Isn't 21 a Little Old For This? (4/29 - The FINALE)

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How terrible that a random illness was ruining your trip to the World! How rude that not only was the Tower still shrouded in scaffolding, but the wait time was falsely advertised! DHS is ridiculous about updating wait times; I've been on several major rides there in which the actual wait time was truly less than half of the advertised time. I went in the TSM queue in November, which was advertised as 50 min, and totally waited for 20 min. Love that you went to 50's Prime Time- I went to the Sci Fi Drive-in earlier this month (which was the first TS dining experience I'd ever had in DHS) and completely adored it, even though the food was pretty overpriced.

Really? I think that was one of the few times I've been in line where there was a noticeable difference in what the sign said, and what I actually waited.
I went to Sci-Fi Drive In later on this trip for the first time, and really liked it. It was kind of overpriced, but I feel like most Disney food is. But if that was your first, does that mean you haven't been to 50's Prime Time? It's not my favorite, in terms of food, but I love the atmosphere.

 

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This thing just never ends, does it?

Hi!

It's been quite a while, eh? School does that.

When we had last left off, we were contemplating changing our changing our plans around. However, we weren't sure where we could stay an extra night or if the family friend we had planned on seeing would be around tomorrow.

After several phone calls to our hotel and our friend, we were successfully able to change everything up! The plan was now to leave tomorrow after breakfast at Kona, spend the afternoon with her, spend that night in town where our friend live, and head back in time to eat at Le Cellier for lunch.

I was a little stressed out about it at the time, but it ended up working out quite well.

After lunch, I insisted on heading over the Muppet area (I feel so stupid right now, does that area have a name?), because I adore the Muppets. Like a lot. Even if I don't feel like watching Muppet Vision 3D, I always have to make a detour over here to check it out.

Side note: Who's seen The Muppets? I saw it the day it came out, and loved it! Such a fun movie. I would definitely recommend it.

Another one of the photos opps I have to do!

This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid.

If I look sick and tired, it's because I was.

I then insisted on going to the Animation Academy again, where I drew Dopey. For some reason I didn't take a picture of him though.

I do have this picture of me waiting for it to start though!

We wanted to ride Rock n Roller Coaster, but alas, it was down when we went over there. So, we decided we had had our fill of DHS, not to mention I was still feeling sick, so we drove back to the hotel to rest.

And watch giraffes eat.

Of course, the problem with trying to rest at Disney World is that there's so much other stuff to be doing besides sitting in your hotel room feeling sick, so I decided we should go to Downtown Disney. I don't know that we did much, I think we just walked around a bit, killing time before our reservation at Jiko.

Which was delicious. Like I've said, I don't take food pictures, so I'm not sure what I had, I think it might been a salad and a flatbread? I just remember that it was really good. And that there weren't many kids and the restaurant was quiet! Which was definitely a nice change of pace from most other Disney restaurants.

I was pretty exhausted from being sick, so I think I went to bed shortly after we got back from dinner. Which concludes this Muppetational Saturday.

 

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Hello!
I don't have an update for you today, but I have some big news!

I will be at Disney World next week!

It was kind of a spur of the moment decision, but my parents and I decided we wanted to take a trip after I finished this quarter in school. So I suggested Walt Disney World, and much to my surprise, my parents agreed! We're going for five days, and then heading elsewhere, and I'm very, very, very excited for those five days.

I've been to Disneyland around the holidays, but never Walt Disney World, so I'm excited to see all the decorations. And the Osborne Lights. That's what I especially want to see. I've always thought those looked so cool in pictures, and I can't wait to see them in person.

I was at the mall tonight, so I had to stop at the Disney Store. In general, I'm not one for Disney clothing, but I saw this sweatshirt, thought it was cute, and decided it would be perfect for the night I'm going to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

And then, I saw these shoes at Nordstrom. They're it's a small world Toms. Awesome, right? They were in the kids department, but I have really small feet and these fit perfectly! I don't know if I'll bring these to Disney World since I'm very particular about the shoes I wear to Disney because they have to be super comfortable if I'm going to walk around in them all day. I like how they're Disney, but it's very subtle, and to most people, it probably just looks like a cool pattern.

So yes, I'm very excited about everything! I'll try and get one more real update in before I leave. Until then, take care!

 

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I saw Muppets. It was really good! I was thinking at the very least, Piggy would annoy me because I am annoyed by her abusiveness (I often joke to people that Kermit only stays in the relationship out of fear...) but she was not abusive at all!

