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Another "All American" sundae, but this time with whipped cream.
 

The pulled pork sandwich.
 

These drinks were pricey, but oh so good.
 
Now if only we could remember the names of them!
 

I just had an Oberon last weekend at the Kalamazoo Beer Exchange. What a neat place that was!

Am I the only one that thinks of the Rainbow Connection when they see a rainbow?
 
http://youtu.be/jSFLZ-MzIhM
 
It's a classic!
 
And if you've never seen it performed at Jellyrolls you are missing out.
 
WBI
 

Sorry for the DCL hijack, Beckers.
 
I want to go back the original point of this thread- the fantastic story told by the blogger about how her kid got chosen to be the prince of the day.
 
I've never heard of such a thing.  How magical.  But, there is so much about the blog post that confuses me.  Let's take a closer look at it:
 
Upon our exit from our standard "meet and greet" with Cinderella and Princess Aurora at Fairytale Hall in Cinderella's Castle, a cast member stops my 4 year-old son and I, "Ma'am, excuse me, but Princess Cinderella has asked for your son to be brought back in to her Royal Chamber."
 
This is a strange way to begin the post.  The author acts like it was a total surprise that her son was called back into the "Royal Chamber," yet later in the article she says how her son was randomly chosen to be "Prince" at the gate, and had been showered with gifts and special treatment all day.
 
BTW- Princess Fairytale Hall is not in Cinderella Castle.  And it is Cinderella Castle, not Cinderella's Castle.  Everyone knows that.  Except the blogger.
 
And, what were Cinderella and Aurora doing in there together? - the current princesses meeting there are Cinderella and Rapunzel on one side, and Anna and Elsa on the other:  https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/entertainment/magic-kingdom/character-meet-cinderella-rapunzel-fairytale-hall/
 
Very strange, because she posted on September 25 that it happened "yesterday" at the Magic Kingdom.  So that would be September 24th, right?  What was Aurora doing there?
 
I was in total shock, but nodded and followed with Hayden at my side...
 
Why was she in total shock?  According to what she says later, her son had been "crowned" at the gate, and they were given vouchers for free merchandise and a free meal.  So, getting something special in the princess meet and greet was a total shock?
 
The cast member leads us in to a private chamber in the castle in which there are 2 photographers, 3 more cast members, and the two Princesses, whom proceed to have a 30 minute play date, story time, sing a long and photo session with my son.
 
Now hold on a minute here.  I thought she was in Fairytale Hall?  But they took her to a private chamber in the castle?
 
And, sorry, you guessed wrong on the who/whom thing.  And you had a 50/50 chance.  I hate it when that happens.  Blog writing is hard.
 
They literally closed down the chamber, door shut and all. I was in such shock, I just left the photos up to the photographers and watched them in amazement.
 
They literally closed down the whole chamber?  They even shut the door! For a half an hour?  How magical for the guests waiting in line to meet the princesses.
 
And, you were still in shock?
 
Thereafter, Hayden received a Royal invitation from Cinderella herself to be seated at her Royal Dining Table for dinner. He didn't make it, and conked out - Might have had something to do with two feisty princesses wearing him out!

Cinderella has a Royal Dining Table?  And Hayden was invited to sit at it?  Is that the same as the restaurant called Cinderella's Royal Table (no "Dining")?  And you let him fall asleep?  Dang it.  I hate it when that happens.  Were you in total shock?
Totally understandable. A four year old boy only has so much energy.  Of course 30 minutes of play time would wear the poor kid out.  And no way would you wake a sleeping kid up for a free dinner in the castle.  That's crazy talk.

I am sharing this story, because I didn't even know that Disney did this, and so I am quite sure that most every other parent is unaware of it as well. However, Hayden was crowned a Prince at the gate randomly yesterday by a cast member:
 
You aren't kidding.  I have never heard of it, nor ever seen it mentioned anywhere.  But we should totally believe you, right?
 
