Acca-Believe it . You’re in Disney! Jan 2013 UPDATED 3/24 COMPLETE!

[lvcourtneyy]

That food looks totally yummy! And that chicken dinner sounds like an awesome deal for 1 quick service credit!

Love those Christmas decorations at Ft. Wilderness! It seems like such a cool place to stay that its ALMOST enough to make me want to camp

 

[xoSamma]

That food looks totally yummy! And that chicken dinner sounds like an awesome deal for 1 quick service credit!

Love those Christmas decorations at Ft. Wilderness! It seems like such a cool place to stay that its ALMOST enough to make me want to camp

It was such a great meal! And for only one credit for the chicken dinner? You really can'y go wrong with that!

I really want to stay at fort wilderness again. I stayed there as a baby so I don't remember anything! I don't get how some people actually decide to camp there, theres no way I could do that.​

 

[xoSamma]

Magical Moment​

The motor coach finally arrived to Pop and we all filed off. We went to the front desk to see if they had any tape. The concierge was just about to close so they had two CM walking the short line helping all they could. We asked if they had tape, the CM went to talk to someone and soon they brought some out. They told us that we should go talk to the luggage guys to see if they had duck tape.

So off we went, Leandra told one of the CM her luggage story and finished off by asking for duck tape because she was going to duck tape the pizza box to her luggage. The CM then asked her a few questions

“how big is your suitcase?”
“how attached are you to this piece of luggage?”

He then went in the back and brought out this funny looking bag. He said it was free of charge and that it would probably work better than the pizza box. He took down our names and room number just in case.

So over all Leandra got a free suitcase. Ask for duck tape get a suitcase. That my friend is winning! MAGICAL MOMENT!!!

We went back to the room and told Alicia and Andy about the free piece of luggage. And then I made Leandra take a photo with it.

I then tried sitting in it but I thought I was going to break the wheels. After the excitement I decided to have a piece of pizza. Super delicious can’t go wrong! We then got everything ready for the morning because we were finally going to a park!!! I mean it’s about time!

Andy put on criminal minds (one of my favorite shows) and I fell right to sleep.
NEW FANTASYLAND TOMORROW!!!!
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[xoSamma]

Hello New Fantasyland​

This morning Leandra’s phone alarm went off at 6 am. Both Leandra and Alicia woke up around 6:15. Alicia went to check a DCP bus at 6:30 and I decided to roll out of bed at 6:40. By 7:15 Leandra and I were at the bus stop. Just in time I might add, since there was a HUGE tour group getting in line right behind us.

We waited and waited and at 7:30 we were making our way onto a motor coach and heading to the magic kingdom! We breezed through the bag check and ticket turnstiles and got a front row view of the morning show.

Good morning, good morning!

When they were counting down we inched our way over so we could beat the crowd. What a good plan! It made less of the bob and weave down main street. Soon we were approaching the beautiful castle

Reunited and it feels so good!

First order of business… Space Mountain. Once we walked the ridiculous que line we were boarding into our space shuttle right away. Sadly during these EMH the cameras weren’t on so no photo.

We then did a fast walk over to the new fantasyland.
Buzz and Woody taking over the Magic Kingdom!!!!

(In October I got the adult buzz hoodie, after that trip they had kids woody hoodies so Alicia being a kind sister bought it with her 40% off discount and I gave her the money. Then for Christmas Alicia got me both the buzz and woody mickey ears)
I was beyond excited to see the new fantasyland, once I saw it I fell in love instantly! We walked over to Ariels castle and got in line, that que is gorgeous, GREAT JOB DISNEY!

I’m glad we went to this section during the EMH because we were able to get everything done before the crowds came.

Lets take a journey under the sea

Journey under the sea was such a precious ride, I loved it!
When we came out of the ride I saw them constructing the mine ride, I’m real excited about this one! Keep up the good work boys!

We back tracked to the beauty and the beast section.

The only thing we had left to do in the new fantasyland was enchanted tales with belle and try to eat lunch at be our guest.

So we hopped in the growing line for enchanted tales, we probably waited a good 30 minutes which when you think about it, it’s not all that bad because it’s a show. Leandra was given her disney good deed for the morning…

Soon we were let into Maurice’s Cottage

Baby belle and her mother reading Sleeping Beauty

my hair is a HOT MESS!

Soon we were moved into Maurice’s work space. The Cast member kept asking people to move forward but everyone went to the back. I knew what was coming so I was going to let people go in front of me. But the CM kept asking and asking so me and Leandra moved up. This room is when you go through the magic mirror it was incredible! When we walked through the lady who stood next to me was like “It was a good thing we moved to the front we got the best view of that mirror!” She was precious.

