thatgirl'smom
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2005
I am not a Disney fanatic. Not at all. I never watched Bambi until yesterday when my daughter got the dvd in her Easter basket... I honestly thought Bambi was a girl for 33 years! I didn't know he was a prince. I saw The Fox and the Hound when I was a kid and swore off Disney movies because that movie broke my heart.
We are going to DL/DCA in May for my daughter's 4th birthday. It will be the first visit for me, my husband, and my daughter. We'll be staying at the GC and have a character meal at Goofy's Kitchen scheduled for the evening of her actual birthday, with a birthday bucket surprise for her.
I've been reading and reading and gathering information to make me well-informed and to enjoy our trip to the fullest. I like to prepare So, here are some questions:
1. What movies would you recommend so that we are familiar with the bulk of characters we might come across? Daughter has seen Bambi, Peter Pan, and we have Dumbo coming from Netflix. She knows about all the princesses (although she has not seen the movies they are in) from her friends who are really into them. She is not into princesses.
2. I'm nervous I'll call Goofy Pluto and Pluto Goofy and dumb mistakes like that. My husband only knows the characters slightly. Can masked characters speak? Or only non-masked ones? I know my daughter will want to engage any character we come across (that's just her personality), so I need to prepare her that they might not speak to her.
3. I bought 3 day park hopper tickets thru the military ticketing office here in San Diego... do they include one day of early entry? They say nothing whatsoever about early entry on them, but I thought it was a benefit of all multiple day park hoppers. I called the office where I purchased them and the lady said you get early entry thru staying at a resort hotel, which we are. But I don't think this is correct from what I've read during my research? Do you have any ideas about this? I sure don't want to show up to get in early and be turned away.
Thanks for your help and advice! We're really excited about this trip although we know so little
We are going to DL/DCA in May for my daughter's 4th birthday. It will be the first visit for me, my husband, and my daughter. We'll be staying at the GC and have a character meal at Goofy's Kitchen scheduled for the evening of her actual birthday, with a birthday bucket surprise for her.
I've been reading and reading and gathering information to make me well-informed and to enjoy our trip to the fullest. I like to prepare So, here are some questions:
1. What movies would you recommend so that we are familiar with the bulk of characters we might come across? Daughter has seen Bambi, Peter Pan, and we have Dumbo coming from Netflix. She knows about all the princesses (although she has not seen the movies they are in) from her friends who are really into them. She is not into princesses.
2. I'm nervous I'll call Goofy Pluto and Pluto Goofy and dumb mistakes like that. My husband only knows the characters slightly. Can masked characters speak? Or only non-masked ones? I know my daughter will want to engage any character we come across (that's just her personality), so I need to prepare her that they might not speak to her.
3. I bought 3 day park hopper tickets thru the military ticketing office here in San Diego... do they include one day of early entry? They say nothing whatsoever about early entry on them, but I thought it was a benefit of all multiple day park hoppers. I called the office where I purchased them and the lady said you get early entry thru staying at a resort hotel, which we are. But I don't think this is correct from what I've read during my research? Do you have any ideas about this? I sure don't want to show up to get in early and be turned away.
Thanks for your help and advice! We're really excited about this trip although we know so little