PrincessAurora
<font color=blue>Hmpphh! Who needs that boy in gre
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PrincessAurora - Computer geek, web designer, and Disney Princess Fiend. Always planning her next trip to The World.
Tigger: Martha Stewart wanna be, Mickeys evil twin, thinks Norm Abrams should use a hand tool occasionally.
(Please note all detailed food reviews are featured as separate reports after Day 8)
10-30-03 (Part 9) Its Sleeping Booty! <MGM/MNSSHP>
The bus is fairly quick and we get back to the room with plenty of time. Tigger can get dressed in two shakes of a lambs tail. I have dress, petticoat, make-up, wig all that fun stuff. Yes, I brought my Sleeping Beauty Dress and it rocks! Now I was a bit worried with all the flak on the DIS Board about whether or not they would let you into the party if you looked too much like one of the Theme Characters. I came prepared with a speech and everything but no one stopped me. More about that later.
Right now I just needed to get my Princess Make-up on. Tigger only had his Doc Holliday outfit (that goes with my Kate outfit) for tomorrow so he wore that. He looked so handsome and I was a frenzied mess. I agreed to keep Pal Mickey at home. Princess Aurora doesnt cart Pal Mickey around. Sorry Mick!
Finally after primping, preening, powdering and doing the two person wig stuff, I am ready to go. Now I just need one thing, a large square band-aid patch. You see, I have a tattoo on my upper right arm and it shows with the dress. Princess Aurora doesnt have tattoos (at least not where we can see them) so I figure a beige band-aide will hardly show and is better than body paint. I can show the tattoo when Im dressed as Kate the next day.
I asked the front desk and after 5 minutes of hunting they came back empty handed. I figured Id sort it out once I got to the park. I waved to the little kids and Tigger took my picture down by the boat doc. We were then off to the Magic Kingdom. I took my leopard backpack. You know the funny lookin youngin. I figured if they were going to give me a hard time about my dress, the leopard might help. The main reason I was a bit nervous was that the party starts at 7pm but our ressies for Cindys Table were at 5pm. We would be entering the park about 4:30 and I would be dressed as Aurora before the party started. I had my speech all prepared.
We arrived at the park gates, followed the chipper cast members that were directing party traffic to the side, showed our party cards, they gave us orange wristbands and in we went. They didnt bat an eyelash.
She went to City Hall where the nice lady gave us directions to the First Aid station at the end of Main Street. It was such a nice day and soooo pretty. When we got there I asked for a large square band-aid. One of the ladies called me Cinderella and I got all huffy. The other lady got it right. They remarked that they never see the blue dress. The just see the blue dress on Cinderella. That set me off on my Princess soapbox. Cinderella NEVER wore a Blue dress EVER in the movie. Her WHITE dress appears grey/blue when she is dancing in SHADOW outside with the Prince. Sleeping Beauty ALWAYS wore the Blue dress. The only time she wore the pink dress was at the end when the fairies were changing it back and forth. End of soap box rant. Dont even get me started on Cindys hair color.
I am a total Princess geek and I know it. I just couldnt wait to get to Cindys. We were a bit early for our ressies but figured we would try anyway. We sneak up behind the castle since a show was going on in front of it. Something about Cinderella and a present and the evil queen and Captain Hook. I know, it was confusing. I had no idea. I had better things to do, like go to CINDYS!
The Castle looks really cool, especially when you are dressed like a Princess. We were 20 minutes early but we were seated anyway. The advantages of ressies that are not during peak times. They lead you into a great hall area that looks like a castle. There is a large throne along one wall. I hear that the Fairy Godmother sometimes does Meet & Greet here but when we were here for dinner, it was empty. You walk up windy castle steps (which quite frankly reminded me of Sleeping Beautys attic walk area) to the restaurant.
I dont know what I accepted but it wasnt quite this. The room is a lot smaller than I thought. I reminds me in a way of the Brown Derby. You have tables in the back that are one level and then you step down into a center pit area where there are more tables. I can see where character breakfasts can get tight and Meet & Greet can be a bit confusing. There are windows that look out over Fantasyland and the carousel. The hostess calls me Princess. This is soooo cool. I wave to little girls that wave at me.
