Does the Pixie Dust count if you don't KNOW about it? Finally Finished :( 11/24

[Tnkrbelle565]

Ooops...I bored all my readers! Everyone left me

 

[coteau_chick]

I am still here. You sure didn't bore me. I need to post more often. Sorry
Laura

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I am still here. You sure didn't bore me. I need to post more often. Sorry
Laura

You are actually an excellent poster!!! I'm referring to the other 4000 lurkers

 

[coteau_chick]

What pattern did sohappy use to make the cinderella dress. I LOVE it. You know I am trying to start sewing again. I would love to attempt that dress in a few months when I get good at sewing. I don't know for sure when we are going back to Disney World but when we do I want a dress like that for Grace.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

What pattern did sohappy use to make the cinderella dress. I LOVE it. You know I am trying to start sewing again. I would love to attempt that dress in a few months when I get good at sewing. I don't know for sure when we are going back to Disney World but when we do I want a dress like that for Grace.

I don't think she used a pattern. I'll ask her and let you know. It's actually a top, skirt, and pettiskirt underneath. The skirt directions are in the bookmarks for the Disboutique thread. I will ask her if she used a pattern for the top. (Pettiskirt is from the Disney Store) The best part is that I had originally asked her to make DD a patchwork twirl skirt (cuz I couldn't be bothered to cut out all those squares) and it grew into that fabulous outfit!!!!

 

[coteau_chick]

I don't think she used a pattern. I'll ask her and let you know. It's actually a top, skirt, and pettiskirt underneath. The skirt directions are in the bookmarks for the Disboutique thread. I will ask her if she used a pattern for the top. (Pettiskirt is from the Disney Store) The best part is that I had originally asked her to make DD a patchwork twirl skirt (cuz I couldn't be bothered to cut out all those squares) and it grew into that fabulous outfit!!!!

Thanks. I saw patterns for petitiskirt on the you can make this site. Also for a patchwork twirl skirt. I will look in the bookmarks too. The top is beautiful. She must have appliqued Cinderella on it. I don't know if I can do that. I might try to find a class to learn how to applique.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Thanks. I saw patterns for petitiskirt on the you can make this site. Also for a patchwork twirl skirt. I will look in the bookmarks too. The top is beautiful. She must have appliqued Cinderella on it. I don't know if I can do that. I might try to find a class to learn how to applique.

She did applique Cindy onto the top (and she sheared the back). It's quite stunning. WAAAAY beyond my sewing level. MY DD's 5th birthday is on Friday and she made her something for that too (since I was going to let her wear a STORE BOUGHT outfit!!!) On Thursday my DD's day care is having a party for her. Guess what she will be wearing? Yup, the Cindy outfit!!! I'm throwing a long sleeved shirt and tights under that baby and it's a fancy party outfit

BTW, the outfit doesn't really NEED a pettiskirt. We had it and DD really wanted to wear it at Disney. So since it fit under the skirt Stacy made, it worked.

 

[Diamondintheruff]

Ooops...I bored all my readers! Everyone left me

You didn't bore me. I'm still recovering from the bright orange.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

You didn't bore me. I'm still recovering from the bright orange.

Sorry...it was quite shocking! (not as shocking as a mosquito net hat )

Try to remember, those outfits were originally made for the dark (Fantasmic)...they should never have seen the light of day

 

[Diamondintheruff]

Sorry...it was quite shocking! (not as shocking as a mosquito net hat )

So are you saying that if I found a pattern for the mosquito hat and some Disney material that you wouldn't make yourself one?

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

So are you saying that if I found a pattern for the mosquito hat and some Disney material that you wouldn't make yourself one?

I would if I went to Canada for Thanksgiving

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Well I’ve kept you in suspense enough….

We made it to MNSSHP just fine. When we got back to AKL from Epcot, I insisted that DD lay down and take a nap. I got the costumes ready and got dressed. We didn’t get to MK until 6pm. We did get a couple of stares at the bus stop from the people who clearly didn’t know that MNSSHP was happening at the MK…In early Sept!

I couldn’t get over how fun the park was. I love that they manage to change things around in minutes! Like these guys…they aren’t there during the day!!!

First order of business was a couple of pictures in front of the castle

Seriously don’t know who these people are…but kinda mad that they jumped in my picture!

As you can see, I was Dorothy, DD was Princess Leia, and DH was wearing an iron-on MNSSHP shirt that I made him. Because of the Red Sox hat, he did have SEVERAL people ask him if he was Kevin Youkilis at Halloween. Now I realize that only makes sense to Red Sox fans. But I should mention how much it thrilled him because YOOOOK isn’t the biggest man in the world and DH has lost about 70lbs in the past year so he had a big ego from it all night!!!

