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We continued along our way over toward Liberty Square, and I noticed that there was no Tiana & Naveen out yet, and my app was telling me that the fairies had a 45 minute wait, so we headed towards the best place to cool down on a hot day, Splash Mountain!!
This was the other benefit to heading to MK on our first day, my Mom would get a taste of the Disney Rollercoasters on the easy scale before I made her go on something like Everest. My opinion for this trip was that if I could do it, she would have no problem, and thats generally what we did. Im pretty sure she liked it, haha, and of course, its just great! Ack, Splash Mtn, how I love thee!
Mom and I kinda just wandered through the park, doing half a circle, and going through Fantasyland, I, of course, wanted to see if by some chance of amazing luck, the expansion was open. Haha. I had heard much before leaving about how it was open completely randomly, and I wasnt sure if this was a hey, you family, come over here and theyd let you in, or if the door would just be open randomly, and if you passed by at the right time, youd get to go in. However, we had no such luck, so we cut through the hub, and back to the main goal of this MK rendezvous, Liberty Square! The line for the previous meet & greet was already closed, but it was actually the Prince I was looking for! Yay! It was time to see what would go down! We jumped in the line for the next set, and were either first or second in line for that, and just took a nice time waiting. Honestly, sometimes waiting for characters can be the nice break in the day, you just have to be okay with sitting on the ground once in a while! Haha!!
While we were waiting my Mom was sure to ask if I wanted to go in alone for this meet and greet first, and then have her come in, which of course was the answer, and she was sure to ask the typical Mom question on whether it was more the Prince, or the friend or the Prince that I liked more. Baha .a little of column A, a little of column B? Right? Ha! Tiana & Naveen made their way back out towards the meet and greet, and when they hit the little gate that they come in (and you go out at the end of the meet and greet) well, Naveens face lit up immediately, and was all HEEEY!! How are you?! How have you been??
Seriously, old friends reunited, right there, it was amazing enough when he remembered me in April, but it did take him a little bit, this time it was seriously instant, and straight into conversation, asking whether I was here alone, I pointed to my Mom, saying that we were down for her birthday, he asked how long we were staying; I told him the rough plans of the trip, and that I had a friend coming in on the 15th, Naveen asked whether it was the same friend or not, I told him it was a new one, and she hadnt been here before. Seriously. Amazing.
Mom had to jump in on the action too of course, and they were all introduced and started talking as well.
Naveen asked when wed be back in Magic Kingdom next, and I told him on Thursday, then Friday for the MNSSHP, Sunday for EMH, and again later in the trip. He said Great! Ill be here Thursday to which he kinda got a look from Tiana, and he quickly corrected himself to Well, I mean, of course Ill be here, Im always here after the parade, but Ill definitely be here on Thursday Oh Naveen. We got talking a bit on whether Id had another chance to audition recently, and I explained that I was still waiting to hear back from the electronic submissions, and that we had our fingers crossed for some good news!
Epic meet & greet? I think yes. Seriously, this friend of Naveens is my favorite just because of *how* he does his job, hes pretty internet (tumblr) famous for being able to stick 6 coco-puffs up his nose, and being, well, attractive, but Ive heard many stories about how he has remembered other people as well, and hes very accommodating to kids who dont want to meet the princes. Hell leave the gazebo, but still stay involved with the meet and greet by talking to Tiana and being hilarious. I will openly say there are better friends of Naveens who more look the part, or act the part, but honestly, to me, you can look exactly like the character, but not be great because your attitude isnt right, ANYWAY, that went a lot longer than I thought it would
We waved good bye to our New Orleans friends and headed back over to check on the fairies, Id been DYING to meet Periwinkle since she had been announced (I actually really wanted to be friends with her, I mean, I do live in the winter woods but since shes Tinks sister, shes 52 and under too bad) and now was finally the time!! Id been nervous that shed just still be in training during our trip, and not officially out, but she was! Yay! Im not sure what the actual wait time was posted at, but we got in, in around 20 minutes, not to shabby! We chatted with the people in line, and I definitely gave them the advice that it would be Periwinkle and Tink today, and probably for the next little bit.
