12/18 - Magic Kingdom with breakfast in Cinderella Royal Table, lunch at Be Our Guest, snack 2 places and MVMCP

12/18 – MK and MVMCP with meals at CRT and BOG, snacks at Lunching Pad and PVH

We had a fun start to our very first days in the parks.  Had a 7:00am CRT with RD at 7:00am.  This would be the only day that we would be able to get into MK before RD and wouldn’t you know it, we didn’t wake up until 6:11am. For some reason, I guess just both tired, we missed our alarms on our phones, but luckily we both had showered the night before and had our clothes laid out so it was just a matter of getting dressed, freshen up and then make a bee line (or as liners say, moving with purpose) to the bus stop and we were at the bus stop by 6:31. There was a bus there, getting ready to load but a long line, then another bus showed up, which we were able to get on. Made it to MK, thru security and the tap stiles, just after the Welcome show. We were in the park and on Main Street at 7:06am and wanted some pictures, so we took some and then had a photopass photographer take our pictures, then off to CRT for our first meal in the parks.

 

 

We checked in, and even though we were about 12 minutes late, we were taken in right away and waited in line for the chance to meet and get pictures with the star here, Cinderella herself. While waiting, looked around and found some interesting things, like in the corner a small chair and a bench. I think it is for Jaq and Gus when they act up. 

 We ascended the stairs, which seem to go on and on until we reached the top landing, where we were greeted and announced. 

We thought we would be seated in the middle of the room as that was where we saw the party right before us get seated, but we had the perfect table, right by the window that overlooks Prince Charming Regal Carrousel and the courtyard, a wonderful view to start off our day. 

 We did notice that it wasn’t full and even by the time we were finished with our food and meeting the other 4 Princesses, it was still not full. We ordered OJ and waters and both of us ordered the Traditional Breakfast.  In a short, we received our OJ and water, then they brought the wand and sword but we found out later that we never did receive the star, oh well. Our Pastry plate was then brought which had a total of 8 pastries of 4 different kinds and then 3 strawberries. They were fresh but nothing special. We tried each and the cheese Danish was the best.  

 Our breakfast plates were brought: scrambled eggs, country fries, 3 sausage links and 3 pieces of bacon (I ate one piece of the bacon before taking the picture). 

The food was hot but the same as if you ordered from a food court or other table service.  The food was about what we had expected which was fine with us as it gave us a chance to start the day off inside the castle. For future visits, if we want to do CRT, we would be looking at a dinner during the fireworks or maybe a lunch.  I can see where this is a great way to meet the princesses if you have young children.  Andrea got to meet the 4 princesses: in order, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, and Jasmine.  You will notice that there are no pictures of me with the princesses here, well, I have my princess and didn't need any other princess pictures.

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We both enjoyed ourselves and loved seeing the looks on the young girls and even boys face.  Priceless.  So, speaking of priceless, the price for 2 adults was $110.77 (4 TS which included the tip).  Was the food worth it, no, not even close but for the experience, we both give it a hearty yes.

We left and went down stairs, pulled out the TP, well went to pull out the TP but discovered I had left it in the room, so I used the app online.  I will say that can be a challenge as it seemed to hang up when I scrolled down and it stopped, where ever it stopped, that was what I could see.  I was still able to make it work, just something that I wasn’t expecting.   

 We stopped at the wishing well, then headed over and stopped at a photopass photographer and had our pictures taken while trying to remove King Author’s Sword and I am here to say that I could…… well I could not remove it. Sorry, not the chosen one, well not for that but I am the Andrea’s Simba and she is my Nala.

 We started to head up to the front and noticed that there was only 10-minute wait to meet Rapunzel and Tiana, which we had planned on meeting on Christmas when we were in the parks so we went in and waited, took 8 minutes and then we were in to meet them.  We had fun with all our meet and greets by asking something that would cause an interaction, both were very good and totally in character.  After this we headed up to the front, first stop by the Walt and Mickey statue in front of the castle, then down to meet the Big Cheese himself, Mickey Mouse.  We had only a 5-minute wait and had a lot of fun with him, asking when he planned on proposing to Minnie, he did everything he could to change the topic.

We were going to walk when I noticed the Horse drawn Fire engine so we went over and asked if we could ride it.  The CM said “Yes you can, it is only one way to the Castle, Oh and congratulations on your engagement.  We sat down and waited.  When the CM announced that we were leaving, well we were like the Grand Marshalls of Main Street, the only 2 people riding.  This was a wonderful ride and we truly felt like VIPs as we were riding up to Cinderella’s Castle and all others had to walk.

  We stopped up in front of the castle and then it was off to Tomorrowland and do several rides, her Space Mountain while I road Tomorrowland Speedway and then we went on more attractions including the People Mover and Carousal of Progress. 
 

