Monday, September 30, 2013
Talk Like A Pirate Week
The Limited Time Magic for last week was 'Talk Like A Pirate Week'. There were meet and greets with Captain Hook, Jake, and Pirate Goofy. There was also a very cute pre-parade before the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Visiting Princess Fairytale Hall
I got to visit Princess Fairytale Hall for the first time yesterday. I decided not to go through the stand-by line so I could go on some rides, so I used fastpasses to meet the Princesses.
The fastpass distribution is located near Peter Pan's Flight. They turned a couple of the Peter Pan's Flight fastpass machines into Princess Fairtytale Hall fastpass machines. There is one for Cinderella and one for Rapunzel. Unfortunately, when you get them you don't know what time they're going to be good for. I got three yesterday and thankfully they were all times that worked for me.
The fastpass distribution is located near Peter Pan's Flight. They turned a couple of the Peter Pan's Flight fastpass machines into Princess Fairtytale Hall fastpass machines. There is one for Cinderella and one for Rapunzel. Unfortunately, when you get them you don't know what time they're going to be good for. I got three yesterday and thankfully they were all times that worked for me.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Low September Crowds
When school starts back up in September, the crowds at the parks are nice and low. It's still hot but it is a great time to enjoy the parks with very short lines. In one day at Magic Kingdom, from about 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, I was able to do seventeen
attractions, meet thirteen characters, and watch the parade.
A nice empty ferry ride into Magic Kingdom.
A crowd free walk through Adventureland.
Riding the Magic Carpets with lots of empty carpets.
A five minute wait to go under the sea.
No line for Enchanted Tales With Belle in the late afternoon.
Empty Dumbos in the middle of the day.
A nice empty ferry ride into Magic Kingdom.
A crowd free walk through Adventureland.
Riding the Magic Carpets with lots of empty carpets.
A five minute wait to go under the sea.
No line for Enchanted Tales With Belle in the late afternoon.
Empty Dumbos in the middle of the day.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Unleash the Villains
Friday the 13th, there was a Limited Time Magic event at Hollywood Studios called Unleash the Villains. Disney has been advertising this event ever since the Limited Time Magic campaign was announced. As soon as it was announced, I knew it was going to be a disaster and I was right. I don't know who was in charge of planning this event but they couldn't have done a worse job if they tried. It was by far the worst Limited Time Magic event that I attended.
I arrived at Hollywood Studios somewhere between 3:30 and 4:00. I took a few pictures, looked at the Villains area, and had a pretzel. A while later, I saw a lady wearing a Maleficent ears headband and I had to have it. I asked her where she got it and she told me it was at Villains in Vogue. I went there and it was a madhouse. I finally got inside, couldn't find the Maleficent ears, asked where they were, and they were sold out. I was so disappointed. Maleficent is my favorite villain and the ears were amazing. I really hope they bring them back.
I headed over to the villains area and met up with Jess, her boyfriend Pete, and a few other people. None of us had any idea which villains would be at each location. So, we all split up, and we planned on moving to the line of whoever got Oogie Boogie because that's who we all wanted to meet. Now, normally I would never go join people in line, but this was such a horribly organized event that it was our only shot of meeting Oogie Boogie.
So, we were all on lines around 6:00 and the villains were due to start meeting at 8:30. The queues were full long before 8:30. In fact, the entire area, including all the steps were full of people. There was a real lack of CM's in the area and it felt unsafe. I sat on the ground until some CM's came around and told us we weren't allowed to sit. I have no idea why though. The people sitting were all in the queue and had been there for almost two hours at that point. Finally, somewhere around 8:00 we were all told what characters we were getting. The line I was in was getting Jafar and Oogie Boogie. We were told three times that we would be getting Oogie Boogie first. The characters came out about twenty minutes late and the first character we got was Jafar. There were a group of people in front of us who were standing to the side so I asked them if they were waiting for Oogie Boogie and they told me yes. So, I, along with the other eight people I was waiting with decided that we were going to wait too since we were told that Oogie Boogie would be first. A CM came over and was trying to force us all to meet Jafar but we were not budging. I decided to speak up and told her that we were told three times that Oogie Boogie would be first and that we were going to wait for him. The CM then starts to yell at me, came over to me, and reached out her hand to grab me. I think she realized what she was doing at the last second and didn't touch me.
