Disney Part 5

12/18

It poured today! We slept in...very late! It was good to catch up on sleep after so many late nights and we were hopeful there would be less crabbiness as a result. We went to Downtown Disney to do a little shopping. We marveled at the Lego sculptures (Woody, a large dragon, an entire family and their dogs) and purchased a few souvenirs.

After we finished shopping, we headed back to the Magic Kingdom. It was super-crowded! We went to see Mickey's PhilharMagic, a 4-D movie. I loved looking over at Claire trying to reach out and touch things that were being "thrown" out into the audience from the film. She was amazed! We went on the Winnie the Pooh ride (Eh!) and rode the carousel, the teacups and It's a Small World again.

When we first arrived, we passed Rapunzel and Flynn from the movie Tangled. The line was long, so we figured we'd come back later. We set off to find Jessie from Toy Story since Claire was dying to see her and heard she was only in the Magic Kingdom. Three different cast members told us three different places where she was and when we finally found her a little before 5:00, we were told that the line was closed. I argued that she was supposed to be there until 5:30 according to the schedule, but the cast member assisting Jessie said the schedule was incorrect and they were leaving at 5:00. Hearing this, Claire began crying. Real tears. She was inconsolable. A sweet, older cast member came over and tried to comfort Claire and this cast member couldn't understand why Claire couldn't just get a quick picture with her. We went into the little store where this cast member worked and she wrote out a little certificate for Claire to make her feel better. It was very sweet.

We ended the evening by going to see Mickey and Minnie's country houses in Toontown, then posing for pictures with them -- Claire was thrilled and it totally made up for the "Jessie incident of 2010." It ended the evening on a high note. We took the train back to Main St., USA, then headed back to our hotel.