Not so Magic Kingdom

A veiw without many people. Surprisingly hard to get

Up until now our magical powers of rising early have served us well. Not so today. We got to the park just as it opened. But so did everyone else. My goodness it was busy.

A cultural highlight

The cast’s all here

One of the highlights of a trip to the Magic Kingdom (after Mickey’s Runaway Train which is really good) is a trip to the Country Bear Musical Jamboree. Mechanical bears in various costumes sing country music extremely well. It has the benefit of being fairly quiet and out of the rain.

State of the art for the 1960s

Unfortunately things didn’t move on very far from this

Another must-see at the Magic Kingdom which I’m pretty sure will be quiet when you go is the “Carousel of Progress”. This uses life-sized puppets to enact scenes from past which show how far we have come over the years. And, given the role given to women in the whole presentation, how far we still have to go. It premiered in 1964 at New York World’s fair and is apparently is the longest running stage show in American history. It was last updated in 1994 and my goodness it shows.

Some of my fans

Photographer on the Jungle Cruise ride

Tomorrowland

High fiving Pooh while his minder looks on

Another great day.