 Hey friends today We are hanging out at the Magic Kingdom and it is officially 2024 and this is the first time I'm being back into Magic Kingdom for the new year And I wanted to go out and give you guys a little tour point out some of the things I'm excited for for the upcoming year and then ride a bunch of rides and eat some food and have a beautiful Magic Kingdom kind of day any hoos Let's go do this It seems like it's a quiet day today in the Magic Kingdom Temperatures are in the 50s, and I'm excited. I like a little chilly day at MK As of January 9th, you don't need to make a park reservation for single-day ticket purchases So you could actually just come to Disney World buy a ticket and go in without having to make a park reservation So that's an awesome change and then also park hopping you can park hop anytime You don't have to wait till 2 p.m. So if you have the park hopper You can park hop from Magic Kingdom the animal kingdom at 11 a.m. If you wanted to I rather stay here at Magic Kingdom though because we did buy the genie plus today It is just about 1 p.m. And I didn't look to see what the wait times were like I knew I wanted to buy genie plus because I want to ride some rides and I don't want to wait long So while we're gonna you know test it out and see what we can get done using genie plus this late in the day Genie plus cost $23 today And like I said normally you want to get it super early in the morning and start stacking your lightning lanes But sometimes the plan doesn't go accordingly to plan So we're gonna see what we can get out of it, you know being late in the day Hopefully we get to ride big Thunder Mountain or Space Mountain or Tron some other good rides if I could ride three rides I feel like $23 would be well spent in such a short amount of time. I Love seeing the Main Street transportation vehicles out and about I think we're gonna make our way back to fantasy land first I got a lightning lane for Little Mermaid. There we go. That's the one It's pretty slim pickings right now, but like I said we keep refreshing What I mean when I say refresh when you're in the app and you're looking for lightning lanes They constantly change there's new lightning lanes always being added people are canceling them And then they go back out into like the pool So I grabbed a little mermaid because it's a ride now so we get to just go walk in and ride and I'm kind of excited for it because I haven't rode this ride in a While and then also I want to try to get dinner somewhere a nice little sit-down dinner But we'll have to see what's available. I love this kind of day I'm happy that we did get the lightning lane though because it looks like the line or the standby line is actually outside the queue But it's time to head on in under the sea journey of the Little Mermaid I love how I just abbreviate all the rides. Yeah, we're going to ride Little Mermaid. We're gonna ride You know space I feel like everyone does that The little mermaid was a perfect ride to start out the day with and I love a good dark ride And it was really convenient because it was the only thing that was available that we could ride right at that second And now that we're off the ride we can book another lightning lane But first I think I want to grab a quick bite because most of the reservations at their sit-down restaurants aren't till later on So I need a little snack maybe at Gaston's Tavern and then maybe back to more rides We made our way over to Gaston's Tavern because I want to get a cinnamon roll and a La Fouse bro La Fouse bro This cinnamon roll looks extra amazing today look at that It's huge too like look at the back of that cinnamon roll and of course I got the extra icing some La Fouse bro and We're pulled up on a trash can doing it Epcot style here at Magic Kingdom, and I like the view I Always eat the center part first so here we go There is literally like a pool of icing right in the center of this roll look at that I mean I'm gonna try to look at that You can see it's all the center of the roll is always the best I love how a little snack turned into a cinnamon roll the size of my head, but yo that's pretty good You got to ask for extra icing and I love how ooey-gooey it was in the center But now I think we're gonna stick in fantasy land Maybe go ride Dumbo with the barnstormer these are all rides like even though you pay the lightning lane It's $23 for genie plus most of these rides are always available that you could just ride now or within the hour And they have like 35 40 minute wait, so even though they're not big top like attractions You're still saving quite a bit of time We got a pick our Dumbo. Oh, I think I want the green one there. She is that's our Dumbo Huh This Sun is gonna make a beautiful ride. I can't wait to see all the views when we get up top there Oh, here we go. We're going up. Yo, this is so nice out today Bo was a lot of fun, but we made our way across to big top