When you walk through the mirror you are moved to another room where you see the wardrobe.

In this room a CM tells you that you are going to put on a show and surprise Belle. Then the CM chooses people from the group to be different characters in the story. (I will not lie, I was sad that I was not chosen…) After you practice your parts you are moved into the library, where there are benches to sit on.

Lumiere talks to you, then its show time!

The Beast and Belle, too precious

Overall Enchanted Tales with Belle was definitely worth the wait!
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[lvcourtneyy]

Great pictures of the New Fantasyland! I think Under the Sea and Ariel's Grotto are my favorite places on earth! They're so gorgeous.

That wasn't a horrible wait for ETWB! We never got to do it on our trip because the morning we went to New Fantasyland for RD it wasn't open . We met Ariel and did the ride and came back 15 minutes later and the line was 60 minutes long...
It looks so awesome though!

 

[khertz]

I laughed more at Peeta Pan than anything else in all of your updates! I so hope you found him and got a picture?!?!

Okay, that is REALLY awesome that the CM gave Leandra some luggage to use! I was trying to imagine how it would go at the airport when she showed up with a pizza box duct taped to a suitcase...you probably avoided being detained by TSA, so good call on the CM to give her a bag.

Great Enchanted Tales pics! I can't wait to check out the FLE in October!!

 

[xoSamma]

Great pictures of the New Fantasyland! I think Under the Sea and Ariel's Grotto are my favorite places on earth! They're so gorgeous.

That wasn't a horrible wait for ETWB! We never got to do it on our trip because the morning we went to New Fantasyland for RD it wasn't open . We met Ariel and did the ride and came back 15 minutes later and the line was 60 minutes long...
It looks so awesome though!

I wish I could live in the new fantasyland!
Thats so sad you weren't able to do enchanted tales with belle, it is definitely worth the wait!​

I laughed more at Peeta Pan than anything else in all of your updates! I so hope you found him and got a picture?!?!

Okay, that is REALLY awesome that the CM gave Leandra some luggage to use! I was trying to imagine how it would go at the airport when she showed up with a pizza box duct taped to a suitcase...you probably avoided being detained by TSA, so good call on the CM to give her a bag.

Great Enchanted Tales pics! I can't wait to check out the FLE in October!!

PEETA! I hope I found him too!
We were shocked when he came out with the bag, sure it wasn't the perfect thing in the world but it got all her stuff back home safely.​

 

[xoSamma]

Morning in Fantasyland​

After exploring the beauty of new fantasyland we decided to go on some rides in fantasyland. First up pooh bear!



The wait was more like 5 minutes not 10, maybe because we skipped most of the interactive cue.



After visiting pooh and friends we decided to go to philharmagic, this is one that Leandra remembered seeing the last time she was here. A cast member gave her the disney duty card again. Which was pretty pointless because when we were walking through the que the cast member was telling us that they were getting ready to close the doors. Leandra gave them the wait time card and we went to grab us some seats



After Philharmagic we hopped in line to take a flight to neverland and see PEETA! While in line a observed 5 people squishing into on little pirate ship that probably was not a fun time!

PEETA!!!!



It was a little after 10 by the time we got off of peter pans flight, I knew I wanted to get in line for be our guest at around 10:30. So we decided to head over to the haunted mansion and go wait in line for lunch.

On our walk to the haunted mansion I spotted the girl disneybounding



And then we saw this beautiful tower!



I’m sad that it is just for bathrooms, sorry rapunzel!



When we arrived at the mansion it said there was a 30 min wait, well that’s no good! We ended up getting in line anyways because its normally the interactive cue that makes the line longer







We decided to skip the interactive que, which dropped our wait time to like 10 mins. After taking a visit with the 999 ghosts we were ready to dine with a beast!
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[laurenvic1312959]

I'm In I love reading about people's experiences at be our guest, it's amazing x

 

[lvcourtneyy]

You guys got a lot done with no wait! How awesome!

5 people on PP sounds terrible actually lol

Can't wait to hear about your BOG experience

 

[katt789]

Looks like a great night, the campfires over there seem like a great way to spend an evening when you’re not in the parks!! Free luggage! Now that’s awesome, definitely a magical moment!

I have to say, I love all of the new fantasyland stuff, and it’s good to know it’s all open during EMH, I was wondering about that for future trips!

Excited to read all about your BOG experience, I absolutely loved it there, it’s beyond incredible!!

 

[RachelNinja]

I love how the magic of going on the dark rides doesn't go away even as we get older. The anticipation of and then finally seeing Ariel and Ursula was the best! I couldn't remember the last time I went on a dark ride for the first time, so I felt like such a kid again! Still love Pooh and Peter!

