To be honest, as much as I love Disney, most days going to the Magic Kingdom seems like just the worst.\u00a0 I go to Epcot all the time because I can park, walk in, and drink.\u00a0 The idea of having to park far away or try to sweet talk my way into a resort parking lot then take a boat or monorail full of screaming kids just to get to the front of\u00a0 the park seems really daunting.<\/p>\n
<\/span>And that’s a normal day at Disney, times that by a million and those were the images flashing through my mind when my friend Bradley asked me to join him for the 24 hour event.\u00a0 I can’t say no, but I’m also almost 30 and can’t stay awake for 24 hours.\u00a0 I also worked in the Magic Kingdom so I know how often they close the park at 3-4am and reopen at 7am, so that extra 3 hours didn’t seem like a once in a lifetime event for me.\u00a0 We decided just to go for the overnight portion, and since you still can’t widely drink in the parks, we had to pre-game.<\/p>\n \n We started off on the loop, one of my favorite Disney drinking traditions that involves riding the monorail between the hotel bars of the Polynesian, Grand Floridian, and Contemporary Resorts.\u00a0 We headed to Polynesian first and had some tropical drinks before hoping on the monorail (which I like so much more while drinking) to the Grand Floridian, where my favorite bartender Tammy was working!<\/p>\n <\/span>She was even cool enough to get a shilling tip (in addition to a regular tip of course)<\/p>\n Since Tammy was there, we kinda settled and never actually made it to the Contemporary… oops!\u00a0 We did, Surprisingly enough make it to the Magic Kingdom though!<\/p>\n <\/span>We arrived around 12:30am and stayed until 4ish.\u00a0 It was kinda great because most of the kids had gone home by then, at least the ones with parents that loved them had, but it was kinda terrible because I’m getting old and even the new Main Street Starbucks wasn’t helping my hard crash around 3am.<\/p>\n though, they did have some cute themed desserts.<\/p>\n <\/span>A brief espresso high gave me just enough energy to visit a few non-negotiables,<\/p>\n and of course,\u00a0 a disappointing visit to my favorite place in the world.<\/p>\n![\"Drinking](\"https:\/\/magsonthemove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/image7.jpg\")
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