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How awesome that Josie was picked to be the beast! I can't wait to see this attraction in person. Andre with Ariel? Priceless. That pic needs to be in a Disney commercial
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I'm so happy that you got to experience Storytime with Belle just like we did. It really is such a sweet, intimate show, and then add in the fact that your child got to participate in such a super special way, makes the whole experience 10 times better. I can't wait to check out Rapunzel's area when we go. Hope is going to freak out!
Congrats to Josie on being chosen to play the Beast! Enchanted Tales with Belle is a wonderful addition to Fantasyland. All your pictures are great, but I especially love the one of Andre smooching with Ariel and both kids with their balloons. Can't wait to hear all the details about BOG!
Glad Josie's wonderful Beast roar won her the part! I can't wait to experience it myself.
Sounded like a nice day at MK.
The kids with the balloon pics were adorable.
How cool was that for Josie to be the beast. I'll have to work on Cameron's roar before our trip! Your family is just adorable. So much life in those kiddos!
I am loving your TR, especially the latest installment. What a thrill for Josie to be picked to be the beast! We experienced ETWB on our February trip and I agree about the mirror. So cool And the pic with Andre and Ariel needs to be in a picture frame...too adorable!
Wow, looks like Josie has some impressive star power! How exciting that she was picked for the leading role! I'm sure she made an adorable Beast. And those family pics are all beautiful!!!
I'm so glad you got into Enchanted Tales with Belle. I think we'll have to follow a game plan like that next time to ensure we get there before it has a crazy wait!
It was a great plan!!! I knew that the FP machines were by PPF so that was helpful, otherwise I would have been looking in the wrong spot
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I also love the pictures of your family, they are making me miss doing Disney with little kids. Love the pictures at enchanted castle and so nice to hear Josie was excited about eating in the Beast's castle.
Hope you love your cruise next year. I remember Barcelona being a beautiful city although I have only been once. You should add Paris to your Itinerary there is so much more choice of flights to the USA from there and so much to do
I said to Melanie yesterday we are planning to go to VGC and either Aulani or WDW in 2015 and crusin back from Galveston seems like a much more civilised way to travel home than an overnight flight home from Las Vegas or worse LAX. Now to convince hubby....
We are soooo looking forward to the cruise, I may have mentioned this somewhere, but our honeymoon cruise started in Barcelona, now we will end their with the kiddies and I can't wait! We do love Paris too, but I don't think I can justify being away for anything more than 2 weeks.......... I think sailing home would be a fabulous idea for you guys, I'm sure he'll give in
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What a great day at MK! I love Josie as Beast--very convincing! Tales with Belle is fabulous--I'm just amazed at how well they did the whole area!
Yeah, I am really blown away by that whole attraction! Just perfect!
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Aww I'm glad Josie was picked to be the Beast! I bet she was the best Beast they had all day Buying a balloon on MS is a tradition with our family too and, man, do those balloons last forever!
I do love the tradition of buying a balloon, if the balloon holds up Josie will always pick someone and give it away on our last day in the parks. However, the balloon fight my kids got into this year kind of ruined that tradition
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What a great day at MK! All of your pictures are great, my favorite is the one of you in Dumbo with your arms up, looks like you are having a ball
I bet Josie was thrilled to be picked as Beast, how fun for her!
We had a bad meal at PVH a couple of years ago and I had completely crossed it off our list. But, I've heard good things about those flatbreads so I think we need to put it back on!
Those flatbreads were one of our most favorite meals of this while trip, no joke. And that table is a perfect spot too. Ask Dawn but I think they might be the place that has the allergy free chicken nuggets??
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Yay for Josie! It truly is such a wonderful show for everyone, but as the Beast, it's just unforgettable.
Jill
Totally agree
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I'm so happy that you got to experience Storytime with Belle just like we did. It really is such a sweet, intimate show, and then add in the fact that your child got to participate in such a super special way, makes the whole experience 10 times better. I can't wait to check out Rapunzel's area when we go. Hope is going to freak out!
Ahhhh, yes.......and freak out she will when she realizes the tower is just for show and you can't really walk up into it
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Great update! Love how your DD was chosen for the Tales with Belle show You got the best seat in the house for lunch at Pinocchio's Village House too!
We try for that table on every visit, and as we are getting up, people are stalking that table like mad
When we got back to the BC we quickly put on our bathing suits so we could get to the pool before it started to rain, because all day it looked on the verge of doing so.
We headed down and of course went right over to the little slide in the kiddie pool section; this was again hours of enjoyment for the kids. We swam around pretty much all the other sections this day too and after a while we headed up to shower off.
I was able to get Andre down for a little nap and Josie just had some chill time watching TV and playing on the I pad. Once I came out of the shower I took a look outside and it was coming down like crazy. I thought to myself, better now than when we are trying to get to dinner at BOG, ya know, because afternoon showers in Florida are quick…….yeah right.
As we left to go back to MK it was STILL raining, and when we got to MK we had to suit up with the ponchos and cover the kids up in the stroller. We seriously had to make a mad dash to the covered areas up MS and as we got to The Plaza, we knew we really had to make a run for it. I thought it was soooo funny that the PP people were still out and taking pics, so we stopped.
A mad dash to BOG and ponchos off we found a covered spot to park the stroller. Now in my mind…..again I was thinking this would all be cleared by the time dinner was done. Inside we checked in and when our name was called they give you these cute candelabra to carry over to your dinner table. Our table was in a crappy spot, but I would never dare complain because I know how hard it is to get an ADR anyway. We were on the side all the way in the back, well I guess front…..IDK but furthest away from the big windows in the Ballroom. I was just happy to be in that room. We started off ordering the French onion soup and mussels for appetizers.
Then I believe we split the salmon dish, and ALL of it was fantastic!! We tried to get our server to take a pic of us, but it was so extremely dark in there, not many turned out.
At the end of dinner they brought out the Grey Stuff for our anniversary and I can tell you for sure…………the “Grey Stuff” IS delicious!!!
After dinner you can go in and get a photo with Beast which I thought was just wonderful as we have never met him before.
So once outside, to my surprise it was STILL raining. Bad too. So we put on our soggy and cold ponchos and made a mad dash out of the park. When we were back at BC, we just wandered around for a bit, went to the arcade and finished up by getting some ice cream at B&C. We also stopped in the lounge for some wine for Arnaud and I. We pretty much just called it an early night, which was fine anyway since tomorrow would be AM EMH at MK. So nite nite it was!!
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Enchanted Tales with Belle is a wonderful addition to Fantasyland. 
All your pictures are great, but I especially love the one of Andre smooching with Ariel and both kids with their balloons. Can't wait to hear all the details about BOG!
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And the pic with Andre and Ariel needs to be in a picture frame...too adorable!
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