souvenirs They've got some new merchandise in here and also some sales going on some hot deals Some sales on some snacks or some Disney eat snacks Select Disney 100 items are 50% off and you get your annual past discount on top of that So I might get some of these fancy little sweatpants here the goofy movie Lounge fly is also 50% off that is actually a really good deal for me. I feel like look at this It's $88. So then this is gonna be I think somewhere like it's at least $40. Oh I've never owned one. I think this one might be my first one ever This was like originally $88 and I got it for $37. I mean, I don't even need a lounge fly I literally just got it for a goofy movie. I'm gonna hang it somewhere like in my house or put it on a shelf I mean, I'll make good use for it But I mean would you buy like, you know, I feel like that's a hot buy. Hot buy good deals Do you need a break from modern living? Honestly, I will listen to the goofy movie soundtrack on a road trip any day. It's it's literally it's a classic Now I think we're gonna make our way over to it's a small world because we were just able to grab that on the Lightning lane or on the genie plus it just popped up and the time is the ride right now. I Honestly feel like I've already gotten the $23 well spent like we are burning through the rides I think we did three rides in the first hour going on our fourth ride now And like I said, these are rides that I would still ride in the park Like you don't have to go big time big Thunder Mountain and stuff like that I would rather ride like seven dark rides back to back then, you know, wait two hours ride a roller coaster wait Another hour ride another roller coaster. So like, you know what I mean? I feel like I've already spent like the $23 wisely Even it's a small world is definitely busy. Oh boy 45 minutes. It's a little congested in this area Usually, but we're gonna go in the Lightning Lane It's a small world is a great ride to just kind of relax and get out of the crowds for a bit And it's kind of long too. It's a one of the longer rides at the parks. I Don't have any change on me, but I would definitely throw some water down I mean, I would definitely throw some coins down there if I did Look at that front row on good old 30 There we go Oh Make a silly face Clap your hands He's a hippo winking at I like that DNA look in Turkey It looks like it was from the Jurassic Park movies We're backed up so it looks like we're gonna be sitting here for a little bit Look at that. Oh No, the song doesn't shut off either Hmm It's 319 right now 319. We'll see how long we're backed up for It's a small world is such a rod like such a long ride like I said But can you imagine just the tail end of it just being stuck there for six minutes listening to it's a small world After all like over and over again, can you imagine if you're stuck in there for like an hour like I could only imagine But now I think we're gonna keep moving along and I also we got dining reservations over at Tony's So we're gonna go have a little lunch out on the patio area there the outdoor seating area have a little lunch I'm looking at the soup. I really want some Italian wedding soup and let me tell you something Tony's has the best soup in Magic Kingdom the best The crowds today are just super long holy moly We're gonna head down to Tony's now I think our reservation was for 345 So we have just about enough time that we can go down and put a request in to sit outside Wow, it's so beautiful out today Look at this Got the bubbles The sun I'm all for it Look at that And like I mentioned, it's so chilly out like it's it's not like super chilly because the sun is still beating down on you but you have a nice little breeze and It kind of you know kind of keeps you nice and cool for the parks. I like it I only got a couple more days left and then it's back to hot and humid hot and humid, Florida. Oh It looks like the Dapper Dan's are coming out Hi We're making our way down to Tony's and then the Dapper Dan's walked by and they're like hey come along with us So I started walking down Well, I started walking right down the middle of Main Street, USA with the Dapper Dan's and then they Continue to sing I'm walking right down the middle of Main Street, USA But now we have made it to Tony's and I'm so excited I definitely want to get the garlic bread and the soup it's seasonal soup I'm hoping it's Italian wedding and who knows maybe the a little chicken parm or spaghetti and meatballs Or taramasu, cannoli all the good stuff and like I said, we asked to sit outside Because it's so nice you get to sit out here and you get to look out and watch everybody walk into Magic Kingdom And even when there's a parade it's a good spot to be so hopefully we'll get it I got a nice little spot on the outside like porch and the sun's in my eyes, but It feels beautiful I definitely can feel it right about here Right there The ambience of just sitting