Feb 10 2009
Aiden’s First Contact With Disney Character Goes Horribly Awry
We took Aiden on vacation with us to Disney World this week. We’ve taken Aiden to Botcon once before, but this was his first time on an airplane. He was very excited to fly on the plane, and our first full day in Orlando was lots of fun. We spent Monday at Sea World on a guided VIP tour, and Chrissy planned to spend the rest of the week at the Disney parks.
To start things off, Chrissy booked us a character breakfast at “Hollywood Studios” for Tuesday morning. We got to enter the park a little early to head straight to the 50′s style diner near the entrance. There were characters from “Little Einsteins” and “JoJo’s Circus” milling around the tables as people munched on mouse-shaped waffles.
Eventually, a Little Einstein character with a big giant head came up behind Aiden. Aiden just freaked completely out, yelling and pushing him away. A consummate professional, Little Einstein goes into crisis mode, backing up and trying to calm Aiden by showing him that Mommy and Daddy like him. Mommy gives him a big kiss and Daddy shakes his hand, so he must be OK, right?
Aiden warmed up to the concept by the end of the breakfast. By the time the lion from JoJo’s Circus came around (we didn’t know his name, so we dubbed him “Circus”), Aiden was all set with the high-fives and hugs that Disney characters are more accustomed to. So we hope that the rest of the week will be free of giant-head-induced toddler aneurysms.
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