Day 3 continued
Our husbands left the breakfast before us so they could go to the front of the park and rent a
ECV and a wheelchair. We offered to rent two ECVs but our friends didnt want us to. Yes, we are those people.
The ones that actually rent an ECV!
My husband needed one because his ankles had started swelling from walking the day before. My dh is the proud owner of a pacemaker/defibrillator due to congestive heart failure at a very young age. But dont you dare tell him he is disabled in anyway. He wouldnt have rented the ECV if he hadnt realized he wasnt going to last the rest of the trip without one. And of course the wheelchair was for my friend so that she could rest instead of walking and hopefully not risk any more seizures. Man you should have seen the looks from people when she would get out of her chair to step onto a ride. It wasnt very nice. Some people make the assumption youre not handicapped if it cant be seen.
But we love them all anyway!
The guys arrived back with the ECV and the wheelchair and we headed off to POC. We came to the jungle cruise first and thoroughly enjoyed the guys dialogue. We thought of Umama the whole time! Then we rode Aladdins carpets, which I rode with my 3 year old who has no fear. She had it stuck at the top the whole time and said shes going to be a pilot like her daddy when she grows up. Great. I hate heights. Im a big fat chicken. So I just hold on tight to her and close my eyes when it gets scary and say, Are you sure you dont want to take mommy down a little lower so she doesnt get sick? She laughs at me and drops the carpet and then takes it all the way back up, just making my stomach worse. Yeah, what a cute kid.
After Aladdin we were finally off to the POC. We got to see a show with Jack Sparrow out in front of the ride. Man that guy looks A LOT like Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow. I thought I got a picture, but evidently its one of my all black pictures that didnt turn out. Bummer.
Here. I'm claiming this picture as one of Jack Sparrow! Just close your eyes and imagine it. Hmmmm, nice.
You wouldnt have believed the likeness. Even better than the Jack character inside the ride. And the character inside is REALLY good. We decided to proceed to the other side of the park after this victory of riding most of the things we had wanted to ride. We proceeded back past Its a Small World and on to Ariels grotto to get pictures with the mermaid. My middle daughter, Belle, had been so disappointed that she didnt have the nerve to touch the mermaids tail when we were there the last time and she was 3 years old. So she had decided that on this trip she was going to touch the tail. Which if I get the Disney photopass pics back, you will see that she did. Our friends had gone on to ride something else while we were getting photos, so we let the girls stay around Ariels cave for a little while. BIG mistake. We had planned to take them to Toontown for pictures and they got soaking wet. So all the pictures we had at toontown look like they were caught in a rain storm. Belles skirt and top went transparent after it got wet and their hair got messed up. Doesnt it always seem to work out that way? But Goofy didnt seem to care, he had a blast just messing it up even more and then falling down on the floor in front of them. He was an awesome CM! We had met up with our friends at this time and they did different lines and so we had fun going from line to line to get pics. Then off we went back to the hotel to try and rest and change for an early dinner at 1900 Park Fare. We had a Night of Joy ahead of us!
By the time I got the girls dry and Snow White into her costume, it was time for dinner with Cinderella and Prince Charming. My oldest daughter Snow White, was so funny. When Prince Charming came out, she looked at him and said, Hey, hes not a bad looking Prince. Maybe I should steal him away from Cinderella. Oh boy did we have fun with that one. You will see a picture of Prince Charming after he has been informed that Snow White is out to take him away from Cinderella. It was funny.
Snow White is pointing at me because I have just broken the news to Prince Charming that Snow White is after him. And Cinderella better watch out!
She brought him to his knees!
He takes time to get to know her sisters!
Playing it cool when Cinderella shows up!
Fairy Godmother wasnt too happy to find out that Snow White had designs on Prince Charming either.
Fairy Godmother warns Snow White to watch out. That she shouldn't take Cinderella's Prince. Snow White asks where she can get her own Fairy Godmother!
Here she is with Perla. She is still looking for the Prince across the room!
Here's Suzy trying to get the littlest one to sleep. She was rocking her and her eyes were closed until she saw the camera come out!
The CMs played it to the hilt. It was a hoot! The buffet at 1900 Park Fare was a little bit odd the night we were there. It had foods from different countries, but nothing that seemed to tie together. Chinese Egg Rolls, CousCous, Shrimp Pasta, Roast Beef, and Strawberry Soup. It left me kind of confused. The kids had mac/cheese and chicken strips so they were happy. The strawberry soup was good, it was like pureed strawberries with cream. After a lot of pictures my daughter received a birthday crown and a placemat with all their signatures on it. It was a magical moment.
Night of Joy?
The music was great. My daughter really wanted to see Barlow Girls since they are one of her favorite groups. They divide the singers up all over the park so that you can choose which ones you want to listen to and you can ride rides also. I hate to even mention this next part, but for anyone that might want to attend please understand ahead of time what can happen. The one main thing that I saw that I really wasnt too happy with and wont make me excited to attend again was the unsupervised teen crowd. Evidently from what I saw, a lot of youth groups got together to attend this event. And frankly when the parents arent present the kids act up. There were a lot of unsupervised children who dropped trash wherever they were standing when a garbage can was 5 foot away. The CM on the teacups had to stop and pick up quite a few water bottles from the floor before he could start the ride. I didnt see that happening during regular park hours. Several teens cut in line in front of us, and more than one group used very foul language which left me with several questions from my own kids about them being Christians. I did my best to use this as an example of people trying to fit into the world while claiming to be Christians. And I explained that this is the number one reason it is so hard to convince non Christians to become Christians when they cant see the difference in the attitude of character of those that say they are. It made us all very sad.
Most of the older teens and young adults that actually watched the concerts were quite nice and polite.
These kids smiled and said thank you when my kids shared glow sticks and bracelets with them. They were very kind.
Everyone is starting to get really tired!
My daughter loved the Barlow girls and sang along with all their songs, so she was happy with the concert. The bright spot of the evening was my daughter trying to give random acts of kindness to those attending. She handed out glow bracelets and fanny packs to the little kids she saw. She also handed out halos and hair braids that glowed. The hair braids were the biggest hit and I was kind of surprised. But if we do it again, Ill get her more hair braids to give out. People even stopped her on the monorail and at the resort to ask about her hair braids. She had a blast and only one family was not very nice to her. I think they thought she was trying to sell them something. I guess we will never know. She left a lot of people smiling that night!
We left late and each received a Night of Joy cd which my daughter was very happy with. I learned after we returned to the hotel that if you left earlier, you didnt get a cd. So since we had received two we shared one with our friends because they had left too early to get one. It was late when we finally landed in bed. But, I had a HOT shower. Oh blissful, heavenly, wonderful. Off to dreams of Mickey and Minnie dancing in my head.
I think she is, but sometimes she needs to hear it from someone other than her mom. 
You can't worry about the ignorance of others. You are doing the right thing teaching your kids to be kind individuals. I'm sure Snow White made a lot of children happy that night, and that is what counts.
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But he's got to like Disney!
I'm glad your de-lurking! 
I almost called them Royal Dalton!
