BridgetR3
Dreaming of Home
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Last I left off, we were on It's a Small World. After IASW, we decided to visit Rapunzel in her magnificent castle. Those have to be the best decorated restrooms in all of Disney.
Bladders relieved, we set off. As we passed Columbia Harbor House, we saw the LARGE candy cane outside and decided to hop in for cookies and cocoa.
The hot cocoa was a great warm temperature. I was afraid beforehand that it would be too hot for the kids but it was just warm enough to warm you up without burning your tongue. PERFECT temperature!
Each of us was given 2 good sized cookies which neither of my boys finished. I felt bad about that and would have made them share if I had known ahead of time.
When we walked out of CHH, the CM's at the door were carolling. It was so cute!! They were singing the 12 days of Christmas while we were there.
I think this was 5 golden rings. We hung out a few minutes but my boys were ready to ride so we moved on.
Random candy cane picture on our way through the park because I thought it was cool looking....
At this point both boys wanted to ride Thunder Mountain Railroad. Now I'm not a fan of this ride during the day much less at night so I let them go in. They were going to try to do some kind of rider swap so that DH could ride with each of them. That was the plan as I waited at the exit for whomever would get off first.
So I waited while I drank my hot chocolate and cookies. I have no pictures from this point simply because I was enjoying my snacks WAY too much. I could have eaten everyone's cookies but I didn't. After a little while, I see DS7 coming out of the exit running and whooping all excited so I headed towards him to ask how he liked it. Behind him I noticed DH and DS11 coming a little slower. I immediately thought that DS11 had backed out once it was his turn (he is NOT a thrill rider). However, he rode with some random guy on the ride all by himself. Thank you SuperDad out there where ever you are for riding with my son! DS7 LOVED every minute of it. DS11 said it was too loud and too rough. Well at least he tried it!!
Looking at my notes, I think that the candy cane picture was taken on the way to Pirates after they rode Thunder Mountain. Oh well, it's all good.
We were surprised to see that Blackbeard's fog was broken on the ride. It was broken the whole week. I was disappointed because we LOVE that part but we made sure to say it for him each time we passed!
After Pirates, we tried to ride Jingle Cruise but the line was fairly long so I grabbed a quick picture and we were off!
At this point we decided that we should probably just find a nice spot for the parade so that could have a front row seat. We headed over to the entrance of the Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe with the carriage and found a great spot with no one in front of us. We spent a few minutes visiting with each other when DS11 said that he needed to potty. DH swore that there were restrooms right next to the Presidents so off they went. What he would tell me later was that he always thought the exit was restrooms.
Anyways, while they were gone, a CM came by around 7:50 to tell us that the parade was being moved from 8:15 to 8:00. I don't know if it was because of the weather or a typo or what but the boys weren't back, the people were crowding in and the CM's were now blocking the street. I was getting worried that they would not make it back in time. Throughout the whole time they were gone, a sweet lady next to me and her sweet hubby helped me to "save our spots" by spreading out a little. When my family FINALLY reappeared on the other side of the street, the lady cheered and waved them over.
Everyone in their places, our parade started!!
Most of my pictures are pretty blurry because the floats and people kept moving but I figured I would still share them.
Mickey and Minne were waving at everyone and then kind of freaked out when they saw us. We waved back and were excited to be noticed!!
The dancers were dancing away doing their thing and then when they saw us, they also freaked out and blew us kisses or waved a big hello. I was beginning to wonder what was going on.
Donald and Daisy acted the same way as the other characters and now I was REALLY suspicious. I was trying to figure out why everyone was going crazy when they saw us. My kids were LOVING the attention!
Chip and Dale acted the same as the other characters before them and I began to notice that the "sweet lady" who helped me hold our spots would freak out right back. Hmm.....maybe it isn't us.....
Sorry for the blurry pics but here is where I realized that it had NOTHING to do with us!! The dwarves went NUTS when they saw us....err, I mean her, and quite a few of them came up to kiss the "sweet lady"'s hand on the side of us. Hmmmm.....so she is a celebrity not us..... now to figure out who she is.....
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Bladders relieved, we set off. As we passed Columbia Harbor House, we saw the LARGE candy cane outside and decided to hop in for cookies and cocoa.
