Whew... That's a big 'Tato Head! 10 Amazing Days in May '14! **That's a wrap! 10-1**

[STLMickeyMom]

oh my gosh, you are an updating maniac!!! I have been horrible about commenting, but I swear I've been reading along. I LOVE all the pictures of....EVERYTHING!! your trip sounds fantastic so far!

of course, there's too many things to remember, but I wanted to say that I LOVE Addie's necklace, I love the picture of Harper in her princess dress and Jessie hat, the pic of Addie sleeping in her BBB hair is ADORABLE, and the new parade....i'm rethinking getting the fastpass for it!

your pictures are amazing! I can't wait for more!

 

[amberg93]

Ooh Hero dance party.

Addie looks so cute! What a little princess. And good thing that Harper didn't really mind.

Yay for another Dinsey trip

Glad your FP worked for BOG we had the same fear, but it turned out okay for us.

I lost it at Addie saying Harper was the favorite too. Sounds like a great meal overall.

 

[AprilRenee]

Oh my goodness. We may need to change a reservation and go to 1900. It looks so fun!

Wow you are my favorite trip reporter!!! Long and frequent updates! Just the way I like it!

Love your whole day!!! Lol

 

[MotherandDaughter]

That's most I have seen of the new parade and it looks amazing!
Great updates!

 

[pigletgirl]

I'm finally all caught up. You all had a busy, but very successful day!

 

[anniebabymu]

oh my gosh, you are an updating maniac!!! I have been horrible about commenting, but I swear I've been reading along. I LOVE all the pictures of....EVERYTHING!! your trip sounds fantastic so far!

I know how it is! I'm a much better reader than poster!

of course, there's too many things to remember, but I wanted to say that I LOVE Addie's necklace, I love the picture of Harper in her princess dress and Jessie hat, the pic of Addie sleeping in her BBB hair is ADORABLE, and the new parade....i'm rethinking getting the fastpass for it!

You should rethink it! That spot was AWESOME and we didn't have to wait forever to get it!

your pictures are amazing! I can't wait for more!

Thanks!

Ooh Hero dance party.

So fun!

Addie looks so cute! What a little princess. And good thing that Harper didn't really mind.

Yeah... I was really worried that she was going to flip out. Whew!

Yay for another Dinsey trip

Eeeek! I know!!!

Glad your FP worked for BOG we had the same fear, but it turned out okay for us.

So glad to see yours worked out too! I was a nervous wreck!

I lost it at Addie saying Harper was the favorite too. Sounds like a great meal overall.

Oh that Addie girl is something else! It was a fantastic dinner... a wonderful time had by all!

Oh my goodness. We may need to change a reservation and go to 1900. It looks so fun!

I highly recommend it! We've had great experiences both times we've gone for dinner!

Wow you are my favorite trip reporter!!! Long and frequent updates! Just the way I like it!

Ha ha! Although, I haven't been so good this weekend! Busy, busy, busy! I just HAD to get through Day 2 before we got so busy! Couldn't leave you guys hanging like that!

Love your whole day!!! Lol

Thanks!

That's most I have seen of the new parade and it looks amazing!
Great updates!

Amazing doesn't even begin to describe it! I'd cheated and looked at the parade on You Tube, but it was so much more awesome that I could have ever imagined it!

I'm finally all caught up. You all had a busy, but very successful day!

So, so, so busy! But we wouldn't have had it any other way!

 

[anniebabymu]

May 24th: Day 3, Part 1

Today was the first day with our friends! Apparently, over Memorial Day weekend if you live in Miami you leave Miami because of Urban Beach Week… so that’s exactly what they did! We were so excited to have Sean, Chelsea and Baby C (although, he’s not much of a baby anymore!) with us for a few days! I was excited and also a little nervous because I wasn’t sure how everything was going to go. I know my in-laws are pretty go with the flow and basically do whatever I tell them too, but I wasn’t sure if adding the extra 3 people was going to throw a kink in everything. There were a few moments that had me on edge, but it ended up really being wonderful having them with us!