Thereto, Mickey comped his lunch, gave him a complimentary pick of any children's clothing item in the Emporium, stage castle seating in Mickey and Minnie's Show, front of the line cast escorts to any 2 rides of his choosing, premiere parade seating, in which Woody and Jessie pulled him in to the parade for a twirl AND OF COURSE THE INFAMOUS PLAY DATE!
 
Thereto? Who talks like that?  Or is it whom talks like that? What the heck are your trying to say?
 
So let's get this straight- Mickey (or was it the Castmember?) gave your kid;
 
1.  A free lunch (wow!  For what restaurant?  Where did you eat?)
2.  A free item of clothing that you got to pick in the Emporium.  (I wonder what you picked?  Was there a price limit?)
3. Castle seating for Mickey and Minnie's show (where is there seating?  What is this show?)
4. Front of the line cast escorts to any two rides (paper FP's weren't enough?  A CM had to escort you?)
5. "Premiere" parade seating (for which parade?)  (oh- the one with Woody and Jessie?) (What parade is that?) (not the Festival of Fantasy Parade)  (so you got "premiere" seating for the Move it Shake it parade?  How magical)  (and BTW- I think you meant premier, without the e.  Dang it- this writing stuff is hard, isn't it?)
 
And (in all caps) an infamous play date?
 
Why was it infamous?
 
Oh, I see, you don't know what infamous means, do you?  I hate it when that happens.  This writing stuff is literally totally hard, isn't it?
 
And then on top of all that, your kid got invited to Cinderella's Royal Dining Table?  But he fell asleep.  Too bad.
 
To all of my fellow parents: You have got to get your kid crowned prince/princess at least once.
 
Now here's some great and realistic advice.  I agree, at least once.
 
They don't tell you what to expect, but I kept getting grabbed by cast members, ushered around, and little trinkets delivered by the cast members with messages from the characters (Mickey Popcorn Bucket full of Buttery Popcorn for Mickey's Show and a Woody Boot full of a root beer slushy for Hayden at the parade).
 
Wow.  So the stuff you already mentioned wasn't all?  You got trinkets?  And a bucket of popcorn?  And a root beer slushy?  Wow. They used to serve those boots full or root beer slushies at Pecos Bill's.  But, they don't anymore.  I guess they hooked up the machine and made one just for Hayden.  Magical!
 
Hayden's face was covered in smooches and he had the most SURPRISINGLY MAGICAL DAY!!!
 
Well, isn't that the best?  I agree- it sounds surprisingly magical.
 
I am so glad this lady took the time to write this article.  It must have been a lot of work for her, with her limited command of the written word.  But, she has done Disney fans everywhere such a great service.  Now, every parent knows that he or she must get his or her kid crowned at least once.
 
If this article wasn't posted on such a prestigious and widely read blog, I might have a bit of trouble believing it.
 
TCD
 

And if that's not enough and you want to see more of the Lodge, do the free "Wonders of the Lodge" tour, every Wed and Sat at 9am.

I'm not kidding or exaggerating, but that's my vision of Hell.
Snow, ice, cold, and getting out of a warm bed in the middle of the night to walk to an outhouse. Shoot me.

Since people stay in non-pet loops for various reasons, I think it's best to request sites in a pet loop.

I still want the purse.

Under international we found magic Disney music. Under eclectic our favs are sorcerer radio and enchanted. But also found mouse house and mouse world. They both have the themeing from the rides.

We thought it was worth doing one time.  I'm not sure we would pay for it again though.

This is totally off topic, but looking at that first picture I posted from April 2011 reminds me of one of my favorite memories.
 
My sister and I snuck a trip with just the two of us (she left her husband and 2 kids at home!).
 
We drove down to Buffalo and had dinner of chicken and ribs at Kentucky Greg's BBQ then caught an early flight out the next morning.
 
