So here is how it all went down:
Saturday, May 12th-- Drove a million miles, only ended up just past Atlanta, GA.
Sunday, May 13th -- Drove a million more miles, finally arrived in Orlando, FL. Yeah!
MONDAY, MAY 14th -- EPCOT
Went to EPCOT. Visited The Seas with Nemo & Friends and Turtle Talk with Crush. N didn't seem to like Turtle Talk at all while we were there but spent the rest of the week calling us all "Dudes." We were biding our time until 12:50 when we had a reservation at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall to dine with the princesses. N became enamored of a Viking helmet with blonde pigtails and a plastic sword in a Norway shop, plus she colored a mask in the KidCot station there.
We put her in her pink gown for our lunch. Upon entering, the kids got to have their pics taken with Belle. N was delighted beyond belief. Our hostess sat us right by the door where the princesses would enter the room to begin making their rounds. They had a appetizer bar with smoked salmon and other Norwegian delights, so I was pretty jazzed, but no sooner had I sat down that Sleeping Beauty came into the room. Needless to say, I had N on one side of me with her head on a swivel trying to see SB and the other princesses who kept arriving. The kid on the inside of me was begging for food, so I would click the camera, shove some food in my mouth, hand N her autograph book, snap another pic and dive in for another mouthful.
So SB was followed by Snow White, who was followed by Princess Jasmine, who was followed by Alice (or as N says Allison....Wonderland is her surname). Now I was kinda glad that the princess parade was over because I was hungry. N was not interested in her food---she wanted more princesses. And we had all forgotten just how literal 3-year-olds are because we had said we were going to have lunch with the princesses, which is technically not what we did. We ate lunch and the princesses visited us for a few minutes at our table, but they did not, in fact, break bread. N kept saying, "When are they gonna eat with us?" Ooops.
We ran into Donald Duck on our way out, but N was asleep in her stroller by the time we left EPCOT at 2:00 p.m.
After naps, we came back. D wanted to ride some big boy rides, so the grandparents and I took N into the Journey into Imagination with Figment ride and putzed around in the Kodak station. N covered her ears for most of the fireworks display, as she did in all restrooms and whenever any type of moving vehicle would pass by.
TUESDAY, MAY 15th -- MAGIC KINGDOM
Headed to the Magic Kingdom. N was jazzed by the monorail, but nothing could top her squealing, "There's Cinderella's Castle" at the top of her lungs in a packed monorail cab. The excitement on her face was totally worth the 50-odd bucks we spent for that day's entrance fee.
N saw characters within the first 3 minutes of entering the park so we were pretty well trapped in the initial courtyard for a good 45 minutes getting pictures and autographs.
She kept saying she wanted to see Cinderella (and then she said she wanted a balloon, and then she threw a tantrum). Fortunately, we arrived at Cinderella's Castle just in time to see a show that featured Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Goofy and PRINCESSES (Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty). There is a god!!!! N was thrilled and we never heard her say that she wanted to see Cinderella again.
We tackled Mickey's Philharmagic, Dumbo The Flying Elephant, Cinderella's Golden Carousel and It's a Small World, but then we had to beg off. Everyone was cooked.
That evening we returned and visited Mickey and Minnie's Country Cottage. N rode Mad Hatter's Tea Party with daddy and mamaw, and then the race cars in Tomorrowland Indy Speedway with her daddy and pa. 2 days down.... 3 left to survive.
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