So, our original plan was to meet at the buses at 7:15 so we could get to the Magic Kingdom a little early. If you remember from my PTR, our friends were originally planning to stay off-site but then found a great Florida Resident Discount so they decided to book at Pop with us. The only bad thing about this was that there was a black out date at the Magic Kingdom on May 24th. And of course, we planned on heading to the Magic Kingdom today! So they needed to do something with their tickets in order to get in with us.

On their drive to Pop Century, Chelsea called Pop and asked if she could get her tickets squared away there with Conceirge and they told her that she could. So she told me that she’d let me know when she got there so we could adjust our meeting time if they got them taken care of. So after getting there, they were told that Conceirge could fix their tickets, but not until the morning. So we made the decision to meet around 8:00 instead since we thought they’d have their tickets fixed.

Fast-forward to the morning of the 24th… Sean and Chelsea go to Conceirge and are told they can’t help them there and they need to go to the ticket counter at the Magic Kingdom. And of course this is right before 8:00! If we would have known this was going to happen, we would have left a little earlier!

So we meet up with them at the buses and hop on around 8:15. We arrive at the Magic Kingdom and get to the security bag check somewhere around 8:40. Our friends head over to the ticket counter and we all head to the center to watch the Welcome Show.

I have a great video of the Welcome Show that I was hoping to add here to get you in the Disney spirit, if you aren’t already that is! But it doesn’t seem to be working! Maybe one of these days I’ll figure it out and stick it in here!



After the Welcome Show they met back up with us… way sooner than I thought they would… and Chelsea was pretty skeptical that their tickets were going to work. They apparently told the girl what they needed and she said that she needed to see the credit card that was used. Swiped the card and said, you guys are all good. Chelsea asked how much it was (after the swipe) and the girl either ignored her or didn’t care and didn’t respond. So we all go through the tapstyles and what do you know… blue Mickey’s. She wasn’t the only one with a blue Mickey. My FIL’s wasn’t working either! After a few tries, finally the girl had him wipe his finger off and it ended up working. This was an issue more than once with him because later found out that he was putting too much pressure on the finger scanner. Towards the end of the trip he started getting the hang of it and it wasn’t a problem anymore.

So after our friends blue Mickey, they told us to go on in and they were going to get their tickets squared away with a manager. It was so frustrating for them because they were told 3 or 4 things by different people. Like nobody really knew what they should do! I would have been livid!

So we go in and not knowing how long it was going to take them, we decided that we were going to do something and not just stand around! We looked towards the Town Square Theater and saw that the newly moved in Tink only had a 10 minute wait! No brainer… we were off to meet a Fairy!



And here’s Addie practicing for her future DCP… ha ha!







And the girls acting like they actually like each other!

While we were waiting in line we got a phone call from Sean telling us that they were inside the Magic Kingdom! Woohoo! Their tickets finally worked! And not only did their tickets work, they manager gave them free drink tickets and a FP for 2 that could be used wherever, whenever. Really nice that Disney did something to offset all of the issues they had due to nobody knowing what they were doing! We told them we were in line for Tink, so they decided just to meet us out in Town Square after we were done.

The wait was posted at 10 minutes, but 5 minutes later we were ushered into the room before Tink’s room. This new set-up is really cool! The CM did this little thing that “transported” us into Pixie Hollow.





After the “magic” we were ushered into Tink’s new digs at 9:15. It was darling in there!







After waiting for a few families ahead of us, the girls were meeting Tink!









Tink was wonderful and the girls thought it was pretty cool that some of her “Pixie Dust” had rubbed off on them after hugging her.

After the craziness that was before park opening, our day sure got better once in the Magic Kingdom! Tink must have given the girls some Pixie Dust! Great, unplanned way to start our day! ​

 

[anniebabymu]

May 24th: Day 3, Part 2

After we met our favorite Fairy, we headed back out to the Town Square to meet up with Sean and Chelsea. We found Sean in line for Pluto, something to do while waiting for us and Chelsea to come back from the bathroom. We found out right before our trip that Chelsea is having baby #2! So potty breaks were definitely in our plans! Ha ha!

