We woke up at the crack of dawn to make it to the Magic Kingdom for these wonderful things called extra magic hours for resort guests- Today's just happened to begin at 8 am. The park opens for those select few thousands of people an hour earlier. This was Easter Sunday and I had been told to expect capacity crowds (100,000 people) and insane wait times and just a miserable experience. Well...it was pretty freaking fantastic if you ask me! It was kind of chilly, overcast, and a very short, very slight drizzle. I think that's what kept the crowds away in the morning. We got on everything! I couldn't believe how much we got done in one morning! Her first magical ride? Peter Pan! So right away all my two months of planning, prepping, debating the use of our three per day Fast Passes went out the window because I had a FP for Peter Pan for later that day. This is when I realized how much I loved my phone. I was able to change it around and got Josh onto Space Mountain. But anyway back to Peter Pan. The first time (yes first time) we went on she hid her face, but then wanted to go right back on and was very brave and looked around. We hit Small World (you know you're humming it), Dumbo (my first time on it too), the Royal Carousel- she rode a moving horse!, the teacups, the Tomorrowland racers, Winnie the Pooh (another Fast pass I needed to change), and met some of the characters. I don't remember much about the old Fantasy Land, but the new one? I could spend a week just staring at everything there. The beast's castle up on the mountain, Ariel's grotto, Prince Eric's seaside castle, and Rapunzel's tower were amazing.
When Josh was on Space Mountain Juliette fell asleep in the stroller- bless that thing. So while she slept Josh and I took pictures and watched a show in front of the castle.
We headed back to the hotel for a nap and changed into her Belle dress for a special surprise for her. Dinner was at Cinderella's Castle and it was amazing. The food? Eh it was ok, but you don't go to the castle for the food. Just looking at all the details was enough. We met Cinderella, Ariel, Snow White, Aurora (sleeping beauty), and Jasmine. Daddy has a thing for Jasmine so he was thrilled. At dinner she got a birthday cupcake and a wand. Then we went on to Enchanted Tales with Belle. Juliette got the part of Maurice because she was so good at shivering haha. Daddy got to be a suit of armor- more about Belle to come. After Belle we were told to claim our spots for the parade and fireworks. Holy crap. We barely found a spot at 8:15 for a 9:00 show. We squeezed in just enough to be bhind the white line and safe from all the white line patroling workers. Again, the stroller was a lifesaver because J was able to sit while we stood for about three hours because not only is there a parade, there's Celebrate the Magic (fireworks) and Wishes where they project movie clips and a light show onto the castle. It was worth it. Picture time! :) When I download the pictures from the park photographers I'll add those plus the ones Josh took on his phone. So for now here's what I took.
I will upload more tonight.
At dinner
and yes Snow White really talks like that....
Ariel was very nice and let Juliette stroke her hair
Her first characters
Not too many people yet since we made rope drop and ran to the castle to get to Fantasyland on the other side.
First time seeing the castle
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