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Day Two, Part Two
Smiling with every one of your teeth

Thanks to the taxi, we were on time for our ADR and arrived at the GF with a little time to spare.



Karen even had time to stop for some roasted chestnuts.



Karen is the only person I know who likes roasted chestnuts. The CM there tried to get me to try some. Umm, no thanks! When I told him I’d tried them before, he just said, “Oh.” Even he knows they’re yucky! Actually, they must be good, because the hot dog guy on the corner of my office building was selling them on his cart. But I suspect people only ever try them once. It must be an acquired taste, because Karen does like them. And I bet Heather likes them. Do you, Heather? You have a more sophisticated palate than I do, so probably.

We met Joan and her family in the lobby and checked in. We had two separate ADRs but they were able to seat us all together. We had a table right in front of the door, which wasn’t ideal, but we managed to have fun anyway! I have a lot of really unflattering photos from this meal. A lot! I don’t know what was going on! And I think some others may have some unflattering photos as well. Here’s some advice for them: do not post them. The life you save may be your own.

I did get a few good ones in the bunch.



Drizella (or whichever one wears the blue dress) made her presence known by sidling up to Eileen mere seconds after the chef had presented her with her “safe” dessert. She didn’t say anything, just stared.



It was hilarious. And Eileen wouldn’t even share with her, even though she said she wanted some. Poor Drizella or Anastasia. Oh, and sorry for always forgetting your name.

I’ll say one thing for her, she knew how to smile big. I mean B-I-G! She could smile and show you every tooth in her mouth. I bet when she goes to the dentist, she doesn’t even have to open up. She tried to teach Karen and Jill, but they got face cramps, so the picture looks like this…



I just cracked myself up with the whole face cramp thing. And yes, I realize it’s funny to nobody but me. But MAN, I’m hilarious!

After dinner, the group kind of split up. Joan and her family went back to SOG, the guys went back to the WL and the CLQ went shopping. I picked up some bath bombs for DM. She has a giant tub in her bathroom that I’m kind of jealous of. I, on the other hand, have a short tub and long legs. I have to take a bath with my knees bent. So I haven’t taken a bath in years. Of course I shower, so I don’t stink or anything.


This picture has a hidden Cinderella

We took the monorail over to the Contemporary, and had a peek at their decorations in the process.






Love the white chocolate monorail!

Then we got a boat to the WL. We had to wait for a bit for one to arrive. I didn’t have a jacket or anything, so I was a little chilly. When the boat came, we all snuggled up in the back seat. Now I’m beginning to suspect I know how we got our reputation in the Old Faithful Club

Back at the WL, Karen and I changed into festive party attire and headed out. We took a bus to the MK and arrived at the Party well after it had started. Unfashionably late! It didn’t matter. Karen and I were both only interested in the party-specific activities, and we had plenty of time for that.

We noticed there was a 10-minute wait to meet Mickey and Minnie. There appeared to be no line to meet the princesses and their princes, but the wait time was posted at 60 minutes. We had practically no wait to see Minnie and Mickey in their oh-so-cute holiday attire. We got lots of kisses from them, too.

I’ll have to add the photos here when we get the Photopass CD.

Karen asked the CM if the princess line was really as long as was posted and he confirmed that it was, even though the queue looked empty. He must’ve been right, because when we exited, we saw the posted wait had increased to 85 minutes!

So no princesses and princes for us. We consoled ourselves with some photos of a decked-out Main Street U.S.A.





We had some time before the Magic, Memories & You show was due to start, so we went to Cosmic Ray’s to boogie with Goofy. First order of business was to procure some cookies and cocoa. Both were tastier than they’ve been in the past. Goofy wasn’t there, but Dale and Pluto were. And the DJ kept saying that Goofy would be there in a few minutes. He and I have a very different idea of “a few.” We had fun dancing with Dale, though (and more bad photos that I’m not posting. You’re welcome, Karen ).



After doing the Cupid Shuffle, we cried uncle and had to leave to catch the MM&Y. Goofy still was due in “a few” minutes.

We found a nice spot to watch MM&Y.



I’ve seen it a couple of times now, so I decided to try to get some good photos. The holiday portion was über cool, too! I’m glad I got to see it.























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