*Funny story… a few days before our trip Derek tells me that Sean called him and just said something along the lines of, “So, I hope this doesn’t screw anything up… but we’re going to bring another person with us.” Derek told me and I immediately was like, “Are you kidding me? No they can’t bring another person!! I’m not going to be able to change our reservations!!!” Then Derek started laughing and patting his tummy. Sean was referring to the baby to be! Oh those funny boys know how to get a Disney planner worked up!*

Sean hopped out of the Pluto line and Chelsea met up with us right away. So where to? Towards the Castle of course! During the planning process I had asked Chelsea what their must-do’s were and they were all basically things that “C” could do too. So we were headed back to Fantasyland!

On our way there we were stopped by the Trolley Show! They stopped in the exact spot we were at, so we had to stop and watch! Since we were front and center, they paid the kiddos a lot of attention. It was cute!

















After the show, we headed towards Pooh!



It was about 9:40 when we got there and I think the wait was around 15 minutes, not exactly sure though. I know it was long enough to not wait long, but long enough that the kiddos had just a bit of time to play with everything in the queue.





Well, we learned something during the Pooh ride… “C” HATES dark rides! As soon as we would hit a dark spot, poor baby would start crying. We were hoping that he would eventually get used to them and be okay with them.

After our rides in our honey pots were over, we had to make a pit stop in the Pooh gift shop. After telling Addison over and over and over to leave her earring backs alone for DAYS, she lost one on the ride. Amazing how that just magically happened when she swears she wasn’t touching them… nice try kiddo! I wasn’t born yesterday! So of course I was more than irritated that she lost one and even more irritated because we didn’t bring any extra earrings with us! So $17 later we walked out with her birthstone (Amethyst) Mickey head earrings. That girl is going to be the death of me!

After we bought those ridiculously priced earrings I asked Sean and Chelsea what they wanted to do, head towards Dumbo or Little Mermaid. Neither of them had been back into New Fantasyland, so Little Mermaid it was!

We pretty much walked on… and we loved it. Sean and Chelsea, not so much. Yeah, “C” screamed through it thanks to the darkness. He didn’t even like the “Under the Sea” music and dancing part! Oh no… not over the darkness yet. Bummer! Maybe when we gets a bit older he’ll learn to love the dark rides and they’ll get to enjoy them too!

When we resurfaced, it was time for our first FP+! We were headed to Space Mountain for our 10:20-11:20 FP+… and mine and Addie’s first time riding it!

It was another hot one, so on our way there the girls enjoyed the little misting station!





When we got over there, the wait was only 10 minutes! So we decided to skip out on using our FP+ and just ride stand-by. Chelsea couldn’t ride do to being pregnant so she and "C" went off to see if they could find him a hat and my MIL and FIL decided that they’d stay out with Harper first. Probably a good thing, because if I had to sit out there and think about the ride any longer I probably would have chickened out! Yeah… I’m soooooo not a roller coaster person. I’ve got a pretty weak tummy. I’m fine with *don’t laugh* The Barnstormer and *barely okay* with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad… so I was really nervous about this ride. But I told myself that I was going to ride it because I can’t know I don’t like something unless I try it… right?

So we grabbed a Rider Swap for my in-laws and went on in. Pretty sure we didn’t even wait 10 minutes before we hopped on. Addie, my roller coaster loving child (she gets it from her dad… ha ha!), kept asking me if it was scary, if I liked it, etc. I had to tell her that I’ve never been on it, but that it was Grandma’s favorite ride. When it was time to go, she was excited.

According to our ride photo we were on the ride at 10:55. And if you look at our picture, you would think I had a fabulous time!





