3rd Times a Charm! Mar. 8-14..lots of pics

[jenseib]

Omgosh! How precious.

I loved your parade pics; I'm not into the parades but I loved seeing the pictures of it! LOL!

I'm enjoying reading about 1900 Park Fare. I may consider that for the next next trip.

I am going back in May, which was a totally unscheduled trip!, to celebrate my niece's 15th birthday. I don't think she is interested in characters, since she won't tell me.

I don't think I can get much ADRs anyway since I booked the trip only last week when the Spring room discounts came out. Though, she did say she wanted to do Cinderella's Royal Table. That's probably not going to happen! LOL!

Looking forward to more!

We booked this trip just over a month before we went and I got al lthe ADR's I wanted. I also got CRT about 2 weeks before I left, so it doesn't hurt to try. 1900 park Fare is much cheaper than CRT, so if you can't get that (CRT), you should try for it.
I would do at least 1 character with her, even if she doesn;t say she wants to. I knwo I probalby wouldn't admit it at that age, but would've love to have gone to one.

 

[jenseib]

Cinderella was supposed to come to our table next, but Lady Tramaine stepped out of the "flow" and came over to our table.
I know she isn’t supposed to be “nice” but I was very unimpressed with this one. She wasn’t friendly at all.

Cinderella came over then. Her and Claire had quite the conversation. I heard her ask Claire how she liked the castle dinner. Wait!... Is this the same one from last night like Skip said? I asked her and she said yes. But the more I think about it, I think they have to say that to keep the illusion up. And she might’ve known that Claire was at the Castle because Claire had the wand from the castle on the table. Who knows for sure. But when I compare pictures, I really don’t think it is the same one.

Cinderella also forgot to sign Claire’s book, but I didn’t worry too much on that since we had gotten her signature the night before already.

 

[lizet313]

WOW THE PICTURE OF CLAIRE AND PRINCE CHARMIN IS SO ADORABLE AND THE HER BLUSHING FACE IS PRICELESS ALL THE PICS ARE BEAUTIFUL MY SISTER ALSO SAYS SHE DOESNT CARE MUCH FOR CHARACTERS KIDS AT THAT AGE ARE SO WEIRD WATCH HER GET IN LINE AT THE CHARACTER MEET AND GREETS LOL. WOW WITH THE STORY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY DO IT KEEP UP THE GREAT JOB I LOVE YOUR UPDATES.

 

[jenseib]

Anastasia was the next one to our table. I was laughing because she kept doing this cheesy smile and it is the same one that Claire does a lot!

I think she was the same one we saw last year. She was pretty funny. Both stepsisters were. They would screech across the restaurant at each other. If any dish fell or rattled they would yell for Cinderella to go and clean it up.

I want to add that this is a buffet, and I was having a hard time going up to get food for fear of missing our photo ops, so I kept sending DH to get food for me. LOL! The food was very good. They have this tomato/mozzarella salad that is just so tasty. And the strawberry soup was great. It was the first time I had that. Just like a smoothie. MMM! I had a couple of pieces of prime rib too. DH said the prime rib cutter must’ve thought he was a pig because he went up a couple of times for me and himself. LOL! I did get to go up early on before the characters came out and I went up for dessert too. LOL! Can’t miss that.

And the last character was Drizella. She was fun. Claire laughed with her and told her that her dad wanted to dance with her. LOL! She was so happy that she had a new Prince.

As we were doing our final shots with Drizella the music started playing and she invited Claire out to dance with her. Claire followed and on the way Drizella invited more children.
See the lady in the green…Well this lady must have bionic powers. LOL! I followed Claire up, hoping to get some shots of her, and this lady was all of a sudden in front of me from out of no where. I swear it! And then it was next to impossible to get a shot of Claire. And this ladies one DD was very tall (at least I think it was hers), so when I tried to get Claire from another angle the tall girl was in the way! LOL! I just shot a few, but basically all you can see are pieces of Claire.

You can see a bit of her Pink fluff in these pictures. LOL

That was FUN!

Now is when I kind of got annoyed with our server. So far she had brought drink refills when needed, but she didn’t check on us much and she didn’t do the bussing, it was some other guy that did that. We also needed more silverware, because Claire kept dropping it, and she seemed to disappear when we needed it.
While Claire was out dancing is when she brought the chocolate slipper, and she set it in my spot. I wanted to this to be special and here we come back to the table with it just sitting there, so no “presentation” for Claire. There was also a happy birthday crown next to it. But this crown was even small for Claire’s head. LOL!
So like I said I was ticked off a bit because our surprise got muted, and Claire didn’t even realize it was at the table till I showed it to her.

This thing was awesome. I am a big white chocolate fan and it was ooh so good! I snatched one raspberry off it, which I love as well, and told Claire to try one. She ate the others in seconds. LOL! I guess she likes red raspberries too.
DH and I made pigs of ourselves breaking apart that pretty shoe and eating every last bite. Yes we even scraped off the raspberry sauce. LOL!

So now I decided I can’t miss out on the desserts at the bar either. They had mini cheesecakes and mousse. And rice crispie treats. So I went back up and got a plateful. LOL! Claire snatched my rice crispie right away and I had to go get another. LOL!

In the mean time our waitress was still MIA. She finally brought the bill after we were completely done and just sitting there with an empty table. I handed her our KTTW card and Skip and Claire decided to go outside to wait for me, while I waited for the return of the card.

