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Day 5 Continued: Tuesday March 5th
They came back to the room about the time DD should be waking up. Unfortunately it was one of those days when she woke up in a worse mood after her nap, so it took us a little longer than expected to get out of the room. But there were a lot of character meetings happening in and around the atrium, and we wanted to meet some of them, so we soldiered on. It wasn’t something a little snack couldn’t fix, so while waiting in line for our first character, we grabbed them each something from the little pastry case at the café on Deck 4 (I think the Vista Café?). DD got a rice krispie treat on a stick, and DS got a croissant.
DCL19 04-041 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Untitled by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Because the sets with each character were scheduled so close together and moved so quickly, we basically went back and forth between the character meeting spots down in the atrium and up on the balcony on the deck above us.
DH took some photos of the balcony decorations while we were waiting in line for our first character. So many details all over the ship!
DCL19 04-036 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-037 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
First up, we greeted Captain Mickey!
DCL19 04-038 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-039 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-040 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Next we went down to the bottom of the staircase where we got to meet a very fun and very sassy Daisy Duck! She was hilarious to watch while waiting in line. She was striking all kinds of poses with the groups ahead of us, especially a few girls who wanted photos of just Daisy by herself!
DCL19 04-042 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
She was very excited to see that DD had a big bow in her hair just like her own bow.
DCL19 04-043 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-044 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-045 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We made a trip back upstairs to meet the gorgeous & fabulous Minnie Mouse!
DCL19 04-046 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Stitch was scheduled for 5:30 pm, but we weren’t sure we’d be able to see him since it was so close to our dinner time. However, while we were leaving Minnie, we saw he was just wandering around so we hurried over to see him and get a quick hug & photo.
DCL19 04-047 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-048 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Then we went back to the scheduled meets in time to see DH’s favorite, Donald Duck.
DCL19 04-049 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-050 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-051 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Donald was a LOT of fun!! He had obviously been to a few Mardi Gras back in the day at some point, because when he noticed our beads and Mardi Gras shirts, he was miming throwing beads, and even sitting in a ladder, which is a naturally New Orleans thing!! Lol If you have never been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, you probably have no clue what that means, but it’s basically a little seat people make and bolt to the top of a ladder for kids to sit in so they are up higher to catch parade throws. Here’s a pic of DS’s Lightning McQueen themed one.
IMG_3900 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Also, we had watched the family ahead of us meet Donald, and we had seen Donald hold up his hand to give the dad a High 5 and yank his hand away when the dad went to return it, then Donald cracked himself up laughing for tricking him. So when he tried to do the same for DH, DH was expecting it and hit Donald’s hand before he could snatch it away, so Donald did the hand movement towards his eyes to show he was keeping an eye on DH. It was a really fun meet!
While all of the character meets were going on, some of the evening performers had set up in the atrium and were singing some familiar songs. While we were finishing up with Donald, we spotted Belle, who just came wandering out into the atrium and started dancing to the music with the kids!
DCL19 04-052 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-053 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Go back to my pics of Belle from the princess gathering and you’ll see what I mean about their faces looking the same!! Lol
DH saw that the guest services desk was even all decorated for Mardi Gras.
DCL19 04-054 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-055 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-056 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We had a little time before we had to go to dinner, so we made our way over towards the shops to look around, and we spotted Pluto all by himself over by the theater, so we went over to take a picture with him too.
DCL19 04-057 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-058 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
As we went back towards the atrium, we saw that in addition to Belle, a few more characters had come out unscheduled and were just randomly interacting with the kids that were around. Tiana and Vampirina had joined her, and they were enlisting the kids to help them play hide & seek from each other!
DCL19 04-059 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-060 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-061 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-062 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
It felt like a uniquely DCL experience to get that kind of interaction with the characters. Understandably so, the characters in WDW are a lot more scheduled and structured and you don’t get this same level of interaction. It was a ton of fun to just let DD go nuts playing with some of her favorite princesses and other characters and running around having the time of her life!
Continued in next post...
