This day we were breaking apart our group. Tim was taking the boys to Universal Studios and the girls were just gonna do our thing. Girl things, princess things. I wanted to see Mals eyes just shine.
The boys left first in the rental car and the plan was to meet back at the room about 5ish so we could get read for our dinner ressie. It was at 7pm at the Grand Floridian. We were eating at 1900 Park Fare with some royalty. I believe it said Cinderella and her friends.
So we are ready and head to the bus stops. The line for Magic Kingdom was just insane. I said to my mom, Lets get in the Epcot line and just take the Monorail over to Magic Kingdom. Shes game and we do just that.
Its time to use my Disney Knowledge. Time to brag that I am a Diser. Time to Prove I know a thing or two about a thing or two.
We get to Epcot and had to wait in line to get our bags inspected just to get on the Monorail. We usually flew right through these lines because I purchased 2 clear see through back packs. Every guard thanked me. Each and every time. Except for today. This little lady, half my size was running our line. I had to open every zipper. You know so she could look at what you could already see. So much for saving time
So, we get on the Monorail and head to Magic Kingdom.
Well kinda. We took the scenic route. A very long scenic route.
Remember I said my mom likes to talk? She talks constantly, non stop, at a very loud level. Please don't take that wrong, I love my mom more than anything, but sometimes you have to tune things out. After hearing the same story the 5th or 6th and your eyes glaze over sometimes you have to force yourself to think pleasant thoughts. That's why I missed the important announcement to change trains at the TTC. Or she drowned it out. I think, she drowned it out. So, we stayed on.
I was wondering why it was taking sooooo long to get there and I see Epcot. Huh? Doh! I couldve smacked my head.
Ok, we are riding again. This time Mal falls asleep and we ride back to the TTC and switch trains and finally get to the Magic Kingdom.
Whose ideas was it anyways to ride the Epcot bus? Lets tar and feather her!
Just wondering, but does anyone think those monorails smell really bad?
We head straight to Toon Town. There are some princesses we are going to meet.
We get in line at the Judges tent. The line was not long at all. But boy did that line move very slow. People were in line for the other characters, there were three lines in all, and they would do both of those lines before we got through ours.
I do want to also make a stop at MGM studios today. Remember we didnt get to do Voyage of the Little Mermaid? Thats in the back of my head.
We chat with a nice family in front of us who has 4 girls. Wow! They are all excited about meeting the princesses. Mal was pretty good waiting in line. She had a moment or two but they were only moments easily diverted with talks of Cinderella being behind that door just waiting to meet her.
Ive no idea whats in store for us. Keeping my fingers crossed this is going to go over well. Its our turn and we get to go in with the family in front of us.
There in front of us are Belle, Snow White and CINDERELLA!!!!!
Mal is so patient. The family with 4 girls were in front of us. So we stood there for a moment with our eyes big and just stared and took it all in. I kept suppressing tears. Just a happy wonderful moment I was about the share with my daughter. Something I never thought I was ever going to be able to do.
In the family I married into, Tim comes from a family of boys. He has two brothers. He has 3 uncles and 1 aunt. His oldest brother has 3 sons. His immediate cousins are all boys. Except for the girl who was adopted. His one cousin has 2 boys. His other cousin has a boy and a girl.
He does have 2 girl cousins who were born on fertility drugs. My chances were slim that we were going to have a girl. I had Matt and Zach. 6 years later Mal came to us.
So, this was a special moment for me.
Its our turn. I dont know who is more excited. Mal goes right up to Belle and hugs here. Then she looks her right in the eye and says, Im going to see Cinderella! Belle was just wonderful and talked like they were good friends.
Next is Snow White, Mal hugs her too and says, Im going to see Cinderella! Snow White daintily laughs and poses for their pictures.
Mal gets to Cinderella and becomes speechless. I help her get things started and soon they are chatting. She tells her she is going to wear her dress later and I explain we are having dinner at 1900 Park Fare with Cinderella and her friends.
Cinderella told Mal she looked forward to having dinner with her later. I just loved that and Mal hugged her again and we left.
We started to walk out and I saw wee little ones getting in line for the Goofy Barnstormer. I take Mal over to the measuring stick and shes the perfect height to ride. Why not? I don't do rollercoasters, but my baby wanted to ride and it was roughly a 30 second ride, I could do it!
