Our FEB break Photo Trip Report updt 10/6 with last 3 updates!!!

[scottny]

great updates and pics.

that is too many times on that ride. glad you all had fun.

I have never seen Pocahontas show.

 

[irky416]

The car with the bow in the parade is definitely cute!

I can't believe you rode Kali that many times. It makes me think it must be an awesome ride! Glad you had fun!

 

[kathleen27]

great updates and pics.

that is too many times on that ride. glad you all had fun.

I have never seen Pocahontas show.

Thanks! The kids love it though, too many times for Feb! I was cold and wet at the end. Pocahontas is geared for the young kids.

The car with the bow in the parade is definitely cute!

I can't believe you rode Kali that many times. It makes me think it must be an awesome ride! Glad you had fun!

The kids love it. Several people get absolutely soaked. Could be any seats. We ride it last, and have never had to wait in line for it. I like that you face the other riders. We had fun talking to people.

 

[bcbmom]

just joining in ...beautiful pictures.

 

[kathleen27]

just joining in ...beautiful pictures.

Welcome and Thank You!

 

[kathleen27]

Jacob is really excited about the new Indiana Jones movie coming out. He is going to see it on Saturday. He has been wearing the hat he got at DHS. At art club this week, he wore the hat and took it off to sketch. He was using an old fashioned pen that needs to be dipped into the ink for the first time.

 

[kathleen27]

Friday morning Jacob slept in till 7:30, which for him is late. He's an early bird. I got up a little after him. Hannah slept until almost 9am. I was hoping this would help her stay up later tonight. After our usual breakfast in the condo, we hung out for a bit. We have basic only cable at home, so when we travel, the kids want to do nothing but watch TV.

After they got their TV fix, we went down to the pool for a bit. They had gone swimming a few nights, don't remember which. They love the water and are great swimmers.

I was watching the time to see when we needed to get ready for our day! One of the great things about timeshares is the space. We had a 2 bedroom unit, with two full baths, so two showers! Made getting ready much easier.

All week the kids had been having fun, but they could not wait to get to the MK. Today's plan was morning at the resort, including lunch, then to the MK, Hannah had an appointment at MK BBBoutique at 1:30pm, we had 5:15 ADRs at Liberty Tree Tavern and tickets for the P&P party that night. I was a little nervous, as I'd heard so much about P&P and about MNSSHP. and the results were mixed. Most people love it, but not everyone, I've also heard certain nights are croweded. I was a little worried because it was president's week. I think my expectations were just so high for this I was nervous nothing could be as fun as I imagined this must be.

We drove to MK and the parking lot was not very crowded. We took the tram for the first and only day of our trip! Every other day we parked too close to the parks for a tram. We took the monorail from the TTC to the park and entered. It was 12:45pm and the Family Fun Day Parade was starting. We passed by and headed over to the castle. We found the BBB with no problem. We were splitting up, BBB was not something the guys were interested in.

They were going to try to find a ride or two that Hannah didn't care for. I also asked if they would FP Jungle Cruise, and Jacob was already hungry again!

We saw families leaving the BBB upset that they were booked for the entire day, no walk ins available at all! I had made the appt 6 months ago before party dates were announced because the MK closed at 7pm. We headed into the BBB and checked in very very early. I actually apologized for being so early. I was expecting something bigger, and with a store like in DD. But this place is tiny. There is a tiny display of dresses but nowhere to really shop. We were getting the package with hair, makeup, and nails, but no dress. We also decided not to bring a dress to wear because of comfort (rides & weather).

We sat down in the waiting area with our buzzer. Hannah brushed her hair a few times, then our buzzer went off!
I was shocked, but happy!

We went back and Hannah met her fairy god mother in training, Wanda. They talked over the hairstyles and colors, Hannah chose the Disney Diva. I took tons of photos. They were coming out blurry at first, so I switched to the action setting. They're not blurry, but this setting looks a bit grainy indoors to me. These are a mix of my photos and the photopass ones. All the photopass have the Disney graphics on the bottom.

Before

During

Two fairy godmothers!!!

For anyone not familiar with BBB, the girls face away from the mirror, until the very end. Hannah still hasn't seen what she looks like. She's ready, but we are waiting for the photopass photographer to return.

A sprinkling of pixie dust. And the Magic words....

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo
May all your princess wishes
And all your princess dreams come true!!!

Then Wanda gave me a sprinkling of pixie dust too!!!!


After

Hannah sees her new hairdo for the first time!!!

Took some photos of the back and side later on outside.

During the sprinkling with pixie dust and the reveal I videotaped. This is my first time adding video here, so hoping it works.

I made a very cute movie with photos & video all set to the fairy godmother singing Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, but Photobucket's copyright filters won't let it upload, must be the song. Oh well, here are just the videoclips with the BBB background noise.

 

[irky416]

So cute! Hannah looks so pleased to be a Disney Diva!

(I love Jacob's drawing! I wish I had that talent.)

 

[scottny]

great update and pics.

BBB is really tiny at MK. I was surprised when we went how small it was.

She looked great.

