Paxton did great with his hair cut. I didn't see a single tear, maybe a little frown, but definitely no tears. And nothing like being a celebrity after getting a hair cut. How sweet that they filled out Paxton's certificate again!
Nice pictures from the castle show.
And - divide and conquer - the best way to get a meal. It stinks that it was so crowded that day. Come to think of it the park was fairly crowded that day. We ate Tony's, so no wait.
Yes, we are making progress on the haircuts.
His first couple, he was totally fine, but the last few times he freaks out for them to wet his hair. So I was happy there were no tears shed this time.
Yes, it was definitely pretty busy in MK that day! I'm sure the morning EMH contributed. We almost tried to come up with a different plan for the day, but then I just couldn't imagine being in Disney World for Paxton's birthday and NOT being in MK! It was nice having extra hands to pass Paxton off to so DH and I could split up and get our food. Cosmic Ray's was a madhouse!
That is such a cute tradition to keep. I can see it now, you taking Pax to get a haircut on his 40th birthday. I really do appreciate that this is even still there; A real barber shop on Main Street. So many little gems have been removed, so it's nice that this remains.
2 certificates is better than 1!
Haha, I get a kick out of the mirror and everyone taking pictures.
Oh you MUST stay and watch Dream Along if it's just starting. You MUST! So glad you finally got to see the whole thing. Such a great show.
Tape tip for the WIN!
Haha! He will be balding and I will still make him get a haircut on Main Street.
It is so awesome that the barber shop is still there, you're right about that! I was so disappointed to find out DL did not have one when we went in 2012. It really drives home that old town feel of Main Street USA.
As soon as DH and I heard the music starting, we knew there was no way we were leaving until it was over! Love that show!!
I'm a couple updates behind.....
Great photos of the Little Mermaid queue and ride. There's so many interesting items and Ariel artifacts to capture.
You can never post too many Tangled restroom area photos (unless of course they are inside the bathrooms beyond the sink area!
) The photos are ah-mazing. I love all the details captured. There's so much to take in in that area. Love it!
The Wendy interaction and trying to get Paxton to pretend to fly is adorable. Great job capturing the moment.
Isn't that funny how when you don't plan a meet up it can happen. That's awesome that you ran into MEK!
Great photo of you too.
Loved the restroom symbol design on the pumpkin.. now I'm going back through my photos to see if I missed that or if it was even there. Very good eye.
Ahhh how cute is Paxton getting his haircut. That was nice of them to issue a re-do of his first haircut certificate. Of course now that you had it redone you found the original. Always happens that way!
The Tangled are and the Ariel queue both are so fun to explore all the little details! I did take one photo inside the bathroom, but it was the wall just inside the entrance.
A lady saw me and I got kind of a funny look, but oh well. Obviously she just doesn't GET IT!
The Wendy interaction was one of my favorites! So glad we decided to stay in the line even after finding out there would be no Peter Pan.
Thanks! It was so fun to finally have my first DIS meet, and to have it be someone I had been looking forward to meeting for so long!
I should have known when I got the replacement that I would find the original of that certificate.
But I'm still glad I got the new one because I had really been beating myself up for losing the first one.
That's so sweet that they were able to have the original CM sign your certificate! In my experience, things always show up once you finally replace them...
Very nice haircut!
Such great DAWM photos! I love the music from that show too.
That's absolutely true for me too! But it was still very kind of them to give me the replacement, and just lucky for me that the CM happened to be there to sign it!
DAWM is such a great show. I can't believe we had never stopped to watch it in full before now!
I like your tradition of getting DS' haircut at Disney! Such cute pics!
I'm glad you were able to catch Dream Along With Mickey and watch the whole thing- love that show!
Thanks! It's definitely an interesting experience each trip.
But it's a great memory for DH and I!
It's a GREAT show!! And best of both worlds when it comes to pirates & princesses.
Great pictures of dream along with Mickey! I still haven't stopped to watch that show, I definitely need to see it on my next trip!
You definitely should! Hopefully you stumble upon it from the beginning like we did instead of having to try to fit it in somewhere, because for us that never seems to work out. It's really cute and the music is infectious!
Whew! I am finally caught up!
Loved seeing your Universal and IoA day, such a huge difference from the crowds while we were there. We didn't make it on Despicable me as a result which is probably collectively everyone's biggest regret. Transformers was amazing, absolutely incredibly well done! It's funny, at the time it felt like we did so much but then I read a TR like yours and see just how much we really did miss.
I love the haircut, it's a tradition for us too
The potty story was hilarious!!!!!
We have been SO lucky to go to Universal at such slow times of the year for them! My friend's husband and brother in law waited something like 3 hours for Transformers over the summer when they went!
That's insanity!! But it is definitely an incredibly well done attraction! Hopefully next time you are able to check out Despicable Me. It's REALLY adorable!!
What a great haircut experience for Paxton!
Love the Dapper Dans! That's one thing I missed in October. Somehow I roamed around Main Street for over an hour and missed them!
I was like you with Dream Along with Mickey never having seen it in its entirety prior to my October trip. Watching it from start to finish made the story so much more coherent.
Imagine that!
I was glad there were no tears involved! I was a little worried because we were going on day 3 of no real naps, and it could have gotten real ugly real fast.
Too bad you missed the Dapper Dan's! They are so entertaining. I love stumbling upon them when we are walking around shopping or people watching.
Even though I have listened to the show start to finish probably hundreds of times now, there is definitely something to be said about having a visual to make it all make sense!
I just wanted to let you know I was reading along too! Last year while planning our DL trip I read one of your reports over there and now that I am back on the WDW side I just stumbled upon this the other day and was like "Hey, I remember them from
Disneyland".
I really enjoyed your Universal report. Now with my youngest being 10 and we are currently reading the HP series together (on book 2) I can see us leaving the bubble in the future to explore here.
Your pictures are sooo great. Can't wait to hear more!
Thanks for joining in! I hope that will not be the last time I do a DL trip report because we LOVED it there and can't wait to go back!
Oh my goodness, I have been saying since I was still pregnant with DS that I can't WAIT until I can read Harry Potter with him!!
If y'all enjoy the books, WWoHP is definitely worth the side trip for any HP fan. I can't wait for the expansion!!!
I'm glad that you were able to get a replacement certificate for the first haircut. Even though you really didn't even need it.
I'm glad that the haircut was a success and that you got to see the Dapper Dan's and the castle show after it was done. I'm like you, I've seen bits and pieces of that show several times, but I've just never been there to see it from start to finish.
Isn't that just the way it goes? Get a replacement, find the original. I still haven't figured out how we didn't notice the certificate in the box LAST year on Christmas because we definitely used the plate...
That seems to be a common problem with DAWM. I think it falls into that category of, "Oh, it happens so many times a day, we'll catch it one of the days we are here" and then you get so tied up in everything else, it gets missed. But it is definitely worth it if you are able to see the whole thing on your next trip!