Did I?? A big fat… NO! First I thought that it wasn’t so bad, then we really started going. I went to grab Addie and *almost* lost my Magic Band! I caught it just right and it totally unsnapped! I don’t know how I managed to grab it, but I did. So I spent the whole ride clutching my Magic Band so tight, holding onto the lap bar with all my might and closing my eyes. Addie spent the whole ride joyfully screaming. We get off and Sean, who was sitting in front of Addie, starts laughing and said, “Addie kept laughing and screaming and saying ‘Mommy!!! This is soooooo fun!!! Do you love it!?!?!’ and all I heard was silence.” Ha ha! I couldn’t even respond to her. I was petrified.

Well, I did it. I came, I conquered and I learned I never want to ride it again! Addie on the other hand immediately said, “I want to go again!!” Thank goodness for Rider Swaps because she could hop right back on with Grandma and Grandpa. The three of them went on and I needed to sit down. I wasn’t feeling so well. I know it was because of the ride and I’m sure that not eating much breakfast didn’t help! Because of this Sean, Chelsea, “C”, Derek, Harper and I decided to hop on the People Mover while the other three were on Space Mountain.

Oh yeah… totally forgot about the dark parts on that ride. “C” once again, hated it and cried. While on it, when we were outside of Space Mountain we saw Addie and my in laws coming out of it! We yelled, “Connie! Mike! Addie!” hoping they’d see us… but they didn’t. And they had no idea where we were! While on the People Mover, I tried getting our Space Mtn FP+ switched to something else… but it wouldn’t let me. Dang! For the most part I loved FP+ and MDE… but we did have a few issues with it and this time being one of them.

Once off we headed back that way and they were waiting for us. Once again, Addie had a blast and came up with her new motto for the trip, “When it’s fast, the first time is a blast!” She definitely found a new favorite ride on this trip! Unfortunately, I forgot to tell them to grab their ride number so I could get their picture later!

After that we headed over towards the castle for our next FP+ and made the daily stop in Sir Mickey’s to see what Frozen stuff they had. No flip dolls yet. And my FIL decided he wanted to get the Olaf he saw the day before and of course they were out of those too.

We came out of Sir Mickey’s, parked our strollers and headed to one of Chelsea’s favorite rides as our next FP+… Peter Pan’s Flight from 11:25-12:25.

We got there towards the start of our FP+ time and got right on. Once again, “C” cried! I guess “getting used” to the dark rides wasn’t working out so well. Ughhh…

My tummy still wasn’t feeling so hot, so I knew lunch was most definitely the next thing on the to-do list. And it was still fairly early for lunch so we hoped we wouldn’t have any issues finding seating for the 9 of us together. Where were we headed? Food is decent at Cosmic Rays and the biggest bonus is all the indoor seating! It was sooooo hot, so the AC was much needed! So Cosmic Rays it was! Not sure what my in-laws and Sean and Chelsea got to eat, but Derek and I both got the Grilled Chicken Sandwiches and I got a Triple Chocolate Cake and Derek got a Carrot Cake. Addie got the kids Chicken nuggets with yogurt and a cookie and we decided to pay out of pocket for a kids meal for Harper instead of sharing. She got the kids Chicken Nuggets also with yogurt and fries. After Derek ordered he realized that they took one of our CS credits for Harper’s meal. Oh well… we’ll just pay OOP the end of our trip if we need to!

After our tummies were full I was feeling a bit better, although I was still kind of “off” for the rest of the day. I had to buck up because we had to get to a date with a certain princess for our next FP+!​

 

[AprilRenee]

Oh man!! Lol your description of space mountain is exactly how I was on tower of terror. I was shaking for like 10 min afterward, I could barely walk out of the ride, and I couldn't talk for a long time. It was HORRIBLE!!!

And yikes about C being scared of the dark rides. :-/ poor mom and dad! How old was C?

 

[anniebabymu]

Oh man!! Lol your description of space mountain is exactly how I was on tower of terror. I was shaking for like 10 min afterward, I could barely walk out of the ride, and I couldn't talk for a long time. It was HORRIBLE!!!

And yikes about C being scared of the dark rides. :-/ poor mom and dad! How old was C?

