Next up: The newly refurbished Haunted Mansion! Hurrah!
I loved the new additions – the bride’s attic was especially cool. I was also excited to check out the pet cemetery afterwards, which I had never even noticed before, and find Mr. Toad’s headstone. It’s reeeeally hard to see – here’s a picture, but you can barely tell.
Jakkie was mortified that I was dawdling by the pet cemetery. While I was trying to capture Mr. Toad’s stone, she snapped at me “Don’t take a picture of that! This is morbid!!”
Let’s go stand in line for It’s a Small World! It’s totally worth it. Jakkie was excited about the shiny sparkly gold entrance.
The ride was fun – we tried to guess where all the little singing dollmonsters were supposed to be from. I hope WDW gets the additional Disney-themed dolls that
Disneyland has now. They look so cute!
My favorite part was when we went by the ducks that are all swinging their eggs in the direction of the boats (I did not explain that well…hopefully you know what I mean). Jakkie and I decided they looked menacing. That might be one of those “you had to be there” moments. I took one lone picture.
Geese! Hurrah.
As we excited the ride, a new game was born. A people watching game, much like tiggerbell’s
WHO LET GRANDPA DRESS HIMSELF?
We got a kick out of spotting dads who were coolly sporting their daughter’s sparkly princess backpacks. Only in Disney World!
We walked across the way to Philharmagic, which had a bit of a wait. As we walked up to stand in line, a couple tapped me on the shoulder. Recognized again….this pair got a kick out of my purse. “They let you keep your bag!!” they marveled before moving on. That’s right y’all…you can pry my Alice in Wonderland paraphernalia from my cold, dead hands.
The wait for Philharmagic was long. Hours, possibly days. It felt like, at least. Jakkie & I amused ourselves by watching all the little girls who had gotten the royal treatment at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. We were surrounded by junior Belles and baby Jasmines. And the long wait was well worth it, because Philharmagic is amazing. And we had great seats. Woohoo!
It must have been about 3pm now, because a parade was about to occur! We lucked onto a fabulous spot in Frontierland, sat down, and took turns grabbing some ice cream.
We were fascinated by this couple (in their early 20’s?) standing across the path from us. They were dancing to the pre-show music. And they were amazing dancers. I tried to take a video of them but because I was attempting to be discreet I cut off all but the tops of their heads. They entertained us until it was time for the parade!
For some reason I found the above picture hilarious and spent five minutes cracking up after I took it. I also was amused by this dude, driving the villains float.
I took a picture of Thumper in honor of Tucker.
So Jakkie’s very favorite Disney film is Beauty & the Beast. So when that float came by I frantically started snapping away in hopes of getting a good shot of them. And then later realized I ended up with this.
Meh. Ah nevermind, here comes my secret boyfriend Chip!
And with that, the parade ended and we were off to go on a scary adventure with Snow White. And it was truly scary. And then we did more wandering and happened upon the most delightful thing.
Tucked away in the little theater where Belle usually does her All-Star Storytime Extravaganza were three bickering ladies and a small crowd clamouring for their autographs. We parked ourselves on a bench and just watched them for about 20 minutes.
Anastasia, Drizella and Lady Tremaine were awesome. They were so in character! They compared fashions with the little girls, batted their eyelashes at the little boys, and hissed at anyone wearing a Cinderella t-shirt. And argued incessantly with each other. They were hysterical.
I could have sat there all day. Jakkie & I started scheming about how to get costumes so we could go as the stepsisters for Halloween next year. Eventually though, we decided to get a move on….
Coming up! Mouse house! Malt vinegar! Dueling pianos!!
At last, I know I'm no longer alone!!!!! I and my DH find ourselves singing it under our breath EVERYTIME we go on/think about the monorail!!! We also spend many 'hilarious' hours quoting the spiel from the monorail (english and spanish versions) when in WDW. Hilarious to us, possibly not to anyone near us...... 
Right now he is making his lunch for work while I am curled up on the couch in my pajamas, and Mixi is racing around the kitchen trying to trip him 
All the website says is that balloons are involved, but I'm pretty sure my office would frown on me charging back in from my lunch break with a giant Mickey balloon.
that's awesome. only a REAL man would carry a pink sleeping beauty backpack.
