Tuesday October 8, 2013
Magic Kingdom
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| Tink magically appeared! |
Today we had
a really busy day planned plus it was my 49th birthday! I wanted to spend the day at the Magic
Kingdom for an extra magical day. I
dressed in homage to Minnie Mouse, wearing Minnie ear headband, a red with
white polka dot shirt, black shorts, yellow socks and black shoes. I got a lot of compliments on my clothes that
day. I even had a cast member sing Happy
Birthday Princess Minnie to me! I have
to be honest, I was adorable! I also
wore the Birthday button I was given at check in.
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| Me and the castle |
We tried to make rope drop, because I have never
been to a rope drop, but we are just not morning people. We did manage to get there around 10 am, so
not too bad for us. I LOVED seeing all
of the autumn decorations! Autumn is my
favorite season and it was extra fun with a Disney twist!
My favorite moments
of going to the Magic Kingdom are when we first walk in and look down Main
Street. I love seeing the store fronts
and balloons, with the castle as the backdrop.
I always get happy tears and smile from ear to ear. This time as we walked down Main Street, I
was met with a chorus of Happy Birthday!
It was so awesome!
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| Main Street U.S.A. |
We made our
way toward the castle and toward New Fantasyland. They were setting up for a show so we walked
around on the right side of the castle.
It is so beautiful! I really
enjoyed walking around the castle and seeing the different views from different
angles. I really love that castle. I have decided that when I retire, I am going
to move in.
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| My castle |
As we
approached the entrance to new Fantasyland we all got excited! Our goal this morning was to have an early
lunch with counter service at Be Our Guest restaurant. My husband is huge fan
of Beauty and the Beast and Belle is his favorite Princess. We couldn’t get dinner reservations so we
were really hoping for counter service.
However the girls had a 12:30 reservation for Pirates League so we had a
bit of a time crunch. There was a 45
minute wait to be seated and we were worried we would not have enough time to
order and eat so we decided to start strolling toward Adventureland while
looking for a counter service restaurant that caught our interest. We didn’t get very far because we decided to
eat at “The Pinocchio Village Haus” restaurant. I had heard great reviews about their tomato soup and the rest of the group
thought the menu looked yummy too. The
restaurant was not quite open yet but they let us sit in the dining room near
the front doors for the 20 minutes until they began serving lunch. There were two other families also waiting
and we all chatted together about where we were from, where we were staying and
what we were enjoying on our vacations.
Disney
Dinning counter service allows for 1 drink, 1 entree and 1 dessert. I decided to order the caprese flatbread (it
was way too hot for soup), lemonade and the chocolate gelato. The other three ordered pepperoni flatbread, lemonade
and chocolate cake.
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| Caprese Flatbread |
While we
were waiting for our food, I noticed the cast members peeking at my Birthday
badge as well as at another guy (Steve) down the way. I started smiling because I knew they were up
to something. That is when it happened,
the cast members were announcing my and Steve’s names and that it was our
birthdays, and they sang a song!
Everyone cheered and clapped and yelled Happy Birthday, Steve and I
yelled Happy Birthday to each other and the cast members gave us each a little chocolate
cake!
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| Chocolate Cake |
Everything
was really good. I didn’t know flat bread
pizza could be so good but that caprese hit the spot! The gelato was really good too and I made
everyone have a spoonful of it. It was
having ice cream with our cake. The cake
was pretty good too, but chocolate cake is always good. So here we are, all Rolly, polly full of
yummy food again! The decor in Pinocchio
Village House was super cute! I am
really looking forward to going back there in the future.
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| Enjoying our meal at Pinocchio Village Haus |
After our
meal we continued onward to Adventureland.
We had a little time before our 12:30 appointment so we rode Pirates of
the Caribbean to get in that pirate mood. I enjoyed the additions of Captain Jack throughout the ride. It was my first time to ride since he was
added.
Next we went
to the Pirates league! First the girls
got their pirate names. There was a small
rotating barrel with large dice inside. The girls each rotated the barrel and the dice numbers correspond to a
name. The pirate League cast member
makes sure they are happy with the name (they were) and then they were taken to
the pirate make over room where they were introduced by their new pirate names!
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| Getting their pirate names |
The room was
huge with about 5 makeover stations on each side of the room. The middle was furnished with various couches
and seats for parents and sibling to wait and watch, and the whole room was
covered in pirate booty.
Soon
Cinderella made her grand entrance and we got our photo taken with her and the
girls got her autograph. Did I take
pictures? NO! I was caught up in the moment, plus she
wished me a Happy Birthday! After
photos we were taken up a beautiful staircase to the grand dining room! We were seated and as it turned out we were
seated at the first table the princess’s visit when they are announced to the
dining room! It was pretty cool!
