Oh the Places We Go, The People We See ...Dream Trip Report

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We texted family members to let them know we were in the park, but no one was answering us. I think Geoff finally did though. I can’t remember what they were doing exactly, but I think they were in line for something.

We made our way down Main street. It was just so beautiful.

We stopped for another photopass shot.

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And a few random shots.

The Move It, Shake It parade was pulling out, so I took a few pictures as it went by.

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Another castle shot. You know ….because you have to take as many as possible while there.

And then we headed back into Fantasyland. It was now around 12:50 and we had a 2:10 appointment at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. So we had over an hour, but we couldn’t wander too far off and do too much for fear of not making it back in time.

Claire decided it was time to tackle the sword again. There was a line today, so we couldn’t waste too much time at pulling (though others weren’t as considerate), but I let her try and got a couple of shots.

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We decided to check out It’s a Small World. I do like this ride and Claire loves it. I know some are not as thrilled, but this is one that brings back memories from my first trip in 1974.

As you can see, it is VERY crowded today.

I can’t remember the wait, but I am thinking it was around 30 minutes posted. I think it moved faster though, but still a long wait for this ride.

We did make it to a boat eventually and it was nice to sit and relax. I took several pictures, but I didn’t have a good lens for dark rides with me, so most came out pretty blurry. Here is a few of the better ones. Next time I go, I have a new lens to try. I can’t wait.

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There were a LOT of boats running today and we actually came to a stop about ¾ of the way through the ride and then it was stop and go from there on.

One nice thing we saw was the clock doors opened when we arrived back. I think I have only seen this a few times and I was excited about that.

We didn’t have enough time to do anything else major at this point, so we just wandered a bit.

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We browsed a few stores.

These guys were all over the place looking for a free meal.

I think he is giving me the evil eye.

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I then took a look at Claire’s hair and decided she really needed it to be brushed before the appointment, but I had not packed a brush in my bag. I am sure Gail had one, but I just decided to go buy one for Claire. We browsed around the Castle Couture and Claire picked a Rapunzel brush and we then went to work on her mop and got it nice and smooth.

We then headed to the castle to meet up with Gail. Originally I had made this appointment for Sunday (the next day) after Gail and the family had left. I also made it for DTD since we had not been to the location yet. I did it for that day because I didn’t want to cause any controversy with the girls. Soon after I made the appointment Gail told me that Alexis had one request and that was to go to BBB, so I changed our appointment and made one for all 3 girls on this day at the Castle. We were really unsure what Abby would do. Abby hates anything in her hair or people doing anything to her hair. But we also knew she would be upset not to be included. When I made the appointment I let them know that we were unsure if she would sit, but at the very least we figured she would let them gel and pixie dust her hair.

Soon family members started showing up. We had many who were interested in seeing the girls become princesses.

Imagine my surprise when Gail showed up and this was in Abby’s hair.

Abby had just found this headband and just had to have it. Gail said she doubled checked with her over and over, making sure she knew it went on her head and she wanted it and she purchased it with her own money.

She looked so darn cute in it and we all gave her compliments.

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Once we all had arrived, I went in and got the girls checked into BBB. You can see me in the background of Geoff’s pictures.

Little smarty pants.

Claire was not dressed yet, so they called us back to a dressing room and Gail waited for her girls to be called as well.

Abby had to check out the inventory ….as you know, she LOVES princess dresses.

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Claire got dressed and I took a quick shot. This is not a Disney dress. We actually got it on clearance at Cracker Barrel the year before. We decided to call it Cinderella’s wedding dress and we brought along her crown from the previous year as well.

While we were back getting changed, Gail’s girls were called to their seats. Sadly we didn’t get seated near each other, but it was fine.

We made our way to our seat.

Claire got settled in with Paige. This made her day. My older daughter is named Paige as well, and this Paige was about the same age, so Claire told her all about her sister and they talked quite a bit.

I then went back to see my nieces.