I met up with them and head up to the monorail. We decide to take that back to MK ,and then catch the bus back to Pop to get Claire ready to swim. I was then going to come back and spend another hour or so at MK while they swam.

We got up to the monorail station and asked about riding in front. The guy said they had 3 already and the max was 4. The on lady in the group kindly said she would not go in front so that DH and Claire could.
I rode in the car behind them. We had just a short ride because MK is the next stop, but they enjoyed it. Claire thought it was super cool. But they didn’t get their “license” like I hear a lot of people do. I’m not sure if they were supposed to ask or not, but I know DH never would’ve even heard of it before.

We caught the bus back to Pop and I got Claire dressed in her swimsuit. I also pinned up her hair to try and save it as best I could. They headed off to the pool and I headed back to the bus stop. MK closed at 8 that night, and I think I got back there a little after 7.

I decided now was my time to ride Space Mountain. I haven’t ridden it in a good ten years.

I got in line and I think the wait was supposed to be around 30-40 minutes. I noticed the immediate entrance is different than what I remembered it being before. There weren’t the stair there last time I rode.

I was standing next to some nice girls who did all 4 parks that day. We got to talking about different things and they told me they had hardly any waits all day.
I swear the line came to a standstill for quite some time. Of course we complained. LOL! I noticed the people in front of me (who spoke little English) were holding FP’s. I let them know they could go in the other line and not have to wait. They thanked me, and decided to wait..for about 5 minutes then jumped the rail and went in the FP line. LOL! How sad that they didn’t know they didn’t have to wait in the standby line. But maybe they couldn’t read English very well.

I finally got up front and rode it. It was fun. I remember it used to be much darker, and someone told me that had added some light over the years because of some problem or something. It was rickety and I can see why it’s going to be refurbished, but still great fun.

 

[MaryAz]

Looks like a fun dinner. Glad you got some "you" time at MK.

 

[flamestarrdust]

I love your pre-trip report and trip report! Your daughter is so adorable! I just have a quick question for you. I remember that you said you pre-ordered the white chocolate slipper dessert. I don't remember where you said you ordered it from or how much it costs. I am taking my daughters on a trip and wanted to order one. Thanks in advance for your help! And I can't wait to read more about your trip

 

[jenseib]

I love your pre-trip report and trip report! Your daughter is so adorable! I just have a quick question for you. I remember that you said you pre-ordered the white chocolate slipper dessert. I don't remember where you said you ordered it from or how much it costs. I am taking my daughters on a trip and wanted to order one. Thanks in advance for your help! And I can't wait to read more about your trip

I ordered it on the cake hotline. There is a cake thread on the restaurant board and that is where I got the number. Since we were going to 1900PF, when it gave me choices to order from I picked GF on the phone and then got a person. I was quoted $15 on the phone but the bill had it at $14. I think GF only carries the white chocolate, but CRT goes back and forth (dark chocolate) and from what I hear, you can't request which kind you want. I think CRT's is served on some sort of a cake too. So it's a little different.

 

[homemaker]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Katie_belle]

Love your tr!!

 

[flamestarrdust]

I ordered it on the cake hotline. There is a cake thread on the restaurant board and that is where I got the number. Since we were going to 1900PF, when it gave me choices to order from I picked GF on the phone and then got a person. I was quoted $15 on the phone but the bill had it at $14. I think GF only carries the white chocolate, but CRT goes back and forth (dark chocolate) and from what I hear, you can't request which kind you want. I think CRT's is served on some sort of a cake too. So it's a little different.

Thanks for the info! I was thinking it would be way more expensive than that. Thanks again!

 

[Misslandsquirrel]

Love the desert. Think I will go online and order one today!

 

[jenseib]

Love your tr!!

Thanks...Welcome to Dis!

 

[jenseib]

Love the desert. Think I will go online and order one today!

You can't order it online. You have to call. The number is in the cake thread. I think they ask they you don't call earlier than 2 weeks before arrival.

 

[serene56]

Ok- OK I WILL be adding 1900 Park Fare to my dining experinces to have.
Oh thank you so much for sharing those photos.

 

[Misslandsquirrel]

You can't order it online. You have to call. The number is in the cake thread. I think they ask they you don't call earlier than 2 weeks before arrival.

Thanks for the info. We are dining at 1900 Park Fare and think the kids would like the desert.

 

[jenseib]

As I walked outside after Space Mountain, Wishes had just started.
I took a few pictures, but I’m not very good at firework shots at all.

After Wishes the mad dash for the front begins. I didn’t HAVE to get back, so I wandered around for quite awhile taking pictures and got a few photopass pictures as well. I really didn’t want to be in that mad rush.

 

[GeminiAngel]

I think you did very well on the fireworks photos.
I'm checking out the cake thread, I might get some good ideas there.
Now I want to do 1900 Park Fare!! I must try the strawberry soup.

 

[Birdleigh]

I guess I will quite lurking and officially say I'm in. Your dd is absolutely adorable in her Belle dress. I would love to do the bbb, but I don't think my ds would go for it. Thanks for the great pics, they are helping me get my Disney fix.

 

[jenseib]

I guess I will quite lurking and officially say I'm in. Your dd is absolutely adorable in her Belle dress. I would love to do the bbb, but I don't think my ds would go for it. Thanks for the great pics, they are helping me get my Disney fix.

Thank you and welcome!

 

[jenseib]

I have just started my dining report for anyone interested.
So far not much but introductions. I'll work on it later today. But I plan to work harder on my trip report. LOL!

Heres the link

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=31099840&posted=1#post31099840