Wednesday: Day Four – Magic Kingdom Redux

Okay, so the exhaustion was really taking its toll by this time. We slept in a bit, because we were actually having a little later lunch at the Crystal Palace with… that’s right, Pooh and friends (“Pooh at the table”). As soon as we got there, we met Pinocchio and Daisy. The parents had to hit a bathroom, so Allie and I stood and watched part of a show. We tried to meet the characters from Tangled (Flynn, not Finn, and Rapunzel), but the line was too long. Because we’d already been there, we really didn’t have anything to ride. Then we tried to meet Tiana and Naveen, from the Princess and the Frog, but they had already closed the meeting line. We were told that, if we wanted to meet them, there was a parade, immediately after which they would return. Then we ate. We met Pooh (“again, Pooh at the table”), Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger. It really is a lot more fun than you would think. I mean, the people who do the characters are super nice and the food is always great.

I had made the statement earlier that the only real person that I wanted to meet was a pirate. I wanted a picture with a pirate. Unfortunately, and ironically, there aren’t any pirates that you can meet. You can watch a pirate SHOW, but not actually meet one. However, we found a PhotoPass guy, one of the people who take pictures of you meeting other people, who was dressed as a pirate. Apparently, it was his first day, so he had a handler. The guy finished taking pictures for this one family, and I was like, “So, we wanna borrow you. I want my picture taken with a pirate and you’ll do.” He was like, “… Okay…” Then we popped a squat to watch the parade. Allie, Mom, and I got stickers with Mickey on them from Steve the Secret Service agent (well, that’s what he looked like). The parade was really good, and we sent Dad ahead as a scout just at the end of the parade to get us a spot in line for the Tiana/Naveen meet, which was successful. According to Dad, Naveen was wearing camo and had mud flaps on his boot. He also apparently knew something about Charleston and New Orleans because he commented on the Battery area being similar to New Orleans. And, nobody knew Naveen’s name; they kept having to ask. We went back out and watched the show, again. We also stuck around to watch them light the castle for Christmas. Stunning. Allie and I had tickets to Cirque du Soleil to see La Nouba that night, so we left. Mom and Dad watched the Electric Light Parade and the fireworks, and that was pretty much our night.