The full Cinderella experience!

The long awaited visit to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique finally came for Gianna on Wednesday. She has been saving her money and preparing for this experience for almost 6 months. In turn, it's been great bribery material as well.

We arrived at BBB at 1:50pm, 10 minutes prior to our 2 pm appointment. Word on the interwebs is that unless you're the first appointment, or going at an insanely low crowd season, the BBB pretty much always runs behind anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. Knowing that, I didn't plan our dinner until 4:30pm. I planned an early dinner reservation also knowing that Cinderella's royal table (the restaurant inside the giant castle) also typically runs behind. Long story short, we were first called back by a "Fairy Godmother in training" (FGIT) to have a wardrobe change at 2:20pm. We got Gi into her Cinderella dress, and then about 10ish minutes after being led back to the waiting area, we were called for her makeover. There were 3 photopass photographers rotating among all the stations (roughly 10 makeover hairs, give or take) to capture all those magical moments. When we get home, I will download those pictures and add them here. One FGIT got started on her hair, and a few minutes later another showed up to do the little princesses makeup and nails. Both interacted with the princess and myself and grandma a lot... It was truly magical. One of the best parts is when the FGIT tells the princess to think
Of a wish, and when she has it - she waves a wand which magically sprinkles pixie dust all over the princess as the princess makes her wish. I could see my little girl's era clinch tightly as she made her wish and he very thoughtful, magical expression on her face as her FGIT completed this part of the makeover. 2nd moment of teary-eyedness!

They do the entire makeover with the princess pointed away from the mirror for a reason. After all is said and done, they pose the princess, putting a pink BBB sash on her and the swing her around for the big reveal. The look on her face was priceless and induced the 3rd moment of teary-eyedness.

Boy, this is just another thing that Disney really nails on the head when it comes to the target audience (little princesses and their parents willing to drop whatever cash required to have a magical moment). That said, it is expensive, but I don't for one second regret spending the dough. It was so incredibly worth every moment of planning and hard work to make her Cinderella dress. It is a moment I will
Remember for the rest of my life!

One last thing we did that was fun... Grandpa, daddy and big brother all had "Princess Protection Agency" T-shirts on that I had made to really tie them into the fun. I think they really enjoyed all the attention they got! Even Tobias (big brother) took it quite seriously and escorted the princess by the arm around the Magic kingdom for the rest of the day, warding off any potential evil-doers. So fun :)

More pics will be added when we get home next week!