"Hello, Magic Kingdom" selfie!
To start, I went to the Princess Fairytale Hall, and on my way there, I saw Cinderella's evil step-sisters, Anastasia and Drizela:
Look who' autograph books they just happen to be signing!!! Little Cinderellas!
I waited maybe 40 minutes to meet Cinderella and Rapunzel at the PFH. Thank goodness I'm not a huge Frozen fan (gasp! I know....) because this was the line to meet Anna and Elsa:
It was also outside, whereas the line I was in wasn't!
Here's what the PFH looks like on the inside:
Princess Aurora
Princess Jasmine
Princess Tiana
Princess Mulan
Princess Snow White
The best of them all, PRINCESS RAPUNZEL!
Before you go into the designated areas to meet the princesses you're in line for, you come to the end of the "hallway" and find yourself looking at Cinderella's glass slipper inside a glass case:
Tell me that's not fabulous!!!!
It was finally my turn!!! Cinderella could have been a little cheerier. Every single face character I've come into contact with has engaged me in conversation before posing for a picture. Cinderella just posed. Whatevs! That just means I get to go find a new Cinderella and take even more pictures!!
Rapunzel was SOOOOO worth a wait and thank goodness, because she is absolutely, without a doubt, my FAVORITE PRINCESS EVER!!!!!
See what I mean about engaging??? She chatted with me about my favorite part from her movie (I panicked and said that it was when she was playing Hide and Seek with Pascal), so we talked about where our favorite hiding places were. Mine was under the bed, hers was in a closet. She told me she would remember me because she wanted me to come play Hide and Seek with her and Pascal sometime......the little girl in me could have died right then and there and would have been COMPLETELY content!!!!!
She's amazing!
Anyway!!! On to the next AMAZING character meet and greet!
I decided it was time to get new pictures with the one and only (yes, he's the only one if you didn't already know) TIGGER!!!!
I go to their meeting place. I say "their" because Winnie the Pooh tags along with Tigger for meet and greets, so it's like a two-for-one kind of deal!
So I'm waiting in line and my room roommate (ya know, the one I share a room with) texts me asking if I want to ride Mine Train (she was working/in training this day). What kind of question is that?! If anyone turns down a ride on Mine Train, there better be a good reason, like a Code V (use your imagination for what that V stands for)! I go to meet her at the front gate of the ride, and we both thought that her trainer was going to let her ride with me, but sadly that wasn't the case.....
I rode it by myself, but who cares?? IT'S MINE TRAIN!!!! I'd ride it a million times by myself!
After I got off the ride, I get BACK in line to meet Mr. Tigger himself. By this time, my friend from home (who is also in the program) finally makes it to Magic Kingdom and wants to meet up! I tell her where I am, and she joins me in line!
Here's the wonderous pictures we captured with the duo from the Hundred Acre Woods:
EASILY the best picture I could ever have taken.....this is what pure joy looks like people!
Actually....this is just me awkwardly hugging Tigger. I don't remember exactly how it happened, but he went in for a hug, I may have misread the "hug" signal and dodged it, but the outcome was fantastic! I wouldn't trade this picture for ANYTHING!
Had to get Pooh Bear in there!
Next, we went over to Gaston's Tavern to meet up with Gaston. Our group of two finally turned into a group of three when my other friend showed up just in time to meet him!
Now I'm pretty sure I mentioned before that I went to a meet and greet for Gaston with a group of other friends, but I didn't get any pictures with him because he was pretty intimidating? Yea, that hasn't changed one bit....
When I first walked up to him.....
...he started to make me blush by asking if I was using the College Program as an excuse just to come see him.
(Photopass Picture): The look of intimidation on my face is priceless.....
(Photopass Picture): Here he is yelling to the entire crowd to NOT LOOK AT ME because it's making me blush........not helping, Gaston.
(Photopass Picture): We finally pose for a picture!
We were finally able to leave Gaston's charming good looks and headed into his Tavern for a little Lefou's Brew (don't worry!!! It's just frozen apple juice with a passion fruit whipped topping....very tasty!):
We hung out in Gaston's chair while we sipped our brews:
He uses antlers in all of his decorating!
My feet barely touched the floor. Can you say "over-sized chair"?
We decided that Ariel would be the next character on our list to meet, so we walked over to her Grotto. We waited for about 30-45 mintues....not ideal, but hey! It's Ariel!
She was AMAZING! She called me her long lost "A" sister because both of our names start with the letter A! AHHH! Amazing!!
Chattin' it up with Ariel!
By now, there aren't many characters out doing meet and greets, so my friend tells us that we need to go get "pixie dusted." That sounds dangerous, I know! BUT it's the exact opposite! You go to the Fairy Godmothers-in-training and they sprinkle Pixie Dust on your head so that all of your wishes may come true, just like Cinderella's! I took a picture of my hair, but I really don't think the glitter, I MEAN, Pixie Dust, shows up too well:
After this, "our trio's down to two." (Name that movie for awesome sauce points!!!) One of my friends decided to head home for dinner. I don't blame her. The prices for food can be pretty expensive, and we cast members don't always get discounts everywhere we want to eat.
Jess and I chose to eat at Pecos Bills. YUM!! I will definitely go back for the pulled pork kids sandwich (Hey, I'm a 10-year-old stuck in a 24-year-old's body.....don't judge!!).
Now we decide to ride some rides!!!! I had never ridden the Teacups (gasp again!....I know. I've never ridden Dumbo either...just give it time!), so we go and ride it! It was super dizzy-ing!
We also went into the Christmas store they have in Magic Kingdom (before going to eat). We got out picture taken on Santa's Sleigh:
We also saw bunnies and duckies on our way over to Tomorrowland!
I know they're hard to see, but trust me. They're there. Look along the bottom of the bushes and towards the center of the picture in the distance.
While in Tomorrowland, Jess and I visited the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor. It has been a dream of mine (ok, not really a dream, but it's on my Disney Bucket List) to be a part of a show, no matter how small. My dream finally came true!!! One of the monsters asked a little girl in the audience if she had ever seen a human with four ears before. The little girl said no, and then the camera panned to YOURS TRULY!!!!! I had worn my Minnie Mouse into the theater, and the monsters had taken notice!!! It was funny!
Next, we fought Emperor Zurg in Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin.
That's a look of determination, not fear!
And as we were leaving the park to go home, we ran into the Electrical Parade, and I was finally able to capture of picture of my step-dad's FAVORITE DRAGON, Elliott from Pete's Dragon. Pete was even riding on Elliott's back!
On the monorail ride back to the parking lot, so many people were asking who that dragon was. Some people honestly thought it was Puff the Magic Dragon. Ummmmmm sorry but no. I ended up telling them who it really was. Terry would be so proud of me!! :)
Well, that's all I have to share for tonight. Stay tuned for another blog post possibly coming tomorrow or the next day!!!
Goodnight!
