Beware! No Parking Lot Trams and Restaurants Close Very Early!
When we signed up for our yearly passes, we weren't informed that NONE of the trams to ANY of the parks in Disney World from the parking lots to the entrances are running. Although I don't have a Disability Placard, I have asthma, and it has also been extremely difficult to walk a long distance since my two knee replacements. We were directed into a parking lot that was at least a mile's walk to get to an entrance ---where we had to wait in line an additional 20 minutes to take a monorail ride to the true entrance to the Magic Kingdom. The reverse experience leaving the park was even more horrible because the monorail wait line was enormous after the fireworks, and time extended to standing in wait for almost 40 minutes. Then another mile long walk back to our car to end the day. Disney has not provided any benches or areas where a customer could rest along the way. After a full day in the Magic Kingdom, even an Olympic gold medal winner would be exhausted and disappointed by the time they arrived at their car. Preferred Parking would have placed us closer to the park but would cost our family an additional $45.
Guests are also NOT informed that MOST of the "family affordable" sit down restaurants in the Magic Kingdom actually close 2 FULL HOURS prior to the fireworks. We walked from Tomorrowland at around 5:30 to have dinner at Columbia Harbour House on the other side of the park. A lady standing at the entrance turned us away because it had already closed. She sent us to Pinochhio's Village House, where we were also turned away because it was closed as well. He sent us to Sleepy Hollow Restaurant, where we were also turned away. We finally arrived in Adventureland at Pecos Bill's Tall Tale Cafe just in time to be told that only online orders were being filled. 30 minutes later, after learning how to do that, we finally sat, exhausted, disappointed, and angry with a hamburger to eat our dinner.
In short, it was an expensive and NOT SO VERY MAGICAL day for our family. We expected better from Disney.
12 November 2021
Unprompted review