Well, this trip one of her goals was to meet as many Princesses (and hopefully PRINCES) as time and circumstance would allow. Since she was missing her Senior Prom for her visit to the park she thought it only fair to try to get a dance, or at least a picture with a charming and handsome prince.
As luck would have it, our first afternoon visiting Magic Kingdom we discovered the spot where she could meet Prince Naveen and Princess Tiana. She was THRILLED and had a fun and enchanting conversation with them. They totally stayed in character and continued on the story of their lives together as they answered her questions and chatted with her.
These two cast members had been meeting and greeting their guests for at least an hour before we got up to them and they were so charming and pleasant. They didn't rush through Alaina's visit and chatted with her like old friends. They laughed and joked with each other, just like a married couple. It was fun for Alaina, and fun for us to watch.
Towards the end of the evening, we made our way over to the Toon Town Hall of Fame to meet three more princesses. We stood in this line for close to an hour and a half (if not longer) and all three of these princesses still had a smile on their face and a kind word to share.
Princess Aurora was the least chatty of the three and Alaina wasn't really prepared with a clever question to engage her (she'd tried to come up with a question related to each specific character or their story because she'd heard that makes for a more interesting experience)
The little girl who had been standing in front of us, so very patiently, was maybe three or four years old and dressed in her beautiful blue Cinderella dress. Once it was her turn to visit Cinderella, she hugged her and and snuggled in as close to her as she could get. We joked with the mom that she had found her soul mate because by then she had crawled up onto Cinderella's lap and looked like she was settled in for the evening. This sweet Cast Member was so willing to give the little girl all the hugs she needed and didn't try to rush her on to see the next princess so they could get to the end of the line. It was so sweet to watch the two of them together.
When it was finally Alaina's turn she asked Cinderella if she preferred having her dresses made by the mice or by the royal seamstress. Without missing a beat, Cinderella said the mice did a lovely job but she really loved the dresses from her Fairy Godmother and spun around to show off her lovely dress. She asked if Alaina had found her Fairy Godmother yet and said that they tend to show up, "Just when you need them most".
What a sweetheart!
Belle was very TALL (and very beautiful)
Alaina asked Belle if she'd read "Les Miserables" yet. She thought it was appropriate since the story is set in France and Belle likes to read. I'm not sure if Belle or if the Cast Member answered the question, but we could tell she was getting tired and trying really hard not to show it.
We spent Sunday afternoon in Epcot World Showcase since we had a late flight home.
Alaina was excited to find Mulan in China.
Poor Mulan must have been melting. She was standing in the bright, hot sun with a heavy costume but she was sweet and interesting to chat with. They had a fun conversation about Alaina's Undercover Platypus shirt.
Snow White had found a lovely shady spot just before you enter Germany.
Apparently, this Snow White can talk through her teeth while smiling! That's a pretty good talent. Her smile didn't change once in all the pictures we had of these two together.
Sunday morning, Rob and Alaina headed over to Disney's Hollywood Studios so they could get in a quick ride on Tower of Terror and a couple of others (Rock 'n Roller Coaster was closed for refurbishing). While there they stopped in at The Magic of Disney Animation and also happened to find
Mickey Mouse from Fantasia.
Mickey pointed at Alaina's Platypus shirt and gave her a big THUMB'S UP!
She loved the extra attention that wearing that shirt brought her.
Several actresses, visiting from the 1930's, were quite intrigued by Alaina's shirt and determined that she must be the agent for the Platypus and wasn't she clever to promote him that way.
We spent Saturday visiting the different Resorts on the Mono-Rail and then we headed over to Downtown Disney for a little souvenir shopping and some Ghiradelli's Ice Cream Sundaes.
We took advantage of these fun photo ops.
Even though the characters aren't alive I think Alaina looks darling in these pictures and had to share them.
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So fun. I have a friend that auditioned for Disney and got pretty far, but then they started narrowing it down to a particular face shape different from hers. Guess it wasn't her princess. Interesting. Those ladies must be tough as nails!
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