Too funny! I couldn't get boots for Julia because at the time she was a size 7 toddler shoe. All of the boots I could find were size 12 and up. She worked with what she had though. Just little white shoes. I know the weather does decide whether or not to bring the costume. I don't know about California, I have never been there but in Florida early last May, it was way too hot to wear it. We had a heat wave and it was around 98 degrees the whole time. So, no Mary and we couldn't find the CM Mary that Julia had made friends with for the prior two years. She has probably moved on and Julia was quite heart broken that "her Mary" wasn't there.
Thank you so much!
OMG! You just gave me the chills. Yes, that was us! My mini-poppins Julia. In February of 08! (and no you are not perstering me! I love this stuff) All of the CM's made quite the production out of Julia on that trip and she received a lot of extra attention. I am sure to everyone she looked like quite the little attraction at just over 3 feet tall dressed as Mary! She signed many autographs and had so many pictures taken with people. We even had "meeting" times with Mary and CMs to meet up and take pictures with their cameras. We will never forget that trip! I wrote a letter to Disney about our amazing experience and they featured my letter and picture in their CM newsletter. Too funny! I wish we could have gone back in 08 but we usually can swing one trip a year. Yes, we have copies, thank you, the nice lady who wrote the article sent them to us. I can't believe what a small world it is. I bet you never thought you would speak to the person in the article. I just think that is so great. Too funny! I am here if you ever find it and want to send it my way. If not, don't worry I have a couple.
Thank you very much!
I love the Mary Poppins discussions too!- and fellow Mary lovers. She was always one of my favorites as a kid and when my daughter began to like her, I was all for it. She asked for the costume for Halloween 07 and that turned into our Feb 08 Disney trip (it had to be cool enough to wear the costume

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Mary Poppins is very under-rated in Disney and my daughter gets frustrated when she can't find any Mary Poppins toys or Disney merchandise. They only have the barbie doll (Julia has 2 Mary's, Bert, Jane and Michael), the umbrella (which we have) the Broadway merchandise (no we haven't done that show yet, but we may very soon

we have the carpet bag and mug), and a couple of pins, but other than that you can't find anything. Mary (In Disney) didn't like that either

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I can't believe she isn't in MK anymore.

That's not right. I think she belongs there.