  We stopped at Lunching Pad for a snack. 

We ordered the stuffed Ham & Cheese pretzel and a Sprite. The cheese was very hot but overall it was a very bland snack. Mustard was the only saving grace to make it taste better.  Our total cost was $14.49 (for us, not worth it). 

 We then moved on and happened to walk by where Merida has her meet and greet and noticed there was a short line with a 10-minute wait, so we got in line and waited. This wait was 11 minutes but out of all the characters, other than Mickey and Minnie, she was the best, had the look from the movie, the mannerisms, accent and over all the best we encountered the whole trip. 

 After this we headed off to Fantasyland and continued following our TP, waiting for our 7DMT and then off to lunch at BOG.

It was very warm, well hot and so sunny

BOG lunch – we preordered our meals prior to coming which helped save time.  We checked in and were congratulated and had one of the more interesting conservations as the CM then asked so when are you going to have some babies.  Uhm excuse us but can we at least get married first.  We then went and stood in line, what we found out when we got to the front of the line, is that we should have been in the left side and we would have been taken right in, well now we knew and we used that for our breakfast we had scheduled for Christmas morning.   We were taken in, they took the yellow rose puck we were given, went thru to the register and paid for the order then we were told that we could sit where we wanted.  On this trip, we had 2 goals with eating at BOG. Goal 1 – To eat breakfast, lunch and dinner there which we had ADR’s for each.  Goal 2 – To eat in each room. 

 Since the smallest room is the West Wing and I know it can be the hardest to get to eat in, we went and tried to find a table.  We waited a little bit and secured a table in the West Wing.  I must say it is an interesting room to eat in, nosey and dark but still a great experience.  I went and got our drinks and then returned to the table just in time for our food to be brought to us. 

  

She ordered the Croque Monsieur with green beans and the Strawberry cream cheese cupcake.  The sandwich was as expected, barely warm but flavorful, would be so much better if it was hot.  The highlight of the food for Andrea was her cupcake, she loved it and if will order this one everytime we go back, as she said we will come back the next time we are on vacation.  As far as the grey stuff, well she prefered the strawberry over it.  Oh by the way, I'll give you one guess what her dessert will be for when we are back for dinner on Christmas.

I ordered the Carved Turkey sandwich with fries and the Master’s cupcake.  This sandwich was also only barely warm but the turkey was not dry. Again, this dish would be so much better if it was hot. My cupcake was nothing special but was moist.

  Our total for this meal - $49.57.  Was it worth it, for food, so so but she loved the cupcakes and the experience, YES.

We then went to watch Festival of Fantasy Parade as this would be the only day that we were in MK that we would be able to see it since they would be changing the parade to the Mickey Christmas parade.  We camped out up at the front between the flagpole and the train station.  Both enjoyed it but a cushion would be nice. After that we checked out some of the shops and went to get our Party bands at 4:00pm.  After getting them put on our wrists, we headed to Mickey’s PhilharMagic and took our time before heading to Pinocchio Village Haus.  We wanted to try the Sausage Pepperoni Flatbread Pizza that we had watched someone do a food vlog on. So, we ordered that and a Sprite.   

What we got was nothing like we had seen in the video and was the worst of anything we ordered, the picture makes it look big, but believe me, it is not big at all.  We would describe it as cardboard with some flavoring on it.  Not much taste, very small.  Our cost - $15.21.

We walked around taking in the sights and headed up to watch A Frozen Holiday Wish for the 6:30pm show so that we could avoid Main Street and the Castle area as much as possible until after the Parade, with one exception – in less than 10 minutes we saw both Talking Mickey Mouse in his Christmas attire and Tinkerbell because we went during the parade.  We got more pictures taken and walked around however we did notice that the wait times for the rides never went down and were long waits for just about everything.   

By this time, we were both very tired but wanted to see Wishes and the Parade so we made our way up toward the flagpole and had pictures take then watched the Holiday Wishes.  We went over to where Tony’s is and found some seats. After a wait, 2 of the rocking chairs became available so we camped out until the Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas Parade.  It was a nice rest and well, I wish we could say that we watched it all but both of us were falling asleep and we headed out after only about a quarter of the parade.  We headed out and caught the bus to AOA, and they went thru it to POP, then to our room and we crashed, a very, very long day.  Will we do the party again, we will see but we do know we would never do it on the first day we get go into the parks. It was time to lay down and let visions of Disney World play in our heads  

We could add a lot, and I mean a lot more pictures as we both had cell phones, and one camera along with the Memory Maker (haven't downloaded the pics just yet but have been working on those.   Thanks to all who are reading it.

 

Tomorrow, 12/19. we are in AK, with lunch at Yak & Yeti and Dinner at HBD, along with a few snacks.