After our fun with Chip and Dale, we headed back towards the Toy Shoppe, because Dan had said that Pooh & his pals would be there shortly. On the way, we heard the sounds of the British Invasion, which my Beatles fan DH had been looking forward to. As we started heading in that direction, I saw that Mary Poppins was out for a meet & greet, and I about freaked out! I have always loved that movie. I shrieked to DH, “You go find a spot to listen to British Invasion; we’ll meet you there after we meet Poppins!” Well, our character luck continued, because MP’s handler was right there and he saw how excited I was, so he showed us where we should wait for Poppins, essentially putting us at the front of her line! However, as we stood there waiting, a man came up and said, “Excuse me, guys, but you just cut in front of a whole bunch of people!” I told him that MP's handler had told us to stand here, at which point he started arguing with the handler! I left them to it so we could concentrate on Poppins!
I'm not sure what Grace said to Poppins, but apparently she thought it was funny!
As excited as I had been to see Poppins, the interaction with her paled in comparison with the one we had with Alice. She had definitely spoiled us! We checked in with DH and Christian briefly before heading into the Toy Shoppe. They had set themselves up on the curb and were really enjoying the show.
We left them there and went to find Pooh and pals. They arrived shortly after we did, so we didn’t have very long to wait, but it was too long for my littlest Pooh fan! They had a rope across the entrance, and every time they CM opened it up to let the next group through, Kate would try to sneak in! She was not very patient, but hey, she had yet to wait for a character, so I guess I can’t blame her! I do remember a young woman standing right behind me, and I mean right behind me, invading my personal space. I was probably just as glad as Kate was when it was our turn to visit with Pooh! We were very excited to see that Eeyore and Tigger were with him; we’d never met Eeyore before and Tigger is a lot of fun! Dan was right there, again, so I only took a few photos.
Rose liked the characters a lot more this year; last year she was very shy with them. I never would have gotten this picture last year; I'm not sure what changed!
Grace tried to get Tigger to bounce with her.
After saying good-bye to our friends from the 100 Acre Wood, the girls had Disney dollars burning holes in their pockets, so they spent a few minutes looking around. Kate charmed the CM who was working there, so he showed her around a little bit. He would open a door for her to show her what was behind it, and then she would go to the next little door and wait for him to open that one.
I think his name was PJ, but I'm afraid I called him JP when we left.
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