let me just say…….I LOVED THIS PARADE!!!!!!!! i cannot wait until we go back in april and DH sees it! i’m going to try to schedule it where we can see it twice. it’s just so fun and pretty and the music…….
i’ve never been to a parade where people applauded when it was over!
after the parade we said our (temporary) goodbyes to melinda and fam and then we made a beeline for main street. we wanted to get as near to the train station as possible so we could get out quick. i didn’t want to skip wishes though because, as you know if you read my last TR, i’ve never seen tink fly in real life! i was afraid she wouldn’t because of the sprinkles. we shall see!
as we were passing casey’s a girl looked at me and pointed and said, “punkin! i’m celery!!!” celery!!!!
after i got her real name (i felt weird calling someone a vegetable!), i asked if she was coming to ohana’s tomorrow and she said she wasn’t sure since it was one of her travelmate’s birthdays. i didn’t stay long to talk to her because we were in such a hurry to get near the exit and now i feel bad because i didn’t see her again!
i’m sorry, cel!!! it was nice to meet you briefly!
we found a spot on main street in front of the first store on the left if you’re looking at the castle (i can’t remember the name of it – i think it’s the really long one that goes all along the left side). i didn’t take any pics of wishes either because i wanted a GOOD video of it. DH had filmed it last time and he was all over the place. this time i wanted to just keep my camera still and get the full effect with the castle in the picture and everything. of course i’d zoom in on tink though!
finally wishes started. i thought they turned the lights down on main street during the show? well, they didn't that night!
anyway, here comes tink's big part.....lo and behold……
TINK FLEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i finally saw it!
i was so happy. here’s a video. you can hear me say something about it…..i think I was a little choked up!
next time i’m gonna get closer!
after wishes was over we practically ran to the buses. i did (stupidly) stop at the little convenient-like store outside the gate to get a bottle of water because i hadn’t used my snack that day and i was parched. i shouldn’t have stopped because when we got to the OKW stop the bus was pulling off!
sorry, guys!
to make a VERY LONG story short, when another OKW bus FINALLY came, we stood there for – i kid you not – at least 20 minutes before we got on. there were two ECVs that needed to be loaded and they took FOREVER!!!!!! i understand that people need those things, but this was ridiculous. even the people’s families that were with them were moving at the speed of a narcoleptic snail!
we FINALLY got on the bus and once we got to OKW, we discovered that the main lobby stop (our stop) was the last one. we just couldn’t win!
we trudged up to our room and before long we were showered and in bed.
what a day! we were at MK from 8:50 to 9:15 on 4 hours of sleep!!!!!!! but we got a lot done and we all had a blast.
next up……our morning at MGM….where erin finally gets some ears!
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I'm finally caught up and ready for more. I'm loving it so far! Great pictures! You know I like to see a lot of pictures in a trippie. 
But shhhhh! That's our secret!
for sharing such fun pictures. It sounds like the CP did not disappoint!
wow………people were already getting spots for spectromagic! now ray and i didn’t see this in may so i’ve never seen it. i knew it was a big deal though. so we started scoping out a spot on the hub. we thought we had a great one until a CM told us that the parade didn’t come on that side of the hub…..
doh! there were NO other spots, so i told erin and tara i’d run over to liberty square/frontierland to get a spot over there. as i went by the hall of presidents, i noticed the little brick wall near the gallows in front of the liberty belle station wasn’t filled up. i sprinted over there, hopped up on the wall and waited til i spotted erin and tara, then started waving like mad. yeah, i’m sure i looked like an idiot! 
melinda and her kids were sooooooooo sweet! just as i expected. both her daughters are just beautiful and so friendly and her little boy is just a cutie! i realized i had forgotten to bring our glow necklaces and melinda was nice enough to give us all one! so i didn’t have to pay $50 for a plastic glow necklace from disney!!! it was so nice spending a few minutes with melinda and her kids before the parade started! here are some pics (i stole one of these from Melinda!)……
her little boy was thrilled….i think he and one of the girls rode it after we left.
these are a couple of my favorite parts. i loved the part with mickey and the smoke……so cool! and i got to see two of my favorites…..alice and peter!
, and MVMCP.
And thank you for the videos of the parade and tink. Don't you just love TR's? 
, and got a great deal by renting points. We walked to SSR, what a pretty walk. I am sure that your short trip did not give you time to do this, but for anyone else reading this, it is fun.
