We started the day with our final character meal at the Disneyland Hotel. Such a cool hotel for history. Ken was enjoying checking out the wall of pictures as we waited for our time at the restaurant.
Goofy's Kitchen was really something special. Not only was the food totally wacky, it was very interactive for the kids. Every so often they would turn on some music and all the kids would run down and dance with the characters or bang plastic pots and pans together. Ariel wasn't too sure at first but by the end of it she was grinning saying 'that's fun'.
Getting back to the food, there was the regular breakfast goodies, but there was also all the kid friendly foods. So you could have hot dogs, macaroni, pizza or nuggets for breakfast if you wanted to. Ariel was thrilled to get to have pizza for breakfast, and gobbled it down pretty fast before having a cupcake... yes, there was a whole dessert bar too. We ate ourselves silly, and it was a great place to finish off our character dining experience.
For characters we saw 'regular' Belle, Alice, Chip n Dale, Baloo, Pluto and Goofy of course. Ken likes Alice, so he was excited to see her. She was cute with Ariel as she compared her dress to a mouse she knew. Hee.
When we were stuffed, we walked down to get into the park early with our passes. Ken and I did some 'big rides' where we each took a turn and got the 'child swap' pass. I must say that is so cool, and getting to bypass the line is great. While Ken has his turn on the Matterhorn, I took Ariel on the carousel and Dumbo for one last time. Those were her requests during breakfast, and we aim to please. 
We finished off the few rides we hadn't gone on yet, including the tea cups (which she totally loved). 
Then a switch into her Princess dress, we went back to the Princess Fantasy Faire to see if we could meet anyone else, and surprise, we got to meet Pocahontas. She was so cute.
Ariel was tired so we went to get lunch, but during that time she fell asleep. So Ken and I had a lazy lunch in California Adventure before going back to Disneyland. While she slept, we did a few more 'big rides' including Splash Mountain, as it was uber hot and we needed a good cool down. I got the front seat when I went down, and was pretty wet afterwards, but it was all good.
Ariel woke up and we took her to the story time with the princesses. It was a really nice place to hang out because it was cool and shaded.
Ariel liked listening to Jasmine tell her story with the other kids.
The big coronation happened shortly afterwards, and Ariel got to dance again with the princesses. When they did the maypole this time, Snow White came down and took her hand and walked with her. It was soooooooooooooo cute and when it was over she got a kiss on her forehead.
Then it was back to Toontown for some pictures and shopping. We got to see Minnie and Goofy together, so that was fun. We then ran off to have our big final dinner at the Blue Bayou. Such a beautiful setup and the food was fantastic. We had a dessert to share, the big cookie boat. Yummy!!!!
We finished just in time to see the parade the final time. Ariel was eager to wave at the princesses again. It was at this point I really started feeling sad, as it really was coming to an end. We had the most AMAZING vacation and so many memories that we are going to treasure forever. I am so thankful and blessed this was possible.
Here are a few highlights from our last day here, Ariel and Daddy on the teacups, dancing with Snow White and our favorite song from the parade!
Ariel is finally asleep, but she was full of beans when we got back to the hotel. Tomorrow is a big day of traveling home. Pray it goes smoothly, and when I check in next, we should be back in our home.
I hope to post a little slide show of some of our favorite moments tomorrow night, so tune in for some pictures and video. Until then, its time to pack up the mouse ears until next time.
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What a fun holiday you've had! You've got me dreaming of doing something similar in a few years :)
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