Happy 1st Anniversary Magical Blogorail! My Greatest Disney Moment of the Year

Welcome to those of you joining me from Meet the Magic and those of you just hopping aboard. I am the final stop on our Magical Blogorail.

Happy first anniversary Magical Blogorail!  I cannot believe that just a year ago we were all unsure of how to even put something like this together.  It has evolved into something I never would have expected and something that I love.  Over the year, what started as eight bloggers has transformed into an amazing community of people who love Disney, love to write about Disney, love to read about Disney and most importantly a group of people who have supported each other through the "Blogger Blackout," offered technical support on how to create new widgets and looks for our blogs and supported each other through personal triumphs and family losses.  What started as a small project that I wasn't even sure would become anything has become a family I could not be prouder to know and love.

Even better, the community I am talking about isn't just those who write for the Magical Blogorail but also our readers.  I have met so many inspiring and amazing people in the Disney community over the year, from marathon runners to former cast members to travel agents to Disney moms and dads and so many more friends in between.  I have always said I could talk Disney all day long, I just need to find someone who can listen as long as I can talk.  I am happy to say that I have!  So, to all my Disney friends who have supported me through thick and thin this past year, thank you for this great year of blogging.  I look forward to many, many more years of Disney reading and writing!

Of course, the topic today is our greatest Disney moment that has happened since joining the Magical Blogorail and mine could not have had better timing because it happened last week while in Walt Disney World.  I am sure we can all agree that Disney magic just seems to appear at the most unexpected and sometimes the most needed times.  We had a few such moments last week, but there is one that brought a smile to Hayley's face that even now a week later I can still see her beautiful smile and hear her infectious giggle from that exact moment.

Hayley explaining the importance of the flower and her
little sister's princess emergency

Hayley was feeling a bit under the weather
and was very serious meeting Snow White

We made our way to the Magic Kingdom for our very first trip to Cinderella's Royal Table.  We were unsure how this was going to go because Hayley was not feeling well at all.  She was in her Cinderella gown and Emily was dressed as Princess Tiana.  As we made our way through the Magic Kingdom turnstiles, the flower fell off Emily's gown.  Emily became very upset because her new Tiana gown was now "ruined."  My mom took Hayley to Guest Services to see if they had a safety pin we could have to reattach the flower, while I calmed Emily down.  The rest of us waited outside.  I won't go into the details, but as we waited, a person, to put it nicely, "lost their breakfast" right in front of us.  Joey started dry heaving and let's just say, it was unpleasant.  So my dad and Pierre took Joey and Emily over toward the Emporium to wait for us there.

As I started to make my way into Guest Services, my mom walked out without Hayley and starts pointing to the left of Guest Services.  As I look over, out walks Snow White holding Hayley's hand.  No one else was there, just the two of them.  Hayley was explaining to Snow White about how the flower was from Emily's dress and we needed to fix it.  Hayley was VERY serious about this because she knew how upset Emily was.  I pulled out my camera and just started clicking away.  I mentioned to Hayley how serious she looked and Snow White got right down on the ground with Hayley and started tickling her.  Hayley was beaming!  It was the first smile we had seen from her all day. It was just the Disney magic Hayley needed because she was suddenly energized and back to her regular self.

Hayley's giggle and huge smile while
Snow White was tickling her was
something I will never forget

Apparently, Snow White had spotted Hayley in Guest Services and just walked right up to her, held her hand and walked outside.  It is moments like these that I love.  They aren't planned, they just happen and create memories that will last a lifetime for Hayley and for those of us there to witness it.  These are the moments that keep me wanting to go back and share Disney with my children.  To Snow White, Hayley was one of hundreds of girls who happened to be in Magic Kingdom that day, but to Hayley, Snow White is the beautiful princess who has seven dwarfs as friends, married The Prince, and is now her "best friend."

Some of our best Disney moments have happened when we least expect them.  What is your greatest Disney moment that was completely unexpected?




Thank you for joining Magical Blogorail Blue this month. We will be back December 9^th with an all new theme. Keep checking in with our blogs in between loops to keep up to date with our Disney info, photos and stories. If you are looking for more Disney magic, you can make your way over to The Magical Blogorail website to see all our members and their blogs, as well as all our previous loops.

Here is the map of our Magical Blogorail should you happen to have to make a stop along the way and want to reboard:

1st Stop ~ Days in the Park
2nd Stop ~ The CanaDisney Blog
3rd Stop ~ Disney Babies Blog
4th Stop ~ Cooking with Mickey

5^th Stop ~ Meet the Magic
Final Stop ~ Pursuing the Magic