I still had some time until it was my turn to see the Princesses. One of the things that I really wanted to try this trip was the new The Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom game. So I headed over to the Fire Station, which is one of the recruitment centres. There was a bit of a line, but it moved quite quickly. When it was my turn, the cast member asked me if I had played before. When I told him that this was my first time, I was equipped with a key card, a map and a pack of spell cards. He then took me to one of the training portals that they have set up and explained how the game works. I then got to practise and at the end of the practice sequence, the training portal told me where I needed to go next by displaying a symbol that corresponded to one of the symbols on my map. The symbol was in Frontierland.
Before, I could go there, I had some other things to take care of. My Fast Pass window to see the Princesses would open about 25 minutes later. I decided that I would go to see them in style. Somebody had posted a photo of a tiara on Facebook a while ago that I really liked. It was a very simple tiara, but it had a dangling Mickey head hanging from the top. She had mentioned that she had got this from Arribas Brothers at the Magic Kingdom. I decided to check this out. The tiara is part of their birthstone collection and the Mickey head is actually a clip on charm. They had a beautiful lilac version, which was supposed to simulate Tanzanite, which is one of the birthstones for December. I loved the colour and it goes perfectly with my lilac gown. As it was also very inexpensive, I decided to get this. I put it on as I thought it was very fitting to wear a tiara when seeing the princesses. That I had plans to have my lunch at a castle made this all the more tempting.
I headed up towards the hub and had some photos taken on Main Street with the castle in the background. I had some more photos taken closer to the castle, but there was a show going on at the castle stage so there were a lot of people in the background . I checked out the wait times board near the hub and smiled at the crazy waiting times. I also noticed that Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid was down. Now there was a surprise. I had seen on the times guide that Stitch was out in Tomorrowland at that time. He took a little bit of finding as he was tugged away by the restrooms near Space Mountain. There was just him and his escort so I got to spend some quality time with him. His escort took some photos with my camera. On the way back, I had some photos taken near the rose garden with the castle in the background.
By that time my Fast Pass window had opened. It took a bit longer to see the Princesses than this had been the case with Mickey. Part of the reason for this was that there was just one line for three Princesses. Eventually it was my turn. The first Princess was Cinderella, but for some reason those photos did not make it on the Photopass. I have plenty of photos with Cinderella so I was not too bothered about this. I also finally got to meet Aurora and Rapunzel. All three Princesses commented on my tiara.
I decided that it was time to defeat some villains. However, I decided that I needed a snack before facing my first villain. At that point, it was peak lunch hour and as I was hoping to have lunch in a rather special place that day, I wanted to wait until the lunch rush was over. So I decided to get a sundae at the Plaza Ice Cream Parlour. One of my snack credits got me an All-American Sundae, which consisted of old-fashioned Vanilla and Chocolate Ice Cream with Hot Fudge, Peanut Butter Drizzle, Whipped Cream and a Cherry. This was gorgeous and definitely filled a hole. When I had finished my Ice Cream, I headed towards Liberty Square to cross over to Frontierland. Near bridge leading away from the hub, I saw a rather bored looking Photopass photographer. I have learned very quickly that bored looking Photopass photographer usually equals magic shots, especially if there is no obvious reason for a photographer to be in this area.I asked her if she could take some photos and handed her my Photopass card. She was only too happy to oblige and asked me to hold my right hand out, look at it and smile. She then asked me to hold the pose, but blow a kiss towards the hand. I was absolutely sure that Tinkerbell would magically appear and was both surprised and amused when I edited my Photopass photos and instead of Tinkerbell, a frog was sitting in my hand.
I then went across to Frontierland to find my first portal. The portals in this area actually stretch from Frontierland to Liberty Square. Finding the portal was easier said that done. The map that they provide is worse than useless, especially in this area. Some of the portals are quite close together and some of them were pretty hidden. I was pretty sure that I had found where I needed to be and was waiting for my turn as there were some other people using the portal. I held my key against the keyhole only to be told that I was in the wrong place. Eventually I did find where I needed to be. The good that had come out of this was that I was chatting with a family that it was in line behind me and when they heard that this was my first time playing, they spread some Pixie Dust and gave me some cards that they had multiples of. So I started my first mission with 9 cards instead of 5. After another detour, I eventually did find the right portal. The first portal that you activate provides a cut-scene that introduces you to the background story and the villain that you had to defeat. There are two possible villains to defeat in this area: Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog and Governor Ratcliffe from Pocahontas. I ended up having to battle Dr. Facilier. At the end of the cut-scene, another symbol tells you which portal to go to next. At each further portal, a bit more of the story is told and then you have to use one or more of your spell cards to defeat some of the villain's minions or to free somebody. It is fun to watch what the different spell cards do. The whole thing is very clever. I had just successfully completed the task near the Rivers of America and was sent to my final portal. I go there, touched my key against the portal and nothing happened. I went to another portal and it was the same there. There is a recruitment station near the Hall of Presidents and I decided to check there what was going on and was advised that all portals in the park had gone down. Apparently this was the first time this happened since this was launched in February. I checked if I could pick up again where I left off another day and was reassured that this would be no problem.
and no.2 you are ploughing on with the report! Loving it so far and the gowns....Omg fab!! Loving all the pics you got some fabulous shots taken I must say lots of photoframes needed Hehe 