 

[xoSamma]

I'm In I love reading about people's experiences at be our guest, it's amazing x

Thanks for joining along! ​

You guys got a lot done with no wait! How awesome!

5 people on PP sounds terrible actually lol

Can't wait to hear about your BOG experience

The EMHs are always a perfect time to get things done!
I dont get why you would want to cram into one of them. hopefully they learned their lesson.​

Looks like a great night, the campfires over there seem like a great way to spend an evening when you’re not in the parks!! Free luggage! Now that’s awesome, definitely a magical moment!

I have to say, I love all of the new fantasyland stuff, and it’s good to know it’s all open during EMH, I was wondering about that for future trips!

Excited to read all about your BOG experience, I absolutely loved it there, it’s beyond incredible!!

The campfire is awesome! I love it there, perfect way to end a night when your not in a park.
I was actually surprised that it was opened for the morning EMHs I am really glad it is though! Be our guest was AWESOME!!!! I loved it.
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I love how the magic of going on the dark rides doesn't go away even as we get older. The anticipation of and then finally seeing Ariel and Ursula was the best! I couldn't remember the last time I went on a dark ride for the first time, so I felt like such a kid again! Still love Pooh and Peter!

I love the dark rides! It makes me feel like a child again, some may think that they are dumb but I think they are perfect. Ariel was so exciting the first time, so much stuff to look at and take it all in.​

 

[xoSamma]

Be Our Guest, Be Our Guest​

Once we got off the haunted mansion we booked it over to be our guest. The restaurant opens at 11 so we wanted to make sure we got in line early. By the time we got arrived it was already 10:45. When we got there a line was already being wrapped around the bridge.



we quickly jumped in the line and over heard a cast member say that it is normally a 30-40 minute wait from where we were standing. Then he added that they have been opening it up at 10:30 because of how popular it was. I wish I would have known.

While in line we had a family in front of comment on my toy story toms and asked if I got them done in DTD, nope made them myself. We then had a long conversation about how I made them and such.

Behind us was a family who must have had a cm family member because she was talking about this place non stop! What her favorite dish was and how she wasn’t going to go to dinner till the quality went up and it got better reviews.



we kept inching our way up closer and closer to the doors, getting more and more excited in at each step.



and then we made it to the front of the line!!!



Once you enter the castle you enter another line!





In this line we had a dad with three little girls. They were definitely a handful! Me and Leandra helped the dad keep them all together to get through the line so they could order. They were all over place… running under the ropes, smacking each other in the face, climbing on things. If that’s how I acted as a child I would have been dead meat!

Before you order you enter a room with knights, if you listen closely you can hear them snoring



Soon it was time to order! First they scan a rose and give it to you, with that you take it to another CM who takes your order





After you order the CM will tell you to go find a seat and once you choose a table to put the rose in the middle. Once the rose is placed on the table this signals the CMs that you are ready for you meal and then they bring it out.

We of course had to look in all 3 rooms before choosing a table. Leandra really wanted to eat in the west wing but there were no tables so we went with y choice and ate in the ballroom right by the window, which had falling snow! Magical



Our food arrived to Braised Pork -Slow cooked with vegetables and bacon with mashed potatoes and Green beans Jardiniere



This was faboulus! So delicious I can’t wait to go back and have some more. For dessert we got the chocolate cupcake. It was really good, the only bad thing about it was the wrapper.



After such a delicious meal we decided to go back around to the different rooms and take photos.

The main ballroom is gorgeous! I told my sister to have her wedding here instead since she is having a beauty and the beast themed wedding in September.

Next was the west wing, this room is on the dark side.








Then the other room I took millions of photos of














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[arbolita]

I loved Be Our Guest, especially the setting and looking at all the pictures they had around the Rose Room. Can't wait to go back there again!

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

That place is amazing. I can't wait to try it when I go in June.

 

[khertz]

So excited about Be Our Guest! Literally every TR I'm reading right now has a BOG experience, so it's just getting me more and more ready to try it out in October!

Okay, yeah, that dad needed to lay the smackdown on those kids. Dead meat wouldn't even scratch the surface of where I would have been if I'd have acted like that as a child!

 

[lvcourtneyy]

Awesome BoG pictures!! How long did you guys end up waiting? Was it 30-40 minutes like predicted?

 

[rachel09985]

I hope that BOG line gets shorter soon! I hate waiting that long for a counter service! That is funny about those little kids in line. I had that happen to me in ETWB. The dad was sooo mean to the kids though.

That is soo nice that they gave you guys that free luggage. How kind!

 

[okw19]

Hi there! I'm joining in! Loving your TR so far, and I cannot wait to read more. I'm glad you finally made it to a park.
When I was in MK this November, I had the same problem with the cupcake wrapper. So annoying!