This is the third post of my Disney Trip report – click for
post #1 and
post #2!
Magic
Kingdom has always been my favorite park. I also think it’s the most magical
park since it’s the one with the giant castle in the middle of it. Because the
trip was for Emily’s birthday, I wanted to do something really special for her.
I gave her some options and she picked getting turned into a princess at the
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. My travel agent scored us an 8 am appointment on a
day that the Magic Kingdom didn’t open until 9! So both Emily and I were really
looking forward to this day.
We got up
early because we had wanted to get to the buses by 7 am. The dresses at the
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique are very expensive so I had gotten Emily a Sophia the
First dress before we had left home. She was very excited and very awake due to
a
good night’s sleep.
We didn’t
have to wait too long for a bus and we were on our way to the Magic Kingdom. It
was a little bit of a walk to get to the front of the park and then we took the
walk down Main Street. The park was very empty since the only people allowed in
were people with reservations. It was getting close to eight so we just made
our way to the castle. I got very teary eyed as Emily saw the castle for the first
time. I had been waiting for that moment for years!
Once we were
in the castle and at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, it didn’t take too long for
Emily to be assigned a fairy godmother-in-training (FGIT) to do her hair. She
picked the hairstyle that was a bun because it was the one that came with a
crown.
I was
concerned that her hair wasn’t going to be long enough and that she’d want to
take it out right away. Luckily I was wrong on both counts. The FGIT teased her
hair and was able to get it into the bun. While she was working on the back of
it, another FGIT came over to do her makeup. Finally a crown was put in her
hair and a Mickey head barrette in the back. Then came the glitter. Lots and
lots of glitter hairspray in her hair.
She was so
excited to see herself in the mirror once she was done. It was only about 8:30
when we were all finished. Since the park didn’t actually open until 9 we had
some time to kill. Luckily there was a gift shop right behind the castle that
was open. They did have photopass photographers there, but Emily didn’t want to
get her picture taken. She wanted to look at the toys. She spotted an Ariel /
Eric dress up toy like the Minnie Mouse one she bought the day before and she
just had to have it.
Once we were
done in the store, we just waited by the rope and looked out at Fantasyland. I
went to the front of the castle to see about taking some pictures but then I
heard the music start up. I hurried back to Todd and Emily, and a few minutes
later we were on our way.
An aside here,
planning and knowledge is really helpful when you go to Disney World. There is
so much to see and do, plus some rides / shows fill up really fast. Even though
we used a travel agent, I like reading up on Disney World. So I knew some
things that really helped make our trip go smoother.
Because I
had read up on all things Disney, I knew that we should head to Enchanted Tales
With Belle first thing. I’d heard that this attraction could get backed up with
long wait times really fast. Since we were already in the middle of the part,
we were one of the first people in line. It’s more of a little show than a
ride, because the premise is that we are going to go
back in time to the day
that Belle and Beast fall in love through a magical portal in Belle’s father’s
cottage. We surprise Belle by acting out the story of how she and Beast first
met.
Emily and I
had watched the YouTube video of this attraction so we knew what to do. We were
taken through the portal and into Beast’s castle. The cast member in charge helped
the Wardrobe give parts to everyone. Todd was picked to be a knight and because
of my lovely soprano voice I was picked to be the wardrobe. Emily wasn’t picked
but was able to get a part and she was a dish. We did the story and then we all
got our picture with Belle (I didn’t get mine on our camera and we weren’t
using Photopass +). I had to rush to the
back of the room so I could get Emily’s picture with Belle.
From there,
we went walked onto It’s A Small World and Dumbo. We also got to ride on the
new Little Mermaid ride which was cool. Emily wanted to ride on the
Tomorrowland Express, so Todd took her on that because I
had no desire to ride
one of those little cars by myself. Apparently, Emily is not a very good driver
and kept
crashing them into the walls.
For my
Fastpass + selections, I opted to use them for meet and greets. Our first one
was over at the Fairytale Hall to meet Snow White and Rapunzel. It was neat to
touch our magic bands to the Mickey head and have it turn green. We had a very
short wait before we were taken in to see the princesses.
I had
arranged the Fastpass + so we had another one to meet the other pair of Princesses,
Cinderella and Aurora. All the Princesses were really sweet, though my favorite
(and Emily’s) was Rapunzel. After we finished with the princesses, we got some
lunch.
Since we
were still in Fantasyland, we went to Pinocchio Village Haus for lunch. I think
I’ve eaten there every trip I’ve ever taken to Disney World. Emily was starting
to hit that wall, so we decided to head back to our room. Emily napped, Todd
vegged out and I took a swim. We headed back over to the Magic Kingdom in the late
afternoon for more park time.
