After saying goodnight to grandparents we decided to head back towards Main Street USA for some shopping!!
Along our way we bumped into a lonely PP Photo with no line, so we decided to take a few more castle pics! It worked out well because these were the ONLY photos of the four of us with the castle!! Maddie was always sleeping before or we had the whole group!! FYI- this was my Christmas card photo this year too!
After our photo session we took our time browsing around Main Street. There is so much to see there, it must be impossible to see it all!!
By the time we made it up near Town Hall a parade started so we watched it go by us!
I didnt snap many pictures, but it was pretty fun!
Afterwards we stopped by Caseys Corner and grabbed a meal. We walked over to the vacant Tomorrowland Terrace seating area to enjoy it. Chris got the BBQ Hotdog, with pulled pork and coleslaw on top, he said it was great. I got the chili cheese dog, which was
MESSY! The fries were fantastic here! For dessert Chris got cracker jacks and I got cotton candy. The kiddos split with us!
About this time I realized the last M&G of the day for Merida was over! She was the only other Princess on our list we needed to see so we ran over there as fast as we could, sadly the line was already closed. Now, Im not too proud to beg, especially on the last day of our trip. And surprisingly, it worked! The CM took pity on us and allowed us in!!
While we waited a group that was in front of us asked us to go ahead of them because they wanted to be last. Come to find out it was a small group of girls doing the DCP. One girl and I chatted for a while in line and I asked what her job was, she said she was a character actress. Well naturally my next question was which characters was she
being the good CM she was, she simply said Well I am
VERY close friend with the Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland as well as Winnie the Pooh! How cute was she?!? I also asked her if boys were sometimes in the girls characters
she said yes! I found this quite amusing as I just cant imagine a guy in say a Minnie Mouse costume or something! LoL!
Finally it was our turn, and the girls got to meet
THE BEST MERIDA! This girl was GREAT! Seriously, look at these expressions, she had us cracking up!
So glad we got to meet her!!
We were pretty happy campers after that!! It was getting later and we wanted to find a good spot for Wishes, so we decided just one more ride before we settled down! We asked Olivia what she wanted to ride and she picked Little Mermaid again, so we rode it. How funny, we started and ended our trip with riding the VoTLM! Such a cute ride!
Finally we made our way back to the bridge that runs from the castle area to the Tommorwland area and plopped down on a bench area right under the Tomorrowland sign! Id heard this was a great spot because Tink flies right over you, and we didnt get to see Tink during the last Wishes because we were inside the Castle eating, so this was a must do for us!
While we waited Chris ran over to Adventureland to grab another Dole Whip.
First we watched the gorgeous Celebrate a Dream projection show thing on the castle. The, finally, after a lot of waiting we got to see what wed been waiting for
Wishes!!!
I took no photos of this show because I had decided while sitting there with my family to just BE and fully enjoy our last moments in the park together. No worrying about grabbing photos, just loving each others company and fully taking in all the magic.
This was
EXACTLY how Id envisioned us ending our trip to Disney, by watching Wishes together on our last night and making a wish to come back again soon! It was a magical evening. Maddie fell asleep during the show, but Olivia stayed awake through it all, and you should have seen and heard her gasp when she saw Tinkerbell fly over her head. I think she was truly and utterly amazed at the magic. I am so glad she got to experience it.
The only downside to staying until closing was the crowds, we were stuck in a big one to leave and it did take a while to board a bus, and the kids both fell asleep at that point, which was hard to carry them and the stroller with just the two of us, but it all worked out and we would do it over again to have the magical evening we did!
When we got back to AoA we used our last remaining CS credit to grab some pasta and a monster brownie to eat before bed and soon we were out.
Next up, the one where we go home.