To our surprise again, Abby was all for this …though she was having issues with her glass slipper …it kept falling off. LOL

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Now I will warn you now. I have a TON of BBB pictures. I take a lot, Geoff and Mary took quite a few (and I don’t even have Gail’s at all) and of course photopass pictures as well. I will try to put them in some sort of an order, but I can’t guarantee it’s the exact order….. And believe it or not, but I am not posting all of them either. So just imagine how many we have. LOL

Claire is ready.

Alexis is started.

Abby is having issues. She does NOT want that stupid neck strip. And I don’t blame her. I hate those things with a passion. For those who don’t know, I am a licensed cosmetologist. I no longer practice, but I do keep my license up and do family and friends. Those neck strips are supposed to be for sanitary reasons. You put it around the neck and then the cape and it is to protect your skin from the cap, which is going around several peoples necks a day. The thing is, it’s worthless. 95% of the time the cape is still touching the neck. I never used them and went with a good old fashion towel around the neck. It covers more and if water or anything leaks, the towel catches it. So there is your cosmetology lesson for the day. LOL

She still has a nasty look on her face, but she is letting it happen.

Alexis is getting nice and gelled up.

Now the real test. Will Abby allow someone to brush her hair.

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The answer is yes. Gail has complete shock on her face.

Claire is still getting settled in.

Abby loved this shield on her face. When Gail would move it away she would bring it back and she would rub her nose on it and breath on it to steam it up and she might have occasionally licked it. LOL

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This isn’t so bad.

Claire is getting started now.

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Beautiful nail polish.

 

 

Now there was some sort of communication going on between Alexis and Claire, because Claire was NOT picking things I would normally think she would, and they happened to be the same as Alexis for the most part, so they were definitely sending signals back and forth.

 

 

Time to pick out makeup.

 

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I was shocked to see that Claire picked out green. She always picks pink. I didn’t mind, but it was just not her usual style.

Pucker up!

We were totally cracking up over the faces that Abby was making. We expected at any minute for her to jump off the chair and be done with it.

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And here she is revealing a hint of a smile, letting us know she really does like it.

Alexis picked out the red extension because she wanted to look like Ariel with her mermaid dress on.

That scab on the side of her face is from her pirate tattoo. She kept picking at it till it came off which resulted in a scab as well.

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I guess everyone was making a face at one point in time.

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I guess this must’ve hurt a bit.

Abby does love to get her nails painted.

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The pain of beauty.

Claire picked her hair color too. How ironic that it is the same as Alexis. Now for months before we traveled, Claire and I would take walks and during our walks we would talk about the trip. She had decided she was going to do a different hairstyle this time, the Pop princess. The one with the funky spikey colorful hair. I really don’t care which style she chooses because this is for her and I want her to be happy and have a good experience. So when she chose this style I did intervene a bit. I just wanted to be sure since she had talked about the other style for so long. But she insisted this is what she wanted and I said ok.

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Paige gave Claire a few choices on how to wear her hair piece.

They settled for on top of the head.

Abby is still allowing them to work on her. For some reason they had issues with making her bun and it was redone a few times to get it right.

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This jewel didn’t last long at all. I am pretty sure she picked it off not long afterwards. I don’t blame her. It would drive me nuts too.

Checking to see if her nails are dry. Abby does love to get her nails painted.

Alexis is making progress.

Still working on Abby’s bun.

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Claire swore her choice of red had nothing to do with Alexis at all. She wanted to look like Merida.

Well look who is done. Alexis is waiting for some pixie dust.

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How long does it take? There seems to be more to it than I thought. They all look very cute.

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How long does it take? There seems to be more to it than I thought. They all look very cute.

 

I think it took longer to look through the pictures than to do the hair. I like the way that the hair dressers are princessed up up too.

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How long does it take? There seems to be more to it than I thought. They all look very cute.

 

Usually 30 to 40 minutes once in the chair.

 

I think it took longer to look through the pictures than to do the hair. I like the way that the hair dressers are princessed up up too.

 

Oh yeah. It has taken me much longer to edit the pics than the appointment was. ;)