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DISNEY: THANKS FOR ALL THE FUN!

Home stretch now… we’re at the end of a fabulous week! Our last day would start and end in the Magic Kingdom. That day it was incredibly crowded because it was the 40^th Birthday of when Magic Kingdom opened. They gave out special pins, copies of the first map Disney World ever made, executives talked and there was even a special parade.

Our day though began at the Crystal Palace breakfast buffet. It is a character breakfast with Winnie the Pooh and Friends. The first time Kyle and I came to Disney together we ate here on our last day and it’s now a tradition.

Now, word came to me that Rapunzel can be met by the castle beginning at 9:15am and the line gets long – sometimes 2+ hours. At 9:00am, I looked at Kyle and said “I’m done eating, can I go get in line while you are waiting to pay?” Then I hotfooted over there! Hahaha. I was 3^rd in line. NICE!

Okay, so now… fun story about how I am sort of a jerk but totally owned it. After I met Rapunzel I wanted to get a spot for the parade. It was supposed to be every character walking down Main Street to celebrate (what a sight)!! Unfortunately, the crowd was insane and it was packed everywhere. Some people were even getting nasty if you jostled them – sheesh! I’m not that big of a Disney fan.

Anyway… me being a jerk: I started talking to a young mother with two girls (who just so happened to be at the FRONT of the parade line) and I said how I just met Rapunzel about 100ft back at the castle. She got all excited because her girls wanted to meet her but the lines were always so long. Looking at her husband she was debating with herself if she should leave the parade line. I, being totally unafraid to plant ideas in someone’s head, told her it would be a good idea because I only waited 10 minutes.

Yeah, she left the line. Then we found out Rapunzel left her post to be in the parade and wouldn’t come back until it was over!!! Hahahahaa. Oops. =) I was at the front now though, see…

 And to show you the extent of the crowd we fought through:



Usually in September you’d see about ¼ of that. While everyone stood and listened to the executives talk Kyle and I ran for the unattended rides. SUCKERS. I even got to meet my scary looking fairy godmother. Hello Godmother, can I get $1,000,000? Thanks.

Now it’s time to bid adieu. =(

I’ll see you soon, Disney. I always come back. Wait for me!

DISNEY: BOO TO YOU AND YOU AND YOU

The day after each Disney posting I go back and read what I wrote; this leads me to two conclusions:

• I am trying to churn this out while I still have the motivation and therefore my posts include typos or misspelled words.
• My storytelling skills? Not so great. There is no flow to some portions.
• You’ll get over it. =)

Imagine, I’ll finish this set sometime within the next day or so and then in 3 weeks,after I recover from jet lag, I’ll be adding posts about how I went to Hawaii! Woohooo! Can you feel the excitement!? Oh yeahhh.

Coming at you today with no further adieu I bring you…..

MICKEY’S NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY!!!

This event is held at the end of September thru November 1^st in Magic Kingdom. It is an extra fee and those who do not have tickets to the event are shuffled out of the park. During the party you can trick or treat, meet characters not typically out or meet certain characters in Halloween garb. There is also the “Boo To You” parade that starts off with the Headless Horseman riding on a horse through the streets and a special Villians show and fireworks.

Kyle and I dressed up this year as Pongo and Perdita from “101 Dalmatians.” Aren’t we some awesomely corny? The answer is YES.

Our group went to the Halloween party together; Richelle and Todd dressed up as a pirate and tiger while Heather and JJ weren't expecting to go to the party and didn't bring costumes but got into character with silly hats.

As we walked down Main Street towards the castle I took it upon myself to ask a Disney Cast Member if I could hold his sign and take a picture (I'm not shy, obviously) and I really liked being able to get a picture like this...

The Halloween fireworks were one of my favorite parts of the party. They pipe in Disney Villian songs like "Be Prepared" or "Poor Unfortunate Souls" (cool points to you if you know which movie they're from). The villians are some of my favorite characters in Disney movies so I loved it!

And after the fireworks the castle was back to it's absolutely stunning self. Can I live there?

The night ended with a lot of candy tired feet but happy people. We stayed until after midnight and it was well worth it. Not only do I love Halloween but I love Disney even more!!! =)