New Blog Name

I've been thinking about changing the name of this blog for a while now but I just couldn't come up with something that felt right. The other night the name "Capturing the Magic" popped into my head. I thought about it for a couple days and it felt like the right name. Capturing the magic is what I do when I'm at Walt Disney World. It's my favorite thing to do; to capture all the magical moments at Walt Disney World.

I hope to update more often and to share more pictures. I'd also like to go back to doing more day reports. I am so far behind on them though. I'm still on 2012! They are just so time consuming but I'm going to try and figure out a way to get them done.

Keep an eye out for more character pictures, day reports, and pictures of all the magical happenings at Walt Disney World.

New (to me) Characters I Met This Year

This year I was able to meet thirty-four characters that I have never met before. I really can't believe that I met that many. My favorite of all of them would have to be Lumiere. He was my number one character to meet and I really never thought I'd get the chance to meet him. I am looking forward to see what characters 2014 will bring.

In January, I met Lumiere, Cogsworth, Chip, Ludwig Von Drake, The Big Bad Wolf, Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig, and Practical Pig.








I met Silvermist in April.

December Characters

Take a look at all the characters that I met in December.

Limited Time Magic - Secret Santa Autograph Cards

As part of Limited Time Magic, autograph cards were given out at Magic Kingdom for a week. All meet and greet characters had a card. I was able to get all twenty-nine in one day without even meeting some of them. All the CM's that I got cards from were very nice and accommodating. They all had no problem giving me two cards. Duffy's handler even gave me five and asked if it was enough.

I apologize that some of the pictures of the autograph cards are blurry. I didn't realize how bad the lighting over my kitchen table was when I was taking the pictures.

I met Duffy first and he had a very short line.




I got Pluto's card from a CM without meeting him.


I got Merida's card without meeting her.


I met Alice and the White Rabbit since I was the first person there to meet them.

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.