Oh and don’t worry…I did have my homemade ruby slippers on

Next order of business was dinner. We headed over to Cosmic Rays because it was close and convenient….and I could convince DD to get some “real” food in her belly before the candy started!!!

DH went to get the food while we hung out. We started chatting to the nicest ladies next to us. They were locals and were wearing shirts that said “you better be nice to me or I’ll crop you out of my scrapbook”….I NEED that shirt. So cute! They complimented DD’s “Summer” Princess Leia outfit (it’s shortened with white bike shorts underneath and removable sleeves…I didn’t know what the weather situation was going to be)

As I mentioned, I worried all year about MNSSHP. I really, really wanted to go but the practical side of me said that I can’t spend $150 on 5 hours at the MK. It also said that I should purchase tickets ahead of time during Hurricane season because it might rain and completely ruin the party. DH told me to ignore the bad voices and just buy the dam# tickets! So I did. And I can truly say that I haven’t regretted it since. We had PERFECT weather, the entire evening was EXTREMELY fun, and those 5 hours flew by. I had also been nervous about keeping DD out so late and she absolutely would have stayed all night without a meltdown if we had let her. It was truly the highlight of our trip.

So how about some more pics???

Anyway, after dinner, the official party was just getting started. The fun “spooky” announcements started and lots of guest started showing up in costume (I don’t really mean “lots” of guests since we didn’t wait in a SINGLE line during the entire party other than for candy!). Since we were near Tomorrowland, we headed there. We rode the People Mover, Buzz, and did Monsters Inc again.

OH no…that’s just reminds me. I left out a WHOLE part of my last MK day report! I totally didn’t mention our journey into Tomorrowland. How could I have forgotten my baby’s first trip on Space Mountain….BAD MOMMY!!! Well, I recap it quickly. Back on the MK day that involved BBB, we also went to Tomorrowland. We rode the People Mover about 5 times as usual. During one of our trips we noticed that there was barely a line for Space Mountain. DD had been excited all year to ride Space Mountain and was really nervous that she wouldn’t be tall enough. At this point, we knew that she was since she was tall enough for Everest. So we headed in. DD was a little nervous but handled the ride like a champ. She got off of it and said that it was too scary for her…and then about 5 minutes later announced that she loved it. After the excitement of Space Mountain, mommy needed a little break (I had forgotten to take my Dramamine that morning and I was feeling it!). So we headed into the Carousel of Progress. I literally had not been in this attraction since I was little so I really didn’t remember it. DH and DD have never been in. Needless to say…we loved it and have had “It’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” stuck in our head ever since. After that, I still wanted to do something low-key so we went into the Laugh Floor…where AGAIN DD was picked as the “Princess” I was actually quite impressed with Marty for getting DD’s name right when she said it…nobody ever understands her. So again, this year, DH and I had the pleasure of escorting the Princess of Massachusetts around the park for the afternoon.

NOW…back to MNSSHP. After riding some Tomorrowland rides, we headed over to the first trick-or-treat stop

We got our candy and decided to move on. While we were crossing the MK hub, we noticed that the Villians Mix and Mingle was going on. We stopped and watched it from the left of the Walt Statue. It was at this point that I realized that I was standing in a PRIME spot for BOO TO YOU. How I lucked out, I can not tell you. But we were standing to the left of the statue, directly across from the opening for Frontierland (AKA the parade route). So I set up my tripod and stood still. I told DH that he could take DD to get a snack but I wasn’t moving. So people actually came and asked if they could stand in front of me (I was on the curb with a tripod for cryin’ out loud…um NO). We only had about a 20 minute wait at that point for the parade so we just waited. DD played with some glow sticks in the mean time

We also had the best CM Chelsea standing with us. Since we were on the corner, she had to make sure that nobody crossed the line or got off the curb. But she was so nice and made sure that nobody stood in front of my camera (several additional people came and tried). Here she is:

The Castle was looking pretty neat at this point too

Then, without warning…we saw this. The moment I had been waiting for and dreading I wouldn’t get to see….THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN

A few minutes later, the actual parade began.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Here are some parade pictures (not in any particular order)

is it just me or is Jafar POINTING at me in this one???

