Chapter 64
A Horse of a Different Color

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(Originally posted December 29, 2012)

On our way out of Crystal Palace, I took a few more pictures of the topiary in the entrance.

Since Eeyore is Tracy’s favorite, she posed with him.

And I did too for good measure.

I love this banner that’s hung over the dining room.

Pooh bear.

And here’s a view of the beautiful glass ceiling above the Crystal Palace.

As we exited the building, we saw a sight that we literally had to RUN to catch up with.

The horse-drawn trolley was going by! We had been wanting to ride this Main Street Vehicle since our first day in the Magic Kingdom. We had actually been on our way to try to find the horse when we were stopped by Brick and given our Grand Marshal duties the other day. On that occasion, the cast member who we asked had told us that she didn’t think the horse was going to be out any more that day. We had all but given up on seeing the horses at all since we had skipped our trip to Fort Wilderness, so we were extra excited when this one was suddenly there! We raced over to get pictures before it was gone.

Unfortunately, as the horse was going back to Town Square, we couldn’t ride the trolley. Getting to see him was almost as exciting though! We stayed in the hub for a few minutes.

I took a picture of our favorite elephant’s statue.

Now we decided to walk through the castle into Fantasyland because this was the first time on this trip that we had noticed the castle thruway being open. Every other time we had been in front of it, the stage was all set up for the castle show.

I took a few pictures of the Cinderella murals. They really are beautiful!

Happily ever after!

Now that we were back in Fantasyland, it really was time for that goodbye ride aboard Snow White’s Scary Adventures.

It was odd knowing that we’d never ride it again at WDW, but also knowing that we’d soon be moving to Disneyland where the ride still exists. It made the farewell seem much less permanent, about which I was glad! After the ride, we exited back out into Fantasyland.

Since the return time was still decent, we grabbed Fastpasses for Peter Pan’s Flight.

And that was it for this brief journey into Fantasyland. Next, we crossed the ocean into Liberty Square.

We wanted to take another spin through The Haunted Mansion, and we were glad that the crowds were still very low this morning.

This best-of the Magic Kingdom tour was going pretty quickly, and after our ride through the Mansion, we were done with Liberty Square. Now we headed into Frontierland to pursue the dream that Tracy’s favorite mountain might reopen just in time for us to take a wild ride.

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