This morning we were up by the alarm at 7:45, hoping to get to the park by 9. We didn’t quite make it that early but seemed to beat some of the crowd. Emma and Lexi weren’t quite as impressed with the castle as I thought but loved watching the show with all the princesses on stage at the castle. That is of course until the Sleeping Beauty witch came on stage. Then we had to high-tail it to Mickey Toon Town so Lexi could unplug her ears.
We actually stopped at the tea cups first. We all were able to get in one cup and we all LOVED it. We even went on it twice and I think I could have thrown up and failed a field sobriety test all at once when I got off. But I was just happy to have found something Lexi enjoyed.
Then it was off to face painting. Emma really wanted hers done and Lexi didn’t. But then Lexi saw Emma and she really did look cute. So Lexi picked out one. I think she overheard someone saying she picked the “Evil Witch” pattern and hated it before she even saw it. She did not want the paint on but I somehow distracted her with Minnie’s house when we left there. We then went to a meet and greet place for Cinderella, Belle and Aurora. The princesses were all extremely nice. Cinderella was excellent with the girls calling them Princess Emma and Lexi. In fact, a lot of the workers here call the girls Princess and I love it. Scott however, seemed awfully taken with the princesses. Usually Scott is not into taking pictures but we got to Belle who was second and he thrust the camera at me and said, “Take our picture!” Belle had him give her his arm and he grinned like a school boy. We got through the line and then Scott got in the back of our group’s line so he could get a picture with Cinderella himself. The kids were waiting on him for pictures! Hilarious!
It was on to Mickey’s house, some playground time and then the little rollercoaster. Which guess who hated? Yep, Lexi screamed through the whole thing. Emma on the other hand had a great time with Kristyn while Scott filmed and took pictures from the front car.
By then, we were getting close to our lunch reservation but we pushed to get in our Fast Passes to Space Mountain. Out of my previous two times to Disney, I hadn’t ridden it. I got off the ride and just said, “Holy crap.” That was one crazy ride.
We made it to dinner just a few minutes late. This was at Crystal Palace. It’s a buffet style sit down restaurant but Pooh, Piglet, Eyore and Tigger all come to each table and sign autographs and take pictures. The girls absolutely loved it. The funniest is when Emma kept hugging and touching Piglet saying, “I love pink!” I was like quit fondling Piglet!! The food was good but not great there if you ask me. Scott on the other hand absolutely loved the Salmon and called it a winner.
At that point, we tried to go see Ariel but it was an hour wait so we went on It’s a Small World. Both girls really loving it. My favorite part being Emma recognizing Egypt before anyone told her. Maybe they are teaching her something at school. I think at that point we did a ice cream break and got settled in for the parade. The girls liked that except of course Lexi had to hide her face when the float with the evil people came by.
At that point, Kristyn decided to stay with Heather and Jeremy for a bit and we decided to go home and go to the pool. Emma kept asking and it really was a great day to go. The brochures say the pool is heated but they must have started with 40 degree water because warm it was not. The girls still had a bit of fun and I even got in waste deep. Lexi even got on the water slide and did pretty well with it. It didn’t take long for them to get over it though. And I was fine with that. By then it was 5:30 or 6 and time to get back to the park for dinner.
We met up with Kristyn, Heather and Jeremy and ate at Peco Bill’s. I had a burrito and Scott had a burger. The girls had salad and chicken, which, yes, they picked. Love that. They didn’t even finish their pudding before claiming they were full. A lot of food went uneaten. Thank goodness Jeremy was there to eat the leftovers.
After dinner, Kristyn went with Heather and Jeremy again to use up some fast passes they got and we tried to get in line for Ariel again. No dice. Still an hour wait. So we got on the carousel and then headed back towards the castle for the light parade. We stayed there and Heather and Kristyn took the girls to the front row and stayed with them. Scott and I hung back and chatted with Jeremy. It actually was very relaxing. I was told Lexi didn’t like one float that had some black figure that had black bat wings with red lights that opened. But Cinderella followed soon after and she was fine.
We hit up the bakery for an evening snack. Emma was losing it a little at that point and she downed a cherry danish almost all on her own. The fireworks started during that and we did manage to watch them from afar without Lexi freaking out. But she was really sleepy and fell asleep in the stroller. We decided to call it a night and headed back.
Back at what Lexi calls “our village” we got the girls into bed and caught the tail-end of Mulan before lights out. I managed to get a load of laundry done and a quick phone call to Heather. I’m going a little crazy without Internet. And I’m too cheap to pay the $9.95/day for the service. Maybe we’ll get it tomorrow and I can post some of this. As of now, it’s 10 after 12 and I think another park awaits us in the morning. I just wish I was organized enough to know which one!