Some of our Best Friends are Princesses. A Brent and the kids Trip Report, starring Cinderella and Ariel. COMPLETE 4/7! - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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MIssed this yesterday but I am now here! SOunds like some fun times with the kids. Both of your children favor you but your daughter shares your sweet smile!
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Looks like you all are having a great time so far! Love the Mermaid room!
6 times in a row on Everest! Uuugghhh! Em wants to see how many times in a row she can ride.......thinking she might be doing it by herself!
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Your daughter looks positively lit up in your room & with the characters. It's great that the kids can split off and do their own thing. Looking forward to more..
Sunday February 24 extra magic night at the magic kingdom, ':-) Tony's town square.
I let the kids sleep in a little bit this morning because we were planning to close down the Magic Kingdom tonight and it was open late for EMH. I woke at 6:00 and headed to the food court for my morning coffee. I do enjoy my morning coffee and walks on vacation. We took it slow this morning and actually visited all three pools and swam in them. Gotta say the cars pool was a bit of a disappointment. Very small and shaped like half a tire. ? Then we got dressed, and walked around the resort taking pictures:
We then walked to POP for lunch because I had to have some tye dye cheesecake. . Then we finally headed to the magic kingdom. We chose to concentrate on TomorrowLand because we hadn't done it yet. We took in Space Mountain, and the laugh floor, then head over to Mickeys Philharmagic. It was now snack time for Jordan so shefound herself a Dole whip and I found myself a Mickey bar. Then we went on Pirates, and Jungle Cruise. Then we headed to see Princess Tianna. Naveen was there too! We had a very nice visit. She loved my tattoo.
Now it was time to hear for dinner at Tony's Town Square. We of course got fastpasses for the Princesses first. The kids absolutely loved Toney's. After a very nice steak dinner we headed to see the Princesses. Cinderella knew me from a previous trip and welcomed me back with a warm hug. Unfortunately Liz wasn't around to take a picture. We did get some great pictures though. Always good to see our friends.
Now we headed to Fantasy Land hoping it would be cleared out a bit for extra magic hours. First up was a visit with Ariel. Jordan brought some pictures we took from her High School swim team's season. Ariel war very impressed! She told Jordan she must be a very good swimmer and maybe someday Jordan could teach her how to swim with legs. . Jordan was in heaven.
After that we noticed the line for Under the Sea wasn't too bad so we rode. Then we headed for Belles Enchanted Stories. The line was half an hour even at EMH. It was a very cool experience though. You go through Belles old house:
We loved the story time too. I don't think it quite takes they place of a Meet n Greet though, as you don't really get any one on one time with the book worm, nor do you get an autograph. I know if I couldn't get a few private words, a picture and an autograph of my beloved Cinderella I wouldn't like it no matter how cool her attraction was. By now the park was almost closing so we headed for the gates and the long bus ride home. Another good fun filled day.
Monday Feb 25 Studios day and Downtown Disney.
Awoke this morning and had a nice walk to the food court to get my coffee. I believe I called Liz this morning to make sure she was up for work as it was Monday morning and she had to be up and ready to go to work. I had a waffle breakfast then took a swim in the mermaid pool then I rallied the troops and we headed to the Studios. We stopped for a picture and Brendan caused his usual shenanigans.
Then we took in all our favorite attractions. Tower of Terror, Rock n Roller coaster, Star Tours, The Voyage of the Little Mermaid, and the Great Movie Ride.
Then we went back to where three Muppet Show is and took some pictures on the way.
Lunch was at 50's Prime. I think the kids favorite part was dessert. See?
It was mid afternoon by now so we headed back to the resort to swim. Then we headed to Downtown Disney so Brendan could go to Disneyquest. We walked to the Disney store so Jordan could get a post card to send to her boyfriend. Of course we had to stop for a photo op.
We stumbled across some zebra print Mickey ears. We had never seen any like that so Jordan had to have them, .
Brendan was still having a blast at Disney quest but Jordan and I realized we hadn't seen any princesses yet today. We promptly headed to the Magic Kingdom to try and do something about that. Before you knew it we were in line to see the princesses. Jordan had them sign the post card. Cinderella was impressed as ever with me. She spent quite a bit of time looking through my photo book and would not let me leave without a hug. She proudly showed off her new shoes too.
After that we headed for s Dole whip again and saw the fairies.
We then headed over to Fantasy land to see it after dark, then headed home.
Next up: We meet an old Cinderella friend and she gives me a gift. Also 1900 Park Faire. Stay Tuned!
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Just a princess or two then! i'm jealous i always wanted to do the princesses with my little girls but she always preferred Peter Pan and Eeyore. Looks like you had a fab time.
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& with the characters. It's great that the kids can split off and do their own thing. Looking forward to more..
. Then we finally headed to the magic kingdom. We chose to concentrate on TomorrowLand because we hadn't done it yet. We took in Space Mountain, and the laugh floor, then head over to Mickeys Philharmagic. It was now snack time for Jordan so shefound herself a Dole whip and I found myself a Mickey bar. Then we went on Pirates, and Jungle Cruise. Then we headed to see Princess Tianna. Naveen was there too! We had a very nice visit. She loved my tattoo. 
We did get some great pictures though. Always good to see our friends. 
I had a waffle breakfast then took a swim in the mermaid pool then I rallied the troops and we headed to the Studios. We stopped for a picture and Brendan caused his usual shenanigans. 
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