Finally, the moment had arrived. I was there, with my family, at THE Walt Disney World Theme park in Orlando Florida (actually Lake Buena Vista). For our first day in the parks we chose the Magic Kingdom, of course. It is the most kid friendly as far as I could tell. The night before we tried to plan a strategy as our daughters wanted to see the princesses, so we studied the map and in the morning after a leisurely ride on the monorail we arrived at the gate. As soon as our bags were searched and our tickets were read by the ticket eating machine, we made a beeline for ToonTown where a certain Mouse pair are rumored to hang out. On our way to the House of Mouse, we stopped at the venue where we saw a sign for princesses and fairies. We found out that the wait was about 60 minutes (princesses) and 100 minutes (fairies)and there were three princesses at the end of the line. Well, kill three birds with one stone means two less lines to stand in, so we got in line for the princesses We decided to do something special for them and bought them autograph books for their character sightings, so autograph books and three daughters in hand, we got in the princess line. The actual wait was closer to about 40 minutes and at the end of the lines were the three princesses that they wanted to see the most -- Cinderella, Belle, and Aurora (Sleeping Beauty for those of you non-princess people). I had tears in my eyes as I looked at my 5 year old daughters' faces. They were faces of awe. I will never forget that reaction as a mom, seeing it all through their eyes was so amazing. I was so impressed how each princess treated each little girl like she was the only one in the room. She spent time with them and made each one feel special.
I do have a funny story to tell relating to the princesses. My youngest visited Cinderella and when she was done, she was ready to move on to Belle, though there was another family with her at the time. We removed our child from the other family's photo and when it was her turn to visit Belle, she brought her sisters with her and Belle made the comment that "oh, hello again, and you brought your sisters with you.". By the time that we got to Princess Aurora, they were calling My daughter by name. 
Cinderella was the first princess that they were able to see.
3 comments:
How beautiful!!! And hats off to the princesses! Considering they see kids all day long, they seem to do a great job of making it special!
I was just squealing with excitement for your girls - how fun to meet "actual" princesses! I love how friendly your little one is and apparently she's VERY comfortable in the presence of royalty!
Brianna and Bethany said that they want to be princesses. I guess I will be sending them down to Disney for their one year internships!! Oh man, that means free tickets for family.
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