 

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I saw Muppets. It was really good! I was thinking at the very least, Piggy would annoy me because I am annoyed by her abusiveness (I often joke to people that Kermit only stays in the relationship out of fear...) but she was not abusive at all!

Yeah, I'm really not a fan of Miss Piggy myself, but I really liked the Me Party song!

 

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I told you I'd get another update in before I left!

(that's because this is super short. shhh....)

On the morning of Sunday the 30, we had breakfast at Kona before the three hour drive to our friend's house.

I do remember what I had there, because I LOVE Tonga Toast. It's one of those must get food items for me at Disney World. I definitely have reservations at Kona for our next trip.

I have a picture of me standing in front of this from my June trip. Little did I know when I took these pictures, I would be staying here five months later. Maybe I'll have to post some pictures from that trip sometime in the near future.

Is it just me or does the sky seem super blue in Florida?

Like, I'm pretty sure it doesn't look like this in Seattle.

Then we began the three hour journey. I don't a lot to say about this day of the trip, but I'll give you a quick rundown.

Drove there.

Had lunch with our friend.

Visited.

Drove to the beach, although we mostly just looked at it. We only got out for a few minutes.

Visited some more.

Went to bed.

So, yeah, it's not that it was a boring day, it's more that I don't have much to say about it.

I'll share with you the pictures I took though.

I saw this car in the parking lot of the restaurant where we had lunch. I thought it was cute.

There are these little burrowing owls near our friend's house. I think they're adorable. Can you spot it?

Here's a closer look.

The beach.

And a truck full of oranges. I was very entertained by that at the time for some strange reason.

 

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If you're wondering why I've update so much (by my standards) the past week, it may or may not have something to do with the fact that I have finals this week and I need a good distraction from studying/working on final projects.

That, and I'm just really excited for the trip next week!

I thought I'd do a quick rundown of my plans.

Who: Me and my parents. My parents are great because, while neither one is as big of a Disney fan as I am (though I think my mom likes it more than she'll admit to sometimes), they put up with my Disney obsession. And they let me plan everything.

I'll be like, "sooo... I'm thinking lunch at Sci-Fi and then a late dinner at 50's Prime Time, after we see the Osborne Lights, but we'll probably take a break during the day, and.."

And they'll pretend to understand what I just said, and kind of smile and nod, and say "whatever you think is best".

Nah, but really, they're great.

I really should give my dad some credit because, as I think I've mentioned before, my dad gets motion sick super easily, while my mom and I can and will ride anything and seek out thrill rides. So he doesn't love going to the parks. Most of the time, he'll find a bench near the exit and read a book. He's pretty patient, but I feel bad.

Where: Beach Club. I've never stayed there before, and to be honest, it wasn't my first choice, but you know, I'm pretty excited now. Most the reviews I've read have been positive, and it looks nice in the pictures I've seen.

The Itinerary!

Friday the 9th (only five days from today!!) - Leave for Orlando! Ever since I saw the Book of Mormon (the musical) I'm always like, ORLANDO, ORLANDO, I LOVE YOU, ORLANDO! Because that pretty much sums up how I feel.

Unfortunately, that takes up most of the day since I live on the opposite coast. I leave around 8:30am PST and get there around 5:30pm EST. So I probably won't have any park time. However, I think this will be the night I FINALLY try Beaches and Cream. Seriously, for like the past four trips, I've been all "I really want to eat Beaches and Cream! Let's go there!", but I never end up making it since it's always out of the way. But! Since I'm staying at the Beach Club, I think this my chance!

And I should mention that it'll just be my dad and I on Friday and most of Saturday. My mom has prior engagements (that are more important that Disney, what?!), so she's flying in on Saturday.

Speaking of Saturday...

Saturday the 10th - Epcot Day!

Not entirely sure how we'll spend the morning since my dad won't go on Test Track, Soarin', or Mission:Space (aka most of my favorite rides at Epcot), but hey there's always Spaceship Earth and the Seas. I love the Seas. And I like Spaceship Earth, until we get to the end and I start thinking of how huge the Earth is and where we're going and what the future will be like, and to be honest, it makes me kind of anxious. Haha, yes, I know. I just don't like thinking about those sort of big issues when I'm at Disney World.

Anyway though.