Uh... yeah. We had another FP+ scheduled for Space Mountain later in the trip and I had to change mine to something Harper could do with me... there was no way I was getting back on that! Ha ha!

And he'll be 2 the end of July, so was about 22 months when we went. I really did feel sorry for them because they couldn't enjoy themselves on any ride! I don't think there was a ride he actually liked!

 

[LindseyLou2222]

Hi
Enjoying the TR!

 

[STLMickeyMom]

Oh, I'm so bummed out that space mountain made you sick. I love that ride! Hannah didn't like it very much on our last trip. I'm hoping I can get her to try again next time.

I love all your tink pictures. The card is so cute! Did you get to meet any other fairies or was it just tink? I heard it was just tink now which sort of bummed me out because on our last trip we met periwinkle and she was more fun then tink was.

I love your updates! Your TR is great!

 

[amberg93]

Okay, that ticket thing is really frustrating. Inconsistancy is the worst.

I'm sad Tink meet in Town Square now alone, but her area does look pretty cool still.

It is pretty funny that they got you worked up that way

Aww poor baby C not having a good time in the dark.

Sorry you weren't a fan of Space Mountain. I love it, but it's not for everyone, that's for sure. But it is crazy that your magic band of all things came undone? Weird.

 

[anniebabymu]

May 24th: Day 3, Part 3

After we finished up our lunches and grabbed some free ice for our water bottles, we were headed back into New Fantasyland to use our next FP+ and meet a special princess! Where were we headed?? Enchanted Tales with Belle of course!

Belle will always be my favorite princess, maybe because I was a bit of a book worm growing up and Addison LOVED this show our last trip. My in-laws and (I believe) our friends hadn’t yet seen this, so we were excited to take them there!

Our last trip Harper was a little too little to participate, so we were hoping that she would want to this time! And last time Addie was picked to play the little footstool doggie and Derek was actually picked to play one of the Suits of Armor! What roles would they get picked to play this time??



And this is how they really feel about each other most times… ha ha!



Our FP+ time was from 12:50-1:50 and we got there right around 1:00, where they cut the line off to get in RIGHT before us. Dang! That’s okay… we had an AWESOME experience with the show and if we would have gotten to go in right when we got there, it could have been entirely different. And we met the most wonderful CM, Julianna, who was so fun with the kids! I wrote down her name to have her recognized, but never got around to doing it. I still regret that! So it ended up being great that we had to wait!

While we were waiting Julianna was trying to teach the girls how to make a “heart” with their hands to take a picture… so fun. She told us that at night we should try it in front of the Beast’s Castle because it fits perfectly in your hands. We never did get around to trying it!





Before long we were into Maurice’s Work Room! The only thing that stinks about having a FP+ for this attraction is bypassing the cottage. But don’t get me wrong… I LOVE not having to wait forever to get in there! Once again I got chills when the mirror opened up. So AWESOME! I think my MIL was in awe!

Once we were through the mirror and squished in like sardines it was time to assign roles! Well, they assign the roles for the Suits of Armor first… and what do you know, Derek was picked again! After they picked him, he leaned over to me and whispered, “I must fit the profile… you know, strapping young man.” Yeah, yeah. Ha ha! Then they gave a few other roles and it was time to cast Mrs. Potts and Chip. They had all the kids hop to see who they were going to give those roles to and they picked Harper to be Mrs. Potts! We chuckled about this because ALL trip she had been hopping everywhere. Up steps, down steps, through the parks… everywhere! It was perfect for her! Then they passed out a few more and Addie still didn’t have a role. She was looking bummed. And then it was time to cast the beast. There was a little boy that appeared to be Addie’s age in the audience and I just assumed that he would be the Beast… and then they put the red cape on Addie!!! She smiled from ear to ear and was soooooo happy! And me knowing that she was going to get to dance with Belle, I was sooooooo excited for her that I was grinning ear to ear too! I wish someone would have taken a picture of my reaction… priceless!

After a quick rehearsal, the doors to the library were opened up!





