Some of our Best Friends are Princesses. A Brent and the kids Trip Report, starring Cinderella and Ariel. COMPLETE 4/7! - Page 3 - 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!
Awwww Thanks! They are good looking kids aren't they?
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Yeah! You started!
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!
Jordan loved the mermaid room too! Get on that ride with Em!
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I think your Princess quota is getting full! Oh nevermind, it can never be truly full! LOL! Keep it coming!
Truer words were ne'er spoke!
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Great start! Sounds like you are having a blast so far!
We truly are and it gets better!
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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..
Great two days. Your kids sure seem to be having a lot of fun. I guess the attitude has worn off a little bit on them.
Oh they do have attitude allright!
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Two more great days with lots of princesses and Dole Whips!
More of each to come!
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You guys sure packed in a lot of Princess time!
More to come though!
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Just signing in for more Princess time..
Stay tuned!
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What a great couple of days!
agreed!
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Great updates!
Thanks!
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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.
I'm lucky that way I guess. I have a wife and a daughter who loves to see the Princesses. I hope neither of them ever changes.
Finally getting caught up on your TR. Sounds like the trip has been magical so far. What a blessing to be able to spend this time with your kids at WDW--away from the craziness of life
Yeah! You started!
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!
Lisa you should Emily read the blog on AllEars from a few weeks back about the kid who rode EE 50 times in one day. It is a really sweet story and could serve as inspiration
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Glad the snow didn't stop you from getting to Florida. You have already seen a ton of princesses and several yummy dole whips. It is nice to see your kids having fun and getting along and not being the "too cool" teenagers.
Finally getting caught up on your TR. Sounds like the trip has been magical so far. What a blessing to be able to spend this time with your kids at WDW--away from the craziness of life
Yes it was!
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Sounds like you guys had a blast!! I absolutely love your kids personalities!! They both definitely resemble you!
Thanks! They are good looking aren't they?
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I haven't been on the boards in months, no laptop until recently & imagine my surprise at your TR!!!! Magical as always!!!!
Welcome back! Hope you enjoy it!
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great updates Brent.
Glad the snow didn't stop you from getting to Florida. You have already seen a ton of princesses and several yummy dole whips. It is nice to see your kids having fun and getting along and not being the "too cool" teenagers.
I think they're pretty cool too.
Working on the next update. Hopefully in the next day or so. You won't believe it!
Tuesday Feb 26. We meet an old Cinderella friend and she gives me a gift. Also 1900 Park Fare.
This day started rather ominously as we heard our entire area was under a tornado watch all day long. We originally planned on a water park today but the weather changed those plans. We spent the morning swimming in the mermaid pool while the black clouds loomed above. We did take a wonderful picture of our towels though.
We ended up walking all the way around the lake and took a fee pictures of the story boards as we went.
We also took a picture of our room window.
Eventually we headed to the Magic Kingdom in spite of the weather. Well at least Jordan and I did. Brendan headed to Disney quest. We obtained some fast passes for the princesses then headed to see Ariel. We had another good visit with her then went on her ride.
We were really bopping along to the under the sea part. . Then we headed back to cash in our princess fast passes and I had three highlight of my trip this far!! It was a Cinderella I met on a few prior trips and she danced with me. Here are a few old pictures from a previous trip:
I couldn't believe it was her! And she even remembered me! She saw me and squealed, then rushed up and gave me a huge hug. She was genuinely glad to see me. She looked at my shirt and was ecstatic to see her picture on it. Then she looked at my bottle cap necklace that my daughter made for me and found her picture on that too. She loved my new tattoo and promptly found her pictures in my photo book. She signed a picture of us dancing from a previous trip. Then we danced again, and she gracefully allowed me to kiss her gloved hand again. What a good day for me to be dressed all up in Cinderella blue. What a great visit and surprise. Check out the pictures!
We saw the other princesses to but I scarcely remember it.
When we met the last princess the cast member by Cinderella came up to me and told me how happy Cinderella was that she got to see us. I was so touched I gave the cast member my Cinderella wrist band and asked if she could give it to Cinderella so she could have something to remember me by. I do hope she got it and will look at it once in awhile and remember the dance we shared that was so special to me.....
Then we rode a few rides and headed back to the room to freshen up before meeting Brendan for dinner at 1900 Park Fare. When we got in the room look at what we found!!!
Balloons, Mickey ears with a glass slipper and a card! The card said it was nice to have me in our kingdom again. I was sooooo happy.
At dinner we met the prince, the stepsisters fought over Brendan and met another beautiful Cinderella. Here's a few pictures.
What a fantastic day!!
Next up: Akershus for breakfast then Coral Reef for dinner.
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Love the interaction with Tink!
& with the characters. It's great that the kids can split off and do their own thing. Looking forward to more..
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