Day 3
Did our best to get into the park for EMH but after meeting Minnie at the hotel and breakfast, got there about 9am. We did Peter Pan and Dumbo and then joined the already long queue for Princess Pavillion - it was only 9.30am!
Saw Belle and Sleeping Beauty walk into the Pavillion around 10.15am (was hoping we would get Belle as we've never met her).
At 10.30am the doors were opened and we were in, from there we didn't wait too long - especially after chatting with a lovely lady from Ireland, whose daughter was busy chatting with DD1. The CM said the Princess would be a surprise but asked who the girls liked and DD1 said her favourite is Rapunzel but she also wants to meet Belle, Ariel, Snow White....
The CM directed us to the left and when it was our turn we got...Rapunzel! I was amused as we got her on our last trip - it was quite a magic moment as she's my DD1's favourite and we didn't think we would meet her, daughter was so, so happy!
Well Rapunzel (different actress to last time) was absolutely beautiful and was french doing an american accent so sounded quite squeaky but it was endearing! She asked if the girls knew her story and what their favourite part was - DD1 said when Flynn was tied up in the chair with hair and Rapunzel said about hitting him over the head with a frying pan and they all had a bit of a giggle - very cute. DD2 again went very quiet but she could not take her eyes off Rapunzel. Lovely experience and had 2 happy girls after!
We saw Maleficent appear on the castle balcony and then the villains came out, we headed to Gaston who was hilarious - we waited patiently (unlike others) and Gaston noticed this and gestured for the girls to go over - DD1 pointed out that little 'un was in a Belle dress and Gaston declared that he was the man of her dreams and got her to give him a little kiss on the cheek! He signed the books (we got through 2 books each for the girls during the trip!) and then said 'nice to meet me wasn't it?!' DD2 was giggling away!
We then went to Frontierland and DD1 and DH did Big Thunder Mountain as the queue was something silly like 5 or 10 minutes. I went into a nearby shop with litttle 'un and I bought a Jack Skellington Mickey for DD1, she is a huge NBC fan and then DD2 got upset so we got her a Sally soft doll - naturally we then went to meet Jack and Sally!
Again, they were just brilliant - Jack got the Jack Skellington Mickey and said 'Who is this and why is he wearing my clothes!', he then asked DD1 if she had a 'terrible morning' and whether she had spiders for breakfast! Sally tried to engage DD2 but she just went quiet again (she is not usually quiet I can assure you!) but they did get her to make monster 'rarrrs' and hands for the photo! DD1 was in heaven - she loves Jack and Sally
The halloween band was playing right by the meet n greet queue and played disney songs, they were great! Then we went to Phantom Manor and walked straight on, DD2 was a little bit scared but not too bad. Came out and Maleficent was there!
After that DD2 and I went and had a look around Skull rock and she played in the pirates play park whilst the others went to Big Thunder Mountain again!
Then we got a spot for the parade near the toilets next to Bella Notte - we were by the rope and this was a great spot, we were so close to the floats and characters!
Magical Moment occurred here - during the parade I caught Peter Pan's eye and pointed frantically to DD1, who adores Peter and believes wholeheartedly that Neverland is real...well he came straight over, took her hand and kissed it - I cried, DD1 was beaming from ear to ear (and she cried a little happy tear as well) - I will never forget it and will be forever grateful for that moment, and Peter gave me a cheeky wink when he walked away - I don't know if they realise how happy they make people
We were singing the parade song long after it finished, loved it!
We then headed off to what we thought was our reservation for Buffalo Bills.
This was our one and only disaster of the trip. When I booked it on Ticketmaster France, I booked for 1st October - I double, triple checked this when I booked and as I went through the checkout process - especially as it was in french, believe me I booked 1st Oct. Somewhere along the line, Ticketmast Fr has realised there is no BBWWS on Weds or Thurs at the moment so changed the booking (must have been as my debit card was being authorised as it was definitely 1st October when I paid) to Friday 3rd October! I realised this when we arrived at BB's and it was deserted - I checked the tickets that I printed off but annoyingly didn't check as I presumed it would be the date I clicked on and paid for, and indeed they said 3rd Oct - but we went home on that day so instead of saving money, we lost £132 and also had to pay for a meal for that evening
I was pretty upset and wondering how on earth it could have happened but DH was lovely and didn't make me feel bad at all, so we went to Rainforest cafe which had no wait and had a nice meal.
So folks, please beware when booking and check your dates at all points during and after making your booking so if you get screwed over like I did, you might have time to rectify it in time.