My fwe Tiggah a Pooh!!

To most Disney channel aficionados this title is recognized as the opening to the theme song for My Friends Tigger and Pooh. We just returned from Disneyland where we managed to make it through the Winnie the Pooh and Friends ride (more appropriately named, TiggaPooh Wide, by Bailey) eleven times. Yes, you read that correctly - eleven times we got to see Heffalumps, Woozles, Tiggah, Pooh, Pigwet, Wabeet, and Wawore. It was amazing to watch Bailey take in the adventure. She woke each morning saying, “TiggaPooh Wide?” Obviously, she just wanted to make sure that the world was working as it should.

On Tuesday evening we went to the holiday parade that Disney does each year. As each character went by, Bailey would call out their names and wave as hard as she could at them - and then, just stare. We went on the Alice in Wonderland ride (my first time on this ride, ever), the teacups (another first for me), Dumbo (yet another first), and It’s a Small World (aka. the boats). With each attraction, Bailey was mesmerized.

Perhaps the best part of the adventure was our “Mimmie” and friends character breakfast. As you can see in the above photo, she was so excited to see “Mimmie”!! I could hardly hold her back. She was like that when we met Pooh, too. In fact, I was holding her back while someone else visited with Pooh - when they were done, I let go and she yelled Pooh, ran to him, and gave him a big hug - it melted my heart!!

When we booked this trip, part of the “package” was a character call from Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy. So, on Friday night we gathered in the kitchen waiting for the guys to phone Bailey. The call went off without a hitch until Bailey pointed out that one important character had forgotten to deselect the mute button on his phone - Donald “Guck”. I was surprised when the call ended and she started asking where Donald was. Even more surprised because she rarely gives him the time of day when she sees him on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. After the call, though, she was horribly offended that he’d forgotten to dial into the conference call - the NERVE!! The ironic part - we saw many characters during our trip down there, all of the were delightful to her. The only time that we saw Donald - she was sound asleep!! We took a picture, though - wouldn’t want to offend the princess twice!!

You can see this, and the other 176, here. Note that the format on the photo pages is different these days - it doesn’t tell you how many pages there are any more, it simply tells you how many photos there are, and there is a forward (and backward) arrow at the top of the page. Enjoy!!