After the parade, we decided to head off and do some more trick or treating and ride some more rides. My only must do was Haunted Mansion and it was WELL worth it. First off, they had the characters out around the ride itself. They were quite amusing. One character grabbed me and said “yes, Dorothy there IS a place like home” I loved it. Then when we got in the Mansion, all of the guests started chanting the lines to the opening “room-stretching” part. I don’t know who started it or why but everyone joined in and it was such a cool “only at Disney” experience. The CMs working the ride were particularly in character too which was fun. On the way out, they took your picture with the carriage

After the Haunted Mansion, we stopped to get a drink and for a potty break and DD decided to practice her Jedi mind tricks on me

By this time, it was time for HalloWishes to start. So we started heading back to Main St. As were were crossing the bridge from Frontierland I realized that this was actually a pretty cool vantage point (and nobody was there) so we stayed.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Get ready for too many HalloWishes pictures

This is seriously the best fireworks display I’ve ever seen. I can’t rave more about it

After it was over, the 2nd parade was about to start up. We headed over to ride POTC. Another ride that is so much cooler at night! We might have ridden it a couple of times. We did yell out to George and manage to jam the boats! We also had our pics taken

After that. we decided to go ride Splash Mountain….over and over and over again (they just let us stay on). It was quite neat because we were the only people on it and every time we went over the falls, you had such a gorgeous view of MK all lit up and the parade going past. I tried to take pictures but they just didn’t come out. I realized afterwards because I had the setting low for the fireworks and forgot to change it…oh well!
At this point, it was getting late and it was time for the Villians Mix and Mingle to have it’s last showing and we didn’t want to miss it. We literally got a spot RIGHT in front of the castle (which is key for you future MNSSHP goers because then you are right up front for the meet and greets afterwards).

I’m really surprised DD wanted to meet these two. We gave her the choice (all the villains have separate lines) and she picked them. Seriously…nothing scares my kid! I would like to make a small request at this point. IF you have the time, please go do a meet and greet with Judge Claude Frollo. Seriously NOBODY went up to him. I feel really bad for him. I don’t think a lot of people knew who he was so they skipped over him. I know he’s villain but have a heart!!!

At this point, it was almost midnight and we decided to call it a night. We were sad that we didn’t get a chance to do more during the party but it’s literally impossible to do it all in 5 hours.

So that’s it…our last night at Disney for 2008. But I do have one more day to write about so, as the ghosts like to say in Disney.

HURRY BAAAAACK, HURRY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

 

[Diamondintheruff]

Great pictures.

Love the costumes.

How did you make the shoes? My DS danced to "ease on down the road" and was a scarecrow while his partner was Dorothy. We used a red sharpe to get her ballet shoes red and sewed the sequin trim onto the elastic strap. But I love your sparkly shoes.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Great pictures.

Love the costumes.

How did you make the shoes? My DS danced to "ease on down the road" and was a scarecrow while his partner was Dorothy. We used a red sharpe to get her ballet shoes red and sewed the sequin trim onto the elastic strap. But I love your sparkly shoes.

I did make the shoes (they came out a little messy but that's the best I could do). I used craft spray glue and red glitter. I got the shoes on clearance at Payless (do you have payless in Canada?) so they only cost me $3...gotta love that!

Has your son started dance again? This is Aisling's last year of just ballet/tap. Next year we have Jazz too. And then I have to start saving up for the Disney dance trip (not that I'm going to mind that one )

 

[Diamondintheruff]

Oh yes we have started Dance up again.

DS10 is in 4 numbers, DD8 is in two and I joined the women's tap group so I will be competing this year too. That's just our competitive numbers. We have technical classes on top of that. Our company is talking about doing the national's competition at Disney in July of 2010. Shh don't tell DH. He thinks we won't be going back as a family until 2011.

We have payless here now. Not as much of a selection as you do and not as many stores but enough so that I don't feel the need to go to one each time I'm in the US. The big news this year was that we got Bath and Bodyworks. I think three of them in the whole country.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Oh yes we have started Dance up again.

DS10 is in 4 numbers, DD8 is in two and I joined the women's tap group so I will be competing this year too. That's just our competitive numbers. We have technical classes on top of that. Our company is talking about doing the national's competition at Disney in July of 2010. Shh don't tell DH. He thinks we won't be going back as a family until 2011.

We have payless here now. Not as much of a selection as you do and not as many stores but enough so that I don't feel the need to go to one each time I'm in the US. The big news this year was that we got Bath and Bodyworks. I think three of them in the whole country.

Whoo HOOO Everyone's getting bath and bodyworks for stocking stuffers this year at your house!!!

That is a LOT of dance. How do you keep up with it at all? And all the costumes??? DD's asked me to join the parent's class this year. Poor woman clearly doesn't know about my complete lack of coordination. It does look fun though!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Those are some beautiful pictures of the castle and the fireworks. It really makes me want to get a tripod. Sigh. I loved Hallowishes. I liked it even better than Wishes!

 

[heaven2dc]

What fabulous pics you got of the parade! I do believe Jafar was pointing directly at you You really did a fantastic job of taking pics - we are glad too that you decided to go to MNSSHP.