We left off at story time with Belle. The girls loved getting chosen for storytime.
We didn't stick around to meet Belle individually since we'd already gotten pictures w/ Belle at Akershus. We immediately went to see the stage show.
It was one where the characters come down to greet afterwards. Donald came right up to DD7 since she was up front.
DD4 went to greet Donald too before we left. We'd already met Donald at Epcot so weren't too concerned w/ getting a good photo.
Next we briefly left MK to take the monorail to the Contemporary. I had forgotten to print out a receipt for preordering the photopass and we would need it for our photo shoot in a couple days. I was told that Contemporary had a place to print off email. This was our first monorail ride this trip. DD7 had no problem running up to CMs to ask to ride in front but unfortunately it was already taken. We took this quick pic. of CM since we did not book res. there this time.
As we were taking the escalator down we had a scary moment. DH and DD7 got on the escalator before DD4 and I and were almost to the bottom when we got on. Well for some reason DD4 put one foot on and did not follow with her other foot. I did not realize this at first so was a little farther down when Faith started crying. I turned to see her fallen on the moving escalator.
I ran up and tried to pick her up forgetting my arms didn't work. So then I fell down with her. DD4 started crying harder and I couldn't lift myself up. Thankfully DH was there to come to our rescue. He sprinted back up the stairs and lifted us both up before we hit the bottom.
That was a little scary though. We would have been in trouble had DH not been there.
After making our copy we headed back to MK. Once again the front of the monorail was already taken. It was a little before 6 p.m. and we had 6:20 reservations at LTT for dinner. We decided to go check in early since we'd had good luck w/ that so far. Have I mentioned it was
MNSSHP night? I had originally planned on going this night since a prepurchase discount was available for this night but DH preferred to wait until our last night. I really think MNSSHP really contributed to LTT being very busy. When we arrived they said we probably wouldn't be seated until our reservation time. It was entertaining watching people show up in their costumes. Well we waited and waited and waited. We were not seated at our res. time. We were seated 20 min. after that. (40 min. after arriving.)
We did enjoy our dinner at LTT. We all enjoyed the family style food. First came Dale.
The characters here did a great job interacting rather than just signing and moving on. In fact I think it was the best character greet I've seen in terms of interaction. Here Dale took our pin and balanced in on his nose. The girls thought this was funny.
Next came Pluto w/ a pumpkin on his head.
Well next came . . . . . . . . Gee, it looks like Dale but we've already seen Dale. DD7 wasn't paying much attention to the character at our table and I thought she was being rude. I said hey, this must be Chip. So, the chipmunk then kind of awkwardly put a finger up like to say "one moment" and walked away. We weren't quite sure what that was about.
Some time went by and the same character came back. The girls took a picture and had him sign. He signed DALE.
The Character looked at me and kind of shrugged. I'm guessing that there must have been a CM change under the costume and poor Dale was unsure where he left off. So, I'm sure most of you know your chipmunk facts better than me but for those of you who don't. Dale has a big round brown nose and Chip has a small black nose. DD7 seemed upset that Dale took up two pages in her signature book.
Next came Goofy. He was a lot of fun. He used DH head as a desk when signing both girls' books.
Then of course Miss Minnie herself. She was so sweet.
After we took that picture she signed for us to take a separate picture of each girl with her. I'm glad she did. For some reason we almost never thought to do that. The girls seemed excited to get their one-on-ones w/ Minnie.
And finally . . . . . Chip w/ the small black nose came. DD7 told Chip how Dale had signed her book twice. It was too cute. Chip put his hand on his head and shook his head. Then he motioned his finger around his head to mean crazy. Chip shared the sign page that Dale had used and DD7 was happy w/ that.
Overall great dinner. I think I read recently LTT will be ending character dining soon. Is that true? That is a big disappointment if so because they did a great job.
So, as soon as we stood up to leave a CM dressed like a zombie came straight to us and told us he was going to give us a tour out. I was not surprised about this since I had heard that they escort out people who finish dining after MNSSHP starts. The CM was a little too much into his character. He was a little creepy. Didn't talk to us much. We made it almost to the castle when DH remembered we'd left the stroller with some of our belongings behind. CM seemed a little put off by this and the girls and I stood and waited with him. He was checking his watch and I couldn't figure out if he was acting to be bothered as part of his character of if he was really bothered. When we went to the Halloween party later that week I realized that he was one of the zombie's with the shovel in the parade. DH finally returned and took this one picture as we left.
Hmm looks like people waiting for the parade. I bet our zombie
was worried about making it back to get ready for the parade. As we left DD4 was a little frightened by the music and kept saying, "let's get out of here." I was beginning to get second thoughts about taking them to the party at the end of the week.
We made it back to our hotel w/ enough time to get in our evening swim and fireworks. Although I must admit that by now I was the only one really watching the fireworks.
Up Next
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The one park we've not yet visited. Who knows?
DD4 hair looks so cute with her ribbons and love the Mickey crocs, just got some for my DS's at Marshall's for $10 a couple of weeks ago for our upcoming trip.
