One thing I forgot to mention is the wands and swords that they give out while you’re waiting to meet Cinderella. Usually, the boys choose the swords and the girls get the wands. Well, Grace decided that she wanted a sword, as well, so I told her she would have to ask if she could have one. We ended up with two wands and two swords, although we had to leave one sword behind when it didn’t get packed up with our checked baggage and I knew we couldn’t take it on the plane! Hopefully the mousekeepers at the Poly found someone to give it to!
Before we get to our meeting with Snow White, I have to tell you a little story. Last family trip, I had the girls booked at the Princess breakfast at Epcot on our last morning at Disney World. Of course, I had done extensive online research, and discovered that we could expect Belle, Aurora, Jasmine, Snow White and maybe Ariel at Akershus.
A couple of nights before our breakfast, the girls and I attended the Pirate & Princess party. We went to the County Bounty to see which princess we might be able to meet, since we only had time for one. The girls were angling for a visit with Snow White, but I told them that we would see her at Akershus. Instead, we chose Cinderella, knowing that she wouldn’t be at the princess breakfast. Well, I know you can guess what happened next. When we arrived in Norway on Wednesday morning, we saw Belle, we saw Aurora, we saw Jasmine, we even saw Ariel and Mulan, but Snow White was nowhere to be found! She had dissed us! My girls blamed me, of course, since I was the one who had said we could wait to see her in Epcot. Oh well, lesson learned. When they say characters are subject to change, they really mean it! I was actually really surprised by all the fuss, since neither girl is a big fan of Snow. For some reason, they have inherited my childhood dislike of her singing voice…
Back to CRT: I had already asked our wonderful server, Lynn, to bring us the check so we could try to get out to Fantasyland for rope drop. However, because of our location in the restaurant, we were the last group to meet with the princesses. The first two had come rather quickly, but we had to wait quite a while for Jasmine and Snow White to come by. Of course, we weren’t going anywhere without getting Snow White’s autograph! When she finally arrived, she was lovely; she even spoke in the same high-pitched voice as her animated counterpart (but there was no singing!)
Getting that all-important autograph!
It's not a great photo of Snow White, but I love the expression on Christian's face!
We didn't waste much time after we said good-bye to Snow White; Fantasyland was calling our names! Since I had already paid the bill, we bid Cinderella's castle farewell and headed back down the elevator. It was about 9:20, so Fantasyland had been open for about 20 minutes before we got there. No matter; I had a plan and we were ready for action!
Up next: our Fantasyland morning and meeting up with my brother again.