Malorie was thrilled to ride it and had a ball! I felt bad her daddy the rollercoaster freak didn't get to do that with her first.
Next on our list of Must Dos was Philharmagic. We cant do this one enough. Mal wants to ride Its A Small World and she sings the whole ride. I have video and it's cute!
We got the front row that time. FYI, there is no leg room in the front row of those boats. Its much more cozy sitting in the back. Plus I didn't lose anything this time.
We hit the Carrousel, bypassed Ariels grotto, (will not do a line with a 40 minute wait) and headed to see what the fuss was all about at the castle. They had it decorated very differently today. The stage was loaded with Christmas trees and a beautiful white piano was on stage. There were camera crews everywhere. Huge lights like youd see at a concert. I knew that parades were about to be tapped for the Christmas special but that was a couple days away. Then we were being beckoned to the stage for a live performance of a very huge national recording superstar. At least that was what the lady was saying on the microphone.
We are easily amused and went to check things out and joined the crowd that was forming in front of the stage.
Next thing I knew Beyonce was coming down the steps in a white gown and she started to sing Silent Night. They were taping it for their Christmas Day Special. We stayed for one of her tapings. I heard she did 4 before they were all satisfied.
And on Christmas morning we taped and watched the performance to see if our faces were noticable. Nope. Not a one.
All that excitement made us hungry and we hit Cosmic Rays for lunch. As we ate it poured and when we finished it stopped. Tour guide Mike has nothing on me! Just kidding.
We are walking to Future world and my mom starts chatting with a CM who offered to take a couples' picture. I recognize the outfit and the bag. Its a dream team member. I just walk and listen and see where this one is going to go. I look at his name tag. Peter from Brazil. They talk and talk and talk. I smile and smile and smile. My mom has no clue who she is talking to. I guess he sees his contact and expresses how much he loves his job and hopes that we have a great day and excuses himself. He left us hanging and I was crushed. So, we get on the escalator for the TTA and then I explain to my mom what it was he really did. ANd sulked a bit. So what. I wanted to be blessed with a dream just like everyone else. Got over it in a few minutes.
Its getting late and I dont think we are going to make another Park so I suggest we do Buzz Lightyear. As we are almost on the ride a Dream Team Member comes out of nowhere and opens a large duffle bag and starts handing out Lanyards with trading pins. We each get one. I was excited for that because I was trying on this trip to perk there interest in trading and collecting pins. I would give mine and Mals to the boys. They were grey. If Mal is going to have a lanyard its going to be Pink!
We ride Buzz one more time for good measure
and head down Main Street. I told myself I would purchase something for me so we stopped in a shop that sold watches and I got the cutest watch. Its gold and has a gold Mickey silhouette on the face with a denim blue background and all the links are Mickey silhouettes. I love it.
The crowd is gathering for a parade and we just quietly sneak out. We head for the buses. We are almost there and a bus is about to leave. There is a couple ahead of us running to catch it. The bus waits for them. As we enter the chained area the bus pulls out and leaves. It wasnt even packed. I was bothered by that immensely. So, we are forced to wait about 15 minutes for another bus.
We beat the boys back to the room and Mal is enjoying another one of her naps. I wait until the very last minute to wake her and put on her much anticipated Cinderella Dress. She is very excited about this and is just great the rest of the night.
We get to 1900 Park Fair and have time to walk around the Grand Floridian and admire the Decorations and the Gingerbread House.
The music from the second level was very nice.
Our buzzer buzzes and we are greeted by Fairy Godmother.
Everything smells gooooood.
Mal is in awe. Coming toward us is Prince Charming! He talks with Malorie, tells her how beautiful she looks, she tells him shes gonna marry a prince live in the castle and they pose for a picture.
Pearla and Suzy are walking around signing autographs and taking pictures.
Cinderella makes her Grand appearance at our table.
Lots of pics are taken and Cinderella even takes advantage to embarrass the boys for a bit.
The food here was fantastic! We all ate way too much and enjoyed everything. The strawberry soup was absolutely fantastic and worth every slurp I took. I even licked the bowl clean. Well I imagined it.
