The Most MAGICAL Trip Of Them All! "EVERYTHING'S PERFECT!" Oct. 2012 UPDATE 1/11

[FauntleroyFAN07]

Yes right around then! Aww that's absolutely adorable. The train ride will always be a favorite to me too! And those pressed quarters are great keepsakes!

Oh my goodness that would be funny if you did!

do you have the pressed penny book to store them in from disney? it is pretty neat, and my son loved it, there was even a spot in the back for like 8 pressed quarters in there.

 

[disneyshakeygirl]

Your Belle costume is brilliant! Did you make it? The little girl was hilarious.

 

[beachphotog]

Sounds like a great party, so far! I would've been very anxious with the rain... Running late in Disney gives me serious anxiety, like heart palpitations.

I'm glad it stopped raining for your party! And holy wow. Your costume was PERFECTION. I wanna do a Halloween party one year, and your costume gave me some ideas.

Looking forward to hearing more about the party and seeing more pictures!

 

[Taya]

I am just like you! Haah! I love disney! And yes i love the pics and you make a perfect belle! Thanks so much! P.S. = Do you live close to disney

 

[sue_88]

looking forward to the next update! If it is one of your favorites it is bound to be extra special!!

 

[NitemaresSister]

So I originally started out reading your trip report for the holiday season of 2011 in hopes of finding some tips for my upcoming holiday 2012 trip. And now I am hooked to your trip reports.

Congrats on getting into the DCP... wish I had done that when I was in college.

It's weird, after reading all these reports, I feel like I know you.

Looking forward to reading your next update.

 

[JessicaFaye508]

Your Belle costume is just spectacular! You really do look like her, which is awesome because she's one of the best princesses

Aww thank you so much

Oh ... my goodness !! You really do make a great Belle !! That costume was PERFECT !!

Did the CM's tell not to take photos with other people ?? I wonder if anybody asked you .....

Thank you so much!
No, no one told me but I knew that already. I took pictures with a couple people, but we became friends first so I figured it would be okay!

Oh my gosh, that vanilla french toast looks so good! And citrus pancakes?! That's like two of my favorite parts of breakfast all in one food!

You guys have some awesome on ride photo faces! I either look terrified or slightly drugged in mine.

I'm pretty sure that I've said this before, but I'll say it again: your Belle costume is awesome! Did you make it or buy it? When I was planning on celebrating Halloween this year (stupid work got in the way of that one) at one point I wanted to be Belle in her villager costumer, but I couldn't find one that wasn't ridiculously expensive.

Oh yeah, both of them were DELICIOUS.

Bahaha thank you

Aww thank you! My aunt's Mom made it for me! Yeah, it's like not for sale ANYWHERE, even though it's the most simple dress ever

do you have the pressed penny book to store them in from disney? it is pretty neat, and my son loved it, there was even a spot in the back for like 8 pressed quarters in there.

I have a few of those - I used to be a big collector!

Your Belle costume is brilliant! Did you make it? The little girl was hilarious.

Thank you! My aunt's Mom made it for me actually!

Sounds like a great party, so far! I would've been very anxious with the rain... Running late in Disney gives me serious anxiety, like heart palpitations.

I'm glad it stopped raining for your party! And holy wow. Your costume was PERFECTION. I wanna do a Halloween party one year, and your costume gave me some ideas.

Looking forward to hearing more about the party and seeing more pictures!

It was! It gets even better from here too! And oh, I know how you feel!

Me too! Aww thank you! I'm glad I could help

Thank you!

I am just like you! Haah! I love disney! And yes i love the pics and you make a perfect belle! Thanks so much! P.S. = Do you live close to disney

That's awesome! Thank you so much! And no, I live up north actually. About 3 hours away by plane!

looking forward to the next update! If it is one of your favorites it is bound to be extra special!!

Thank you! I can't wait to share!

So I originally started out reading your trip report for the holiday season of 2011 in hopes of finding some tips for my upcoming holiday 2012 trip. And now I am hooked to your trip reports.

Congrats on getting into the DCP... wish I had done that when I was in college.

It's weird, after reading all these reports, I feel like I know you.

Looking forward to reading your next update.

Aww thanks! I hope you enjoyed that TR - it was one of my favorite trips of all time!

Thank you! You'll have to live vicariously through my experience

Haha I could imagine! I've written so many reports

Thank you!​

 

[FancyNancy]

Congratulations on getting accepted into the college program!!!
I just found your trip report and am all caught up. Can't wait to read more!

 

[Taya]

I live in West Virginina. Do you?

 

[cindianne320]

You make an amazing Belle! She's always been my favorite!

 

[JessicaFaye508]

Congratulations on getting accepted into the college program!!!
I just found your trip report and am all caught up. Can't wait to read more!

