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What a great day at Epcot! First a Magical Moment with Snow White and then meeting all of the Princesses at Akershus! Scotty makes a great Prince Charming! I noticed he did the arm thing with all of them!
Except for missing Cinderella and the not-so-good crust, dinner at Akershus sounds wonderful! Glad you all got in a couple more rides before leaving, too!
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What a wonderful day at Epcot, love all the pictures and Scottie makes a wonderful Prince
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What a great day at Epcot! First a Magical Moment with Snow White and then meeting all of the Princesses at Akershus! Scotty makes a great Prince Charming! I noticed he did the arm thing with all of them!
He has definitely taken the "prince" thing to heart lol. He even had to teach his grandpa how to be a prince when we got home!
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What a great dinner! Love the pictures!
I was so pleased with all the pictures on this trip, I thought they turned out great!
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Except for missing Cinderella and the not-so-good crust, dinner at Akershus sounds wonderful! Glad you all got in a couple more rides before leaving, too!
Akershus really was like walking into a storybook, it was wonderful!
Since this was our last day, I decided to let Scottie pick whatever he wanted to do that we hadn't had a chance to do.
We checked out and handed our bags to Bell Services until our DME pickup at 5pm. We grabbed a danish at Old Port Royale and headed for the buses. We grab the first bus to HS in time for the park opening. I was determined to make the Jedi Training as this was our last chance! While we were waiting for the park to open, I began talking to the couple behind us. Guess what??? The husband was planning on running his son to the Jedi Training as well and agreed to take Scottie with him since my feet were bad!! Scottie was so excited, I just knew this time he would get in!
The park opened and off they ran!
When I arrived there was already a huge line, but here comes Scottie, he had already signed in and would be in the First Show! He was so excited! Since he was in the first show, we were herded off immediately for a surprise meet and greet with none other than Darth Vader himself!
As the kids got set up for the show, I went to get a spot to videotape. I was handed a card with a number on it, which I was to take to the photo shop at the entrance to the park so that I could get pictures added to my photopass card!! Yes!! They actually had a photopass photographer set up there to take photos for us! They turned out fantastic too!
After the show, I asked Scottie what he wanted to do next...and it was off to Epcot. He really wanted to do the Seas with Nemo ride and Turtle Talk with Crush. The seas was a cute ride but Turtle Talk was awesome!! Scottie still tells everyone about that one.
We took a few more holiday pictures and some of the decorations....
and then it was off to MK...Scottie still had one last dream to make come true!
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Just getting all caught up! What a great magical moment with Snow White and then again with all the Princesses at dinner! And I'm so glad that Scottie finally got to do the Jedi Training. The pictures are awesome!!
Congrats to Scottie on getting into the Jedi Academy! And how sweet that the Dad took him along with them. You all are making the very most of your last day, already 2 parks and one more to go.
Great pictures from your day! Looks like Scottie had a great time at JTA!
He had a fantastic time and I am so grateful that I was able to get him in as this would be the last year he would be allowed due to the age restriction.
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Just getting all caught up! What a great magical moment with Snow White and then again with all the Princesses at dinner! And I'm so glad that Scottie finally got to do the Jedi Training. The pictures are awesome!!
I loved the pictures that turned out! I was so excited and of course good pictures means time to scrapbook!! lol
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What great photos from the Jedi Training Academy! How nice of the gentleman to check your son in!
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Congrats to Scottie on getting into the Jedi Academy! And how sweet that the Dad took him along with them. You all are making the very most of your last day, already 2 parks and one more to go.
I will forever be grateful to that gentleman for helping Scottie to get there in time. I felt so bad because after all that, his son got too scared of Darth Vader and chickened out!
We get to MK and grab a train straight to Toontown where we get in line to see Fairies and Princesses! Scottie was dying to get Cinderella's autograph and I just adore Tinkerbell lol. We decide to see the Fairies first because the line seemed to be moving a bit faster. After a 75 minute wait, we finally see Fairies!!
Then Scottie is still determined to see his precious Cinderella, but I am worn out, so I wait in the sitting area while he stands in line for another 75 minutes!! He came out accompanied by a CM who told me how charming my son was and how all the princesses adored him! God I love being his mom!!!
Apparently, he completely charmed Cinderella by telling her how he just couldn't leave WDW until he had seen her and the CM took pictures for Scottie as well as the photopass photographer.
We realize that we are running close on time so we head to the buses and back to Old Port Royale to use up the last of our food credits on snacks to take home. We jump on the internal bus to the Customs House just in time! The DME bus was there and loading! Bell Services got our bags loaded for us and we sat down to finally relax lol. Scottie fell asleep immediately! We get to the airport and find out our flight was delayed and we may not make our connection in Atlanta! But at this point, I'm just going with everything calmly, until I find out they messed up on our seating and had Scottie ten rows behind me! I went to the desk and explained the mistake and we got upgraded to Business Class! Talk about flying in comfort! It was fabulous!
We arrived in Atlanta and discovered that our connecting flight had been delayed as well so we were still two hours ahead of it. By the time we arrived in Dallas it was 1am! Poor dad lol, he had to come get us and take us home. We got home by 2am and finally I was able to crawl into bed by 3am. Exhausted but totally overjoyed! We definitely had a Magical trip and will never forget it. In fact, we're trying to plan a second trip with DH this time and possibly the GP's as well!
Scottie is a man after my own heart. So glad Cinderella came through for him in the end and how magical that the Princesses made a fuss over him and posed for a special picture. May Scottie never lose his respect and admiration for the Princesses.
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Wonderful pictures of Scottie with the fairies and the princesses! Glad you made DME and both your flights! So to be upgraded to business class, too! for sharing your trip with us!
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Glad you all got in a couple more rides before leaving, too!
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And how sweet that the Dad took him along with them. 
So glad Cinderella came through for him in the end and how magical that the Princesses made a fuss over him and posed for a special picture. May Scottie never lose his respect and admiration for the Princesses. 
to be upgraded to business class, too! 
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