We're having lunch at Chefs de France, which I'm excited about because, while I've never eaten there, any restaurant that has baked macaroni and cheese is totally okay with me. Wait, more than okay. Like, awesome.

And that night we're having dinner at Teppan Edo, which I've also never eaten at, but it was one of the few restaurants I could get reservations for with the Candlelight Processional dinner package. So yes, we're seeing the Candlelight Processional that night. Which I am excited about (I'm just excited about everything, aren't I?). Mainly because Neil Patrick Harris is narrating. Though I'm actually not familiar with anything he's done at all, except Dr. Horrible's Sing a Long Blog, and really, that's all I need to know. Oh! And he was in Rent too at some point. Yeah, that's really all I care about.

Sunday the 11th - Animal Kingdom/Epcot Day!

We'll start off the day at Animal Kingdom, which basically means I'll ride Expedition Everest over and over. And have lunch at Yak & Yeti. And that's really all I have planned, though I imagine we'll get other stuff in.

That night, we'll go back to Epcot for dinner at Le Cellier. I was stalking reservations for this for like two weeks before I was able to get one. And I was so thrilled, you have no idea. What I can I say, I just really, really love pretzel bread and cheddar cheese soup. Hopefully we'll be able to see Illuminations that night since I haven't been able to see that in a few years.

Monday the 12th - Disney's Hollywood Studios Day!

AKA The Day I Finally Get to See the Osborne Lights

I'm thinking we'll get there early, ride everything, have lunch at Sci-Fi Dine-In, and then maybe go back to the resort or Downtown Disney for a while, before coming back to see the Osborne Lights.

I am so excited about the Osborne Lights. It just looks so cool! Ever since I heard about them several years ago, I've wanted to see them, and now I will! I fully intend on taking waaay too many photos.

I also have a late dinner scheduled at 50's Prime Time, but I'm kind of debating whether or not to keep that because my dad and I like to eat early. We'll see.

Tuesday the 13th - Magic Kingdom Day!

I'm excited (yes, I am super excited about this trip) because we're going to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. (have you ever noticed how fun it is to say Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party?) I might try and get to the Grand Floridian to see the gingerbread house during the day.

I have lunch scheduled at Liberty Tree Tavern, mainly because I want to try the toffee cake.

Wednesday the 14th - The Day We Leave

But I still have a breakfast at Kona scheduled.

So yes, that about sums it up.

Until next time!

 

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Hello! I'm not back from my trip yet, though we left WDW two days ago. It was a great trip, with some minor upsets, but I think that's to be expected to a certain extent. I'm looking forward to sharing some pictures with you all I do get home, I'm thinking I'll try and finish up this TR really fast and do a TR for this December trip. As for the June trip, while I had thought I might do a TR for that, that's not going to happen, but I do plan on posting some of my favorite pictures and memories on here at some point.

Anyway.

Hope you're all doing well.

P.S. I just noticed this thread has over 5000 views. So I'm thinking that might mean I have a few lurkers out there, and I'd really love it if you said hello. I'm pretty nice, I promise.

 

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As you have probably figured out, I am back home, and ready to finish up this TR so I can get on to the next one!

Let's see, we had just spent the night in the town where our friend lives, and I insisted we get up early the next day to drive the three hours bcak, because I had a reservation that I absolutely had to make it to.

Le Cellier.

What? It has cheddar cheese soup, so, yes, very important.

I had never had the cheddar cheese soup before, but it sounded pretty amazing.

Okay, so we drove for three hours, dropped off our stuff back at the room, drove to Epcot, and went straight to Le Cellier.

(okay, so maybe we didn't go straight to Le Cellier...)

Where we were met with a twenty minute wait. Which, now that I've been there two more times, is the longest I've had to wait. At least it was a nice day sunny day out, so I took some pictures of Canada.

Finally we were seated, and I met the other amazing thing about Canada. Pretzel bread. Oh my gosh, I LOVE pretzel bread. Especially when you dip it in cheddar cheese soup. Oh man. So delicious.

So, after gorging myself on bread and soup, we decided to walk around the world, in a cheap attempt to work off the millions of calories I had probably consumed. I asked for seconds on the pretzel bread, okay?

You know those gates between Canada and England that look like they go backstage? Well, they were open and ton of characters were just wandering about with no lines. I had to get pictures.

Stitch was very fond of dancing. He did jazz hands at one point, sadly, I have no pictures of that.

Continued next post...

