We arrived early (again) before the gates opened so we could catch the opening performance. The train comes in carrying performers that included Mickey Mouse and a few other characters. They sing and dance and it sets the stage for the rest of the day!
Once the rope dropped we began the stampede toward the Peter Pan and Winnie the Pooh ride. The waits were very short. It is important to note that Avery did not like Peter Pan or Winnie the Pooh because it was dark. She did not like anything that was dark or that she could potentially get wet on. She did not throw a fit, but you could tell by her body language that she was scared:-( Again- I'm sorry Avery!
Avery and Jacy were very excited to ride the carousel (or the horsies in Jacy's case). I was excited to see Cinderella's evil Step-Sisters and Step-Mother on the ride. They were HILARIOUS! The girls did not know what to think of them. I am anxious for them to watch the movie again so they can make the connection, because it has been a while since we watched Cinderella.
Jacy and Avery just kept staring at the sisters!
Avery did smile on Winnie the Pooh in the "happy" parts- not when it stormed inside the hundred acre woods.
There was NOBODY in the circus area. While the girls rode the Mad Tea Party with Brian (I do not do tea-cups) I scoped out that area for characters and fast-passes. It was desserted. We were able to do all 4 characters within 5-10 minutes TOTAL!
I quickly figured out that Avery wanted pictures by herself with every character- which I understood. I just hope the people waiting behind us understood that it was important to her.
Jacy kept calling Donald a girl and he just laughed at her.
So I made Avery afraid of the dark...we took Jacy on Barnstormer....This is her face....Not good. Thankfully she recovered quickly.
The new Ariel ride
ARIEL! The characters are all SO nice. The ones that could talk had sweet conversations with the girls. For two girls that can talk A LOT- they were very, very shy about talking to the princesses.
Gaston!
At check-in on Monday the girls received 1st Time at Disney World pins- which Avery wore on Tuesday. We received Happy Anniversary pins which we wore on our Anniversary- Wednesday. I have never been wished HAPPY ANNIVERSARY so many times! Cast Members in the restrooms, food cashiers, princesses, camera people, dancers in parades and on stilts! It made for a very special 9-year anniversary that will not be forgotten.
Our morning plan worked out just right. Within the first hour we rode 5 rides and met 4 characters + the 3 characters from Cinderella. We also caught a front seat to the Street Party Parade in front of the castle- then headed on to Monsters Inc for the laugh floor. This picture shows the girls waiting in line being silly. Jacy got to be one of the stars of the show. Her picture was featured and she was BOO (from the movie). She played along quite well and started grinning and twisting wanting everyone to see her.
This only gets us to around NOON of Day 3...To be continued.
Poor Avery :( I did not realize she did not like Pooh and Peter Pan. I guess I also realize now that I never heard about Splash Mountain !! Looks like such a fun morning. That is so funny about the stepsisters. I don't do tea cups either...actually neither one of us will-sorry kids.
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