Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party Part III

With only forty minutes left of party time I made the decision to head to Princess Fairytale Hall. The Rapunzel/Cinderella line showed a ten minute wait and I though to myself how perfect that was and it would give me time to see Mickey Mouse on my way out for the night, as I normally do. It ended up being a 40 minute wait.

When I entered the room, this handsome fellow was waiting behind the door.

And these two were canoodling.

I met with Rapunzel and Flynn.

Then Cindy and Charming,

After meeting with royalty I made my way up Main Street, where it was currently "snowing". I toook a moment to take some photographs and headed to Town Square Theatre.

Mickey's doors were already closed for the night so that was it. It was time to go. My final character meet and greet count was 25 unique characters met. It was a lot of fun, even with me going alone. I had an absolute blast and can't wait for the Christmas Day Parade taping I'll be attending.

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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. 

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Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party Part I

Here is my trip report for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. It will be broken up into multiple posts to ensure proper tagging for characters. Blogger only allows 200 characters in the tags block. I got there around 3:45 p.m. just as they started letting everyone is who had party tickets. The entrance looks beautiful decorated for the season. It's hard to believe that just two weeks ago there were Halloween decorations everywhere here.

The first thing I did when I got inside was I went right over to the Main Street Fire Station to pick up the party exclusive Sorcerer's of the Magic Kingdom party card featuring Elsa from Frozen...of course?! The lone started growing quickly, but I was first in line. At 4:00 sharp the cast members came out and started handing out the cards and marking everyone's wristbands who had received the card.

After I got my card I quickly walked over to the circus area in New Fantasyland to find out where Sandy Claws would be meeting. I asked a cast member who directed me towards the FastPass+ tent in the very back near the railroad station. There was one family already waiting before me. Within five minutes of hanging out in the area, cast members came out and started setting the scene for Sandy Claws which made the excitement inside me grow.

By 5:30 p.m. they had the line stanchions up and allowed everyone to file in the line. The line had grown quite long in just the short amount of time of waiting. When everyone filed in there were probably a little over one hundred people in line, and I was second. A character attendant came out to keep the crowd enthused  and alive and said Sandy Claws would be arriving promptly at 7:00 p.m. as the party started. Then shortly after the PhotoPass photographer came out and started doing test shots. People started asking him when Jack would be out and he said 6:00 p.m. In past events they have started the Nightmare Before Christmas meets earlier than scheduled due to the popularity. Sure enough Sandy Claws arrived 45 minutes early at exactly 6:15 p.m.

This early arrival and being second in line allowed me time to go grab a quick dinner before the party. I decided to swing my Gaston's Tavern for a Pork Shank ($9.95). It closely resembles the ever popular turkey leg, but not as much meat, and not as much flavor for sure. It was good, but I honestly wish I would have gone to Friar Tuck's for some much craved Macaroni and Cheese. I grabbed a spot in the second most popular meet and greet during the parties, The Seven Dwarfs. 

The line was semi-long already, but they came out right at 7:00 p.m. and my wait was approximately 35 minutes from there.

After the Dwarves I went to check out the Princess/Prince line for Princes Aurora and Prince Phillip and Snow White and her Snow Prince. The line here was a 45 minute wait due to their 15 minute intermission between sets.

The time was now around 8:15 p.m. when I got to meet them and then I took a look at my priority list and made way back over to the circus area for the ducks and Minnie Mouse (in her new candy cane dress).

Character Total as of 8:20 p.m.: Twelve total

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