Showing posts with label Donald Duck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donald Duck. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Back in 2013 during Limited Time Magic, on May 5, we got a wonderful surprise at Epcot. Donald Duck was reunited with his old pals Pachito Pistoles and Jose Carioca. The Three Caballeros were back together. Unfortunately I had to work this weekend so I sent my husband and daughter over to say hello for me. They were already down there for May 4th anyways. Hopefully one day I will be lucky enough to get my picture with them.



Sunday, March 22, 2015

March 8, 2015 - Magic Kingdom Half Day

After our trip to the International Flower and Garden Festival we spent a few hours the next day at Magic Kingdom. Here are some photos of our day. 










Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party Part II

I made my way over to the ducks and to my surprise the line was much longer than anticipated, but since it was only 8:20 and they were doing a continuous rotation I found it to be worth the wait. I ended up waiting around 45 minutes to meet Donald, Daisy, and Scrooge.


Minnie was right across from the ducks and her line was very short with only about 15 people in line. I made it up to her about 2 minutes before fireworks kickoff. I started speed walking towards Fantasyland and Liberty Square. If the crowds inside the Diamond Horseshoe were the same during fireworks at the Halloween party then I would have my opportunity to meet the three new characters to the party this year.


As expected the Diamond Horseshoe was empty with all three characters I wanted to meet out. There were about 5 other people in there plus a few cast members. Which made it very easy for me to have one of them take a few photos for me with Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, and Clara Cluck. 





It was now 9:45 p.m. and the fireworks had just ended. I had now met with 19 characters total and met with each one on my priority list. So anything after this point was extra. I found this to be a great time to get a front row spot for Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Time Parade. I've never had the chance to watch this from the front without people blocking my view. 

The parade kicked off right at 10:30 p.m. and since I was in between Frontierland and Liberty Square I was close to where the parade started from, which means I would finish watching it earlier than those on Main Street, and that would make for low crowds for the final hour of the party.



























One the parade was over I made way over to Adventureland and decided to get in line for Jasmine and Genie or Aladdin and Abu. There were only about 6 families ahead of me and Jasmine and Genie were out. After just a few minutes the switch came and it was Aladdin and Abu. 



Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party Part I


On Sunday September 28 we took our trip to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. Jesse dressed as Giorgio A. Tsoukalos meme form from the Ancient Aliens series on History Channel. Amara dressed as Cheshire Cat. I didn't get a chance to pull a costume together so I just wore my murder show top and wire Maleficent horns. This was our arrival photo taken in front of the Magic Kingdom. I'm a little pissed that the gentleman taking photos for families did not get in the rest of the jack-o-lanterns and the main focal point of the train station. Due to excitement I did not check the photo for composition. 


We entered the park, got our wristbands and trick or treat bags, and headed to the Fire Station to pick up our special Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom party card. I then went and staked out our spot in line for the Jack and Sally meet and greet. We were the second family in line, which is really excellent! I sent Jesse and Amara off to have some fun while I sat and held our spot. 





They got back to me just a little bit past 6 p.m. The line for Jack and Sally had substantially grew to about 75 people. Jack and Sally were scheduled to start meeting promptly at 7 p.m. Well at 6:15 Photopass photographers, managers, and character attendants came out. One of the managers announced that they had a surprise for us. Just thirty seconds later Jack and Sally came out and quickly began meeting with party guests. 


This was great because it opened up quite a window for us to get a head start on our "priority to-dos". Since the majority of everything we wanted to do took place in Fantasyland area we headed over that way. 



On our way there we were handed four paper fastpasses from a family that was leaving. So I went and grabbed a spot in line for us to meet the Queen of Hearts and sent Jesse and Amara on their way once again. They came back to me at 6:50. Just in time for the party to officially begin.


After meeting the Queen of Hearts we hit a few trick or treat lanes through the circus area and down the trail back to Tomorrowland. 



I had Donald on my priority meet and greet list due to his adorable costume. He was meeting with Goofy. I grabbed our spot in line and sent them to go through the trick or treat lanes some more to get more candy.


After meeting Donald and Goofy I headed to grab a spot in the seemingly long line for Minnie Mouse. Jesse and Amara both went on to grab more candy and met back up with me after hitting a few candy spots. Daisy Duck was meeting directly across from Minnie Mouse and ha a significantly shorter wait than Minnie Mouse. I sent Jesse and Amara over there because Amara wanted a photo with Daisy Duck as well.


They finished meeting Daisy just as it was our turn to meet Minnie Mouse.


After this it was already 8 p.m. and we were sweating like crazy. it was time to cool down with a treat. Heading through New Fantasyland we found a very short wait for The Witch from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. She was on Amaras list to meet so we took advantage of the short wait time.


Also I couldn't resist another photo of my husbands awesome costume.


We made it to Storybook Treats and got cups of Candy Corn Swirl Soft Serve Ice Cream. It tasted like regular vanilla soft serve, but it had a scoop of candy corn on the bottom of the cup. I was expecting candy corn flavored soft serve. I was really disappointed in this, however it did taste yummy of course! 


We took a look at our list and had already knocked out three quarters of our list. The last thing in this area of the park on our list was Winnie The Pooh group. I knew this would be a long wait. We got there at 8:40 p.m. and was told we may be able to make it in by 9:05, but may ultimately be waiting until their 9:50 set. Knowing if we were to leave and come back the queue would be once again filled I decided to wait it out and sent Jesse and Amara on the candy hunt once again. They got back to meet roughly around 9:20 p.m. Just before the Hallowishes firework show. Something we had planned to skip because we don't enjoy watching the fireworks from inside the park at Magic Kingdom.  After the fireworks were over, the Pooh gang made their way to the meeting spot...without Winnie The Pooh. He was "off with Christopher Robin". I was aggravated for a moment, but didn't let that spoil the moment.


After getting our photo with these adorable three we made our way over to Frontierland for the 10:30 p.m. parade. I got us a nice spot right in front of the Diamond Horseshoe [Club Villain] and sent Jesse and Amara inside to see what villains were out and to possibly knock out meeting Governor Ratcliffe. They ended up meeting Cruella DeVille while inside.