Pixie Hollow has changed around a little bit too, usually, it would be one of Tinks friends (Vidia, Terrance or Rosetta) and then Tink, but today, it was set up all Winter Wood-sey (to make Peri feel more at home) and Tink was the first one to meet! Shes all dressed up in her winter woods gear too! Gotta stay warm in that cold!
When we first rounded the corner into the Nook, Mom turned to me and asked who is that? Clearly, not having any kids under 23, she hasnt seen any of the new Tink movies, she had no idea about the whole new wardrobe and friends, and while we were in line I explained the whole talking, and she isnt nearly as mean or feisty thing, but Mom seriously didnt realize that was supposed to be Tink! Ha! I explained about her winter woods gear, and she caught on quickly.
Tinkerbell was absolutely amazing, I know Ive met this one before, but she is just great! Shes super chatty, talks amazingly fast, knows practically everything, and barely leaves you any room to get a word in! Haha! Some characters are great for that, and chatting away, and some just leave that awkward silence when you dont have a lot to say, I was glad she was super chatty!
Next up, the one I had been waiting for, Periwinkle! IEEEEE SHES SO ADORABLE!!
She was absolutely perfect! I mean, I know the movies not released yet, but she was just like Tink, chatting away, was 100% pixie sized, and had just the most adorable freckles, seriously, just perfect, I was so happy!
We chatted a bit about how excited I was to meet her, how we came from the winter woods, and how I was even being her for one of the Halloween parties later in the week. She told me to make sure to come back and see her that night, and I told her I would. Ugh! Perfect Periwinkle is PERFECT!
With our visit to Pixie Hollow done, we started to head out of the park, it was a MNSSHP night, and the guests were starting to fill in. I have no idea what time it was, but around 6:00pm ish, and we had Illuminations to get back to Epcot for, so it was time to go! Some great character meets and Splash Mountain? Seemed like a great MK adventure!
This was the other benefit to heading to MK on our first day, my Mom would get a taste of the Disney Rollercoasters on the easy scale before I made her go on something like Everest. My opinion for this trip was that if I could do it, she would have no problem, and thats generally what we did. Im pretty sure she liked it, haha, and of course, its just great! Ack, Splash Mtn, how I love thee!
Mom and I kinda just wandered through the park, doing half a circle, and going through Fantasyland, I, of course, wanted to see if by some chance of amazing luck, the expansion was open. Haha. I had heard much before leaving about how it was open completely randomly, and I wasnt sure if this was a hey, you family, come over here and theyd let you in, or if the door would just be open randomly, and if you passed by at the right time, youd get to go in. However, we had no such luck, so we cut through the hub, and back to the main goal of this MK rendezvous, Liberty Square! The line for the previous meet & greet was already closed, but it was actually the Prince I was looking for! Yay! It was time to see what would go down! We jumped in the line for the next set, and were either first or second in line for that, and just took a nice time waiting. Honestly, sometimes waiting for characters can be the nice break in the day, you just have to be okay with sitting on the ground once in a while! Haha!!
While we were waiting my Mom was sure to ask if I wanted to go in alone for this meet and greet first, and then have her come in, which of course was the answer, and she was sure to ask the typical Mom question on whether it was more the Prince, or the friend or the Prince that I liked more. Baha .a little of column A, a little of column B? Right? Ha! Tiana & Naveen made their way back out towards the meet and greet, and when they hit the little gate that they come in (and you go out at the end of the meet and greet) well, Naveens face lit up immediately, and was all HEEEY!! How are you?! How have you been??
Seriously, old friends reunited, right there, it was amazing enough when he remembered me in April, but it did take him a little bit, this time it was seriously instant, and straight into conversation, asking whether I was here alone, I pointed to my Mom, saying that we were down for her birthday, he asked how long we were staying; I told him the rough plans of the trip, and that I had a friend coming in on the 15th, Naveen asked whether it was the same friend or not, I told him it was a new one, and she hadnt been here before. Seriously. Amazing.