out here. I'm telling you You can hear the music especially on a quiet day like right now you can hear like a little bit of like Oh now the bubbles are coming in Can you make it any better? I wanted to be a little fancy today. So I got some pariet so that uh I can just Sit on something sparkling Pariet water captured at the source in France Oh, we are in luck the Italian wedding soup has arrived. Look at this This is what I was talking about the best soup In the Magic Kingdom There's no better soup in mk. I could tell you that and then garlic bread too. Look at this And then they give you like alfredo sauce to dip on it in marinara But I think I'm gonna just dip a little bit of that in a little bit of this and it should be good to go Here we go. I love this soup right here Good soup I love the texture of this garlic bread because it's crispy enough that Even though you're soaking it up with soup It's still crunchy when you bite into it and it's so amazing Now I gotta dip the breadstick in there with the garlic bread Get a little bit of those noodles on top This soup is so good the meatballs the noodles and the broth I wish they'd give you a bigger portion though because I feel like this is a cup size I mean, it's not like a bowl and it's only one size and I think it's 14 dollars So it's a 14 dollar cup of soup The train's coming into station. I'm just sitting here listening to it Drinking some fancy sparkling water This is pretty amazing I ended up getting the chicken parm and I got the rigatoni with vodka sauce This is the pasta side and my chicken parm with no cheese. I don't like the cheese so much But I'm excited to dive in because it looks good. I love the rigatoni here And I also love hearing the the train blow its whistle like why while I eat I love rigatoni Tonys was great and I love just sitting outside taking in the ambience and the food's pretty good too I definitely could have put down another soup. I wish they had all you can eat soup I would have I mean, I would literally probably sit there for hours But now I have to grab a quick little birthday present for a friend of ours We might have to head out and call it a night after that, but we gotta do a little shopping One of my good friends is celebrating their birthday So we all wanted to chip in and get her a nice little tiara because she's uh She's a queen princess and uh Everyone likes tiara's, you know feel like it's a good present My friend is maria from lbv tv or lake vinna visitors and look at I don't know. I just thought it'd be nice to get her a nice little crown It was so funny because I was talking to shawn and christen You know, we wanted to get her like a nice little birthday gift and uh, he was like, yeah He's like check out the tiara's and then I was like, okay, I'll do that And then he was like, hey, maybe pick up a pillow too So I was just like what pillow and he's like, yeah, I get a pillow and I'm like Walking through the Emporium. I'm like, you guys have a pillow section And I'm like trying to figure out like what to get like pillow wise and then I was like, I don't know I don't I don't know where that again. I don't know what kind of pillow she likes So then I get in there and I'm like, I'll take the I'll take this And he's like, would you like a pillow? Then uh, it all came to me. I figured out what it was So we got the matching pillow to go with it See, this has been a great day goofy movie Little birthday gifts I like it Now it's time to head back and we have to check on Gracie and take her out for a little walk And then later on tonight, we're going to meet up with our friends and we're going to celebrate My friend Maria's birthday and I'm probably going to go to Toledo over at Disney's Coronado resort It's like our favorite little restaurant to get together for like, you know birthdays Uh, so uh, yeah, I figured we're bringing you along. You gotta see little Gracie girl Maybe give her a cookie or two Look at that monorail Driving off into the sunset Wow This is really a beautiful day today There she is Gracie girl The most beautiful dog on earth Answer the call What are you taking a little break here, huh? Oh, okay. You want me to scratch your belly? All right Let me see that belly. Let me see it Ooh Gracie you're so beautiful Oh, yes Gracie used to run around the fields with cows Yeah Look at this. What? Oh, what? Let's see that smile. Oh, yeah These toys that have little compartments that you can hide treats in I love getting on the Gracie because she's like We made it to the grandestino tower. Look at this for queen maria for queen maria I got for her. Oh, yes, please Most people will just text you happy birthday, but can a text do this? Actually, maybe I like it. This is nice And the pillow I almost got one that said uh home or cozy on it I had the same thoughts as Nate Hey, get her a pillow Get her a nice little pillow There we go, Toledo See one. I love these fancy elevators. You don't have