TruLovesKiss
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2013
And then we realized that we were in our FP+ window of 2:55-3:55. It was time to meet Rapunzel and a visiting princess at Princess Fairytale Hall!
We were taken in through a separate door which lead us right into the princesses. We had maybe a 30 second wait!
Rapunzel was the first princess that we met and I was surprised that there was not a PP photographer with her. She was the main attraction, wasnt she?
I loved Rapunzels reaction, she was just a little surprised to see her twin!
Comparing braids (I made Islas by the way!)
Rapunzel was super sweet and Isla was on cloud nine!
The visiting princess was Aurora and she did have a PP photographer. Now that didnt make much sense to me! But anyway .
After we had left Princess Fairytale Hall, I noticed a PP photographer as we were walking past the Cinderella fountain. I thought that would be a nice spot to get a few pics of Bronwyn since we werent able to meet Tiana. (That's already on my must-do for next trip!)
And then I had to save the frog from going for a swim.
By now we were all pretty hot, tired and hungry, so we decided to head back to the hotel to pick up a late lunch at Captain Cooks and to finish up all of our leftovers that we had acquired over the trip. We made our way to the front of the park and caught some of the Celebrate a Dream Come True parade along Main Street on our way out.
As we walked through the gates, I could feel the tears welling up. How could our trip be coming to an end already? I had planned for this trip for SO long and now here it was, almost over!
At least we'd have so many magical memories that we will never forget!
We talked to Mickey Mouse, flew to Neverland, met our favorite princesses, soared over California, pressed pennies, saw Tinkerbelle fly, found trolls in Norway, defeated evil villains, discovered our future, swam with Nemo, searched for Dinosaurs, danced with Prince Charming, safarid through an African savanna, were transformed into princesses, drove a race car, feasted like kings, had a sword fight with pirates, Trick or Treated, rode down a Volcano, lead a parade with Belle AND Lilo, traded pins & Vinylmations, went to Infinitey & beyond, walked miles & miles throughout the World, rode a monorail, watched fireworks, posed for pictures ( . many, many pictures!) and countless more magical memories! We wished upon a star . and our wishes had come true!!
We then boarded the monorail for the last time of our trip.
Goodbye Cinderella Castle.
Goodbye Magic Kingdom
It was really hitting hard that we were leaving.
Goodbye Tokelau
We boarded our UnMagical Express and headed to MCO.
Our travels back home were pretty uneventful. Our 8pm flight back to Newark took off right on time. I had Donovan and Jorie in my row with me, who both fell asleep. Joe had Isla and Bronwyn with him, who were both awake the whole flight. Bwahahaha! The whole luggage situation was a PIA so we ended up using a porter which was WELL worth the $20 tip, especially since the one we used at Newark pushed our bags across what felt like the whole airport and showed us where to pick up our hotel shuttle. We waited for what seemed like forever doesnt everything seem to take longer when youre exhausted? for our shuttle to arrive. Finally it did and we boarded followed by a bunch of flight attendants and a pilot. Isla, who was still wide awake (yup, it was almost midnight) and still wearing her Rapunzel dress, chatted with and became best friends with a couple of the flight attendants. It was pretty cute!
We finally arrived at our hotel. Because of the whole pack n play fiasco that happened at this hotel the night before our trip started, we didnt even bother asking for one this time. We changed all of the kids into their PJs and they were all asleep in minutes. Jorie & Isla slept in the double bed. We put the two chairs together for Donovan to sleep in, and I layed Brownyn down in the stroller. Hey whatever works, right?
Im pretty sure we all slept in to 10am! I woke up to Jorie asking me "Mom, why is Bronwyn sleeping on the floor?" I looked down and yup, there she was, face-down on the dirty hotel room floor. I guess I never strapped her into the stroller, whoops! Hahaha And it was at that moment that I realized that the magic had ended we were back in reality.
As our magical vacation comes to an end so does this trip report. I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for being here. I truly feel blessed. Ive been blown away by all of the kind words that you all have expressed along the way. And even if you didn't comment (I know you lurkers are out there) thank you for following along. It means SO much!! Its been so exciting to be able to share our wonderful memories with all of you!
Needless to say, we were overwhelmed with the magic of WDW and we CAN NOT WAIT to go back!!! Ive been busy, busy, busy planning our November trip, so keep an eye out for a PTR. I hope that you all will join me. I think that it will be fun to share what well be doing and of course what well be wearing. Ill be sure to post a link here when I get that started. See ya real soon!!!
Our autograph mat:
Looks like I need to buy a frame for this too!
Our pressed penny collection:
