Halloween Weekend with our Favorite Disney CM...new PTR LINK p. 16

[Caretames1]

Welcome home to your sister! This will be something she holds close to her all her life!

Love the costume choice! I also got many comments on my Aaron Rodgers Jersey! One Bears fan wasn't as pleasent, but too bad for him!

Love the pictures, just brings me back there!

 

[Queenofallthings]

Love the Jungle Cruise...even tho it's corny, I can't help myself...have to do it! Casey's is our dinner choice whenever we're at the MK for an event! I just love those hotdogs!

I can't believe her stint of being a CM is over...that really did fly by, but I bet it's nice to have her home!

 

[xoktenox]

I just love all the MK fall/Halloween decorations, so pretty!

Gotta love the corny-ness of the Jungle Cruise!

That's mean that the CM had to be kind of rude with you and not let you in to see Emma's friend. Like she had to show some kind of power or something. But, meeting Mickey makes up for it!

 

[jwwi]

Love your choice of costume, perfect since there were so many WI people there on that weekend. It is so much fun to see all the costumes.
Welcome home to Emma, it was fun talking to her when she was at work when I was there in late September. Will she be headed back to regular classes now?

 

[cbg1027]

Am I getting old? I swear it was just last week that you were telling us Emma had gotten accepted in to the CP!

 

[marDgreen88]

Wow, she's done already! Do you think she'll ever go back to work there?

Ughhh Magic Kingdom is just so beautiful and I can't even handle the fact that I'm in my room right now and not there... isn't it so sad? hahaha but really, great pictures!

Jungle Cruise cracks me up. I don't know why but I think corny jokes are hilarious. THANK GOODNESS those elephants had their trunks on!

Seems weird that the CM wouldn't let you back their considering Emma was a CM too... ? I don't like people that are power hungry. Cute pictures with Mickey though!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Welcome home to your sister! This will be something she holds close to her all her life!

Love the costume choice! I also got many comments on my Aaron Rodgers Jersey! One Bears fan wasn't as pleasent, but too bad for him!

Love the pictures, just brings me back there!

Yes it will and for that I'm kind of jealous. I don't know what I was thinking not doing the CP when I had the chance. She is already talking about going back she misses it so much.

Yeah, I got one comment from a Bears fan too. But I also had on my Marquette jacket which he said he liked. LOL.

Love the Jungle Cruise...even tho it's corny, I can't help myself...have to do it! Casey's is our dinner choice whenever we're at the MK for an event! I just love those hotdogs!

I can't believe her stint of being a CM is over...that really did fly by, but I bet it's nice to have her home!

I agree, Jungle Cruise is a classic. We always do it too.

It is nice...then next week it's back to the real world for her with school.

I just love all the MK fall/Halloween decorations, so pretty!

Gotta love the corny-ness of the Jungle Cruise!

That's mean that the CM had to be kind of rude with you and not let you in to see Emma's friend. Like she had to show some kind of power or something. But, meeting Mickey makes up for it!

Yeah, I don't get why she couldn't let us go but apparently CMs aren't supposed to ask things like that.

Love your choice of costume, perfect since there were so many WI people there on that weekend. It is so much fun to see all the costumes.
Welcome home to Emma, it was fun talking to her when she was at work when I was there in late September. Will she be headed back to regular classes now?

Glad you got the chance to talk to her when you visited. Yep, she starts up again next week. One more year and then she'll probably want to go back to FL!

Am I getting old? I swear it was just last week that you were telling us Emma had gotten accepted in to the CP!

I know, it is crazy. It's been a little under a year since she applied and got accepted and now it's all over.

Wow, she's done already! Do you think she'll ever go back to work there?

Ughhh Magic Kingdom is just so beautiful and I can't even handle the fact that I'm in my room right now and not there... isn't it so sad? hahaha but really, great pictures!

Jungle Cruise cracks me up. I don't know why but I think corny jokes are hilarious. THANK GOODNESS those elephants had their trunks on!

Seems weird that the CM wouldn't let you back their considering Emma was a CM too... ? I don't like people that are power hungry. Cute pictures with Mickey though!

Oh yes, she wants to go back. She mentioned in her blog how she's thinking about the summer alumni program and if she can't do that she'll want to try to do the program again in Spring 2013 or look into the Professional Internships. If she does go back I may just up and move with her. LOL.

I like the jokes too even though they're cheesy. It's great when the skippers add their own twists too.

Yeah, it was weird but oh well. We still got to meet Mickey.

 

[disneygeeks]

that chocolate lava cake sure looked good and like you I love anything pasta as well

 

[disneygeeks]

Isn't it great watching all the cute little kids become jedi's and fight darth vader...so fun and the ride is excellent. If you have a hard time with motion on some rides I think you may not like mission space. It's a great ride and it feels like your taking off to mars but the ride itself spins but when your in the pod you can't tell your spinning and if you go the extreme side it's even worse but a heck of a lot of fun.

 

[disneygeeks]

It's to bad you two couldn't get to see emma's roommates place where she works...oh well stuff happens. Sounds like you guys had a terrific day though

 

[Bridora]

I just now found your trip report! So I'm pretty far behind! But I just wanted to let you know I'm here!

 

[Nermel9]

Glad your sister made it home safely! Sad that she misses FL, but maybe she will have a chance to go back and work there again!

Fun update, I loved seeing all the costumes at MSSHP! The Jungle Cruise looks like so much fun, except we never go on it! I don't know why!

That's strange the CM wouldn't let you in the room with Emma's roommate, maybe they're really not allowed to or something! It seems like Disney would have pretty strict rules, but still, if no one was around, what's the big deal!

 

[TanzUnited99]

I can't believe your sister is home already!

Sounds like you had a great day at DHS and MK. I think your drawing of Eeyore turned out great and love the Jungle Cruise photos.

 

[wdwgirl03]

that chocolate lava cake sure looked good and like you I love anything pasta as well

Yep, gotta love chocolate cake and pasta!

Isn't it great watching all the cute little kids become jedi's and fight darth vader...so fun and the ride is excellent. If you have a hard time with motion on some rides I think you may not like mission space. It's a great ride and it feels like your taking off to mars but the ride itself spins but when your in the pod you can't tell your spinning and if you go the extreme side it's even worse but a heck of a lot of fun.

I love watching the kiddos in the Jedi Training. They're hilarious to watch.

As for M:S, I don't know if part of it is that I freak myself out so much into thinking I'll get sick or what. I was fine with Star Tours. If I ever do toughen up and try M:S it'll definitely be the one without the spinning first.

It's to bad you two couldn't get to see emma's roommates place where she works...oh well stuff happens. Sounds like you guys had a terrific day though

It was a great day...still more to come too!

I just now found your trip report! So I'm pretty far behind! But I just wanted to let you know I'm here!

Yay, welcome!

Glad your sister made it home safely! Sad that she misses FL, but maybe she will have a chance to go back and work there again!

Fun update, I loved seeing all the costumes at MSSHP! The Jungle Cruise looks like so much fun, except we never go on it! I don't know why!

That's strange the CM wouldn't let you in the room with Emma's roommate, maybe they're really not allowed to or something! It seems like Disney would have pretty strict rules, but still, if no one was around, what's the big deal!

Yes, she really wants to go back and work there again. One more year of school and then who knows, maybe she'll do the CP again and find a full-time job there. That would be pretty cool (but it would also make me extremely jealous! haha).

WHAT?! Why don't you ever go on the Jungle Cruise? You have to go on it on your next trip...it is a classic!

Her roommate was obviously on one of her breaks when she texted her but we were hoping to see her since she's "friends with Mickey" if you know what I mean. (she was Mickey that day!) OK I really hope no kids are reading this and saw that comment!

I can't believe your sister is home already!

Sounds like you had a great day at DHS and MK. I think your drawing of Eeyore turned out great and love the Jungle Cruise photos.

I know, those few months flew by.

Thanks for the comment on my Eeyore. I love it.

 

[wdwgirl03]

Sunday, October 30, 2011 cont'd (part 5)

One of my must-dos for the Halloween party was to meet the 7 dwarves. So even though the party still hadn't officially started, we immediately headed over towards Frontierland/Splash Mountain to get in line. After talking to Emma and reading other people's comments on the DIS, we knew it was a popular draw. It sounds nuts waiting over an hour to meet characters but really, how often do you get to meet ALL 7 dwarves at one time? Plus, I'd rather wait before the party than during the party.

When we got to the Splash Mountain area, I noticed that some of the Halloween decorations were up for the candy trail.

It is pretty cool how they transform the park for the party to make it even more festive.

