Missyrose
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Welcome back, friends! We last left off getting some adult beverages (after a fairly long wait). We took the drinks and headed for Streets of America. Funniest moment of the night was when we were standing there and Claude Frollo snuck up behind Chelsea and scared the crap out of her!
This is where our night began to unravel a bit, however. In addition to the stationary M&Gs, there were supposed to be characters roaming. We ran into Katt and Steven who were fairly frustrated with the whole thing already. Turns out, there were so many people around the roaming characters that the character attendants just set up lines for those characters too. No roaming and no lines of less than 45 minutes apiece. Yuck!
They had gone over to the Star Wars section to visit Emperor Palpatine, the friend of his is one of Katts friends. We decided to follow their lead and see what was going on in a galaxy far, far away. We got to the emperors line, which didnt look too bad. The CM said it would be about a 30-minute wait, but he would have to leave for a 35-minute break in the middle, so the wait would be more like 60-75 minutes. Ugh. No, thanks. We went to see which Star Wars characters were roaming. We found Storm Troopers and Zam Wesell, but neither was stopping roaming long enough for people to grab photos with them.
We needed to regroup. So we headed for the Writers Stop for a drink and discuss a game plan for the rest of the night. Obviously, the character M&Gs just werent in the cards for us tonight. The lines were just too long. It was time to hit up the two dance parties instead. First up was Hades dancy party at the hat stage.
The characters (including Anastasia, Druzilla, Queen of Hearts and the Big Bad Wolf) all bopped around, dancing with everyone and stopping to take photos if you asked.
We next headed to the Guardians of the Galaxy Mix Tape Vol. 1 dance party. And let me just say that this guy isnt Chris Pratt, but he was easily one of the highlights of my evening.
It turned out, we were having a much better time now that wed given up on the idea of meeting characters or buying any merchandise. It was about 50 minutes before the final Oogie Boogey Freaky Funhouse show of the evening, so we headed to the theater to see if there was a line to get in. The line had just began, so plopped down to wait right behind the rope.
The CM who led the line up to the theater said that by the time they had started letting us into the theater, the line went all the way down Sunset Boulevard and part of the way down Hollywood Boulevard. Yeesh! Im glad we got there when we did!
The preshow was a guy who made crazy balloon animals, did magic tricks and basically just made us all laugh a lot.
It was time for our Halloween-loving host to greet us.
He introduced the first act: A werewolf-looking guy who swallowed swords.
This is where our night began to unravel a bit, however. In addition to the stationary M&Gs, there were supposed to be characters roaming. We ran into Katt and Steven who were fairly frustrated with the whole thing already. Turns out, there were so many people around the roaming characters that the character attendants just set up lines for those characters too. No roaming and no lines of less than 45 minutes apiece. Yuck!
They had gone over to the Star Wars section to visit Emperor Palpatine, the friend of his is one of Katts friends. We decided to follow their lead and see what was going on in a galaxy far, far away. We got to the emperors line, which didnt look too bad. The CM said it would be about a 30-minute wait, but he would have to leave for a 35-minute break in the middle, so the wait would be more like 60-75 minutes. Ugh. No, thanks. We went to see which Star Wars characters were roaming. We found Storm Troopers and Zam Wesell, but neither was stopping roaming long enough for people to grab photos with them.
We needed to regroup. So we headed for the Writers Stop for a drink and discuss a game plan for the rest of the night. Obviously, the character M&Gs just werent in the cards for us tonight. The lines were just too long. It was time to hit up the two dance parties instead. First up was Hades dancy party at the hat stage.
The characters (including Anastasia, Druzilla, Queen of Hearts and the Big Bad Wolf) all bopped around, dancing with everyone and stopping to take photos if you asked.
We next headed to the Guardians of the Galaxy Mix Tape Vol. 1 dance party. And let me just say that this guy isnt Chris Pratt, but he was easily one of the highlights of my evening.
It turned out, we were having a much better time now that wed given up on the idea of meeting characters or buying any merchandise. It was about 50 minutes before the final Oogie Boogey Freaky Funhouse show of the evening, so we headed to the theater to see if there was a line to get in. The line had just began, so plopped down to wait right behind the rope.
The CM who led the line up to the theater said that by the time they had started letting us into the theater, the line went all the way down Sunset Boulevard and part of the way down Hollywood Boulevard. Yeesh! Im glad we got there when we did!
The preshow was a guy who made crazy balloon animals, did magic tricks and basically just made us all laugh a lot.
It was time for our Halloween-loving host to greet us.
He introduced the first act: A werewolf-looking guy who swallowed swords.
It is so easy to decorate the MB's with them, but none of their current ones appeal to me.
They're making me incredibly homesick today!
She was blessedly vetoed, but I think of it anytime the word "echo" comes up in conversation. I think it is absolutely hysterical and wildly cruel.
