"How did you like going solo - have you done that before? It would be nice just doing what I wanted and not worrying about anyone else, but I wonder if I would get lonely. You length of trip would be nice though and you knew you'd be there a few weeks later with the family 
Your kids will love the party so much! Does you daughter love princesses or is she starting to leave them behind?"
It was my second solo trip and I LOVED both of them! The kids are 7 and 5 now and a break from them (no matter HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM!) to my favorite place is always welcome. I checked out MNSSHP and the Kim Possible Missions to see if the kids would like them and had a fabulous time enjoying the Food and Wine Festival. Of course I missed the kids, and some attractions weren't nearly as much fun without them, but I am a very social person and would talk to people near me in lines, etc. I took a lot of pictures of other families for them and took a more leisurely approach to WDW. I wouldn't choose solo OVER going with them, but in ADDITION to it is awesome! I'm sure they're going to love the party and we did try the KP missions in November and it was a highlight of the trip for them. THey already LOVE Epcot and this just made it better for them!
As far as princesses...WELLLLL...Annika isn't much of a princess-kind-of-a-gal (though she does really like Tiana because she is cool and turns into a frog!) Annika's favorite character from about age 3-5 was Cruella De Vil. We would watch the parade at DHS several times/trip just to see her and the first few times we called her over to Annika. After that, Cruella remembered her each time and would come over and make a fuss over her. I guess she didn't have too many little girls fawning over her!
We were very sad to see that parade go as we have not seen "our" Cruella since! Now her favorite characters are Stitch and Kim Possible. Annika likes lizards, and spiders and frogs...not a typical little girl! She loves art and science and wants to be an Immagineer when she grows up! When we ride rides, she is constantly looking around to see HOW they work!
My little guy, Charlie, tends to be into whatever big sister likes, though he is a big fan of Star Wars and Pirates and hockey and Tae Kwon Do. I'd love to take him to Star Wars weekends on day, and I'm thinking of doing the pirate makeover thingy for him (or both if she is interested) when we go to MNSSHP in October.
We're also going in May to enjoy the Flower and Garden Festival and I think I'm going to try to start a dual PTR for both trips later today.
Keep writing! I'm really enjoying!!
. Oh well next year I'm just going to watch him and not worry about a pic. Sorry Maddie got so tired and you had to leave early. We were the LAST car in the MK parking lot the night we went to the party (the tram driver told us and we could not see one other car out there)! We just didn't want to leave
Can't wait to see what happens at Epcot.
