 1am). It slowed down from 1am to 4am but still moderately busy everywhere around the park, then a lot of people stayed for the 5:30 AM Magic Memories& You then left and thats when I headed over to Tomorrowland to ride Carousel of Progress and I wasn't the only one as others were heading to Tomorrowland to ride 1 more ride (a lot headed to Peoplemover)..Space had already closed for its nightly maintaince
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It apparently got crazy packed at DLR to the point that they shut the gates at night and only let people in as they left. The parking structure also was full so people were turned away.
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Did they open DCA too...or just DL Park? You'd almost think that since they are right next to each other...they would have opened both parks. Maybe they did.Wizzard419 wrote:It apparently got crazy packed at DLR to the point that they shut the gates at night and only let people in as they left. The parking structure also was full so people were turned away.

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Re: MK open 24hrs on Feb 29, 2012 (?)
Nope, which makes sense since they would have also had to mess with the schedules and possibly pay overtime for them.theBIGyowski wrote:Did they open DCA too...or just DL Park? You'd almost think that since they are right next to each other...they would have opened both parks. Maybe they did.Wizzard419 wrote:It apparently got crazy packed at DLR to the point that they shut the gates at night and only let people in as they left. The parking structure also was full so people were turned away.
I'm not sure if anyone outside of possible performers and managers got overtime since companies often mess with schedules to fill the need without costing extra.
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Oh my god, that sounds amazing!!!!! I'm so self-pitying and jealous. I've been watching Song of the South for hours and haven't turned off Subsonic all day. Listened right through schoolpackwingfn wrote:Carousel of Progress was playing to full shows at 830/900 and people singing and clapping along to the song. TTA Peoplemover had a 20 minute wait! Space Mountain had a 75 min wait! BUT SO MUCH FUN! I was the last to ride Carousel of Progress (my favorite) from 545AM to 6:05AMThey had a ton of characters that come out for Special Events..some characters in their PJs! Tiki Room was also playing to full shows too. What a great day! I spent all 24 hours in the park

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Re: MK open 24hrs on Feb 29, 2012 (?)
One thing I noticed last night at MK was that all the lands were playing different music loops than normal. The front entrance was playing most of the music from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I heard the end credit score from Independence Day and the theme from Never Ending Story. The loop for Adventureland was somewhat short with Pirates of The Caribbean movies and some music from Aladdin. Couldn't tell what they were playing in Fantasyland, Frontierland or Liberty Square but it fit perfectly whatever they were.
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Re: MK open 24hrs on Feb 29, 2012 (?)
Fantasyland did play the commercial music that they play about WDW. I cant remember the rest and I didn't catch the Frontielrand one. I absolutely loved the Tomorrowland and Adventureland BGM
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