 

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British candy is the best. Their Kit Kat bars are like 100x times better.

I wanted to meet Marie in France, but she wasn't out when we were there.

We saw Aladdin and Jasmine, but the line was pretty long so we didn't stop.

Continued next post...

 

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We also stopped to watch the candy maker in Japan for the first time. It was pretty amazing to watch her.

I don't know, there's something about Italy, Germany, and the American Adventure that make me tired. I think it's because they're sort of, almost in the middle, and by then I'm always just tired of walking around. Or something. But it seems to happen like clockwork every time I go, get to Germany, Italy, and the good ol' US and get bored and tired. But then by the time I get to China or Japan, I'm fine. Yeah, I don't know either.

Yes, I'm that weird person who takes pictures of bathroom tiles. But it's so pretty!

Continued next post....

 

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We also rode Maelstrom for the first time in forever (okay, like three years), and I decided it was quite possibly the weirdest ride in Disney World. And because of that I've grown to love it.

I am in love with this building for reasons I cannot fully explain. I adore it.

According to my notes, we then rode Mission:Space (orange side, of course!), and Spaceship Earth. But apparently nothing interesting happened on those because my notes say nothing further.

So, we went back to the hotel, rested a bit, changed for dinner, and drove the Contemporary for dinner at California Grill. I had heard they served goat cheese ravioli, and I had to try it.

It was very good, though it was one giant ravioli, so it was a little hard to eat. That, or I'm not good at eating nicely prepared food. Hm, maybe both.

I had timed the dinner so we would be able to see the fireworks. We didn't have a table by the window, but I went outside to watch them.

To be perfectly honest, it was cool, but a little disappointing. I was surprised at how far away they seemed. I guess I thought they would be closer. And it packed out on the little balcony, so it was just like watching it in the Magic Kingdom.

So while I'm glad I was able to see them from there, it's not something I need to do again soon.

After dinner, we admired the Mary Blair murals, then went back, and went to bed early.

You know what this means? I only have one full day left after this which means, after nearly a year, I am almost done with this!!

And then on to the December TR.

 

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Hi. Sooo.... Yeah. My winter of school was the worst. Honestly, I feel kind of done with this TR, but I also feel like I owe it to you, that is if any of you are actually reading this, to finish. So I spent today sorting out the pictures I want to post, and I'll try and post them this weekend, no promises though. It'll probably be just pictures though with very little narrative.

I actually wrote most of this entry last January, but never got around to posting it. I thought I would share my pictures from the June trip. So enjoy.

Unfortunately, when we arrived at Walt Disney World that day, it was pouring down rain! It was nasty weather. Thankfully, it really only rained twice more while we were there. And thankfully, we had both brought raincoats! No silly ponchos for us. It rained the next day when we were driving to see Hair, and we got completely soaked walking to the theater (even with our raincoats!), which was only a short distance away from where we parked. It also rained when we were traveling around the World Showcase, which was kind of fun because it felt deserted.

Our lovely room at the Polynesian. It was a big room! I was so glad we had two sinks.

The "yay, I just arrived in Disney Word, and look awful from getting up at 5 in the morning and then spending six hours on a plane, but I don't even care because I'm here!!" photo.

The view from our room.

We went to Captain Cook's for dinner. It wasn't raining at that point, but the pool was still closed.

A cool light in the lobby.

The next morning, I insisted we get to the Magic Kingdom in time to see the opening show because I had never seen it before. I loved it! I may have cried a little bit from happiness.

I love how the castle doesn't even look real, more like a backdrop.

We went over to Tomorrowland to ride our first ride. Space Mountain, obviously. It was pretty empty. We also had our first character encounter with my favorite, Stitch.

My friend demonstrating the honey wall at the Pooh ride.

Even Fantasyland was pretty empty! Granted, we had gotten to the park at opening, but according to data on the photograph, this was taken at about 9 (the park had opened at 8). So I think that's pretty good for June. I think. I don't really know, since this was the first time I've gone in June. We got a ton of rides done in that first hour and a half. Pretty much every major attraction, except Splash Mountain since we didn't want to get wet, plus some of the Fantasyland dark rides. It was awesome!

We also went to the Swiss Family Treehouse.

And we saw the Trolley show.

By coincidence, Shag was doing a signing at the Magic Kingdom that day. There was no line to see him, and I really dig his style, so I bought a set of postcards and had him sign one. And got a picture, obviously.

