Princesses!!!!!

For those of you who do not know, Camryn loves all of the princesses, but there is one that she adores above all others...Cinderella. She's got the movie, the book, the doll, and can recite and sing all of the songs. Her one goal on this trip was to meet Cinderella, and we were going to make it happen.

The first day we arrived, we spent over an hour waiting in line for the princess royal walk, a line up of three princesses who are available to meet, hug and smile with your children individually. They are hidden of course, so we were taking a gamble on who would be there. Well, we lost. We got Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas (who she didn't know, and wouldn't greet), and Snow White. Ok, 2 out of 3. But no Cinderella.

No worries though. I had thought ahead... We had it cinched because we had made reservations to attend lunch with the princesses at Ariel's Grotto. Well, as luck would have it, we arrived to find that every one of the royal ladies was in attendance except Cinderella. Figures. As Brian choked down his burnt, $28 cheeseburger, I too, felt sick to my stomach. What were we going to do? It was the afternoon of our final day in Disneyland, and we hadn't gotten to meet Cinderella. How would we explain this one?

Well, after a little bit of investigating, we found out when and where the golden haired one would be appearing just briefly that afternoon. So, as we exited the much anticipated Playhouse Disney! show, Brian dashed for the stroller parking lot, and I bear hugged Camryn, and sprinted (yes, sprinted, for those of you who are laughing right now) across the park to where Cinderella was appearing. We arrived just in time to slip into line and greet her before she was whisked away. Whew! Crisis averted. THIS was the magical moment we had waited for, and it had finally arrived.

Ariel greeted each of her guests as they entered her restaurant, 'Ariel's Grotto.'


Sleeping Beauty, who(Camryn always reminds us) has another name...Princess Aurora. And of course, she is correct.

The "original" princess, Snow White.

Camryn and Belle.