April 2009
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April 28, 2009
When we weren’t at the Magic Kingdom, we were at the resort in the heated pool. It wasn’t super hot there, but the water was still warm. We stayed at one of the resort hotels (Carribean Beach) and loved it. It was very easy to take the buses back and forth from the park to the hotel (for an afternoon nap for S).
Everyone warned us about the long lines at Disney, but we never had a prob. We never waited more than 20 minutes for any ride. Not many grown up rides there, though. James and I love the super scary roller coasters and there are none of those. The only “grown up” rides we did were the Thunder Mountain coaster and the Haunted Mansion ride (which is cool for the effects). We took a steamboat ride while there and a train ride, not to mention the many rides on the carousel. I tried to get Sophie to go on the Dumbo ride, but she wasn’t having none of it. Too scary for her.
We’ll go back again when Sophie is a bit older. Next time I’ll do the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique with her (if she wants to do it). This time I deemed her too young, though I think maybe she wasn’t (makes a girl feel special to be so fussed over!)
The one day we took off to lounge at the pool, Sophie ended up with pink eye. It was no prob, though. A shuttle came to pick us up and drop us at an Immediate Care type place. We had meds for her within two hours. Getting the meds into said child was more of a problem than actually obtaining them….
OMG brownie!!!! (At Cinderella’s Royal Dinner)
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Sophie was a happy kid. She loved the dinner.
One last shot of Cinderella before we headed back to the hotel. Sophie fell asleep on the tram about two minutes after we boarded and slept the whole way back. The thumb in the mouth is a sure sign of fatigue.
Dancing in the street during the morning Street Party.
I can’t remember this fairy’s name, but I know she’s a light fairy.
Meeting Tinkerbell!!!
Garden fairy. Can’t remember her name, either, but she was deliciously in character with a southern accent and all.
More eating!
Yum! Sophie never says no to ice cream (or French Fries, OMG).
A pretty shot of the Princess House right before the Specrolight parade (magnificent!). The fireworks were awesome too. We watched both the two days we spent at the Magic Kingdom.
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April 28, 2009
I have so many Disney pics I have to split the posts in two. They’re not in any kind of order. I just picked out some (from the twenty billion we took) to represent our trip.
Here’s the first part….
Sophie meeting Belle from Beauty and the Beast.
Meeting the princesses (and the fairies, but more so the princesses) was the highlight of Disney for Sophie. She was so overcome and SO excited to meet them that in most of the pictures she looks like she’s about to cry. Here Belle was saying she and Sophie were dressed alike, both in yellow.
My mom, me, Sophie and James in front of the “princess house”. We’d gone back to the Magic Kingdom after an afternoon swim/nap break to watch the Spectrolight parade and fireworks.
From earlier that day.
Sophie meeting Fairy Godmother.
She LOVED the carousel and we went on it about five times. It was preferred over the “It’s a Small World” ride, which was my favorite. We did that one twice.
See how she looks like she’s about to cry? She was so excited to meet Cinderella, her fav of the princesses.
Chowing a “pop” and waiting for the afternoon parade to begin.
Meeting Prince Charming at Cinderella’s Royal Dinner (which was expensive, but worth it. VERY well done and great food).
Meeting Cinderella again, (a different one this time, but I don’t think Sophie noticed).
Sophie and Lady Tremaine (fantastically in character).
Sophie and Anastasia (also fantastically “evil stepsister”)
And with Drisella.
****Side A is now complete. Flip over for Part B.