Finally, an amazing CM named Teresa came over and organized everything. She separated the queue into two lines; one for Jafar and one for Oogie Boogie. I thanked her for doing that and told her that we all appreciate it. She also made sure that we got autograph cards since they were almost out of them and we had been waiting. Oogie Boogie came out about thirty minutes later. When it was almost my turn to meet him, the CM that yelled at me came over and apologized. It felt like a sincere apology and I told her that I appreciated it.
I arrived at Hollywood Studios somewhere between 3:30 and 4:00. I took a few pictures, looked at the Villains area, and had a pretzel. A while later, I saw a lady wearing a Maleficent ears headband and I had to have it. I asked her where she got it and she told me it was at Villains in Vogue. I went there and it was a madhouse. I finally got inside, couldn't find the Maleficent ears, asked where they were, and they were sold out. I was so disappointed. Maleficent is my favorite villain and the ears were amazing. I really hope they bring them back.
I headed over to the villains area and met up with Jess, her boyfriend Pete, and a few other people. None of us had any idea which villains would be at each location. So, we all split up, and we planned on moving to the line of whoever got Oogie Boogie because that's who we all wanted to meet. Now, normally I would never go join people in line, but this was such a horribly organized event that it was our only shot of meeting Oogie Boogie.
So, we were all on lines around 6:00 and the villains were due to start meeting at 8:30. The queues were full long before 8:30. In fact, the entire area, including all the steps were full of people. There was a real lack of CM's in the area and it felt unsafe. I sat on the ground until some CM's came around and told us we weren't allowed to sit. I have no idea why though. The people sitting were all in the queue and had been there for almost two hours at that point. Finally, somewhere around 8:00 we were all told what characters we were getting. The line I was in was getting Jafar and Oogie Boogie. We were told three times that we would be getting Oogie Boogie first. The characters came out about twenty minutes late and the first character we got was Jafar. There were a group of people in front of us who were standing to the side so I asked them if they were waiting for Oogie Boogie and they told me yes. So, I, along with the other eight people I was waiting with decided that we were going to wait too since we were told that Oogie Boogie would be first. A CM came over and was trying to force us all to meet Jafar but we were not budging. I decided to speak up and told her that we were told three times that Oogie Boogie would be first and that we were going to wait for him. The CM then starts to yell at me, came over to me, and reached out her hand to grab me. I think she realized what she was doing at the last second and didn't touch me.
Finally, an amazing CM named Teresa came over and organized everything. She separated the queue into two lines; one for Jafar and one for Oogie Boogie. I thanked her for doing that and told her that we all appreciate it. She also made sure that we got autograph cards since they were almost out of them and we had been waiting. Oogie Boogie came out about thirty minutes later. When it was almost my turn to meet him, the CM that yelled at me came over and apologized. It felt like a sincere apology and I told her that I appreciated it.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Princess Fairytale Hall
Princess Fairytale Hall is scheduled to open on September 18. The walls are down and the outside queue looks very nice, except for the metal poles and chains. I'm curious to see how big the queue is on the inside since they have such a big queue on the outside. I am really excited to see the inside once it opens. There will be two rooms with two princesses per room. One room will have Cinderella and a friend and the other will have Rapunzel and a friend. Those friends will probably be Aurora and Snow White.
Meeting Talking Mickey
I recently had the opportunity to meet talking Mickey. I had wanted to meet him ever since I first heard about him and I was so happy that I finally got to meet him. I was at Magic Kingdom and I was hot so I went and sat on a bench inside Town Square Theater. A few minutes later, a CM that I know from seeing around pretty often, came up to me. She told me to come with her to meet Mickey. She brought me in through a back door and when I walked in, Mickey was talking. It was amazing. I took a few short videos but I wish I would have taken a better one. I was just so excited to meet him that I couldn't think straight. I can't wait to meet him again.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Disney Parks Blog: California Grill Meet-up
I had the opportunity to attend my first Disney Parks Blog meet-up on Sunday, September 8 at the California Grill. When the Disney Parks Blog first announced this meet-up, I immediately sent in my information. Unfortunately, my name was not on the list of people that had gotten in. Well, I received an e-mail on Wednesday letting me know that I had gotten in.