to press buttons afterwards just one We're I guess we're surprising maria right now so maria doesn't know but we're waiting to get seated And she's coming up the elevator probably and the anticipation. Yeah, I don't know if it's going to be a surprise In the lobby though would be nice Yeah, oh you're eating here too Actually texting me 10 minutes ago saying have you ever eaten at Toledo? What do you like to eat there? Oh boy, this is taking me Nice Oh, look at this. How fancy Probably right in the middle This is where she's sitting should we should we put her at the head of the table or in the middle? There's chris and maria right here. Oh, I guess you're right All right, just sign. All right, I like it then Okay I know our own private menu kind of Travis you're on the lookout My battery's dying We waste a good surprise on you Oh my god, she's coming guys. Everyone look for it. Don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious Don't be suspicious. Don't be suspicious Oprah You have to wear your crown tiara. Oh my lord. I've been saying it wrong the whole day I've been saying tiara Tiara tiara tiara A tire there you go Perfect and we got you a decorative pillow Cheers happy birthday. I don't know if we have the music I don't know Ready to begin Let the wonder Take home I know he's looking up the time he's like, I know exactly where we are. Yep Right there I seen it Yeah Chris is going to find tinker I'm pretty sure he saw tinker She was she was red low. Why was she wearing a red costume tonight? Happy birthday And with that we are done here today. Uh, happy birthday Maria. I had a lot of fun It was a great dinner up at Toledo. We literally I feel like that restaurant is our go-to birthday like restaurant spot And if you haven't noticed, uh, I feel like my friends our whole entire friend group We take birthdays very serious We I'm lucky to have a great friend group the way that I do because We all love each other. It's really awesome. We all go out. We have special guys nights We're like chris and you know travis and shan and me. We all go together. We get pedicures I've I've shown you guys that in the past we always get together for birthdays and special occasions And sometimes, you know, I want to just like go out and do them But today I I really want to just bring it in and add it into the video Even though it wasn't Magic Kingdom related but Speaking of Magic Kingdom, it was super busy there today I walked in there with like this this idea like, oh, you know what? Let's just go the Magic Kingdom and you know, have a wonderful start to 2024 and I just got met with crowds and long lines But honestly, I still had a lot of fun Especially as long as you can keep yourself moving like I feel like a lot of people they get up to like You know rides and they're like, ah 20 minutes. That's too long. I don't want to weigh in that So then you walk to another attraction That's like a 20 minute wait or like a 10 minute wait and then you get there and you're like, oh, no That's too long too And then eventually you just end up sitting down in the country bear jamboree or in the enchanted tiki room You know what I mean? I'm those rides are great and actually 2024 We've got to be able to look out because country bear jamboree is getting new songs. It's getting uh redo I'm not sure the dates. I'll have to look it up, but it's happening this year And I'm excited. I got a little teaser of the actual music that they're putting together And I like it a lot like when they were doing the bear necessities It was I was like, oh, this is gonna be good and I'm a big country bear fan. I mean, I love the music I love big al So I'm excited to see what they do with it and I feel like they're gonna actually I feel like they're definitely under the close eye of like disney fans or disney parks fans So I feel like they know that there's a lot of pressure on this one. So they got to come through Um, but yeah lots to look forward to in 2020 2024. It's gonna be so much fun lots of traveling I know I didn't post a video for the couple days only because I just got back from gnarlings gnarlings If you want to see a video of that I put it on the roosevelt's channel I'm gonna be doing a lot of social media like I'll be posting videos on their youtube and stuff like that Only because you know, we're a great group of friends and I kind of have this great idea and vision of just Seeing the world and I don't know documenting it and bringing it all to you guys So it's great that I get to do it with roosevelt's and uh, yeah Anywho's I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it if you do want to see the new orleans video What's up on the roosevelt's channel? Just type in rs v lts Short abbreviate it And you'll be able to actually see the whole video from new orleans and I guess for this video I think we are done here. So I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it and we'll see you next time Bye