Disneyland Adventures: Meeting Tinkerbell

One of the things we definitely had to do while at Disneyland was visit with Tinkerbell. She had recently become a favorite of Caityn's and she was very excited to meet her. But each time we walked by Pixie Hollow, the line to meet and greet Tinkerbell and her fairy friends was REALLY long. The guy at the entrance told us it was about a 40 min wait. Yikes!!! We kept thinking that at some point the line should die down and we wouldn't have to wait so long. Well, the line never got any shorter, so on our last trip back into Disneyland, it was the first thing on our list of things to do. We all waited the whole 45 minutes just to see Tinkerbell and get some photos with her.

Caityn was very excited the whole time as the anticipation of meeting her idol grew. When it was finally almost our turn, we were up at the front of the line and we could see Rosetta, Tinkerbell's friend taking pictures with another group ahead of us. Caityn could peek through the trees and see Tinkerbell on the other side. It was very exciting! Finally...our turn to see Rosetta...and she bursts into tears and runs back to the stroller! What!!! Oh no...we did not just wait 45 minutes for you to change your mind! We were getting our picture taken with Rosetta whether she smiled or not! Poor Rosetta couldn't understand why Caityn was so upset.



Then after visiting with Rosetta we got to go around the corner and see Tinkerbell. It took Caityn a bit to realize that it was really her. Then she ran up to her and gave her a great big hug, and she was all smiles! I think she was extremely disappointed that we had waited so long (did I mention it was 45 minutes!!) and she thought she was only going to get to see a fairy sidekick and not the real deal. Boy, was she happy to finally meet Tinkerbell herself. We all got a good laugh out of that. Unfortunately, the pictures taken with our camera came out really dark, but we were able to copy the photos that their photographer took from the photo pass website. Shhhh! Don't tell Disney!



After Tinkerbell, we waited in yet another long line to go on the Autotopia cars. Caityn got to go twice. Since Sean was too little, they gave us a rider switch pass that allowed Abel to stay with Sean while I went on the car ride with Caityn. Then when our turn was over, Abel got to go with her again without having to wait in line. Good deal for Caityn! Then we ate an overpriced dinner, rode the rockets one more time, and said farewell to Disneyland. I should have taken a picture of Caityn's meal. It was a teeny, tiny cup of rice with even tinier bits of chicken in it and a cup of applesauce. The cookie that came with her meal was bigger than the dinner itself! That's okay...we were going to have a great big Princess breakfast in the morning.