Lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table

Finally, we were able to eat with in Cinderella's castle. I have been trying for the last 3 trips to get reservations here and was finally able to score them! I was on cloud 9 the day I made the reservations.

After check in to CRT we waited in line for about 10 minutes and then were allowed inside to the line to wait for pictures with Cinderella herself. It was cool to be able to spend some time checking out the interior of the room. The stained glass windows are awesome

and we even found Gus and Jaq perched on a ledge.

The cast members in charge of the line here were unnecessarily bossy and could have been labeled the line police. It was being repeated over and over that we had to line up against the rope and then when in the part of the line going straight towards Cindy the groups were being told they HAD to stand shoulder to shoulder to fit as many people in as possible. They really did not contribute to making the experience "magical". They really needed a dose of pixie dust. We felt very rushed through seeing Cinderella, but they did allow us to take pictures with 2 different groups, one with H by herself

and then one with the 3 generations.

Once finished with pictures we started our ascent to the dining room. The whole feel of the meal changed there. They were just introducing the first princess, Snow White, and had us wait until she walked out to be seated. We were seated and promptly greeted by out server who took our drink orders.

We were brought 2 nice appetizer platters to snack on while we decided what we were having. While we waited on our lunch we took these pictures of the dining room.

I decided on the penne pasta, my mom and hubby ordered the Major Domo's pie and H got a hot dog. Our server was wonderful and was right there to help us with anything. He made a point of hinting to me that everything (meaning special dessert) was taken care of. Everyone really enjoyed there meals and there was more than enough food for us.

We saw Snow White,

Aurora,

Belle in her provincial dress

and Jasmine.

H ready for the wishing ceremony...

After waiting patiently for H and I to finish our lunches, our waiter brought out the desserts. The three adults had gotten the Chocolate Cream Cheese Buckle and H got an ice cream sundae. The buckle dessert was phenomenal and very rich.

Little did H know but there was a special surprise coming her way...

A chocolate slipper dessert for the little princess. I had been on the fence with ordering this and almost forgot but called the day before and they were still able to put the order in. She absolutely loved it!

Here she is on the way out of the castle. This was an awesome experience for any little princess!
-M-

WDW - August 2009 - Day 3

On day 3 of our trip to the world we finally went to the Magic Kingdom. We didn't have breakfast reservations and took the ferry from the TTC. There is still nothing like that first approach to the Magic Kingdom from the ferry.

We missed rope drop by a few minutes, but that was OK. The park didn't seem to be too busy (as predicted by Tour Guide Mike).

On our way to Fantasyland we found the Fairy Godmother behind the castle. So we stopped for a photo op.

H wanted to ride Peter Pan first, we obliged because the wait was about 10 minutes. It's a Small World and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh were next. We went on Snow White before heading to Philharmagic.

We wanted to go to Philharmagic next but it was temporarily closed due to a leak in the ceiling. We were told it would be back online later.

Our next stop was the Haunted Mansion. H's favorite part is always when the ghost rides in the Doom Buggy! Our next stop was Pirates, my personal favorite: Captain Jack Sparrow! We caught the Tikis coming to life in Adventureland as we went to get fast passes for the Jungle Cruise.

After this it was time to check in for our lunch at Cinderella's Royal Table. I've been trying to get reservations for this for the last 3 trips and was finally successful. I even called Friday morning from EPCOT to order H a last minute special dessert.

After lunch we headed back to Adventureland to use our Jungle Cruise fast pass. After this we decided it was time to head back to the hotel for quiet time. We got a chance to see Daisy Duck on the way out. I love the colors of H's dress with Daisy's in this picture!

Monorail back to TTC.

After dinner at the Whispering Canyon Cafe, we used the boat from the lodge to go to the Magic Kingdom. This was a really easy way to get there and we didn't have to wait more than 10 minutes for a boat. Upon arriving at the MK, main street was very crowded while everyone was waiting for the Spectromagic parade. Our destination was Toon Town to see the fairies. At 9PM the wait for the fairies was still an hour and we were not about to wait that long with a tired 4 year old. We left her visit Minnie and Mickey's house and since the line was short in the judge's tent for Mickey we waited to meet the Big Cheese himself. We only had to wait about 10 minutes.

Mickey and Minnie took a lot of time with H because she just kept talking to them like they were old friends. She is just in love with them and they are her favorite characters.

This was such an awesome character experience.

H wanted to play at the play area so we let her do that for about 5 minutes since the train had just left. We were going to take the train back to Main Street to head out for the night, but when the train came through we were told it was done running for the evening. Ughhh, we had to walk back through the Main Street crowds for our departure. We took the shortcut from Toon Town to Tomorrowland and then cut through the Noodle Station. Spectromagic had just finished and the crowds were actually headed towards the castle so we were able to get out pretty easily. We waited for the boat back to the lodge and the fireworks were starting just as the boat left the dock. So ended our third day at the world.

Tomorrow- breakfast with Mary Poppins and another MK day.