The end of the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade

The Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade at Magic Kingdom ended yesterday after nearly a five year run. It debuted on January 23, 2009 and I was there for the first one too. There will be no afternoon parade at Magic Kingdom until the spring when the new Festival Of Fantasy Parade debuts. Yesterday, the Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade ran twice; at 12:30 and 3:30. I watched both of them. I watched the 12:30 one outside The Hall of Presidents. I started to get emotional when I saw Bert and he thanked me for coming. He then got Mary's attention, they posed for me, and Mary made the hand gesture for "I love you." It was so sweet. Then Drizella spotted me and waved. She came over to me, gave me a big hug, and told me that "This is it" since her family wasn't invited to be in the new parade. I will miss Drizella so much. She was always so much fun to photograph. She was full of life and her expressions were the greatest.

I thought about watching the second parade near the end of the route but it was over an hour until the parade started and the area was pretty full. I then decided to watch the last parade in my usual spot in Town Square across from the Confectionery. A few little touches were added to the last parade. The ribbon dancer was back in the beginning of the parade and I was very surprised to see her. Also, Jiminy Cricket had an umbrella, the Queen of Hearts had a flamingo, and Jafar had his staff.

I got emotional during the last parade too. It again started when I saw Bert. He and Mary waved and posed for me again. Mary also made the "I love you" hand gesture to me. They are two incredibly sweet people and I really appreciated it. Drizella came through and waved to me a bunch of times. Ariel was sweet, as always, and waved to me.

While I am very happy to see a new parade, it was sad to see this one go. It wasn't an amazing parade but for me, it was about who was in the parade. I have seen some of them for years and I am going to miss seeing their faces so much. I can only hope that many of them will be in the new parade.

Christmas Day Parade Taping

The Christmas Day Parade was taped at Magic Kingdom on Saturday. I got to Magic Kingdom around 8:00 am and went to find a spot on Main Street to watch the taping. I was able to find a spot behind people. I stood there for over two hours and never saw a thing. The sun came out, it was hot, and I had to move. I decided to go to Town Square and just get pictures as the characters came out. I'm glad that I decided to move because it took five hours to tape the opening performance.

After they were done filming the opening performance, the parade floats came out. I watched in Town Square as they came around to go in. The biggest surprise was seeing Huey, Dewey, and Louie for the first time. I had my head down when their float first came into view and I looked up, saw them, and just stood there in shock. It took me a minute to actually pick my camera up to get pictures of them.

Doc McStuffins was also out. I saw her as she was going in and only got a picture of the side of her. I was hoping that she'd be in the parade but she wasn't.

The Rainy Day Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It!

Did you know that when it's raining, they do a Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! Rainy Day Cavalcade? No? Me either. I was at Magic Kingdom and it was raining pretty hard and I decided to leave. I was near the hub and they were playing music that they don't normally play. I didn't think much of it until I saw vehicles of characters coming though. I didn't get many pictures and they aren't very good either. Every time I took a picture, I had to lift up my poncho, get soaked, and try to keep my camera dry.

Christmas has arrived at Animal Kingdom

Characters are now meeting at Animal Kingdom in their holiday attire.

Mickey and Minnie are in the Adventurers Outpost.


Pooh and Tigger meet at Discovery Landing. Unfortunately, the Christmas decorations that are normally in their area weren't there this year.

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

I attended Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party on Thursday night. It's one of my favorite events at Disney and I've been going since 2005. My main priorities for the night were to meet as many characters as possible and watch the parade twice. I was able to meet nineteen characters and I did watch the parade twice since it's my favorite.

I was actually in the park before the party started but I never left Town Square. I decided to leave the park and come back in since I wanted to get my MNSSHP exclusive Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom card first. I had to go out, go back through bag check, and then go back in. It was a pain but it was still easier than going into the park to find a wristband distribution place and then coming back to Town Square. I picked up my Sorcerer's card, had dinner, and then went to ask about lining up for the Princesses and Princes.










I was told that we could start lining up for the Princesses and Princes around 6:30. But, around 6:00, I decided to start a line for Rapunzel's room. I just stood outside the entrance and people immediately got on line behind me. A while later, Rapunzel's line was closed, and a CM walked us into the outside queue for us to wait. Around 6:50, we were let inside to wait and we were let into meet them at 7:00.

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.

Day Report 42 - Magic Kingdom - October 2012

Not knowing that the park opened at 8:00, I arrived a little before 9:00 and I headed straight to New Fantasyland. I took some pictures and then rode Under The Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid for the first time and I was so happy and excited that I actually cried.

 

Day Report 41 - Magic Kingdom - October 2012

I got to the TTC but they were only letting in resort guests for EMH. We had to wait a while before they let us in and then I boarded the ferry. I got to MK around 9:00. I headed straight to Pete's Silly Sideshow. I went to meet Daisy and Minnie first and then went to meet Goofy and Donald.