The first day at Disney we went to Whispering Canyon for dinner and had the skillet that includes chicken and ribs.
 
The next night we went to the Hoop Dee Doo Revue and had... chicken and ribs.
 
Our last night there we discovered that she and I had had a little miscommunication and instead of booking 'Ohana the restaurant, she'd booked us "Ohana, the Spirit of Aloha show".
 
When they brought out chicken and ribs for dinner that night, we couldn't contain our laughter.  :rofl3:

The Garden View Tea Room is temporarily closed for refurbishment. In the meantime, afternoon tea and the My Disney Girl's Perfectly Princess Tea parties will be held upstairs at Citricos.
 
From the Disney Food Blog...
 
 
http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2014/07/15/whats-new-around-disney-world-july-16th-2014/

Not to sound like a yuppie, but a co-worker got me hooked on Starbucks hot chai tea latte Way better Than coffee in my opinion

Awesome show for the little people who stay in campers to enjoy the Disney experience. Kinda makes sick though that with all the DECENT people having jobs eliminated, our seniors suffering from lack of funds for care and the other problems the rich don't see , that people can wipe their asses with hundreds, hire a hot shot pretty boy singer and put on a private fireworks show you can see from the moon. $8 million dollars? Seriously? That's what wrong with our world. Go ahead, blast me on a happy thread.

No.  You can NEVER skip the egg roll. 

Feeling a bit like "Little Mary Sunshine" today, so I want to say instead of letting the slow transportatin be a probem try to make the best of the situation. We don't hurry when on vacation - that includes waiting for transportation. Part of the Disney trip is waiting so I try to look at it as a chance to hold conversations with my family and great "strangers" from all over the place. On our last trip during a long wait we met a lady that worked for the National Zoo who showed us video on her phone of the brand new baby panda just after birth. It was just amazing and wouldn't have happened if we weren't waiting for something. So, remember the magic can happen anywhere.

Check your charger to see if you even need one.  I know for our laptop, camera charger and I believe the ipad charger.....we only needed the adapter for the different plug sizes, but not a converter as the power packs are built for any location in the world and automatically adapt to different power levels between 100-240 volts.  However, we did use a converter for other items and I picked them up at the luggage store in the mall.  Somewhere between $10-20 IIRC.  

Not in the $10 range, but check out Limefuel on Amazon. They have 6,000 13,000 15,600 18,000 and 24,000 mAh versions. They get great reviews and they will charge an iPad for hours and hours of parade-photographing fun!
 

I laughed way too hard at this.
 
I'm not sure whether to flag this NSFW or not... It's the "Hitler finds out about..." style video.
 
http://youtu.be/LcT6h04qlAI

I laughed way too hard at this.
 
I'm not sure whether to flag this NSFW or not... It's the "Hitler finds out about..." style video.
 
http://youtu.be/LcT6h04qlAI

I laughed way too hard at this.
 
I'm not sure whether to flag this NSFW or not... It's the "Hitler finds out about..." style video.
 
http://youtu.be/LcT6h04qlAI

Some of you may recall that my family did a Hoop Dee Doo dinner night at home last year. (My previous post is quoted below.)
 
We liked it so much that we decided to make it an annual tradition, and because we like to plan ahead, we've set a date this year for Saturday, February 22.
 
Why not plan your own for that same date? I'd love to see the pictures from other families having the same kind of fun. (And giving me ideas to steal for next year.)
 
Anyone else up for it? You've got 29 days to make it happen. You can do it!
 
 

Some of you may recall that my family did a Hoop Dee Doo dinner night at home last year. (My previous post is quoted below.)
 
We liked it so much that we decided to make it an annual tradition, and because we like to plan ahead, we've set a date this year for Saturday, February 22.
 
Why not plan your own for that same date? I'd love to see the pictures from other families having the same kind of fun. (And giving me ideas to steal for next year.)
 
Anyone else up for it? You've got 29 days to make it happen. You can do it!