The Tale of the Grow Walk ….Hunh? DCL Magic and WDW Review

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Loved the fairies.

 

 

 

 

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Hello Prince Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

I really watched the dragon….waiting for that fire breathing moment….. Come on Phillip….Go fight her!

 

 

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She’s lifting her head! Surely she’s about to blow!

 

 

 

Nope! Nothing at all.

 

 

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I was so disappointed that she didn’t blow fire. I texted Janet to let her know and we both hoped that it wasn’t something that was only done for the debut parade or special occasions.

Another odd thing is that Aurora is not in this parade at all. I have heard a few people think they have seen her, but no, she is not in this parade anywhere. I have watched it online, watched it at the parks twice (I will be watching it the next day as well), and gone over all my pictures…she is not in this parade. Now there is a theory and though it’s not confirmed in any way, I am betting it might be right or on the right path. We, meaning all my cohorts who like to talk Disney…..think that she was supposed to be on the first float with the Princesses, but then Frozen took off and Disney wasn’t prepared for it and they replaced her with Anna and Elsa. I can’t say this is true, but this parade was in the works long before Frozen came out and I am guessing they never intended to originally have Anna and Elsa on the float.

That’s my theory and I am sticking to it!

 

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Thanks Jiminey for this pose!

 

 

 

 

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I know I have said it over and over…but I just loved all the wild costumes.

 

 

 

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Donald and Daisy.

 

 

 

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Pluto!

 

 

 

 

 

These girls costumes are supposed to represent the “Big Top” circus theme, but for some reason, I keep thinking they look like Mad Hatters…and I call the Hatter girls. LOL.

 

 

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Look over here Mickey!

 

 

 

 

And with that, it was over.

I think I covered it for you all fairly nicely…only missing a few things…..

 

So what did we think of the parade? AWESOME!!!!!!! It’s my new favorite at the parks….of course there are not many parades left at the parks anymore. Spectro is still my all-time favorite, but that is NOT coming back. And the Animal Kingdom parade is still 2nd, but again, that has now ended, but this one ranked up there with them. We were chattering away about it as we walked away….quickly…because little Miss Claire needed a bathroom break…and fast!

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After the bathroom break we took a few minute to decide what to do next and of course I was trying to conquer the app that only worked some of the time.

There was this dog across from us and I asked how they were allowed to bring a dog in…..she’s a service dog! How cute is she? She had her official patch on and everything. I am not sure what kind of service she does as she’s not very big at all, but I am sure no one has told her that.

 

 

I did ask if I could take her picture.

 

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We thought about a Dole Whip Float, but the line was just way to long so we moved on. We were a little bit hungry and we knew were weren’t going to make it till our ADR, which I think was around 7PM, so we went in search of something to help take care of that need.

We ended up just going in Pecos Bills for some food. The lines were long everywhere and we just sucked it up and got in one here. I swear this is one of the slowest serving places though….good thing I like the food here.

My small snack turned into a meal.

We shared the fries, but Claire got some chili.

The burgers here are so good….and I am craving one right now.

We had a few friends in the area while we ate.

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With our bellies now full we moved on again.

It was time for our next Fastpass of the day…Peter Pan.

I tried to get a picture of the screen the CM’s look at when they scan your band.

It’s just too dark on Peter Pan, so I pretty much have given up on taking pictures, but we enjoyed the ride, even though it is way too short.

They had been repainting the peaks on the castle and it was neat to see the changes throughout the week. I had seen pictures before we had arrived and all the turrets were stripped and then grey for a few days and slowly, one by one, they were turning back to blue.

Hello Mr. Bird.

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It was just so crowded and everything had a long wait, so I mentioned to Claire that maybe we should’ve just taken a longer cruise and maybe in the future, if we come at this time of year, we’ll just skip the parks. She had a look of horror on her face. She said we could NEVER skip the parks. LOL. Well it was good the crowds weren’t getting her down.

We decided to get in line for Dumbo now.

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When we got to the waiting room area, I told the CM we did not want to go in there, he said I didn’t have a choice. Ugh. Last time we were given a choice and we chose not to. As we walked in, Claire told me I better not force her to play on anything in there. LOL……I won’t. It’s extremely on the babyish side. We walked to the far left corner and sat on a bench away from everyone else and I handed Claire the beeper.

After about 10-15 minutes we beeped and got back in line and made our way to our Dumbo.

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Here we go! Claire gave me instructions that she was going to control our flying…and I gave her instructions to get us up high so I could try to take pictures.

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And the lovely view of the trees that surround the ride now.

That was fun, but it bums me I can’t get a better view of the new Fantasyand with all the trees they planted.

We headed off back into New Fantasyland next. We had a date with Belle.

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We arrived at Belle’s cottage and got in the FP line and were let in practically right away. Of course when using the FP’s for Belle you skip the first room, but we were ok with that.

This enchanted mirror still amazes me and I am not sure how it works. You can’t see the seams of where it would open beforehand and it really intrigues me.

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Once the mirror opens our portal, we headed into the next room.

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Now Claire is in a shy stage…and also the “I am too cool to do that” stage. She refused to participate no matter how much prodding and urging I did.

I told her she wouldn’t get her picture taken with Belle if she didn’t at least be an extra and she still refused. UGH! That was the whole purpose of getting the FP for this. Oh well, nothing I can do. But I probably will be skipping this attraction in the future if she won’t participate as its cute, but not something I need to repeat over and over.

We then made our way into the library.

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Here she is!

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The little girl who played Beast was so cute. Her parents told me on the way out that they didn’t even know what Enchanted Tales was when they got in line and were so excited that their daughter got the starring role.

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Because Claire did not volunteer, she wasn’t able to get her picture with Belle. That really was the only reason I had made this FP too. The show is cute, but not something we need to see every time, so I don’t think we’ll be doing it again any time soon.

By Belle.

After Enchanted Tales, we headed back outside.

Another shot of the empty moat.

I convinced Claire to pose….and smile!

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