It seemed like whenever we were on Main Street, this parade was always running. By the end of the trip, we pretty much had the moves done.

Obligatory "thumbs up on the TTA!" picture.

I was very excited to see a whole wall of Stitch!

Obligatory funky angle of the castle picture.

 

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The next day we went to Epcot, and spent an absurd amount of time photographing fish. And we were cracking up because like every time a little kid would come up to this tank, they would exclaim, "LOOK! BABY NEMO!". It was like clockwork.

I have no clue where these lights are, but they're cool, yeah?

I'm not usually the type of person who takes food photos, but my dessert at Le Cellier was just too cute.

We found this tile while looking for my family's one. It makes me laugh for two reasons. One, I mean, come on, these people paid to let the world know of their love for Mick Jagger. And that's kind of awesome, in a slightly odd way. And two, so as I mentioned before, we didn't go on this trip just to go to Walt Disney World. We were also seeing the touring production of Hair. And in Hair, one of the characters, Woof, is infatuated with Mick Jagger. So I thought it was a funny coincidence. I don't know, maybe you had to have been there.

Obligatory jumping photo.

Frequently I get attacked by inanimate objects. It's a serious problem. Seriously.

Lunch at 50's Prime Time Cafe.

And then one afternoon, we kind of just hung out for a while at the resort. And it was really, really nice.

Glittery sharks are a thing.

Going to Hair on Sunday. See, I can look nice occasionally.

If you read my TR, then you know why this photo is included.

On Kilimanjaro Safaris, we got stopped for a while by the baby elephant. It was super cute!

My friend spent about 15 minutes getting her camera set up just right to film the fireworks. When the fireworks started, she realized she was out of battery. I may or may not have laughed at her.

 

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So, before I finish posting the final photos from this trip, I wanted to share the ones from the other trips I had taken while this TR was in progress.

Here we have the solo trip I took to Disneyland at the very of September, beginning of October last year.

I stayed at the Disneyland Hotel in their recently refurbished rooms. I thought they were really nice!

The headboards light up.

I was only there for one day, so I was determined to make the most of it. I got to the park at 7, I think.

I only rode like three rides that day. I remember riding Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy twice, and something else that I'm not recalling. It was pretty crowded. I also didn't take a lot of pictures.

The one thing I really wanted to do was to get a picture with Jack Skellington which I was able to do the next day before I left.

It was an incredibly short, but fun trip.

Up Next: Halloween Disneyland Day Trip + March 2012 Disneyland Day Trip + (maybe) December 2011 WDW Trip

 

[Purpleblanket]

Great pictures!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Debbie

 

[Eight]

Great pictures!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Debbie

Thank you!! And thank you for commenting! I'm glad to know there are still people reading!

 

[Eight]

Next up is the quick one day trip to Disneyland for Halloween.

I had had this trip all planned out in my head since like May of 2011, when I learned about a show going on San Diego that I wanted to see. Or maybe that was when they released the dates for Mickey's Halloween Party. Either way, it was sometime around May that I realized there was some stuff going on in California in October that I wanted to go to. And it just so happened that the dates were all aligned perfectly so that I could go to Mickey's Halloween Party on Friday, drive down to San Diego the next morning, see the show, and fly out Sunday night. Perfect.

As with so many of my Disney trips, my mom decided to come along.

So we flew to Anaheim Friday afternoon, I changed in to my costume super quick, and we headed to the park. My mom chose not to wear a costume, I don't remember why.

Can you guess who I was?

If you guessed Naveen from the beginning of the Princess and the Frog, then you would be correct.

Anyway, we go to the park before the party started, so we could watch Soundsational, aka, pretty much the best Disney parade. Ever.

Okay, so that may be a slight over exaggeration, but I really, really love it. The costumes and the music are super fun!

You can't tell me that's not fun. You just can't.

Also, there was the cutest little kid next to me dressed as Captain EO. He was probably like 2 or 3, and so adorable. He got a lot of attention from the parade performers, Chip even attempted to moon walk for him.

After the parade, I think we did something over in Tomorrowland, but I have no clue what. I think that may have been when we were checking how long the line for Space Mountain was, but alas, it was down. Thankfully I had been able to ride Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy during the trip I had taken three weeks prior.

And then! I had my first ever DIS meet with Lauren (magichusky)! I was so excited, but also kind of nervous, to be perfectly honest. However, I shouldn't have worried, because Lauren is an incredibly nice person. It was so great being able to meet her! And you should go read her TR now, but wait until you're done with this, alright?

