On Thursday, April 19, we went to breakfast at 9am at the resort cafeteria. The food options were pretty good. I had raisin bran and breakfast potatoes for breakfast. The potatoes were awesome. Cleo had Fruit Loops and bacon. Sidney had chocolate pancakes and bacon. Roger had pancakes with berry sauce and bacon.
We got to Magic Kingdom around 12:00pm. It took so long because there are multiple steps involved prior to actually gaining entrance to the theme park. First, we drove to the parking lot for Magic Kingdom. Then we took a tram to the park. Then we got on a monorail to get to the actual entrance to the park. Then we had to go through security and then gain entrance to the park. For adults, they link up your fingerprint to your ticket each time you enter a park. It’s a process. We had a stroller for every child – we had lightweight strollers for Cleo and Sidney.
Robin, Roger and I had created a list of kid-friendly rides that were appropriate for our kids’ ages. We spent most of our time in Fantasyland.
We went on Dumbo the Flying Elephant, the big merry-go-round, It’s a Small World, Mad Tea Party (spinning tea cup ride), and Peter Pan’s Flight. We waited on line for 20-40 minutes for each ride. After waiting on the line for Peter Pan’s Flight the longest, e.g., 40 minutes, Cleo decided right when we were about to get on that the ride looked “too dark” and refused to get on. She and I got off the line and scouted out a nearby gift shop. We didn’t try to reason with her because there wasn’t time and there was no reason to force her to go on a ride if she did not want to. Roger gets motion sickness and before we got on the tea cup ride I made fun of him. Then, when we were actually on the ride, I felt sick and he was fine. Man, that thing spins a lot even if you don’t spin it a lot.
In Tomorrowland, we went on the Tomorrowland Speedway. Then we had a snack at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe in Tomorrowland. It started to rain really bad while we were eating. Once it let up a bit, we made our way to Cleo and Kaelin’s 4pm appointment at the Bibbidi Bobbido Boo Boutique for their princess make-overs. The boutique was in Cinderella’s castle. Around 4:10pm, Robin, Cleo, Kaelin and I were taken to a back room to change them into their princess outfits. Cleo dressed as Rapunzel from “Tangled” and Kaelin dressed as Princess Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog.” Sidney fell asleep on our walk over to the boutique and slept in Roger’s arms during the entire salon appointment. Marisol, Cleo’s stylist, was from San Salvador, El Salvador and was so incredibly nice. Every Disney World worker’s name pin identifies where they were. The security fellow checking our bags when we went through security was from the Bronx and I said I was from Brooklyn and he gave my bag a very cursory inspection and said he trusted me because I was from NY.
Sidney napping and Roger just closing his eyes - he's not asleep.
Cleo getting pixie dust sprinkled on her hair while she holds up a plastic face guard.
After the girls were beautified, we went across the walkway to the restaurant where we had a 5:25 reservation for dinner with the princesses. During dinner, Cleo met Belle from Beauty & the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, and Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. Cleo took pictures with each princess and they signed Cleo’s autograph book. The princesses also signed Sidney and Kaelin’s autograph books but they did not take pictures with the princesses.
Sidney took a picture with Belle and Ariel. We are not sure why he selected those two princesses to be photographed with.
My dinner was awesome. I had an arugula salad, vegetable cassoulet (garbanzo beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, topped with bread crumbs), chef’s sampling of 3 desserts (almond cheesecake, chocolate mouse, fruit tart). Cleo’s pizza was really good. Sidney did not eat his dinner but did eat some of Kaelin’s chicken nuggets. Sidney ate a little of his decorate-your-own cupcake.
After dinner, we strolled around a little and headed back home to the resort. We got back to the resort around 9:30pm.
I apologize for the font issues. More on the rest of our trip soon.
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