we were up before the sun to catch our 8 a.m. flight. we successfully made it out the door before 5:30, as planned. amazing.
somehow, i didn't take any pictures at the airport or on the plane. but we made it. caroline's first airplane ride went smoothly. she sat with krissy and had a grand old time. we took the magical express straight from the airport and were able to get into our rooms even though we arrived well before the official check-in time.
towel mickey was waiting for us in our room.
we dropped off extra stuff and headed out to epcot for the first of our character dining experiences... lunch with princesses. it took an hour and a half to get from our hotel to epcot, despite their seeming proximity on the map.
autograph books out and ready for our first princess encounter. i don't fully understand it, but the kids go crazy for the autographs.
belle greeted us as we came in. i heart her dress.
as soon as we sat down at our table a princess parade began. aurora was our princess. caroline and lilly were way too eager to leave us at the table and follow a complete stranger through the restaurant.
ginny, however, was not a fan of the princess parade
lilly followed sleeping beauty right back to us at the conclusion of the princess parade. caroline did not. pickle was soon located trying to get adopted by jasmine and safely returned to us.
then the princesses made the rounds to each table. sleeping beauty kicked it off.
then cinderella. caroline was amazed.
and jasmine. she recognized caroline from the previous runaway attempt.
and the blandest of them all... snow white. pickle did show snow white that she was on her shirt.
after princess lunch (and the 1.5 hour bus trip to epcot), we realized that going back to the hotel before our dinner reservations (also at epcot) was pointless as we would get there and have to come right back, spending 3 hours on a bus instead of at the park. so we explored more of epcot instead.
as we strolled through china, we happened upon mulan. another princess off the list.
mulan was very concerned that quentin was not interested in meeting her. (to be fair, he's never seen the movie so he has no clue who she even is.)
mulan tries to convince quentin to take a picture with her
success! it's funny - the princesses were all great with the girls, but they all zoned in on Q
then we ditched world showcase for nemo since our handy wait-time app told us there wasn't any line
if you stuck around long enough, the seagulls said, "mine! mine! mine!" love it.
waiting for the "turtle talk with crush" show. this puffer fish had a thing for caroline. it stayed right by her the entire time we were waiting.
kids are friends. not food.
Q was enamored with the giant ball so we went there
riding "spaceship earth" inside the golf ball - not the most exciting ride in the world, but it was awesome to be off our feet for a bit
marie from the aristocats. again the kids didn't know who this was, but a kitty cat with a pink bow is good enough for pickle.
and jasmine again, this time with aladdin. jasmine remembered us. between caroline's earlier escape attempt and lilly's hair, we are hard to forget.
then we ate a yummy dinner at the hibachi place in japan. Q didn't even make it through the meal. caroline was out before we got on the bus to head back to the hotel.
day one = success
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