And Derek’s counterpart taking a selfie… I couldn’t resist taking a pic of it! Ha ha!



And then Lumiere was explaining to everyone how we were going to surprise Belle!



Surprise!!!

Soon it was time for Harper to “hop” into her role!



She was in awe of Belle!



Little Mrs. Potts and Chip did a great job!



Soon it was time for Addie to be in the spotlight! And I apologize… I took a MILLION pics! Ha ha!



She was all smiles!





Roar!!!





In this moment, every dime we spent on this vacation was completely and totally worth it. How many times can you say that your child, who still believes in the “magic”, got to dance with one of her most favorite people ever? Once in a lifetime. Just look at her face… pure admiration! Still brings tears to my eyes!









Bravo!! Great job Addie-pants!

And then it was time for pictures with Belle!



My cute Mrs. Potts!



The most beautiful Beast ever!



And my handsome man!

What a fantastic time had by all! Belle was a great Belle, Harper was perfect hopping over to Chip, my Suit of Armor was shiny and Addie did the most fabulous job in her big role. I couldn’t have picked a better show.

On that high note, and with it being about 1:45, we decided that we should probably head back to Pop Century for an afternoon nap. You could tell the kiddos were really needing it… and the adults almost as much!



Poor “C” was so exhausted that he passed out on our way out of the Magic Kingdom and to the buses. So sweet!

We got back to Pop around 2:30. Addie was BEGGING to go swimming, so we made a deal with her. She was not allowed to be crabby tonight and if she was, she would be napping for the remainder of the trip and not going swimming again, unless it was our “off” day. She agreed with this plan (and man was it nice having something to hang over her head all night the moment little miss crabby butt would start to appear!) so Derek took her to the pool while I laid down with Harper. Although… I don’t think I ever really did fall asleep!​

 

[anniebabymu]

May 24th: Day 3, Part 4

The plan was to wake up and meet up at the buses at 4:00’ish to head back to the Magic Kingdom to hit up a few rides that we didn’t get to do with “C” before we left like It’s A Small World and the Carousel. Well, about 30 minutes before we were to leave I got a text from Chelsea that they had a really hard time getting little man down for a nap and he fell asleep just a bit ago so they were going to let him sleep a little and meet up with us for dinner.

Believe me… I understand not wanting to wake the Beast and I was all good with it, but this made me a little nervous because we had a very hard to get, important dinner to get to that night! I was worried because it was their first time on property, they weren’t exactly schooled with potential problems with the buses and I was just nervous that they were going to be late for dinner! So I text back and told her to meet us around 6:20 and we’d see them then!

Since we didn’t have anything we really had to do when we got there, I let Harper sleep for just a bit longer and we got to the buses with my in-laws around 4:30.

We were 3 people lighter, so we decided to stop and take some Photo Pass pics in front of the Castle on our way in!





After our pics, we decided to scrap the original ride plans because we had already ridden those rides and were going to ride them again for our friends… and since they weren’t with us, we were off to a ride we hadn’t ridden this trip yet!

We were headed into Tomorrowland to check out wait times! It was around 5:40 or so and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin only had a 20 minute wait, so that’s what we decided to hop on!

We were on the ride right at 6:00 and Addie and my MIL rode together, then Harper wanted to ride with my FIL… so Derek and I got to take each other on! And I’m not exactly sure who won… I want to say I did, but I’m sure if you ask him he’ll say he did!







After we hopped off of Buzz it was about time to head over to our dinner destination. On the way there my family of 4, uncooperative *almost* 3 year old included, decided to grab some pics of just us.



Then we headed back into New Fantasyland because we had a date with Be Our Guest!

When I originally booked our ADR’s at 180 days out, there was nothing for Be Our Guest. Nothing for even a party of 2, so there was definitely nothing for a party of 9! So I booked at Liberty Tree Tavern instead. A few weeks after our ADR date, I caught wind of Be Out Guest releasing a bunch of tables! So I hopped on and there was nothing for a party of 9... But there was a reservation for a party of 5 and a reservation for a party of 4 for the same time! I made the decision to snatch those two up and get rid of LTT because we loved our dinner at BOG our first trip and my in-laws and our friends BOTH really wanted to eat there!

