Well apparently I need to work on my cliff hanging skills a little better.
So yes, as many of you have guessed waiting right outside of Mexico were the 3 Caballeros! I grabbed DC by the arm and hopped-jump-jogged my way over to them.
You see this is my first time to actually stand in line to meet characters and get autographs. Yes I know it may have appeared strange for a 28 year old and 19 year old being overly excited with their autograph books to get signatures, but hey it’s my Ultimate Disney Vacation and I wanted to do everything I’ve never done at Disney, which included this.
By this time it’s very close for our time to return to check in for lunch. Monica and Yani decided to go meet up with Collette and go ahead and stand in line for check in, because there still were quite a few people milling around the Akershus check in. Whatever, I was excited because I was finally going to meet Donald
for the VERY FIRST TIME EVER!
The line was shortish and DC and I moved along quickly and took turns meeting the 3 Caballeros. I went first and got my autographs and pics taken, of course I went up to Donald and gave him a big hug
and was so happy to do it, I really did feel like a little kid and he’s so cute and round.
Here I am with The Three Caballeros:
Then DC went and she was excited about meeting Panchito (he became her favorite) and got her autographs and pics. The Photopass guy gave us our photopass card and we put our autograph books away and ran over to Akershus where Yani was waiting outside for us. They had already checked in and were inside in the lobby waiting area.
I loved the look of the restaurant and we saw people standing in line for photos, so I went over and took a peak and saw Aurora, aka Sleeping Beauty in this curtained area taking pictures and signing autographs. So I called for Yani all excited because I was still on a high from having met Donald and told her Sleeping Beauty was here, because that is Yani’s favorite Princess. So she and I got in line (it was a very short line too) and got our pics taken with her.
Here I am with Aurora:
For some reason I didn’t get her autograph
, I have no clue why. By the time we finished meeting Aurora it was time to be seated.
We all sat down and our lovely cast member gave us our menus and got our drink orders and explained how the characters would visit and what not. DC got our autograph books back out and I got my trusty camera out. You could see the Princesses walking around the tables and meeting people and I was just overly excited
to be there. I looked across the table at Collette who had been quiet this entire time and she still has her glasses
on and is looking as if someone has taken away her favorite toy. I had no clue what was up with her.
We perused our menu and as mentioned in a previous post the food didn’t sound very appetizing.
After reading the menu like 14 times and rereading the 5 entrée items we decided on what to eat; everybody except, Collette.
She had apparently looked at her menu and closed it and refused to order anything from it.
Uh ok. Monica tried to convince her to eat the fish, but she refused. Our waitress came up and got our orders and told us about the little salad bar thingy which served as the appetizer for the meal. Collette and Monica went that way and Yani, DC and I stayed at the table because Ariel was coming by. While we waited for her to get to our table I asked Yani what was wrong with Collette. She said she didn’t know that she was already like that when she met up with her after our visit in Mexico.
Ok, very weird and my high from having met Donald had come down significantly because now I was worried that something was wrong with her.
Ariel finally came around to us and DC and I took pics with her and for some reason I didn’t get her autograph either. She was very pleasant and she is my favorite Princess so I was very excited about meeting her and as UtahMama said in her TR she was “on”.
Here I am with Ariel:
After Ariel said her goodbyes to us Collette and Monica were returning and Yani, DC and I go get our little appetizer stuff. There wasn’t much of a variety there either and I ended up getting some cheeses and meats. It was basically finger foods and salad. We sat back down and Collette was still in her weird mood
and I asked her if she was ok and she said she was fine but it was obviously a big fat lie. I don’t know what was wrong with her
; to this day I don’t know what was wrong with her. I don’t know if she was disgruntled with the food options or what, but while I was making ADRs before the trip I would show her the menus at work and she would tell me that it didn’t matter that she eats whatever. Weeeeellllll that is so no true, because even I who am a picky eater found something to eat off the menu. So she made herself a good sized salad and ended up eating that for lunch. Since I don't like to bother people by continually asking
them what's wrong when I know that something is wrong I left it at her "fine". Our food finally came and Yani, Monica and DC had all ordered the same thing and I ordered something different and when I saw their entrée I wished I would’ve ordered that.
Of course it doesn’t occur to me that I could change my order, so I just go ahead in somewhat eat my food. It was ok, but it wasn’t very savory and definitely not my favorite restaurant food wise. If I lived in Norway I think I’d starve and end up looking like those Norwegian models.
As we ate, the rest of the Princesses came by. I believe Belle was next and she looked kinda old to be Belle, but ok. DC said her nose was too big, poor Belle she didn’t live up to her beauty title.
Here's DC with Belle:
Then came Cinderella, who had a weird face and very very pale eyelashes, I guess she forgot to apply her mascara or it was all that eyeshadow.
Here I am with Cinderelly:
Lastly we got Snow White who was so cute
with her rosy cheeks. She was “on” as well and sweet.
Here's DC with her imitating her pose:
We finished up our food, well not all of it we all still had food on our plate because it wasn’t that good and our waitress brought us our dessert. We were brought a dessert platter with a variety to sample from. I enjoyed the Lingonberry. That was the best part of our entire meal. We left Norway and headed on into the World Showcase to the next country.
China here we come!
A Dragon, a Princess, and a Miracle
to read the rest of your trip report but I will since I want you to spend your Disney time enjoying Disney!
Just in case you're wondering also we did find food. I'll tell you all about that in my next TR. 
) we were in the 2nd row and the feet weren't as noticeable. You could always do as UtahMama does and request the "no feet" view. 
, I’m way early for my ADR. I thought it was at 1:00 pm. So I pulled out my lovely list with all my ADRs and confirmation numbers and see that yes indeed our ADR is for 2:30 pm. 
D’oh!!!! I start thinking about it and then remember why I thought my ADR was for earlier. 
and excited about it because it was starring my favorite guy, Donald.
of the Duck
We are doing Akershus for brekkie so the food shouldn't be weird 
Glad you got to meet Donald though...so cool!!! 