They seat us over by the window area (not at the window) and Im impressed by the menu. Gee, for park food this looks pretty good. It seems that the ledge outside the castle windows is used by CMs in the show out front to cut from one part of the stage to another as Peter Pan comes by our windows a few times. That was fun.
After dinner we took some pictures on the big throne and decided to walk around outside before the party started. Out back there was Cinderellas coach, all dressed up for Halloween and we asked a nice lady if she would take our picture. She agreed and asked if we would take theirs. Then she asked me if I would take a picture with her daughter. I said Sure, no problem. Here is where it starts again
You see, in 1998 I was last at Mickeys Halloween party with friends and was mobbed by small children at the front of the park for pictures. I had a line. The problem was when a child wanted me to sign an autograph. That is verboten. The Mickey Mafia hid me out while the crowd died down and told me I could pose for pictures but no signing autographs. With that in mind, I came prepared this time.
I started taking pictures with little kids. They were darling especially the one that said oooo, its Sleeping Booty. I resisted the urge to check out my backside. I flashed my orange wristband to the parents. They saw, they knew I wasnt a Theme Character, they didnt care. Cool, no problem. Then the first kid came up with an autograph book. I told him, Im sorry but I fell off my horse when Prince Phillip and I were riding today and I hurt my wrist so I cant sign autographs. But Ill take a picture with you if you want. I figured that was the most diplomatic approach.
Meanwhile Tigger had wandered off to a safe distance to smoke and wait it out. You see, he is use to this. I now had a line of about 15 kids. Now I love taking pictures with little kids but I also wanted to see Mickeys Philharmonic as well. Just then the Mickey Mafia showed up. She was really nice. I told her I was being good and posing for pictures but signing no autographs. She asked if I needed help getting away from the crowd that was gathering. I said, actually yes. I will take two more pics but I really want to do some rides. She was really good about getting me out of there. Tigger and I then snuck in to Mickeys and we sat in the back. I didnt want to cause a kid riot by sitting in the middle of the theatre.
What can I say about this new 3-D attraction? This is the most AMAZING 3-D experience in The World. The only attraction that I found more magical was Soarin over California in Disneys California Adventure. The only characters that didnt quite gel for me were Aladdin and Jasmine. Ariel was AMAZING! The scene transitions were great and the Smell O Vision was truly cool. Even with sitting in the back row like Lizzie McGuire trying not to be spotted, we had a great view.
Afterwards, I told Tigger that we should probably beat it out of Fantasyland until the party starts. There are still danes (mundanes/non-costumed or party people) in this area and we need to find our peeps (party goers that are down with our bad selves). When I turned into a Hip Hop teenager, I dont know.
They corralled all of us orange wrist band party goers into Tomorrowland and Tigger and I went on Buzz. This was the longest line we ever waited for the entire trip. 25 minutes. Not too bad. EXCEPT (you knew it was coming) the scary white trash lady that decided to change her 2 year old kids REALLY poopy diaper right there, on the floor, IN LINE!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, if we had Smell-O-Vision now, you would all be running from the room. I cant BELIEVE some people! What is wrong with a BATHROOM! HELLO?! They have changing tables there and everything. Everyone around me was totally grossed out. This little girl asked her mom Why is that lady doing that? Her Mom said Because she doesnt know any better dear. I added, that is what happens when you are raised by wolverines.
We thank God that they didnt just leave the dirty diaper there on the floor. They did put it into the trash can that was in line. This set up another discussion about how kind it was for these morons to smell up the line for everyone else in this small, enclosed space.
Well we get in our space pod and Tigger proceeds to again kick my Princess butt score wise. I swear I can shoot but this was getting frustrating. He said to just keep the trigger down and sweep it around. That didnt work but I had fun.
We were bummed that Alien Encounter was closed but determined to have a good time. It was 7:00 and we headed into the park. We crossed the plaza and entered Adventureland. That is when I heard the scream.