I was really hoping that if we got there early enough that we could request to be seated together and get a table for 9 instead of two tables. If that didn’t work, we just planned on the girls sitting with my in-laws and we would sit with our friends. This would be why I told our friends to meet up with us around 6:20 for our 6:45 ADR.

Right before we got back to BOG, Derek got a text from his friend… and they were still waiting for a bus at Pop. They said they had been waiting there forever. Just wonderful. My fear was coming to light. Derek told me this and I just said, “I know they’re going to be late!”

Time ticked closer to 6:20 and no word from them, then about 6:40 they told us that they were through the gates. I was a big stress ball between our initial text from him and when they said they finally were there. So I knew it was going to take them a bit to get back to BOG since it’s all the way in the back and they had a stroller.

Right around 6:50, they got there and my MIL and I went up to check us in. I asked if there was any way we could get a table together or at least close to each other. The CM at the desk picked up the phone and made a call, hung up and asked us if we were willing to wait 15-20 minutes for a table together. Of course we were willing to wait, if it meant that we would all get to sit together!







We really only waited about 10-15 minutes I think. It really didn’t feel long at all. It was really nice because they had a thing of water and cups out on the bridge for everybody who was waiting.







We got in, sat down and was quickly met by our server. Can’t remember his name… but he was not the most excited person I’d ever met. He really seemed like he wasn’t too thrilled to be at work tonight. He took our drink orders and then left us to mull over the menu. Derek and I already knew what we were getting because we LOVED it the last time we were there. Our waiter came back and we made it really easy on him… everyone ordered the steak except my FIL who ordered the lamb. Addison ordered the Kid’s Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup (although she told me that she wasn’t going to eat the soup because she wouldn’t like it… despite me telling her it would taste like Spaghetti O’s) and we decided to pay OOP for a meal for Harper since I knew she wouldn’t eat any of our steak. We ended up getting Harper the Kid’s Mac and Cheese.

Our server remained pretty lack-luster, but dinner was delicious and I think everyone really enjoyed their meals! Including Addie who ended up really liking her tomato soup and enjoyed dipping her grilled cheese into it. I just love the dipping sauce they bring out for the French Fries… soooooo delicious! And during dinner we saw someone get proposed to! She said yes of course… so fun!!!

After we stuffed ourselves for dinner, we ordered dessert… because with the dining plan you can’t say no to the dessert! Derek and I ordered a Strawberry Cupcake and a Grey Stuff because we planned on splitting it, I think our friends both got a Strawberry Cupcake and my in-laws both got the Grey Stuff… but I can’t really remember and forgot to write it down! Harper ended up eating most of my Grey Stuff, but it was okay because I was so full I knew I’d be forcing myself to eat it all anyways!

At the end of the meal, when it came time to get the checks, we remembered what happened with lunch and we made sure to request to pay for one of the kids meals OOP. He said no problem. Well, he brings us out our checks and we looked at it and he took out 2 adult table serve and 2 child table serve meals. So before we let him scan our magic bands, we told him that it was only supposed to be 1 kids table serve meal and 1 OOP. Then he mumbled something like, “Are you sure, I’ll have to go back and reprint out stuff.” YES I’M SURE!! I wouldn’t tell you to do it if I wasn’t! I’d much rather pay OOP for this $8.99 kids meal than a buffet at Hollywood and Vine our last day! He was pretty frustrating.

After we got our checks, and they were right, it was time to go meet the man… errrrr… Beast of the Castle! My in laws decided not to hop in a picture, but the rest of us gladly did! “C” did so good with him! Didn’t seem to be freaked out at all!









Because of our late seating for dinner due to waiting for our friends and then waiting for a table together, we got out of dinner way later than I originally planned. We were out around 8:25, about 30 minutes later than I thought we would be. Because of this when we left, we did not stop to pass “Go”, collect $200 or ride any rides… we headed straight to the next thing on the agenda for the evening!

