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After our fantastic dinner, we headed out of Cinderellas Royal Table with the intention of finding somewhere to watch Wishes. As we gathered our stroller and headed out toward Fantasyland, a CM stopped us. He said that we couldnt leave via the back of the Castle, wed have to go out the front. Dubious but intrigued at the thought of watching Wishes from the Castle itself, we headed that way.
We exited the front of Cinderella Castle to find that we were all alone on the ramp leading to the Castle watching Wishes explode in the sky directly above us. It was amazing!!! I of course began taking photo after photo which is probably what alerted another CM to our presence.
This CM had been tasked with keeping guests from doing exactly what we were doing. She was holding down the ramps to the Castle. Obviously freaking out a little, she approached us at a run shouting Folks! Youll need to get behind the ropes! Its not safe!! Her internal monologue was likely something more like What the expletive are these people doing here?!? Who the expletive let them through?? Oh expletive!!!! Knowing that the jig was up, we followed her as she ushered us to a front row seat for the evening entertainment.
After the show, we hung out for a few minutes knowing that the crowds exiting the park would be insane. The frightened CM approached us to apologize for shouting. We assured her that we knew that she was just doing her job, had genuinely sounded concerned for us, and werent upset with her at all. We also said that we were very sorry to have worried her and that we were just following CM #1s orders.
I think its likely that CM#1 got a stern talking to the next day.
So, without further ado, I bring you Wishes!
Once the crowds had thinned a bit, we made out way to the bus stop. As we got closer to the CBR bus stop (I think it was stop 15?), the crowds stopped moving. We were at a complete stand still until a CM rescued us. It seems that wed stopped moving because the POP line was backed up from their stop (17 or so?) all the way to stop 11!!! He led us around the crowd and we walked right onto a waiting bus. I sure felt sorry for those folks staying at Pop Century that night.
We made it back to Aruba 51 without incident, and back in the room Maddie found that her guys had been resting comfortably.
I suggested that she skip her bath that night so that she could keep her princess hair for a day or two longer, but she opted to wash it out. She reasoned that Id be happy to re-do it for her should she choose to have another royal day. Lucky Mommy!
We noticed that night that Maddies ear piercing was looking worse than before (her ears are clearly allergic to Disney), and remembering the trouble that it had caused on the last trip we removed the earrings for the duration of the trip. Of course all of the special piercing cleaning stuff was on my socks, so Bryan made a trip to Old Port Royal to buy some rubbing alcohol.
Finally, we climbed into bed. We watched Top Shot and Pawn Stars before setting our alarms for 6:30 am. We had a Very Merry Unbreakfast to attend the next morning!
The view from the Fantasyland side
We exited the front of Cinderella Castle to find that we were all alone on the ramp leading to the Castle watching Wishes explode in the sky directly above us. It was amazing!!! I of course began taking photo after photo which is probably what alerted another CM to our presence.
An interesting perspective, the view of Main Street USA during Wishes
This CM had been tasked with keeping guests from doing exactly what we were doing. She was holding down the ramps to the Castle. Obviously freaking out a little, she approached us at a run shouting Folks! Youll need to get behind the ropes! Its not safe!! Her internal monologue was likely something more like What the expletive are these people doing here?!? Who the expletive let them through?? Oh expletive!!!! Knowing that the jig was up, we followed her as she ushered us to a front row seat for the evening entertainment.
After the show, we hung out for a few minutes knowing that the crowds exiting the park would be insane. The frightened CM approached us to apologize for shouting. We assured her that we knew that she was just doing her job, had genuinely sounded concerned for us, and werent upset with her at all. We also said that we were very sorry to have worried her and that we were just following CM #1s orders.
I think its likely that CM#1 got a stern talking to the next day.
So, without further ado, I bring you Wishes!
Once the crowds had thinned a bit, we made out way to the bus stop. As we got closer to the CBR bus stop (I think it was stop 15?), the crowds stopped moving. We were at a complete stand still until a CM rescued us. It seems that wed stopped moving because the POP line was backed up from their stop (17 or so?) all the way to stop 11!!! He led us around the crowd and we walked right onto a waiting bus. I sure felt sorry for those folks staying at Pop Century that night.
We made it back to Aruba 51 without incident, and back in the room Maddie found that her guys had been resting comfortably.
I suggested that she skip her bath that night so that she could keep her princess hair for a day or two longer, but she opted to wash it out. She reasoned that Id be happy to re-do it for her should she choose to have another royal day. Lucky Mommy!
We noticed that night that Maddies ear piercing was looking worse than before (her ears are clearly allergic to Disney), and remembering the trouble that it had caused on the last trip we removed the earrings for the duration of the trip. Of course all of the special piercing cleaning stuff was on my socks, so Bryan made a trip to Old Port Royal to buy some rubbing alcohol.
Finally, we climbed into bed. We watched Top Shot and Pawn Stars before setting our alarms for 6:30 am. We had a Very Merry Unbreakfast to attend the next morning!
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Lovely pictures! 
! Glad y'all made it back safe & sound for the night. Hope Maddie's ear didn't get any worse during the trip. 
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That is awesome! I hate to invest in fabric softener for the sole purpose of detangling doll hair, but now that I have a "go" from you, I guess I will do so. I have read that it works, but I didn't want to make the investment until I was sure. I'm still not totally sold because DD's "barbie Rapunzel" has hair that looks about 100% worse than any of Maddie's Rapunzels..... 
(pixie dust can bring good luck to an exam right?
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