I also noticed that, not surprisingly, we weren't going to be the first ones in line for the meet and greet. In fact, they already had CMs asking people if they were waiting for the dwarves. So while we weren't the first ones there, I'd say there were maybe 20 or so people already in line which wasn't too bad at all. Mom and I got in line and then just played the waiting game. Since Emma had met the dwarves at another Halloween party, she and Dad ended up going to ride Splash Mountain. I just sort of people watched to help pass the time. I enjoyed seeing some more of the costumes. Does anyone remember the show Legends of the Hidden Temple? There was this one group of girls, maybe high school aged or maybe CPs who were dressed as contestants from that show. It was so awesome, they had gold helmets and team t-shirts (my favorite was always the Purple Parrots, haha). I had to text Claire about them because I thought it was so cool. Mom and I also chatted with a woman from Texas who was there with her mother (I think they were celebrating the mother's birthday?). She was so nice and it helped pass the time. As it got closer to 7:00, the CMs started to bring out the props for the dwarves. They actually started the meet and greets about five minutes early which was nice.

There they are!

It was a lot of fun watching them interact with everyone. And then finally it was our turn! I stood right by Sneezy. He was so cute because he was sniffling and wiping his nose. LOL. He was definitely in character, as were the other dwarves.

By the time we got our picture, it was only 7:15. Yes, we had to wait a long time beforehand but atleast now we had the rest of the night to do whatever else we wanted. We started off by picking up our first treats of the night at the candy trail.

You can certainly accumulate a LOT of candy at one of those parties. The CMs just give you handfuls of candy! Interesting fact about the candy: I was reading in my dad's AP newsletter that each year for the Halloween party they get 18 truckloads of candy. Crazy!

As we were leaving the Splash Mountain area we got a glimpse of the line for the dwarves which was quite long now. More reason to be glad we had waited beforehand! Our next stop was the Haunted Mansion. We didn't ride it (though we should have since it was the Halloween party...oh well) but instead took advantage of another one of the cool photo ops for the party. It was in front of the hearse. There was a CM holding a cutout of a ghost. We had to look scared and then when you look at the pictures on the photopass site they added in an image of a ghost. Sadly I don't have a copy of it but you can use your imagination.

After getting our picture we continued on to Fantasyland. That area seemed a bit more crowded. Maybe because everyone with small kids was there. Since we hadn't done it on Saturday we went to ride It's A Small World.

Random picture from the ending scene, my favorite part!

We kept walking through Fantasyland when we spotted another character opportunity...Donald and Daisy! The fun thing about the party is that they were also wearing the Halloween costumes. Donald was a pirate and Daisy was a princess. So cute!

The view I had while waiting in line...

Donald and Daisy with some kiddos...

And finally our picture.

I have to say I'm jealous of Emma because when she went to her first party, I think she met Donald dressed as a pumpkin. It's pretty cool that the characters even have different costumes to wear on different nights!

After our picture we headed to Tomorrowland where we walked through another candy trail and rode the Speedway. I have to say, it was kind of fun riding at night-whenever we do it, it's always during the day.

While in Tomorrowland I also wanted to pick up a pin to commemorate the party. I got one with Chip and Dale at one of the dance parties:

Speaking of dance parties, there was one going on. It seemed like fun but we didn't stop to dance.

Instead we went for a ride on the People Mover (also very different at night because the tunnels seem much darker!) before heading back to Main Street for the fireworks.

 

[Merida]

Congrats on your 7 dwarves photo! I think it would be cute if Dopey met with Snow White sometimes, something to make her meet'n'greets a little more interesting.

Aw, Donald and Daisy have such cute costumes. I prefer their various wardobes to Mickey and Minnie's, I think (especially in Hollywood Studios).

I love the TTA at night - in fact, I don't think we've really gone on it during the day. It does make me sad that it's not open during evening EMHs, though. It's like the perfect last ride on a 3AM magic hour!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I really hope that I get to go to a Halloween Party someday, the parade and fireworks look awesome and I love the characters they have out and the costumes that the regular characters have.

 

[Pinkocto]

What fun! I keep saying this, but your wonderful pictures just reiterate it, I must get there for Halloween one of these years.

 

[TanzUnited99]

We did the same thing and headed straight to the dwarfs line upon entering MK! Love your pic with them and I was stood next to Sneezy as well and loved how he kept in character

Wow 18 truckloads of candy sure is crazy though it's probably needed with the amount of people that attend the party!

 

[marDgreen88]

AHHH so cool that you got to meet the dwarves! I wanted to meet them at the Christmas party (spoiler alert: I didn't get to. hahaha).

I love the character costumes. Donald dressed as a pumpkin sounds too cute to be true. The pirate costume looks awesome too!