Thank you so much!! I'm so glad! Thanks for being here.

I live in West Virginina. Do you?

Nope! Way more up north than that.

You make an amazing Belle! She's always been my favorite!

Aww thank you so much! Yeah, I love her too!​

 

[therussells08]

AHHH Jess I’m super late to this report so I totally deserve to be stuck back here on page seventeen, but I’m SO EXCITED anyway! Your tweets from this trip were like something from a dream, and I am beyond thrilled that you had such a wonderful time! I can’t wait to read all about it!

Ok let’s see:
Staying at CBR, going to MNSSHP, enjoying F&W…yep, pretty much sounds like the most amazing trip EVER.

There’s nothing like an escape to Disney when you’re really stressed and overwhelmed. It’s the perfect therapy!

Your Bambi sweatshirt is amazing and your hair is perfect. The end.

John and I stayed at CBR on our first trip to Disney ever, so it holds a special place in my heart. All of your pictures are bringing back wonderful memories!

I’ve never been to Raglan Road, but those food pictures make me want to go NOW!

Awww Miranda’s DCP experience and meeting her boyfriend sound magical! Plus, he’s got a great name. All of the cool kids are named Russell.

Those are great pin trades for your first day!

I still haven’t been to the Grand Floridian Café, but I’m dying to go for breakfast! Seeing your GF pictures made me think of my experience at 1900 Park Fare with my mom! That was so magical!

YAY for DHS and TOY STORY MANIA!! That ride is total perfection.

Why is Rock n Roller Coaster ALWAYS broken? It was broken down like three different times on my trip in July. They need to get it together, because that’s one of my favorite rides. Well, at least they fixed it in time for you to ride it!

Your food pictures are as delicious looking as ever! That San Angel Inn food looks amazing!

Hahaha the lion fish will always and forever remind me of that movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. It’s basically the dumbest movie ever made, but there’s a lion fish in it, so yeah.

GO AWAY RAIN. Nobody messes with MNSSHP!

Even though I’ve obsessed over these pictures on Facebook for ages, I still can’t get over what a beautiful Belle you are! It really is breathtaking how much you look like her. Gorgeous!

YAY I can’t wait for more MNSSHP action! It’s my absolute favorite event at Disney!

 

[heathsf]

Haha I'm glad I could help!
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So I found the song to add to my music collection (yay!) and then after a little more research I discovered that it's the Lord's Prayer in Swahili and that it's also played on the bus when you arrive at Animal Kingdom. So an extra reason why it sounded familiar! I have been using it as my alarm ringtone on my iPhone. It's nice to wake up to so thanks again for bringing this song back into my life!!

 

[Taya]

Oh so we don't really even live close to each other lol

 

[JessicaFaye508]

AHHH Jess I’m super late to this report so I totally deserve to be stuck back here on page seventeen, but I’m SO EXCITED anyway! Your tweets from this trip were like something from a dream, and I am beyond thrilled that you had such a wonderful time! I can’t wait to read all about it!

I'm glad you're here Joni! Thank you so much - this trip was amazing! I can't wait to share ​

Ok let’s see:
Staying at CBR, going to MNSSHP, enjoying F&W…yep, pretty much sounds like the most amazing trip EVER.

There’s nothing like an escape to Disney when you’re really stressed and overwhelmed. It’s the perfect therapy!

Your Bambi sweatshirt is amazing and your hair is perfect. The end.

There were just so many great things happening on this trip - I loved it all!

I know, I seriously needed it. I came back from Disney and I felt like a completely different person.

Thanks! And aww thank you so much I'm glad you like it haha.​

John and I stayed at CBR on our first trip to Disney ever, so it holds a special place in my heart. All of your pictures are bringing back wonderful memories!

I’ve never been to Raglan Road, but those food pictures make me want to go NOW!

Awww Miranda’s DCP experience and meeting her boyfriend sound magical! Plus, he’s got a great name. All of the cool kids are named Russell.

Aww that's adorable!

You definitely need to get there soon!

Oh yeah, it's going SUPER well for her! I'm so happy. And LOL obviously! ​

Those are great pin trades for your first day!

I still haven’t been to the Grand Floridian Café, but I’m dying to go for breakfast! Seeing your GF pictures made me think of my experience at 1900 Park Fare with my mom! That was so magical!

YAY for DHS and TOY STORY MANIA!! That ride is total perfection.

Why is Rock n Roller Coaster ALWAYS broken? It was broken down like three different times on my trip in July. They need to get it together, because that’s one of my favorite rides. Well, at least they fixed it in time for you to ride it!

Thanks! I was pleased.

