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Day 11 - 07-Jul-2009 - Magic Kingdom, Cinderella's Royal Table
My original plan had been to book Cinderella's Royal Table for the very last day of our holiday, as a nice send-off. Further, I had planned that we would all get dressed up - Marie and Jenni in nice frocks, and Cameron and me in kilt outfits. The pictures would have been wonderful! But all of a sudden we were packing, and those things were just not ready, so they didn't happen.
So instead we found ourselves in distinctly normal cloths, having had a bit of a lie-in and a light breakfast at the hotel, arriving in the Magic Kingdom around 1pm. I was sent to rush on ahead to get Fastpasses to Peter Pan, but on the way of course I couldn't resist taking a picture or two.
Everything seemed fine when we started; the sun was in the sky, the clouds were light and fluffly and the balloon seller was doing great business.
Then half way up Main Street USA, I got stuck behind a very loud procession and a large group of Brazilian kids (I love seeing these large groups of kids in their matching T-shirts!). But note the sky behind the parade float...
By the time I got through this crowd and up to Peter Pan, the rain was bucketing down...
No matter, because we had ADRs for
We checked in, then had to wait for a short time before being called into the ante-room. While we were waiting, the rain continued unabated
but after a short wait (ten to fifteen minutes) we were called in to wait for our photographs with Cinderella. As we waited for the photographs to be taken, the kids had a look at the theming
In truth, I think they were a little disappointed at this point. We live within very easy driving distance of Stirling Castle and Linlithgow Palace, and often kill a half-hour or so in one or other of them (Historic Scotland membership is a wonderful thing). No matter how good the theming was, it was still theming and not a patch on the real thing!).
I began to get the feeling that Cameron had had enough of eing asked to pose for photographs...
(in spite of appearances, they're not sitting on some kind of mediaeval cludgie!)
I have to say that some of the cast members seemed a little nervous about the people they were looking after. When we got the kids to stand on the stairs to pose for photographs, we were told none too gently that they had to come down now and wait in the queue. Well, I suppose they have a lot of people to marshal.
Anyway, we were soon called through for our photographs with Cinders which, as with Akershus, were presented to us at no charge during the meal.
Once the photographs were taken, we had another short wait before being invited upstairs to the meal. This was served in a rather attractive banqueting suite
The 4F Trip Report
Day 11 - 07-Jul-2009 - Magic Kingdom, Cinderella's Royal Table
My original plan had been to book Cinderella's Royal Table for the very last day of our holiday, as a nice send-off. Further, I had planned that we would all get dressed up - Marie and Jenni in nice frocks, and Cameron and me in kilt outfits. The pictures would have been wonderful! But all of a sudden we were packing, and those things were just not ready, so they didn't happen.
So instead we found ourselves in distinctly normal cloths, having had a bit of a lie-in and a light breakfast at the hotel, arriving in the Magic Kingdom around 1pm. I was sent to rush on ahead to get Fastpasses to Peter Pan, but on the way of course I couldn't resist taking a picture or two.
Everything seemed fine when we started; the sun was in the sky, the clouds were light and fluffly and the balloon seller was doing great business.
Then half way up Main Street USA, I got stuck behind a very loud procession and a large group of Brazilian kids (I love seeing these large groups of kids in their matching T-shirts!). But note the sky behind the parade float...
By the time I got through this crowd and up to Peter Pan, the rain was bucketing down...
No matter, because we had ADRs for
We checked in, then had to wait for a short time before being called into the ante-room. While we were waiting, the rain continued unabated
but after a short wait (ten to fifteen minutes) we were called in to wait for our photographs with Cinderella. As we waited for the photographs to be taken, the kids had a look at the theming
In truth, I think they were a little disappointed at this point. We live within very easy driving distance of Stirling Castle and Linlithgow Palace, and often kill a half-hour or so in one or other of them (Historic Scotland membership is a wonderful thing). No matter how good the theming was, it was still theming and not a patch on the real thing!).
I began to get the feeling that Cameron had had enough of eing asked to pose for photographs...
(in spite of appearances, they're not sitting on some kind of mediaeval cludgie!)
I have to say that some of the cast members seemed a little nervous about the people they were looking after. When we got the kids to stand on the stairs to pose for photographs, we were told none too gently that they had to come down now and wait in the queue. Well, I suppose they have a lot of people to marshal.
Anyway, we were soon called through for our photographs with Cinders which, as with Akershus, were presented to us at no charge during the meal.
Once the photographs were taken, we had another short wait before being invited upstairs to the meal. This was served in a rather attractive banqueting suite
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