LoveMyBeautifulGift
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2011
Saturday morning we slept in again...and then we decided to take some time and pack up as much as we could so we wouldn't have to stay up all night or wake up at the crack of dawn to get out of our room in time on Sunday...we entered the park just in time to see Pinocchio skip past...we followed him until he settled in for pics/autographs and he and the played and watched the marching band for quite some time...
When she kissed him back, he kicked the ground and acted all embarassed, which amused her to no end, lol...
Then we meandered over to NOS to pick up our umbrella and for the to get her caricature...we had to wait for few minutes since the artist wasn't set up yet, so we stepped over to the Mint Julep bar and grabbed some beignets and cocoa......they are divine! My sister and I joked that it was a good thing we hadn't had any earlier in the week or we would've planned our entire week around eating beignets...
The princess was very particular about how she wanted to pose...
She was very proud of her picture, and showed it off to the passengers on the train around us:
Before putting it down and making faces at the people in the next car, who took it in the spirit of Disney and promptly made faces back at her ...which of course, encouraged her to continue throughout the whole ride....
We rode the Monorail back to DTD (since the hadn't yet and I needed to swing by Goofy's Kitchen to pick up buttons). Then it was time for a brief rest and then back to the park...
The had her heart set on one last visit w/ Mickey in his house, so tha was priority #1-we waited an hour in line smushed between two groups of really impatient, really grumpy people......so impatient, in fact that as we came out of Mickey's yard and into the casting barn, the second group took the exit and a few minutes later the first group followed them....we were at the fact that they had waited so long only to bail on the line when they were so close to seeing Mickey...
The said goodbye to Mickey:
And entertained the room w/ a play by play of her week and her plans for returning, then we headed out of the overcrowded TT and veered right when I realized the PFF was still open ...we made it just before the CM dropped the rope...
We were all super excited to see Tiana!
After the princesses, we grabbed corndogs and and played in the Penny Arcade:
...before deciding it was time to brave the crowds and grab a spot for the fireworks...we wound up towards the front of the hub and began to worry about the crowd...she thought about leaving, but the mass of people pushing at us from behind vetoed that idea for her (there was no way for her to safely maneuver the ECV w/o running someone over on accident)...once the show started, all discussion of leaving stopped anyway...we were all glad in the end that we stayed for the show...the lights on the castle and the view of the fireworks and Tink was definitely worth it...
After the fireworks we trudged out of the park, each of us knowing these were our last moments in the park...we debated not leaving until we had to, but really, we were done even if we weren't ready to leave...however, we were all convinced by this time that we will be returning soon, so we weren't too terribly about having to go...plus we had one last character meal to look forward to in the morning...
When she kissed him back, he kicked the ground and acted all embarassed, which amused her to no end, lol...
Then we meandered over to NOS to pick up our umbrella and for the to get her caricature...we had to wait for few minutes since the artist wasn't set up yet, so we stepped over to the Mint Julep bar and grabbed some beignets and cocoa......they are divine! My sister and I joked that it was a good thing we hadn't had any earlier in the week or we would've planned our entire week around eating beignets...
The princess was very particular about how she wanted to pose...
She was very proud of her picture, and showed it off to the passengers on the train around us:
Before putting it down and making faces at the people in the next car, who took it in the spirit of Disney and promptly made faces back at her ...which of course, encouraged her to continue throughout the whole ride....
We rode the Monorail back to DTD (since the hadn't yet and I needed to swing by Goofy's Kitchen to pick up buttons). Then it was time for a brief rest and then back to the park...
The had her heart set on one last visit w/ Mickey in his house, so tha was priority #1-we waited an hour in line smushed between two groups of really impatient, really grumpy people......so impatient, in fact that as we came out of Mickey's yard and into the casting barn, the second group took the exit and a few minutes later the first group followed them....we were at the fact that they had waited so long only to bail on the line when they were so close to seeing Mickey...
The said goodbye to Mickey:
And entertained the room w/ a play by play of her week and her plans for returning, then we headed out of the overcrowded TT and veered right when I realized the PFF was still open ...we made it just before the CM dropped the rope...
We were all super excited to see Tiana!
After the princesses, we grabbed corndogs and and played in the Penny Arcade:
...before deciding it was time to brave the crowds and grab a spot for the fireworks...we wound up towards the front of the hub and began to worry about the crowd...she thought about leaving, but the mass of people pushing at us from behind vetoed that idea for her (there was no way for her to safely maneuver the ECV w/o running someone over on accident)...once the show started, all discussion of leaving stopped anyway...we were all glad in the end that we stayed for the show...the lights on the castle and the view of the fireworks and Tink was definitely worth it...
After the fireworks we trudged out of the park, each of us knowing these were our last moments in the park...we debated not leaving until we had to, but really, we were done even if we weren't ready to leave...however, we were all convinced by this time that we will be returning soon, so we weren't too terribly about having to go...plus we had one last character meal to look forward to in the morning...