There was one thing I really wanted to do at the party, so our next stop was the villain meet and greet.

Jafar asked me where my banjo was and was quite displeased when I said I didn't have it!

And then....


I got to meet Dr. Facilier!

Except.

Well, it was a little disappointing because he didn't recognize my costume at all. I was hoping he would. I realize it's not as obvious as Naveen's prince outfit, but yeah, I was disappointed.

But I was still able to get a good picture.

I'm not really sure what we did after that. I think we wandered around a bit and got candy.

I also wanted to see the special Halloween fireworks. I had seen them two years earlier, but that night it had been windy, so Zero (from Nightmare Before Christmas) didn't fly.

So we staked out a spot pretty close to the castle, and waited. And waited.

Actually, it was probably only like 30 minutes, but it felt like a long time.

Zero! He flew! I was so excited.

And I have no clue what we did after that and before we left. I'm pretty sure we rode Star Tours and got some more candy, but my memory is totally failing.

It was definitely fun, and there were some great costumes. I was impressed by the people who were dressed up as floats from the Main Street Electrical Parade. They looked like they must have been awkward to move around in, but they were pretty awesome.

 

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Aah, we've come to the last of the installments of other trips that I keep posting to delay the final post of the actual trip report.

I was in Los Angeles in March for spring break, so naturally, I took a quick trip to Disneyland. I was only there for a day, but I was able to meet with Lauren (magichusky) again!

Sully and I decided to wear matching outfits that day.

Not really.

And here some random Hipstamatic photos I took. Enjoy!

 

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So.

This is it.

The final, not-so-epic conclusion to this TR. It only took a year and a quarter or so.

I know I haven't been the best about updating regularly, but I sincerely hope that if you're out there reading this, you've enjoyed it.

I know I have.

And thank you to those of you who have taken time to comment, because I truly appreciate it. You have no idea how excited I would get when I saw people had posted. Makes my day, seriously.

Alright, let's wrap this up!

On our last full day in Disney, we headed to the Magic Kingdom for breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table. I had never eaten there before, and even though I'm not the biggest fan of princesses, I really, really wanted to eat in the castle.

Well, that, and I really wanted see what the park looked like before it opened and there were a thousand people rushing in.

But hey, as far as I'm concerned, those reasons are more than good enough.

We parked, took the monorail, and I got my first look at an almost empty Magic Kingdom.

It did not disappoint.

We took our time going up Main Street, stopping take some photographs.

I was pretty psyched to get a picture without anyone in the background!

The castle looked gorgeous in the morning light.

They were always my favorite when I was a kid.

I got my picture with Cinderella, and we headed upstairs to eat and meet some princesses.

We were seated at a table by a window, but we couldn't see out because the curtains were closed When our server saw me trying to move the curtain to look out, she told us that the windows were fake, and you couldn't see out. Which was kind of weird, because I've definitely seen pictures where you could see out the windows, so I have no clue what that was about.

I'm going to refrain from posting the pictures with me and the princesses, as I look a little awkward in all of them, so have some pictures of other people eating!

I can't seem to find a menu, so I'm not sure exactly what I had, but I think it was like french toast? Whatever it was, I loved it!

After we left, we could see people starting to come in to the park for the day.

We wanted to get a few rides in before the lines got too long, so it was off to the wildest ride in the wilderness!

Clearly, I was feeling a bit apprehensive about riding the wildest ride in the wilderness. I mean, it is the wildest!

We did not ride Splash Mountain, but I really like this picture of it.

I wanted to meet Tiana and Naveen, since Naveen is no longer out at Disneyland.

We got there, and we were the first in line! This was when I turned to my mom, and said, "isn't twenty-one a little old for this?". So there you have, that's where this TR got it's name.

I wasn't serious, of course, as you may have learned by now, I have no problems taking pictures with characters, but I did feel a little silly being the first in line for the day.

I had a very nice little chat with them. I told them I really liked Tiana's Showboat Jubilee, so Naveen suggested we take a picture with jazz hands.

My pictures suggest we went to Space Mountain after that, where I was very excited to be in charge of one of those red cards they use to see how long the line is.

No trip to Tomorrowland is complete without a trip on the TTA, so I insisted on riding that.

On our way over to Splash Mountain, we were distracted by a parade!