Mom had to jump in on the action too of course, and they were all introduced and started talking as well.
Naveen asked when wed be back in Magic Kingdom next, and I told him on Thursday, then Friday for the MNSSHP, Sunday for EMH, and again later in the trip. He said Great! Ill be here Thursday to which he kinda got a look from Tiana, and he quickly corrected himself to Well, I mean, of course Ill be here, Im always here after the parade, but Ill definitely be here on Thursday Oh Naveen. We got talking a bit on whether Id had another chance to audition recently, and I explained that I was still waiting to hear back from the electronic submissions, and that we had our fingers crossed for some good news!
Epic meet & greet? I think yes. Seriously, this friend of Naveens is my favorite just because of *how* he does his job, hes pretty internet (tumblr) famous for being able to stick 6 coco-puffs up his nose, and being, well, attractive, but Ive heard many stories about how he has remembered other people as well, and hes very accommodating to kids who dont want to meet the princes. Hell leave the gazebo, but still stay involved with the meet and greet by talking to Tiana and being hilarious. I will openly say there are better friends of Naveens who more look the part, or act the part, but honestly, to me, you can look exactly like the character, but not be great because your attitude isnt right, ANYWAY, that went a lot longer than I thought it would
We waved good bye to our New Orleans friends and headed back over to check on the fairies, Id been DYING to meet Periwinkle since she had been announced (I actually really wanted to be friends with her, I mean, I do live in the winter woods but since shes Tinks sister, shes 52 and under too bad) and now was finally the time!! Id been nervous that shed just still be in training during our trip, and not officially out, but she was! Yay! Im not sure what the actual wait time was posted at, but we got in, in around 20 minutes, not to shabby! We chatted with the people in line, and I definitely gave them the advice that it would be Periwinkle and Tink today, and probably for the next little bit.
Pixie Hollow has changed around a little bit too, usually, it would be one of Tinks friends (Vidia, Terrance or Rosetta) and then Tink, but today, it was set up all Winter Wood-sey (to make Peri feel more at home) and Tink was the first one to meet! Shes all dressed up in her winter woods gear too! Gotta stay warm in that cold!
When we first rounded the corner into the Nook, Mom turned to me and asked who is that? Clearly, not having any kids under 23, she hasnt seen any of the new Tink movies, she had no idea about the whole new wardrobe and friends, and while we were in line I explained the whole talking, and she isnt nearly as mean or feisty thing, but Mom seriously didnt realize that was supposed to be Tink! Ha! I explained about her winter woods gear, and she caught on quickly.
Tinkerbell was absolutely amazing, I know Ive met this one before, but she is just great! Shes super chatty, talks amazingly fast, knows practically everything, and barely leaves you any room to get a word in! Haha! Some characters are great for that, and chatting away, and some just leave that awkward silence when you dont have a lot to say, I was glad she was super chatty!
Next up, the one I had been waiting for, Periwinkle! IEEEEE SHES SO ADORABLE!!
She was absolutely perfect! I mean, I know the movies not released yet, but she was just like Tink, chatting away, was 100% pixie sized, and had just the most adorable freckles, seriously, just perfect, I was so happy!
We chatted a bit about how excited I was to meet her, how we came from the winter woods, and how I was even being her for one of the Halloween parties later in the week. She told me to make sure to come back and see her that night, and I told her I would. Ugh! Perfect Periwinkle is PERFECT!
With our visit to Pixie Hollow done, we started to head out of the park, it was a MNSSHP night, and the guests were starting to fill in. I have no idea what time it was, but around 6:00pm ish, and we had Illuminations to get back to Epcot for, so it was time to go! Some great character meets and Splash Mountain? Seemed like a great MK adventure!
Maybe we'll get lucky and have some warmer days.
I'm currently sitting here with it on a bag of frozen peas...ha! It hurts to walk, so I'm sure that will be fun over the weekend, ugh. Hopefully it turns out to be okay over the next couple of days!
