I want to apologize up front about the lack of pictures. I only had my iphone this trip and most of the time I was just taking everything in and forgot plus photopass line were LONG. Okay, on with the story.
I couldnt believe how many people were just getting into the party. I know it technically starts at seven but, I figured by 7:30 everyone who could be would be in the park. I got a quick picture here, there was really no time to waste.
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Under the train station was packed with people trying to get their trick or treating bags. I had no intention of actually getting candy. This night had more to do with getting on the rides I missed in February and seeing the fireworks and parade. Our little time here left room for nothing else. I know some people think its too expensive to for a five hour event and we werent even going to get the full five hours. But expensive is really all relative, I have spent equivalent money on concert tickets which are less than 5 hours and the nosebleed seats to a three hours Bears game is at least $75 so, I felt good about the use of money. We found out this was a sold out night but for what we wanted to get out of it, it was fine.
I wanted to get a picture where it looks down main street but the line was so long. I settled for my own pictures instead.
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The first thing we did was get on BTMRR and score no wait.
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I loved how they put fun projections on things during the party.
I havent been on this ride in long time and oh my goodness is it fun at night. I dont know how it is in the day either but I just have a feeling it is more fun at night. I could have done that all night and had fun but there were more items on my list. Next, we moved on to Splash and it was another walk on. My dad had no idea what was going on and so I tried to explain it to him as we rode. So I had to tried to look nice this night, I did my hair and makeup, planned out a cute outfit and it all went downhill on the second ride because my whole head got soaked. My makeup was running and hair was a mess and went straight up in a pony. Oh well at least my scary new look went with the party .
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Once we were done with Splash the first parade was coming down frontierland. It took a long time to try and get around but we finally made it to the Haunted Mansion.
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They had this lady out talking to the guests in line and she was hilarious. She called out this little kid in front of us and he was trying to act to cool and didnt want to talk to her.
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I think we waited about 20 minutes for this but it was so worth it especially since I will probably have to skip it in May. I wanted to get the special magic shots here but, again huge waits. We walked through Fantasyland to check out the SDMT. I hadnt seen it yet and I didnt expect to be able to ride it but just look. The wait was about 45 minutes which is good but we had to make it back to MS for the fireworks so we skipped it. We then went to Space Mountain. The wait was twenty minutes and it was already 9. We still hadnt eaten so we decided to come back. So basically, we walked across the entire park for nothing. We did get some Photopass pictures though.
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I wanted some corn dog nuggets so we went to Caseys. MS was pretty crowed and Caseys was PACKED. While we waited for food I heard music so I ran outside to see Celebrate the Magic. I was told I wasnt allowed to stand there so I sadly went back inside. We waited for our food and finally headed back to out to Main Street to find a place to eat. Main Street was surprisingly roomy. My dad and I found a spot near and tree to eat our corndog nuggets and watch the rest of Celebrate the Magic. After the show Main Street really cleared out and we moved to find a good spot for the fireworks. I ended up right in the center of the street between Caseys and the ice cream parlor. My dad went to get an ice cream while I held our spot and tried to finish off the nuggets. That is a LOT of food and I didnt finish them.
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I called my mom to see how the boys were and ask if they wanted to watch the fireworks. I facetimed with them and held my phone right at my chest which provided and good view and didnt block anyones view by trying to hold it up over my head. I was so excited for the fireworks, I cant even tell you. I probably watched it 20 times on youtube. I love the music so so so much. I didnt get many pictures because of the facetiming and just wanting to enjoy it. Here is what I did capture.
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About a third of the way through the show I noticed my son was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse instead of the fireworks so I hung up.
The fireworks were absolutely amazing and met every expectation that I had. I still cant get over the panoramic ones and cant wait until I get to take my boys.