Disney done differently, (BOG dining updates pages 202 and 203)

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All I can say is WOW! What a meet and greet!!! I love the pictures!!!

It was incredible! Who would think that a princess meet and Star Wars could fuse together?! I couldn't help but wonder if any of them were characters during SWW and remembered him since he was dressed in his usual costume? At any rate, it was an excellent experience.

How amazing that you got so much undivided attention from all of them. Proof that pixie dust can be found in the most random places.at the most random times. Ani is always so much fun to talk to,probably because he always has so much to say, so I am not surprised that the royalty spent so much time with him.

D~

Thanks. He had his chatter box on most of the time. Wait 'til you see the Donald Duck pictures. That was another incredible M&G.

 

[petals]

Such a cool meet and greet with the princes and princesses. I dunno what snow's prince is called either. I just call him Snow White's prince
Flynn is pretty

 

[kaoden39]

What a great M&G!! I think that's great. It sounds like Flynn was truly in character too. I love Tangled!!

 

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Such a cool meet and greet with the princes and princesses. I dunno what snow's prince is called either. I just call him Snow White's prince
Flynn is pretty

I checked online. It said Disney's version never mentioned a name except Prince. And the story books name him Prince Charming. Hmmm.

We should have asked to see some smolder!

What a great M&G!! I think that's great. It sounds like Flynn was truly in character too. I love Tangled!!

They all were true to their character!

 

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Are you ready for an update?​

I got out the map as we entered the gift shop after the M&G. The next villians' show was at 10:05. I REALLY wanted to see this. Anakin REALLY wanted to go trick or treating. I suggested we go to the trail between Tomorrowland and the New Fantasyland.

Once upon a time, the trail was open from either end. Apparently that isn't the case. We would have to walk all the way around to the New Fantasyland to do the trail.

Space Mountain looked cool with a giant spider on it.

And the moon looked very Halloweenish

Dh mentioned he saw other candy stops in Tomorrowland. We ToT each of them. Instead of seeing the villian's show, we watched our own little show. I found a game outside of Mickey's Star Traders. There was nobody else around. Anakin loved the game and the cm was so much fun. Never would have guessed that this game would have brought all of us such joy. We missed the Villians' show again, but had so much fun with this game.

From here, we headed towards the ToT Trail. We got side tracked when we saw that Big Top Souvenirs was opened! A strawberry slushie had my name on it!!

For $2 more you could get a cute souvenir Mickey cup!

Anakin did NOT like the music in this building. It annoyed and agitated him. As soon as I got my slushie we left and headed to the trail. Passed by the water area. It was empty but still operating.

We arrived at the trail!!

Painting the roses red!

 

[kaoden39]

That shop is so cute! I love that Dumbo shirt! How cute is that? They're getting so creative with the apples aren't they? I cannot believe how cute they all are. I can imagine that the music was pretty annoying in there. What a greatly diverse night.

 

[KatMark]

Tink, what an awesome experience for Anakin with the Princesses and Princes. The pictures are simply priceless.

****And love the new area with the souvenir tent, etc., by Dumbo!

 

[annmarieda]

I wish I had gone into Big Top Souvenirs. I seem to have overlooked quite a few things this trip (I always do) That trick or treat trail was my favorite. Going as the queen of hearts... the cms asked me if I approved of the roses. I think this is the one and only time I have ever had interaction like that. Usually, it is dd who is the princess and any extra is (and rightfully so) directed at her. Still, kinda made my night.

 

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That shop is so cute! I love that Dumbo shirt! How cute is that? They're getting so creative with the apples aren't they? I cannot believe how cute they all are. I can imagine that the music was pretty annoying in there. What a greatly diverse night.

I can't wait until I get a chance to look at everything in the store. I'll have to do a solo trip into the store or make sure Anakin is wearing earphones.

It was circus music, but with a pipe organ sound.

Tink, what an awesome experience for Anakin with the Princesses and Princes. The pictures are simply priceless.

****And love the new area with the souvenir tent, etc., by Dumbo!

Thanks. I think Mark will like exploring the shop, however the hats are still the same hats you see all over mk.

I wish I had gone into Big Top Souvenirs. I seem to have overlooked quite a few things this trip (I always do) That trick or treat trail was my favorite. Going as the queen of hearts... the cms asked me if I approved of the roses. I think this is the one and only time I have ever had interaction like that. Usually, it is dd who is the princess and any extra is (and rightfully so) directed at her. Still, kinda made my night.

I'm so glad you got some pixie dust of your own!

 

[addictedtonostalgia]

Great meets the other time, how sweet of them to make them so special and longer than usual.

The trick or treating looks fun, glad Anakin enjoyed the game so much, sometimes simple is good!

Quickly quickly scrolled past all the new Fantasyland stuff

 

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Great meets the other time, how sweet of them to make them so special and longer than usual.

The trick or treating looks fun, glad Anakin enjoyed the game so much, sometimes simple is good!

Quickly quickly scrolled past all the new Fantasyland stuff

Thanks!

I noticed the other day, and wanted to say something but forgot...You have a new ticker going!!!! Congratulations! Are you going to start at PTR?

 

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Michele, sending pixie dust, prayers and hugs that everything goes well today with Scotty's biopsy and results. Surely hoping he will be able to continue to ride bike since that is his biggest form of stress relief.

 

[mommy2mrb]

love the new shop...looks so fun! and those candy apples, so CUTE!
sorry you missed the villians show - we did too.

Michele, prayers for Scotty!

 

[kaoden39]

love the new shop...looks so fun! and those candy apples, so CUTE!
sorry you missed the villians show - we did too.

Michele, prayers for Scotty!

Thank you Lisa.

 

[kaoden39]

Michele, sending pixie dust, prayers and hugs that everything goes well today with Scotty's biopsy and results. Surely hoping he will be able to continue to ride bike since that is his biggest form of stress relief.

