Ever since Tangled came out, Rapunzel has become Cate's favorite princess. She has a Rapunzel doll, Tangled nightgown and t-shirt, and constantly pretends to be her.
So, it was only fitting that we get to meet her in Walt Disney World. While in Germany at Epcot, we saw a miniature version of the tower with her hair hanging out of it and one of the songs from the movie playing.
Cate just stood and stared in awe.
She kept asking when Rapunzel was going to come out of the tower so she could meet her. I told her that the tower was just a small version used for decoration, but she just kept saying how she wanted to meet her.
The next day, while in Magic Kingdom, we found out that there was a "play and greet" for Rapunzel. Little did we know (but probably should have), the line to meet her was 2 hours long. So, what did this mother do? Stood in line, of course! Luckily, only one of us had to be in line to hold the place, so Matt took the kids for a snack, rode some rides, and NOT ONCE did Cate or Max complain of the long wait. I have to say that I was overwhelmed with pride with them for that!
As soon as Cate saw her, her eyes lit up and her smile was probably the biggest I have ever seen it. She was in awe! The children got to color a picture, play a game, and dance with Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. Cate even ran around the table to hold her hand after she realized she wasn't next to her for the dance.
After the little 5 minute play time, they got some one on one time for pictures and autographs.
When we walked away, I asked Cate if she loved meeting the Tangled star and she quoted Rapunzel, by saying "Mom, this was the BEST. DAY. EVER!!!!"
If anyone asks what her favorite moment of the trip was, she will tell you it was meeting Rapunzel!
5 comments:
I loved how she moved everytime Rapunsel did! She looks as cute in that outfit as you did, Allison.
Allison - this is one of the most beautiful blog posts I have ever seen! Gorgeous job! So glad to have seen you all last week - hope all is well!
So cute-I didn't even know about Rapunzel's tower at Epcot! My kids hadn't even seen Tangled but were willing to wait in line for an hour to do the meet-and-greet. And about 15 minutes before, huge storm clouds appeared and it started raining. So hubby waited in line while we dashed over to Cosmic Ray's. The things we will do for our kids! Hope you enjoyed SMM conference.
amazing pics, i love the last one of the 3 of them. What a special day!!!
And *that* is precisely why Disney has my heart. You just don't get that at Universal. Sigh.
What a great picture of Cate looking up at the tower in Germany! And also, wow. They really captured Flynn's likeness when they animated him. ;)
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