 

[julezdisney]

Great trip report & fantastic photos! Your son is a great photographer with an awesome eye for composition and your girl looks like she loved her makeover!

 

[kathleen27]

So cute! Hannah looks so pleased to be a Disney Diva!

(I love Jacob's drawing! I wish I had that talent.)

She was thrilled.
When Jacob was 3, he could draw better than me.

great update and pics.

BBB is really tiny at MK. I was surprised when we went how small it was.

She looked great.

Thanks! I was surprised too, would choose the castle BBB again though just cause its in the castle.

Great trip report & fantastic photos! Your son is a great photographer with an awesome eye for composition and your girl looks like she loved her makeover!

Thanks! She loved her new look.

 

[IATink]

Finally got all caught up on your report. I am enjoying it so much! Hannah looks adorable at the BBB! It looks like she really enjoyed it! Can't wait to read more.

 

[wdwgirl03]

Aww, the video is so cute! Hannah looks great.

 

[kathleen27]

Finally got all caught up on your report. I am enjoying it so much! Hannah looks adorable at the BBB! It looks like she really enjoyed it! Can't wait to read more.

Thanks! She loved it!
Looks like you are in single digit countdown!!! Have a great time on your trip!

Aww, the video is so cute! Hannah looks great.

Thanks!

 

[RachelNinja]

Ahhh! I love the pink Mickey heads hanging from Hannah's hair! If I had the guts to do it (and company~), I'd actually think about going to BBB for myself ... hehe

 

[kathleen27]

Ahhh! I love the pink Mickey heads hanging from Hannah's hair! If I had the guts to do it (and company~), I'd actually think about going to BBB for myself ... hehe

Hannah wants to go back to BBB next trip, but this time she wants me to get my hair done too.
I have to admit I don't think I could do the Diva, I'd have to go with the princess bun.

Her hair is actually in a tiny bun, everything else is a hair extension off of a scrunchy. So she still has it and can wear it anytime. She had it on for a bit the next day.

 

[kathleen27]

Well we finished up at BBB and Hannah was thrilled!
The photopass photographer gave us directions to Expo hall for a photo session.

I thought the guys might be getting something to eat, and if so I knew they would be at Cosmic Rays. My Dad likes Cosmic Rays. I grew up not even knowing you could get food other places in MK.

So I give them a call and they are at Cosmic Rays. Since it’s so close we stop by and show off Hannah's hair. They guys were speechless. They had no idea what to expect.

We then head down to expo hall. On the way we ran into the Family Fun Day parade a second time, which made it a little more difficult than usual to maneuver down Main St.

The Directions were "before the train station on the left". I don't think I've ever been in this building before. I double checked with a CM outside that this was the building and was told it was to the back and on the right. I went in the door on the far right, and I got a little confused inside, but there was a line on the far right side of the building, leading up to a curtained area. There was a CM at the front of the line, and I was going to ask him if this was the line, but he headed behind the curtain. There were a few families in line, but no one from BBB. Then the little girl who had been next to us at BBB came out from behind the curtain. She had left BBB a little while before us, so when I saw her I thought "this is the right line".

Now the CM at the front of the line did an incredible job of keeping everyone busy. I honestly didn't feel like we were waiting around. He got the families waiting to talk to each other. We had a nice chat with the family behind us.

When it was our turn to go behind the curtain, we found a second curtain. We stopped in between and the CM told us we had a special surprise guest waiting to meet us. Hannah and I were very confused. And I suddenly realized that we were not in the line we thought. He also apologized and said the photopass photographer was having a problem with his camera, but that I could take my own photos.

I was confused, but a special surprise guest sounded good.
So the CM said I should go in first and Hannah should wait, that way I could take a photo of Hannah as she entered.

So I walk around the second curtain having no idea what to expect.
The special guest greets me and gives me a hug.
The photographer shows me where to stand to photograph Hannah entering. I want to get her reaction so I videotape.
The CM announces “Princess Hannah”.


Princess Hannah enters the room and meets….








Princess Cinderella!!!

Hannah is surprised and thrilled, and very shy!
The princesses have a nice chat.

The video – the sound isn't that great, because there is so much background noise.



We were so excited after our meeting! But we never did go to the photo session.
We didn’t want to take any more time out of the day.

I know we could have met Cinderella in Toontown, but the fact that it was a surprise made it really exciting. This was also our first time meeting Cinderella!

 

[irky416]

How nice that you got a special surprise meeting!

Is that always set up (although, I guess if it was it wouldn't be a surprise now would it?) or was it something special because the Photopass camera was broken?

 

[RachelNinja]

I grew up not even knowing you could get food other places in MK.

Haha, this was true for me too! My family spent a lot of time in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland so this was THE restaurant because it was indoors and there was air conditioning! I thought all the restaurants would be the same. Only when I started reading DIS did I learn there were tasty restaurants elsewhere ... oOooo!

And YAY for the first time meeting Cinderella!

 

[Lovemy3babes]

I'm late but wanted to join in! Sounds like a really great trip. My dh isn't a Disney fan so didn't join us on our last trip. I'm hoping to drag him along this time.