The Prince Charming has met his match trip report - 8/23 - 9/1 at Pop - UPDATED 9/21 - Final installment - Page 6 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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What a wonderful way to end your trip....I am so glad that you got so much extra attention from your #1 lady (and some great attention for the rest of the group that was with you...) - they should all thank you for that, I mean there you are wearing your Cinderella 2008 shirt....makes the rest of us look bad
Glad you had such a fantastic trip and that the kids had such a great time with you and Smilechaser and her family....
Great TR!! Looks like your family had a fabulous time. One question.......am thinking about going to 1900 Park Fare for arrival dinner and wondering if we could make it over to the Poly beach in time for fireworks/boat parade. How much time did it take to eat at 1900? Thanks again.
Great TR!! Looks like your family had a fabulous time. One question.......am thinking about going to 1900 Park Fare for arrival dinner and wondering if we could make it over to the Poly beach in time for fireworks/boat parade. How much time did it take to eat at 1900? Thanks again.
It is a buffett so you can really get through it as quickly as you can eat if push came to shove. We were seated right away both times we ate there. We did linger and meet Cinderella, Princey and the step sisters (as you read in my report!). We were probably there a little over an hour and a half.
Enjoy your experience there and tell Cinderella I'm still voting for her in November!! (but you might not want to mention my name when Prince Charming is around)
Since you are such a Cinderella fan, you need to check out the Huggies web site. They have free Pumpkin carving stencils including one of your favorite gal! I think you need a Cinderella pumpkin on your porch this Halloween!
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Since you are such a Cinderella fan, you need to check out the Huggies web site. They have free Pumpkin carving stencils including one of your favorite gal! I think you need a Cinderella pumpkin on your porch this Halloween!
Yes I do! Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll take a picture of it and show it to my #1 lady when we go next year.
The Speedo did in fact make an appearance at the 80's pool at Pop Century but I chose not to bring that up because well, quite frankly, the day I wore it my handsome son showed me up!
We were at the pool, and I was in all my 80's glory, when the boy promptly met a nice young lady his own age and proceeded to hang out with her for most of the afternoon! I didn't include that in my report because it was a little embarassing to be outdone by my nine year old son.
Remember, by this point in our vacation he had already snuck back up to Belle at Akershus and told her something that had her and the photographer cracking up:
(He still won't tell me what he told her, by the way)
and cracked up Aurora at Toontown fair by asking her when does she have time to go to the bathroom with all these people waiting to see her:
So by this time I was not going to go up against the boy when it came to impressing the ladies! Sighh I wonder where the boy gets that from?????
So, Sadly, the Speedo wound up not making much of an apppearance in our vacation. (Keep in mind though: I still have told No one about what transpired on the last night after our wonderful dinner with a very special Cinderella! Who knows?? The speedo might have made an appearance then!)
Are you going to post a trip report Janice? I can't wait to read yours. Did you end up going to Typhoon Lagoon?
Brent
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sounds like you and your family had a magical time at the world
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) - they should all thank you for that, I mean there you are wearing your Cinderella 2008 shirt....makes the rest of us look bad 
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