On Sunday afternoon, I printed out my release forms, signed them and headed over to the Contemporary. I took my mother with me as my guest. We got there a little early so we sat outside on the fourth floor and enjoyed the view. Around 6:45, we headed to the second floor where we had to check in. We had to hand in our signed release forms and show a picture id. That's when I realized that I left my license in the car. I put it down after I showed it to security to park and never picked it back up. I told the CM that I left it in the car and she told me not to worry about it. After she checked us in, she gave me a token that I would exchange at the end of the night for a prize.
We stood in the hallway until around 7:15 when they started taking people up the California Grill. We were on the third elevator. We walked out and were greeted with CM's holding trays of champagne and various other drinks. Then we stepped into the next room and CM's were in there handing out some food samples. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the drinks or any of the restaurant.
I decided to try a three meat meatball. I wasn't going to try it because I'm not really a fan of meatballs and there was lamb in it and I don't like lamb. I decided to just go ahead and try it and I'm glad that I did. It was very good; probably the best thing I had all night. However, it was a little spicy.
I decided that I had to go outside to check out the view of Magic Kingdom before sunset.
On Sunday afternoon, I printed out my release forms, signed them and headed over to the Contemporary. I took my mother with me as my guest. We got there a little early so we sat outside on the fourth floor and enjoyed the view. Around 6:45, we headed to the second floor where we had to check in. We had to hand in our signed release forms and show a picture id. That's when I realized that I left my license in the car. I put it down after I showed it to security to park and never picked it back up. I told the CM that I left it in the car and she told me not to worry about it. After she checked us in, she gave me a token that I would exchange at the end of the night for a prize.
We stood in the hallway until around 7:15 when they started taking people up the California Grill. We were on the third elevator. We walked out and were greeted with CM's holding trays of champagne and various other drinks. Then we stepped into the next room and CM's were in there handing out some food samples. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the drinks or any of the restaurant.
I decided to try a three meat meatball. I wasn't going to try it because I'm not really a fan of meatballs and there was lamb in it and I don't like lamb. I decided to just go ahead and try it and I'm glad that I did. It was very good; probably the best thing I had all night. However, it was a little spicy.
I decided that I had to go outside to check out the view of Magic Kingdom before sunset.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Halloween Decorations
It may only be the beginning of September but Magic Kingdom is already decorated for Halloween. It's the same decorations that they have been using for years now. I hope they'll do something new next year. It gets kind of old seeing the same decorations always being used. I actually wouldn't mind if they kept some of the decorations and did something different with them and then put out some new ones.
Friday, September 6, 2013
New signs at Magic Kingdom
On my last visit to Magic Kingdom, I noticed that some new signs were put up around the park.
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin has a new fastpass+ sign and a new stand-by sign.
The Haunted Mansion has a new stand-by sign.
The Mad Tea Party has a whimsical new sign that has the stand-by wait time and the fastpass+ time.
I noticed this sign for the Pirate's Adventure. I admit, I don't know how new the sign is because I've never played the game or been in that area since the game opened. However, I noticed that the one sign is for stand-by and the other sign is blank. That makes me believe that they are also going to add fastpass+ to the other side. I honestly can't imagine anybody using one of their three fastpasses to play a game that will likely never really have a line.
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin has a new fastpass+ sign and a new stand-by sign.
The Haunted Mansion has a new stand-by sign.
The Mad Tea Party has a whimsical new sign that has the stand-by wait time and the fastpass+ time.
I noticed this sign for the Pirate's Adventure. I admit, I don't know how new the sign is because I've never played the game or been in that area since the game opened. However, I noticed that the one sign is for stand-by and the other sign is blank. That makes me believe that they are also going to add fastpass+ to the other side. I honestly can't imagine anybody using one of their three fastpasses to play a game that will likely never really have a line.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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