They came back to the room about the time DD should be waking up. Unfortunately it was one of those days when she woke up in a worse mood after her nap, so it took us a little longer than expected to get out of the room. But there were a lot of character meetings happening in and around the atrium, and we wanted to meet some of them, so we soldiered on. It wasn’t something a little snack couldn’t fix, so while waiting in line for our first character, we grabbed them each something from the little pastry case at the café on Deck 4 (I think the Vista Café?). DD got a rice krispie treat on a stick, and DS got a croissant.
DCL19 04-041 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Untitled by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Because the sets with each character were scheduled so close together and moved so quickly, we basically went back and forth between the character meeting spots down in the atrium and up on the balcony on the deck above us.
DH took some photos of the balcony decorations while we were waiting in line for our first character. So many details all over the ship!
DCL19 04-036 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-037 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
First up, we greeted Captain Mickey!
DCL19 04-038 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-039 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-040 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Next we went down to the bottom of the staircase where we got to meet a very fun and very sassy Daisy Duck! She was hilarious to watch while waiting in line. She was striking all kinds of poses with the groups ahead of us, especially a few girls who wanted photos of just Daisy by herself!
DCL19 04-042 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
She was very excited to see that DD had a big bow in her hair just like her own bow.
DCL19 04-043 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-044 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-045 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We made a trip back upstairs to meet the gorgeous & fabulous Minnie Mouse!
DCL19 04-046 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Stitch was scheduled for 5:30 pm, but we weren’t sure we’d be able to see him since it was so close to our dinner time. However, while we were leaving Minnie, we saw he was just wandering around so we hurried over to see him and get a quick hug & photo.
DCL19 04-047 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-048 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Then we went back to the scheduled meets in time to see DH’s favorite, Donald Duck.
DCL19 04-049 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-050 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-051 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Donald was a LOT of fun!! He had obviously been to a few Mardi Gras back in the day at some point, because when he noticed our beads and Mardi Gras shirts, he was miming throwing beads, and even sitting in a ladder, which is a naturally New Orleans thing!! Lol If you have never been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, you probably have no clue what that means, but it’s basically a little seat people make and bolt to the top of a ladder for kids to sit in so they are up higher to catch parade throws. Here’s a pic of DS’s Lightning McQueen themed one.
IMG_3900 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Also, we had watched the family ahead of us meet Donald, and we had seen Donald hold up his hand to give the dad a High 5 and yank his hand away when the dad went to return it, then Donald cracked himself up laughing for tricking him. So when he tried to do the same for DH, DH was expecting it and hit Donald’s hand before he could snatch it away, so Donald did the hand movement towards his eyes to show he was keeping an eye on DH. It was a really fun meet!
While all of the character meets were going on, some of the evening performers had set up in the atrium and were singing some familiar songs. While we were finishing up with Donald, we spotted Belle, who just came wandering out into the atrium and started dancing to the music with the kids!
DCL19 04-052 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-053 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
Go back to my pics of Belle from the princess gathering and you’ll see what I mean about their faces looking the same!! Lol
DH saw that the guest services desk was even all decorated for Mardi Gras.
DCL19 04-054 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-055 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-056 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
We had a little time before we had to go to dinner, so we made our way over towards the shops to look around, and we spotted Pluto all by himself over by the theater, so we went over to take a picture with him too.
DCL19 04-057 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-058 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
As we went back towards the atrium, we saw that in addition to Belle, a few more characters had come out unscheduled and were just randomly interacting with the kids that were around. Tiana and Vampirina had joined her, and they were enlisting the kids to help them play hide & seek from each other!
DCL19 04-059 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-060 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-061 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
DCL19 04-062 by disneymom1024, on Flickr
It felt like a uniquely DCL experience to get that kind of interaction with the characters. Understandably so, the characters in WDW are a lot more scheduled and structured and you don’t get this same level of interaction. It was a ton of fun to just let DD go nuts playing with some of her favorite princesses and other characters and running around having the time of her life!
Continued in next post...