PrincessAurora - Computer geek, web designer, and Disney Princess Fiend. Always planning her next trip to The World.
Tigger: Martha Stewart wanna be, Mickeys evil twin, thinks Norm Abrams should use a hand tool occasionally.
(Please note all detailed food reviews are featured as separate reports after Day 8)
10-30-03 (Part 9) Its Sleeping Booty! <MGM/MNSSHP>
The bus is fairly quick and we get back to the room with plenty of time. Tigger can get dressed in two shakes of a lambs tail. I have dress, petticoat, make-up, wig all that fun stuff. Yes, I brought my Sleeping Beauty Dress and it rocks! Now I was a bit worried with all the flak on the DIS Board about whether or not they would let you into the party if you looked too much like one of the Theme Characters. I came prepared with a speech and everything but no one stopped me. More about that later.
Right now I just needed to get my Princess Make-up on. Tigger only had his Doc Holliday outfit (that goes with my Kate outfit) for tomorrow so he wore that. He looked so handsome and I was a frenzied mess. I agreed to keep Pal Mickey at home. Princess Aurora doesnt cart Pal Mickey around. Sorry Mick!
Finally after primping, preening, powdering and doing the two person wig stuff, I am ready to go. Now I just need one thing, a large square band-aid patch. You see, I have a tattoo on my upper right arm and it shows with the dress. Princess Aurora doesnt have tattoos (at least not where we can see them) so I figure a beige band-aide will hardly show and is better than body paint. I can show the tattoo when Im dressed as Kate the next day.
I asked the front desk and after 5 minutes of hunting they came back empty handed. I figured Id sort it out once I got to the park. I waved to the little kids and Tigger took my picture down by the boat doc. We were then off to the Magic Kingdom. I took my leopard backpack. You know the funny lookin youngin. I figured if they were going to give me a hard time about my dress, the leopard might help. The main reason I was a bit nervous was that the party starts at 7pm but our ressies for Cindys Table were at 5pm. We would be entering the park about 4:30 and I would be dressed as Aurora before the party started. I had my speech all prepared.
We arrived at the park gates, followed the chipper cast members that were directing party traffic to the side, showed our party cards, they gave us orange wristbands and in we went. They didnt bat an eyelash.
She went to City Hall where the nice lady gave us directions to the First Aid station at the end of Main Street. It was such a nice day and soooo pretty. When we got there I asked for a large square band-aid. One of the ladies called me Cinderella and I got all huffy. The other lady got it right. They remarked that they never see the blue dress. The just see the blue dress on Cinderella. That set me off on my Princess soapbox. Cinderella NEVER wore a Blue dress EVER in the movie. Her WHITE dress appears grey/blue when she is dancing in SHADOW outside with the Prince. Sleeping Beauty ALWAYS wore the Blue dress. The only time she wore the pink dress was at the end when the fairies were changing it back and forth. End of soap box rant. Dont even get me started on Cindys hair color.
I am a total Princess geek and I know it. I just couldnt wait to get to Cindys. We were a bit early for our ressies but figured we would try anyway. We sneak up behind the castle since a show was going on in front of it. Something about Cinderella and a present and the evil queen and Captain Hook. I know, it was confusing. I had no idea. I had better things to do, like go to CINDYS!
The Castle looks really cool, especially when you are dressed like a Princess. We were 20 minutes early but we were seated anyway. The advantages of ressies that are not during peak times. They lead you into a great hall area that looks like a castle. There is a large throne along one wall. I hear that the Fairy Godmother sometimes does Meet & Greet here but when we were here for dinner, it was empty. You walk up windy castle steps (which quite frankly reminded me of Sleeping Beautys attic walk area) to the restaurant.
I dont know what I accepted but it wasnt quite this. The room is a lot smaller than I thought. I reminds me in a way of the Brown Derby. You have tables in the back that are one level and then you step down into a center pit area where there are more tables. I can see where character breakfasts can get tight and Meet & Greet can be a bit confusing. There are windows that look out over Fantasyland and the carousel. The hostess calls me Princess. This is soooo cool. I wave to little girls that wave at me.