You DEFINITELY have to. That place is really underrated. Aww I'm glad you had such a good time at 1900!

I AGREE.

I have no idea! The line is always slow as it is.​

Your food pictures are as delicious looking as ever! That San Angel Inn food looks amazing!

Hahaha the lion fish will always and forever remind me of that movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. It’s basically the dumbest movie ever made, but there’s a lion fish in it, so yeah.

GO AWAY RAIN. Nobody messes with MNSSHP!

Thank you! Oh my God it was so good.

Hahaha that's hilarious. He was a really cool fish!

SERIOUSLY!​

Even though I’ve obsessed over these pictures on Facebook for ages, I still can’t get over what a beautiful Belle you are! It really is breathtaking how much you look like her. Gorgeous!

YAY I can’t wait for more MNSSHP action! It’s my absolute favorite event at Disney!

Aww thank you so much! I'm glad you think so!

It was SUCH a fun party. I can't wait to post the update!

So I found the song to add to my music collection (yay!) and then after a little more research I discovered that it's the Lord's Prayer in Swahili and that it's also played on the bus when you arrive at Animal Kingdom. So an extra reason why it sounded familiar! I have been using it as my alarm ringtone on my iPhone. It's nice to wake up to so thanks again for bringing this song back into my life!!

Perfect! Aww is it really!? That's awesome. What a pleasant alarm! You're so welcome!

Oh so we don't really even live close to each other lol

Haha nope not at all. ​

 

[JessicaFaye508]

Chapter 5: The One Where I Get to be a Real Princess
October 5th, 2012

If you're on a Character hunt at MNSSHP or MVMCP, the best strategy is to see the Seven Dwarves FIRST. They always have a massive line, and if you don't go right at the beginning of your night, you're going to lose a chunk of time.

So that's what we did! To Frontierland we went! There was already a long line by the time we got there, but we still hopped in.

People LOVED my costume. My whole walk over I could hear people saying, "Look! It's Belle!" I felt like a real princess!

While in line, I saw a girl in front of me with the Not So Scary character list with greeting locations. I asked her if I could see it and she said sure!

Here's the list - for future reference:

While I was looking at it she said to me, "this is going to be a really weird question, but are you PrincessJess508?" Hahaha RECOGNIZED AGAIN! I said yes I was and she said she was Nicolelondis! We follow each other on twitter and instagram. What a small world! We had actually been tweeting each other earlier that day.

Nicole said that she went to MNSSHP the night before but it rained so much. Her boyfriend went to Guest Relations and Disney gave them passes to come back again! That worked out nicely for them!

The line was long so we were just chatting with everyone! We became friends with this little family in front of us. They had two ADORABLE kids: a boy (who was 1) and a little girl named Elizabeth. (who was 3)

We were talking all about our trips, the Halloween party, and the Mom said that she loved my Halloween costume! She asked Elizabeth if she wanted to take a picture with me!

Now technically, you aren't supposed to take pictures with guests at this party if you're dressed up as a character. But we had been talking with this family for about 20 minutes and it's not like they just walked up to me out of the blue. We became Disney friends, so I figured it would be okay!

At first Elizabeth was very shy. So I was patient with her and just started chatting with her.

I asked her if she wanted to take a picture and she reluctantly came over to me and gave me a hug.

We took our picture and she completely opened up to me. We talked for the ENTIRE rest of our wait. We talked about her Snow White dress and all of the sparkles on it. She owned almost every Disney Princess dress and her Mom said she always changes multiple times a day depending on the occasion. We talked about Brave, too. It's her favorite movie.

This was probably one of the most magical moments of my life. This little three year old girl made my longtime Disney Princess dream come true. Even though it was just one faux character meet and greet, it meant the world to me. I finally got to be a princess and I made this little girl smile. I think the whole experience made both of us very happy!

We finally reached the end of the line and Elizabeth and her brother met the dwarves right before us. They were SO precious. Their eyes were so big and meeting them must have been so special! Watching these two kids brought such a smile to my face. Elizabeth will always have a special place in my heart!

Once they were done, my Mom and I met the dwarves. They were ADORABLE! I gave a bunch of them hugs and we took a picture:

Then we went over to meet Jack Sparrow. It was 7:40 pm and he wasn't coming back until 8. However, we decided to stick it out so we'd be at the front of the line when he came back.

Nicole was in line in front of us - we didn't even plan that! Clearly we were both very well educated in Disney strategies.

I was going to go meet Aladdin and Abu while I was waiting for Jack to come back out, but their line was NOT moving. So I went back.

Jack came out at 8 o'clock! He was a little scraggly, tall, and had a bit of a long face for his character... but he acted and sounded JUST like the real Jack Sparrow.