My place
setting had a special place mat of the Princesses’ which was pretty cool. Each child is supposed to receive either a sword
or a magic wand. Our waitress brought
put a wand for me and a sword for hubby and she brought out both a sword and a
wand for each of the girls, because they were pirate princesses! We girls also got wishing stars for a little
ceremony later during our meal.
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| My birthday place mat, magic wand and wishing star! |
Our meal
began with a chef’s tasting plate which included salad, fruit, cheese, humus
and pita points. It was all really
yummy. We drank some kind of punch drink
in wine goblets, which was both tasty and fancy. I chose to eat the oven-roasted chicken
breast with farrow wheat risotto and shallot confit served with ground mustard
au jus. It was divine!
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| Chef's tasting platter |
BFF chose
the Gnocchi with roasted vegetables which included eggplant, mushrooms, onions
and squash tossed with gnocchi, arugula, Pesto, shaved Romano and aged
balsamic. She said it was really good
but the portion size was way more than she could finish.
Hubby and daughter both picked the pork sandwich which was tender pork on crusty ciabatta
bread, apricot barbecue, broccoli slaw and sweet potato fries. We all picked the little cheesecake with a
strawberry gel for dessert.
During our
meal we got visits from Snow White, Ariel, Jasmine and Aurora. Hey were all very friendly and spent time
chatting with the girls, signing their autograph books and posing for
photos. I kept tearing up every time a
princess came to our table. One point
during the meal our waitress came over and asked if I was okay because I looked
teary and I explained it was just all so magical and how much I was enjoying
watching my girls with the princesses. She
hugged me and said that is how it is supposed to be.
My husband
had ordered a special chocolate slipper dessert filled with chocolate mousse
and fruit for my birthday. It said
“Happy Birthday Abby” in chocolate on the plate and was very pretty! When it was brought out there was singing and
I blew out a candle but I was so caught up in the moment it is all a blur of
happiness and celebration! I shared this
special dessert with my family and we all really enjoyed it. Unfortunately we could all only manage a bite
of our cheese cakes. It was good
too. Before we left, I made a stop at
the ladies room and on my way there I received several birthday well wishes
from other guests. It was really cool!
After our
very yummy, very filling meal, we headed back to Adventure land for the pirate
parade and show. The girls seemed to enjoy being part of the pirate parade and the show was cute. During a pre-show portion, there were two female cast members who were entertaining the crowd. They were pirates names Karen and Mandy and they were very funny! They were having a great time teaching audience responses and how to fight with a pirate sword and similar things. While watching the show, the girls both looked at me with a gleam in their eye. I asked what they were thinking and they both stated that these two girls were them in 5 years! The girls have both expressed interest in the college program.
After Karen and Mandy, it was Captain Jack's turn to come out and entertain. I was a bit disappointed that the girls were
never brought up on stage or given a scroll.
This captain Jack seemed to ignore anyone over the age of 10 but the show was cute and entertaining. We decided to split before the show ended
because it had gone on for a while and we had fast passes to
splash mountain.
My husband
is not a fan of roller coasters or anything with a drop so he chose to skip the
ride and people watch while he sat in the rented wheel chair. (He has a hard time standing for long periods
of time and walking all day because he was born with spina bifida) He sat on
the bridge in front of the splash mountain drop hoping to see us go over the
falls. The girls and I zoomed through
the line pretty quickly and boarded the ride using the fast pass on our magic
bands. This went really smoothly for
us. We rode the ride, sang the song,
took the plunge, got the ride photo on my photo pass and then went to find hubby.
When we
found him he was all wet! It turns out
that while he was sitting there someone sat a drink on the railing behind
him. They must have forgotten it when
they walked off, then later a guy stretched out his arms on the railing, hit
the drink and it dumped out all over hubby.
The guy just looked at him blankly. There was no “sorry”, no “can I get you some towels”, no anything. Then the guy took his arm of the railing
turned around and talked to the woman he was with and they walked away. All he had to do was say “sorry”, is it
really so hard to be polite? So we found
the nearest restroom so he could clean up and then we went on with the rest of
our evening and night.
We rode the
haunted mansion, It’s a small world, Mickey’s Phiharmagic, the mad tea party
(hubby rode with the girls 3X) Dumbo, Journey of the Little Mermaid, the
Tomorrowland Transit Authority, Carousel of Progress, Buzz Lightyear, Space
Mountain (I rode with the girls 3x), and attended a limited time magic dance
party in tomarrowland.
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| Dumbo spinning in circles |
We had SO MUCH
FUN! We were so tired when we got back
to our resort that we all crashed hard!
Here are our Flickr Photos from day 3
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