On Wednesday, we headed back to Magic Kingdom--we planned out our days pretty well, and we knew we'd need to spend several days there because it would be Em's favorite.
She never got tired of seeing Cinderella's castle!
We walked through it, but didn't go inside again.
The walls are beautiful, and tell Cinderella's story--I guess I had never really noticed them before, but Em sure did.
As soon as you come through the castle, the carousel is in front of you!
And we couldn't pass it without taking a ride.
The parks all have free wi-fi, and I had the My Disney Experience app on my phone and iPad, so I could constantly update our FastPass picks, depending on the wait times (all available on the app--it was awesome!). I had picked Enchanted Tales with Belle for a morning FastPass a couple of days before--it was so popular that the line was an hour long and you couldn't FastPass it on the same day.
It starts out in Maurice's (Belle's father) workshop, where they tell a little story and then the kids get to walk through a magic mirror. This thrilled Em beyond belief--she has a book about Mickey Mouse dreaming that he goes through a mirror to another world, and always talks about wanting to do that!
Once they came through the mirror, they were in the Beast's enchanted castle, where the wardrobe talked to them and said they'd be surprising Belle with an interactive story of how she and the Beast met. The kids got to play different parts, and Em got to be Mrs. Potts, the teapot.
We went into another room where Lumiere, the candelabrum continued the story. And then Belle came in, and all the kids had their parts to play. Mrs. Potts served her some tea.
Em was excited to play her part, but more excited to meet Belle!
When the play was over, each of the kids got to go up and meet Belle individually to take pictures together. Definitely worth skipping the line for this one with the FastPass!
There's no ride or attraction for Rapunzel, but Em knew her tower right away!
There's always something going on, and we stumbled upon this parade at least twice.
It's always a great day for a parade at Disney, I guess.
We had decided not to go to Animal Kingdom (and I think that's where
The Jungle Book characters are), but Em was excited to see Baloo and King Louie in the parade!
We also didn't meet Donald Duck at the park, so she loved that she saw him up close.
Then we headed over to meet Aladdin and Jasmine, and got lucky by landing a spot almost first in line! She talked and talked to them about their pets, Abu the monkey and Rajah the tiger. Then she told them about her pets, Gracie and Bella. Aladdin told her that dogs are very exotic in Agrabah.
I just can't say enough about the characters--they pick the perfect ones every time.
We went on the jungle cruise, which was fun,
but not nearly as big a hit as the Magic Carpets of Aladdin! We went on this one at least three times--Em loved that she got to work the controls that made us go up and down.
From there, we headed to Fairies' Nook to meet Rosetta and Tinkerbell.
Rosetta complimented Em on her red toenails and silver sandals. Em, of course, told Rosetta how beautiful she looked.
She had a ball with Tinkerbell! They growled at each other,
made silly faces together, and talked all about Peter Pan and Captain Hook.
This picture says it all--Em was super excited to see her.
Em was really tired, and after we ate lunch, we somehow convinced her to lie down in her stroller long enough that she fell asleep! Soon after that, it started raining, so it was perfect timing. It gave us a chance to look around in some shops and rest under shelter while we waited out the rain.
When Em woke up, we headed to a few more rides--one of Mick's favorites was Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, which carried us in a space ship that you could move and spin while shooting laser beams at the Emperor Zurg. It was actually pretty fun.
Em loved these race cars--she and Mick had a wild ride, I'm sure!
One of the reasons we wanted to force the nap Wednesday was because we planned to stay for the fireworks show when the park closed. As it got darker, they lit up the castle to get ready for the Dream Along with Mickey show, which started a little before the fireworks. We got a great spot right up front!
The show was fun and interactive, and had all of her favorite characters in it--Mickey and his friends,
Peter Pan, Wendy and Captain Hook,
and several of the princesses with their princes.
Plus, it was a beautiful setting in front of the castle with all the lights.
A little before 8pm, they start a light and movie clip show projected up on the castle--it's everything from Nemo to Rapunzel to Pinnochio...and let's not forget ELSA! Yes, they played "Let It Go" with the movie clips projected onto the castle, and Em stood up and performed. It's too bad I couldn't get a great picture of her and the castle, but it was too dark.
Just a few of the cool castle pictures with the lights before the fireworks started.
Em is still a little nervous about fireworks--she loves them, but doesn't love the noise.
Still, she wasn't about to let us leave in the middle! She loved the show.
And we stayed until the end, which never would have happened without that nap! We caught another photographer on our way out of the park.
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