They seat us over by the window area (not at the window) and Im impressed by the menu. Gee, for park food this looks pretty good. It seems that the ledge outside the castle windows is used by CMs in the show out front to cut from one part of the stage to another as Peter Pan comes by our windows a few times. That was fun.
After dinner we took some pictures on the big throne and decided to walk around outside before the party started. Out back there was Cinderellas coach, all dressed up for Halloween and we asked a nice lady if she would take our picture. She agreed and asked if we would take theirs. Then she asked me if I would take a picture with her daughter. I said Sure, no problem. Here is where it starts again
You see, in 1998 I was last at Mickeys Halloween party with friends and was mobbed by small children at the front of the park for pictures. I had a line. The problem was when a child wanted me to sign an autograph. That is verboten. The Mickey Mafia hid me out while the crowd died down and told me I could pose for pictures but no signing autographs. With that in mind, I came prepared this time.
I started taking pictures with little kids. They were darling especially the one that said oooo, its Sleeping Booty. I resisted the urge to check out my backside. I flashed my orange wristband to the parents. They saw, they knew I wasnt a Theme Character, they didnt care. Cool, no problem. Then the first kid came up with an autograph book. I told him, Im sorry but I fell off my horse when Prince Phillip and I were riding today and I hurt my wrist so I cant sign autographs. But Ill take a picture with you if you want. I figured that was the most diplomatic approach.
Meanwhile Tigger had wandered off to a safe distance to smoke and wait it out. You see, he is use to this. I now had a line of about 15 kids. Now I love taking pictures with little kids but I also wanted to see Mickeys Philharmonic as well. Just then the Mickey Mafia showed up. She was really nice. I told her I was being good and posing for pictures but signing no autographs. She asked if I needed help getting away from the crowd that was gathering. I said, actually yes. I will take two more pics but I really want to do some rides. She was really good about getting me out of there. Tigger and I then snuck in to Mickeys and we sat in the back. I didnt want to cause a kid riot by sitting in the middle of the theatre.
What can I say about this new 3-D attraction? This is the most AMAZING 3-D experience in The World. The only attraction that I found more magical was Soarin over California in Disneys California Adventure. The only characters that didnt quite gel for me were Aladdin and Jasmine. Ariel was AMAZING! The scene transitions were great and the Smell O Vision was truly cool. Even with sitting in the back row like Lizzie McGuire trying not to be spotted, we had a great view.
Afterwards, I told Tigger that we should probably beat it out of Fantasyland until the party starts. There are still danes (mundanes/non-costumed or party people) in this area and we need to find our peeps (party goers that are down with our bad selves). When I turned into a Hip Hop teenager, I dont know.
They corralled all of us orange wrist band party goers into Tomorrowland and Tigger and I went on Buzz. This was the longest line we ever waited for the entire trip. 25 minutes. Not too bad. EXCEPT (you knew it was coming) the scary white trash lady that decided to change her 2 year old kids REALLY poopy diaper right there, on the floor, IN LINE!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, if we had Smell-O-Vision now, you would all be running from the room. I cant BELIEVE some people! What is wrong with a BATHROOM! HELLO?! They have changing tables there and everything. Everyone around me was totally grossed out. This little girl asked her mom Why is that lady doing that? Her Mom said Because she doesnt know any better dear. I added, that is what happens when you are raised by wolverines.
We thank God that they didnt just leave the dirty diaper there on the floor. They did put it into the trash can that was in line. This set up another discussion about how kind it was for these morons to smell up the line for everyone else in this small, enclosed space.
Well we get in our space pod and Tigger proceeds to again kick my Princess butt score wise. I swear I can shoot but this was getting frustrating. He said to just keep the trigger down and sweep it around. That didnt work but I had fun.
We were bummed that Alien Encounter was closed but determined to have a good time. It was 7:00 and we headed into the park. We crossed the plaza and entered Adventureland. That is when I heard the scream.