The hot cocoa was a great warm temperature. I was afraid beforehand that it would be too hot for the kids but it was just warm enough to warm you up without burning your tongue. PERFECT temperature!
Each of us was given 2 good sized cookies which neither of my boys finished. I felt bad about that and would have made them share if I had known ahead of time.
When we walked out of CHH, the CM's at the door were carolling. It was so cute!! They were singing the 12 days of Christmas while we were there.
I think this was 5 golden rings. We hung out a few minutes but my boys were ready to ride so we moved on.
Random candy cane picture on our way through the park because I thought it was cool looking....
At this point both boys wanted to ride Thunder Mountain Railroad. Now I'm not a fan of this ride during the day much less at night so I let them go in. They were going to try to do some kind of rider swap so that DH could ride with each of them. That was the plan as I waited at the exit for whomever would get off first.
So I waited while I drank my hot chocolate and cookies. I have no pictures from this point simply because I was enjoying my snacks WAY too much. I could have eaten everyone's cookies but I didn't. After a little while, I see DS7 coming out of the exit running and whooping all excited so I headed towards him to ask how he liked it. Behind him I noticed DH and DS11 coming a little slower. I immediately thought that DS11 had backed out once it was his turn (he is NOT a thrill rider). However, he rode with some random guy on the ride all by himself. Thank you SuperDad out there where ever you are for riding with my son! DS7 LOVED every minute of it. DS11 said it was too loud and too rough. Well at least he tried it!!
Looking at my notes, I think that the candy cane picture was taken on the way to Pirates after they rode Thunder Mountain. Oh well, it's all good.
We were surprised to see that Blackbeard's fog was broken on the ride. It was broken the whole week. I was disappointed because we LOVE that part but we made sure to say it for him each time we passed!
After Pirates, we tried to ride Jingle Cruise but the line was fairly long so I grabbed a quick picture and we were off!
At this point we decided that we should probably just find a nice spot for the parade so that could have a front row seat. We headed over to the entrance of the Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe with the carriage and found a great spot with no one in front of us. We spent a few minutes visiting with each other when DS11 said that he needed to potty. DH swore that there were restrooms right next to the Presidents so off they went. What he would tell me later was that he always thought the exit was restrooms.
Anyways, while they were gone, a CM came by around 7:50 to tell us that the parade was being moved from 8:15 to 8:00. I don't know if it was because of the weather or a typo or what but the boys weren't back, the people were crowding in and the CM's were now blocking the street. I was getting worried that they would not make it back in time. Throughout the whole time they were gone, a sweet lady next to me and her sweet hubby helped me to "save our spots" by spreading out a little. When my family FINALLY reappeared on the other side of the street, the lady cheered and waved them over.Everyone in their places, our parade started!!
Most of my pictures are pretty blurry because the floats and people kept moving but I figured I would still share them.
Mickey and Minne were waving at everyone and then kind of freaked out when they saw us. We waved back and were excited to be noticed!!
The dancers were dancing away doing their thing and then when they saw us, they also freaked out and blew us kisses or waved a big hello. I was beginning to wonder what was going on.
Donald and Daisy acted the same way as the other characters and now I was REALLY suspicious. I was trying to figure out why everyone was going crazy when they saw us. My kids were LOVING the attention!
Chip and Dale acted the same as the other characters before them and I began to notice that the "sweet lady" who helped me hold our spots would freak out right back. Hmm.....maybe it isn't us.....
Sorry for the blurry pics but here is where I realized that it had NOTHING to do with us!! The dwarves went NUTS when they saw us....err, I mean her, and quite a few of them came up to kiss the "sweet lady"'s hand on the side of us. Hmmmm.....so she is a celebrity not us..... now to figure out who she is.....
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Thanks for letting me know that you are here!! 
She let us know that they would have more in the shops around the park. Thank you sweet lady! And we're off......
Did I miss a "covered in gold" memo???? Whew, and so I paid for our items and we found a spot for Wishes.
we've had crazy weather in Texas and are all under the weather 
Southwest Louisiana? DH is from Baton Rouge 
we spent Thanksgiving there this year... small world... can't wait to hear your thoughts on AKL... we're thinking of staying there next year 