The chef went out of his way for Matt and made him his own specialty pizza, cause if Allergies werent enough, Matt has his quirks and doesnt like sauce on Pizza. So one was brought out for him the way he likes it.
My whole family was happy and they all ate until their hearts content and I got to truly enjoy a dinner.
Thats when I bumped into another Diser, Avivasmommy. Last night on the phone we both mentioned we were eating at 1900 Park Fare and our times were 30 minutes apart. I saw her adorable lively daughter and recognized her from the siggy photo. Plus as a bonus she had on that darling Minnie mouse outfit from the photo, it had to be them.
Our children ended dinner kinda playing around and talking and we had such a large table that the little girl hung out with us. Hopefully her mom and dad got some quite time.
Dinner was over and with our stomachs overfilled a walk around the place sounded like a good plan. We went to the second level to get on the monorail. Just take it for a spin. When the monorail pulled in I saw passengers get out of the front doors and pushed Tim in the direction while quickly telling him to ask the conductor if they could ride in front. Tim reluctantly asked and was surprised that this was possible. The kids got to sit in the front with their dad. It was nice riding around at night seeing all the hotels lighted up as well as Magic Kingdom. The kids got their special cards after the ride was over. Tim too.
We get back to the Grand Floridian and really walk around this time. We found a photopass station and I was concerned I miss placed my photopass card. The very helpful and intelligent girl asked when was the last time we had our pictures taken. What park and where in the park, and what we were wearing. Out of 10s of thousands of pictures she found ours and put them on a new card and gave us one of the sturdier cards that felt like a credit card. I was so pleased I gave her a card that thanked her from the Johnson Family for going out of her way for us. I truly believed she did.
We took pictures in the lobby by the tree and gingerbread house and finally called it a night.
When we got back to the hotel, Illuminations could be heard so we drove to the back of the hotel and watched the show from the lake. I just have one question, when they open the second phase of POP, what are they going to do with the 1000's of birds living in and around the lake? They were not happy that we were there and protested very loudly. I really thought we were going to be attacked.
Next: A few do overs, a lost child and utter panic, and
MVMCP!
This is why I had my children all at once. Only had *morning* sickness once. The rest of you should try it...
That's why it took me so long to find you....
Thanks for the plug Monica! Love you too! 
And I finallygot another installment posted! Do you believe it? 
Just stopped by for some popcorn. Hope you're feeling normal again soon. 
All you have to do is air your vacation video.
Mal is sooooo cute! And I can't believe you stumbled onto Beyonce! We heard she was there while we were there. How nice that you were in the right place at the right time! 
Loved your girlie day of fun! Bummer about the monorail. Reminds me of my bus ride from DTD. 
We have one full day left and on Saturday we return home.
The end plagues me when we are on vacation. That thought that we have 5 days left, and then we have just 3 days left etc just hangs out in my head and nags me to death. I almost feel that it ruins some of the excitment. Why do I do this?
The most part of our day is open and I have two goals. One is seeing Voyage of the Little Mermaid at MGM and getting a Dole Whip. I read so many good things about them and I was very anxious to get one. I had 2 opportunities to get one earlier in the week, but I would remember right after we ate and I wasn’t hungry for one. So today was my last chance.
Yes!!!! The show starts rather quickly and I am in a trance. I can hear Malorie all excited talking with her daddy! I got the video camera rolling. I love puppets. This takes me back to when my mom took me to the library for puppet shows. I remember school assemblies when they brought in the coolest puppets and performers. This is my most favorite show at MGM.
I walked up to him and we just hugged and cried. I kept saying I was so sorry. I felt like the biggest loser mom in the world for not realizing my son didn’t sit down with us. I just thought he was at the end with my mom. I was so thankful that he was ok. 
that ended with us all laughing. We asked him if you wanted to see it again and he loudly yelled, “NO!” He doesn’t even like to watch this part of the video. Poor kid. I traumatized my own son because I had to video that show!!!!
This is the one CM that truly made our vacation so enjoyable and memorable. David seems to like what he does and it shows. I made sure to stop at guest relations on our way out and I filled out an applause form for him. I hope it got into the right hands and he was recognized for his performance.