He said I was very beautiful and asked why I was named Belle. He asked if I was named after a "bell" and if I ring bells all of the time. In that case I could be very useful on the ship! I wish I remembered more details from this conversation because it was just hilarious. But basically I got hit on by Captain Jack Sparrow. It was my 7th grade dream come true!

Gotta love him.

Once we both met Jack, Nicole and I took a picture together! It was so cool to be recognized again. Nicole was really nice and I loved meeting her!

After that, Mom and I realize that we were HUNGRY. We hadn't eaten since San Angel around 12 o'clock and now it was past 8 pm! Food time.

We started headed towards our undecided dinner destination and while crossing the Adventureland bridge, we saw this guest dressed as the Beast! The whole encounter was just too funny. He was like "BELLE!" and I was like "BEAST!" and my Mom was like "OMG LET ME TAKE A PICTURE." bahaha it was great.

We weren't really paying attention to where we were going, but suddenly we ended up near Main Street USA. Casey's Corner for dinner was our decision!

The hot dogs were DELICIOUS. We sat outside and watched the Boo to You Parade from a distance. I LOVE THAT SOUNDTRACK.

Once we finished up eating, I saw Lotso out of the corner of my eye. So I bolted out of my seat, threw away my trash, and ran over there. He was greeting right by Crystal Palace!

Lotso's Character Attendant was awesome. He told me where Gaston was because he figured that I would like to meet him. We decided we would go there next!

Lotso LOVED me. I always forget that he's evil when I meet him in the parks because HE'S JUST SO FUZZY!! All I want to do is hug him. I can't help it, guys. He's pink and he's a giant teddy bear!!

We waited on the bridge across from where Lotso was meeting. While waiting for him, I danced to the Boo to You soundtrack and had a great time for myself. It was absolutely wonderful.

We took some pictures to pass the time because the parade was still finishing up.

While we were waiting, the step sisters and Lady Tremaine passed by and they were like "HI BELLE!" in their very obnoxious voices. I just love them.

Their photopass photographer passed us and was like "Hi Alice!" Hahaha oh boy. I was like "I'm Belle!" And he was like "oh shoot. I'm not very good with my Disney movies!" Clearly, sir. What a frump! However, he was helpful because he told us where Gaston would be exactly so I could wait for him there.

Some girls and their Mom were walking by me and they were like "are you... are you like... Belle? Or are you a real person?" Bahaha it was HILARIOUS. Yes, I am a real person. Thanks for asking.

Then Gaston came marching over and he saw me waiting for him. He was like, "AH she's waiting for me! Just like it should be!" (Riiiight Gaston. )

He said to me, "I knew you'd be back! I've been waiting for you all night." And he told his photopass photographer, "She's finally come to her senses!"

Clearly he was very happy to see me. But I mean, I wasn't amused because I just don't deserve him! Obviously.

Sorry Gaston, I'm not coming back to you. But it was wonderful and hilarious to meet you! The character interactions on this night were GOLD.

Then we made our way back up Main Street because we had a few folks to meet over at Town Square Theater.

The park-wide lighting effects are AMAZING during this party. The Magic Kingdom seems like a completely different place. Like, do those blue buildings even look like Main Street USA?! It's incredible.

And how can you not love these fall decorations?!

AHH the fun only continues.

Continued in Next Post​

 

[beachphotog]

So much awesome in one evening!!!
I can't even... I love when the characters are soooo in to their role. I just had a Rapunzel interaction that made my life!

Your party night sounds so amazing!

 

[heathsf]

Oh my gosh, how flipping awesome that everyone was raving over your costume, and even mistaking you for the real Belle!!!! I bet you had so much fun. For the first time ever, you're making me want to go to MNSSHP!!!!

 

[JessicaFaye508]

So much awesome in one evening!!!
I can't even... I love when the characters are soooo in to their role. I just had a Rapunzel interaction that made my life!

Your party night sounds so amazing!

Thank you! I'm glad you had such a good interaction with Rapunzel!

It was! And there's more to come!

Oh my gosh, how flipping awesome that everyone was raving over your costume, and even mistaking you for the real Belle!!!! I bet you had so much fun. For the first time ever, you're making me want to go to MNSSHP!!!!

It was seriously the greatest thing! I really did And ahh I'm so glad! MNSSHP is like my favorite thing ever.

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[ronnmel]

I have to agree with you, the character interactions that evening were truly outstanding!

Totally unrelated, but I was looking through some old pictures and found something that made me think of you:

A DEER!!!!!

I was talking a walk through a park nearby where I used to live and came across a deer. Actually it happened several times in that park, but this was the only time I had a camera with me. It just crossed the path about 20 feet in front of us.