The Main Street Electrical Parade!​

 

[AprilRenee]

Fun day!! Those pics of Addie with belle are precious!!
And I'm so glad you got a table together at BoG!

 

[AprilRenee]

So what age do they let kids participate in enchanted tales with belle? Is it just by looking and they guess at how old a kid is?

I just have a feeling that Caden is going to want to be like the big kids when we go. He's already starting to insist on sitting in the front on the floor with the other kids when we go to things.

 

[anniebabymu]

Hi
Enjoying the TR!

Hi! So glad you are enjoying it!

Oh, I'm so bummed out that space mountain made you sick. I love that ride! Hannah didn't like it very much on our last trip. I'm hoping I can get her to try again next time.

I love all your tink pictures. The card is so cute! Did you get to meet any other fairies or was it just tink? I heard it was just tink now which sort of bummed me out because on our last trip we met periwinkle and she was more fun then tink was.

I love your updates! Your TR is great!

Yeah... I'm bummed too because I know how much Addie loves it and it would be great to go on there with her! When it first started, I didn't think it was going to be that bad... then it just never ended! Ha ha!

It was just Tink. That is the only thing I don't like about her moving to Town Square Theater. It was so fun before trying to guess who was going to be with her! Our last visit we went during "Fairies Week" for limited time magic and we got to meet 4 fairies! Tink, Silvermist, Terrence and Fawn! It was awesome!

And thanks! I hope I keep up the greatness and don't disappoint!

Okay, that ticket thing is really frustrating. Inconsistancy is the worst.

I'm sad Tink meet in Town Square now alone, but her area does look pretty cool still.

It is pretty funny that they got you worked up that way

Aww poor baby C not having a good time in the dark.

Sorry you weren't a fan of Space Mountain. I love it, but it's not for everyone, that's for sure. But it is crazy that your magic band of all things came undone? Weird.

Oh my gosh... so frustrating! I was frustrated and it wasn't even happening to me! It was just like one hand didn't know what the other one was doing. Lovely!

Yeah... Tink has to be lonely up there. I do love her new area... but I really didn't think it made much sense taking her out of Adventureland. Tink just screams Adventureland.

Oh yeah... those boys sure know how to get me good. Don't they know you can't joke like that with a Disney addict!?

He hated the dark! I felt really bad for his parents!

I couldn't believe my band popped off! I simply reached up to touch Addie's shoulder and the end of the band that snaps got caught on the seat and it just heard "snap, snap, snap, snap" and realized that it was off! I didn't think my reflexes were that fast... still in disbelief that I was able to hang onto it

Fun day!! Those pics of Addie with belle are precious!!
And I'm so glad you got a table together at BoG!

I don't know if we'll ever be able to go back because it really was the most perfect time! I can only imagine what I would have thought it that were happening to me when I was a little girl. So awesome!

So what age do they let kids participate in enchanted tales with belle? Is it just by looking and they guess at how old a kid is?

I just have a feeling that Caden is going to want to be like the big kids when we go. He's already starting to insist on sitting in the front on the floor with the other kids when we go to things.

I don't think they have a certain age limit! I just think it depends on the child's comfort level. After they hand out all the "main characters" they ask if anybody else would like a part and they dish out other things so everyone is involved!

 

[amberg93]

Aww, how awesome that everyone did get to be a part of the show. Addie does look so cute as she admires Belle.

Wow, I got nervous reading about your friends and the buses. At least they did get there not too late and you were able to get the tables together.

The proposal thing is so cute. I would have wanted to see that.

So frustrating about your server, but we all have off days. For sure, he could have been more pleasant though.

Great pictures with the Beast. You all look fab

 

[AprilRenee]

I don't think they have a certain age limit! I just think it depends on the child's comfort level. After they hand out all the "main characters" they ask if anybody else would like a part and they dish out other things so everyone is involved!

That's awesome! And the CM's tell the kids what to do as it's going?