Thank you Michelle. I hope so too.

 

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love the new shop...looks so fun! and those candy apples, so CUTE!
sorry you missed the villians show - we did too.

Michele, prayers for Scotty!

There was still one more show left. My hope was to catch that one at 11:15.

I'm sorry you missed yours too. I watched it on Jeff Lange video online before we went to the party. I had a few reservations that it would be too scary for Anakin, but he REALLY wanted to see Dr. Facilier and Hook and that was the only way.

Thank you Michelle. I hope so too.

You're welcome. Hoping you'll send an update.

 

[kaoden39]

A quick update before I am off to the grocery store. They took 13 samples, there were a lot of calcified samples. The Dr says that if it is not cancer he will figure out what it is. Scotty is really sore, poor guy. He will be getting his results in about a week or so.

 

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Time's a ticking...​

I looked at the watch and saw it was almost time for the 2nd parade. I was hoping that this would mean that the characters would have smaller queues.

We walked back to Fantasyland. Nearing Pooh, we saw he was dressed as a bumble bee. Anakin got all excited. He thought Pooh was the cutest thing. He really wanted to see Pooh and the gang. We no sooner approached and the rope went up closing off the line. We were told to come back.

Daisy and Donald were the next characters up the way. Got there and same thing. The line closed just as we got there. We were all a bit disappointed. Anakin found a ToT stop at the Pinochio Haus. We stopped there and the cm gave us handfulls of Werther's candy apple candy. Wow!!! This was to become my favorite candy of the night!! They are absolutely addictive. I'm glad I didn't try them at the party.

We prepared Anakin that we were going to stop and see IF Duffy's line was open. The parade was going by there when we arrived. Duffy was there! And there was only one other person in line before us!!

Anyone who has been following this TR knows that my son is a huge Duffy fan. Duffy came into our lives in 2010 as Anakin was beginning to get sick. Duffy has been to countless neurological tests, blood draws, etc. While Minnie made Duffy for Mickey to have comfort while he travels. Anakin has told countless medical staff that Minnie made his Duffy to comfort him while he is scared. Back to the party, he thought that Duffy in the pumpkin outfit was just adorable.

Duffy blew him a kiss and waved goodbye as we were leaving.

It was almost the time the CM told us to return for Donald and Daisy. We got in line. There were at least 10 people ahead of us, and the line continued to grow behind us. Just as we arrived, the cm told us that Daisy and Donald had to leave for a short time and would be back in 3 minutes.

15 minutes later, they came back. In those 15 minutes Anakin had fallen asleep. It was another 15 minutes and there was only 1 person ahead of us now. We woke him up. He was soooooo excited to see Donald and Daisy!! And then the cm told us that Daisy and Donald had to leave again and would be back in 5 minutes. For the first time of the evening, dh and I both protested. DH complained that the last time she said 3 minutes it was 15. And I said that I just woke him up to see them. She said we would be the last family and then they would return.

Before we were permitted to go to them, she told both Daisy and Donald that we were the last family and they needed to go. We expected Daisy and Donald to rush through the M&G, but much to our surprise they didn't. In fact, it was just like the princess M&G; undivided attention and good quality time.

I have no idea what Anakin was saying to Donald. But the two of them were very animated.

I tried to get them to pose, but Donald and Anakin were in their own little world of which my picture taking was not.

Finally got them to pose.

The cm asked if we'd like our picture taken too. So of course, we got in there too. But Anakin and Donald were now being secretive. I have no idea what secrets Anakin was telling him. Oh to be a little mouse and eavesdrop.

Walking away from the M&G, I asked Anakin if he wanted to see if Pooh's line was opened or not. He said no because he couldn't bear it if it was closed.

It was after 11pm. When Anakin heard how late it was, he went into panic mode. It was after his bedtime. He had to get out of the park and go to bed. He declared it the worse night ever. I reminded him about the wonderful time he had with Donald Duck and the prince and princesses. He said, "Yes, that was great, but it's after 11 o'clock. I have to be in bed!!!!"

The castle looked beautiful as we left. I wanted to stop and take pictures, but we had to get Anakin out of there. We could tell he was close to a meltdown and his anxiety level was sky high. We tried to distract him by showing him costumes and things we saw as we walked.

I took pictures as we were walking out.

Fire in the windows again.

And up came the biggest distraction!! Better than anything we could have thought up. The Peeps cart!!! They put handfulls of Peeps in our bags!!!

Habit had us walking towards the monorail when we remember the Express Monorail closed at 8pm. We did an about face and headed to the fairy. Which brought us right to another Peeps cart. This one was totally empty and they were packing up.

Another tip: go to the Peeps cart near the monorail. Less people visit that cart.

Sorting and counting candy kept Anakin preoccupied and it appeared the near meltdown was a far away thought. We got to the ferry dock and guess what?! They closed the gate just as we got there. The people who entered 3 feet ahead of us, made it in time. We got the hand to stay behind.

Anakin continued to check out his candy. The next ferry arrived and we boarded. We got back to the room at POP around 12:40am. Anakin was still wide awake and sorting his candy. But not that engrossed that he began to squeal in excitement, "frog!!!" Sure enough there was a cute little tree frog outside of our room.

The first thing I did was put something in front of the clock so that Anakin couldn't see the time.

 

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A quick update before I am off to the grocery store. They took 13 samples, there were a lot of calcified samples. The Dr says that if it is not cancer he will figure out what it is. Scotty is really sore, poor guy. He will be getting his results in about a week or so.

Thanks for the update. Did he give him anything for pain? Keeping him in my thoughts and prayers. I hope it's the best case scenario possible.

 

[t_daniels]

I love that you blocked the clock back in the room!