The boys just had the time of their lives and I could not be happier. We were even making excellent time. Our orginal plans included The Swiss Family Treehouse, Tom Sayer Island and our FP+ for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad . Since we were making such great time we were able to add the Aladin Magic Carpet Ride. While the kids and I rode the ride mom and dad went into one of the shops to order a special Christmas gift to be mailed home for the boys.
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After the ride we were to meet mom and dad by the benches. We waited for a while and did not see them. We then heard the parade and could see the floats. We decided to get closer to check it out. There is an overpass close to the Aladin ride and I can honestly say I would have prefered that spot to see the parade rather then the FP+ location if it was a hot and sunny day. You could stand under the overpass which was shaded and see the parade perfectly even with us getting there after the parade had already started. We did not stay long though because I was afraid mom and dad would be back and not see us. We were only gone a few minutes before making our way back to the bench and still no Nana and Papa. I was a bit worried they had come back in our absence but I was also afraid to leave again. We ended up waiting another 20 minutes when mom and dad showed up. They said they got held up in the store. So this put us back a bit but not too bad. We could still possibly make it to the treehouse and the island if we did not take to terribly long at either place. However while sitting and waiting for mom and dad it dawned on me that I was supose to get a print out of the boys Pirate League pictures for no additional cost since we had the Old Photo Pass Plus. We stoped back into the entrance and explained this to the girl at the counter. She spent a lot of time searching for our photos and finally went to ask some one. She came back to tell me that one of the boys entire photos did not come out and were blurry. She explained that they tried to find us but we hurried out. REALLY!!!! We had stoped at the counter for some time afterwards so we could not have hurried out to quickly. I was starting to panic!!! I told the girl I wanted to see what child it was since maybe we could get another photo taken. After some length of time she came back and no one could find ANY of the pictures!!! Now I was getting mad
They spent more time trying to track down the photos and came up with Jaden and Alex's pictures but not Noah. Of all kids it had to be. He was the ONLY one that had his makeup already smeared. At this point I asked if we could at least see the pictures and if they were just a little blurry we would still take them. They told me there was no way and that they were never printed. with the time we wasted we were now at risk of not making our FP+ for BTMR.I was beyond mad at this point
I also asked to talk with the manager and requested at least a discount on Noah's package. I had to start from the begining and explain the whole situation again to her. Then she also disappered for a good length of time. Finally some one had found the picture and it was not blurry at all! Not sure what happened but all I knew is we now had ten minutes to make it to our FP+ for BTMR and there would be no chance of fitting in either the Treehouse or the Island. We rushed to the ride ,placed our magic bands by the Mickey, and waited. We all watched as the first person in our group went in. To our excitment the Mickey turned green. YEAH!!!! The boys loved the ride! I kept thinking it was one step closer to more advanced rollar coasters in the future. When we got off we managed to slip in a photo op before heading to our ADR for BOG.
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Once we arrived I got a group shot with the castle in the background.
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Even though we all could not wait to get inside we could not help but admire the detail outside. For some reason this little guy reminded me of Thomas the Fawn from The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.
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And long and behold Aslan the Lion also from The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.
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When we were lead inside I believe our jaws dropped! It was just beautiful! The main ballroom was so cool! Disney even made it look like it was snowing outside the window. Unfortunately my picture does not capture the falling snow.
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Even though we ran into a bump in the road over the pictures, this day was turning out to be the best day ever! We were lead to the West Wing which is where we would be seated. As much as I really liked the main ballroom the Weat Wing was just PERFECT for the boys! I loved the curtains where just behind them lie the rose with it's petal falling.
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I attempted to get a close up of the rose but it came out blurry. No matter it will remain in our memory with the help of that picture.
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Wish I would have come up with the idea of taking a picture of menus before now but at least we got one.
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The great thing about Disney is they really pay close attention to detail. Even the napkins were beautiful!
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While eating Dinner an announcement was made that the Beast would be accepting guests in the back room. While the lightning struck in the West Wing the Beast walked in and then back out. It was really cool! Meeting the beast was a highlight of getting the dinner reservation as well as getting to see the desert carts. They were just as beautiful all lit up! I know people debate whether to eat at BOG for either lunch or dinner but I highly suggest you do dinner at least once.
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After finishing our meal we got to meet the Beast. He did not sign autographs and after seeing his giant paws I could see why.
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While heading out Jaden wanted his picture taken by the knight. Now some say you can hear them talking.
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Having a full day and full belly's we were all ready to head back to our resort to meet Bill and let the boys have some pool time. Before doing so I wanted to get a good picture of the castle.
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Since I was transformed as a Mermaid and this would be our last day at the park we managed to get a couple pictures with The little Mermaid decor in the background. This was a picture of the boys holding me captive.
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To my surprise the photographer said he had a surprise for me since it was obvious I was a Little Mermaid fan. He had me hold out my hand and at that moment I just knew it had to be a magic shot of me hold Sabastian the crab! I had to wait until we got home to see the shot and this is what I saw!
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Obviously this was some kind of joke right? Actually I think the photographer was new.
As we made our way back to the resort the boys were really excited to show their father their new pirate selves. Jaden had worked sooooo hard to make sure his make up stayed perfect even throught out his meal just so he could show Bill. I arranged for Bill to meet us by the pool so the boys could display themselves with a pirate theme in the background. Since we were heading to the pool we got off at the Port Royal bus stop. I stopped to take a picture of how beautiful even the enterence was.
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Once we got to the pool I never had to beg those boys to get these shots! In fact they were asking me to take the pictures.
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Of course they had to ham it up for dad!
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We all walked back to our rooms to get changed into our swim suits. I wanted to capture how beautiful this place was so I could forever keep it in my memory.
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Our grand adventure of a life time was coming to an end. I knew we would be faced with the inevitable " Disney Blues" in which there is no cure. I was smart enough to at least come up with a plan to help reduce the symtoms which would start after the boys would fall asleep.
. Actually I had a lot of fun too!!!!
