I Survived NYE at the MK!!!!

shellyminnie

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OMG!!!! That was complete insanity!!!!

I knew it was going to be insane but that was INSANE!!!!:scared1:

Here are a few pics:

A look down Main Street first thing in the morning.
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My wonderful breakfast in the Bakery!! I love the french toast loaf!! And it has become a new tradition to stop at the Bakery first thing to eat a French Toast Loaf for breakfast.
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This was the crowd waiting to get into the park at 9:30. I heard that the park went to a Phase 3 closing at 10:45 and was at a complete Phase 4 closing at 11:30!!!
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This was the crowd later in the day!!!:scared1:
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My favorite picture in Minnie's House!!!
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There was this cute, cute, little boy who was about 3 or 4 in Minnie's House. When he first walked in here was the conversation between him and his mom:
Little Boy: Is Minnie home?
Mom: I don't thinks so.
Little Boy: Oh, ok. But won't she get mad that were in her house when she isn't home?

He was so cute!!!!

The stockings hanging on the mantle in Mickey's house: Left to right they read Minnie, Pluto, and Mickey
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The Wishing Well - This was the first time I actually saw it.
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Cinderella's Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters. The stepsisters were hilarious! Anastasia gave this little boy a kiss on the cheek and he must have turned about 10 shades of red! It was so adorable.
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The lovely Belle!
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Of course I couldn't go to the Magic Kingdom without a stop at
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for a
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I don't know why I had such a goofy look on my face.

I was sitting on the curb on Main Street waiting for the 3:30 parade. This was the guy that was sitting next to me. I think he was a little tired!!
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Never saw the parade because it was cancelled!!! I was so mad!!! Appparently towards the beginning of the parade route in Fronteirland, they had a sewage back-up that leaked out onto the street and they had to wait until it dried to clean it up. And when the finally cleaned it up, the bleach they used was very strong and made several people sick!! I'm glad I was in another area of the park!! :sick:

I'm not sure what she was thinking!! :scared1:
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And that was her real hair not a wig!!

Here are some pics from the SpectroMagic parade. For some reason my night pics turned out really dark!!

The lovely Cinderella
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Dale at the piano!
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The back of Chip and Dale - I loved their jackets!!!
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And finally a picture just for Tonya!!!!
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Overall impressions:

I had a blast!!!

Yes it was insanely crowded!! Yes I didn't get alot done because of the wait times and waiting for parades and such.

But it was totally worth it!!!!

Wait times: The longest wait time I saw was 120 minutes for the mountains. Peter Pan had a wait of 85 minutes at one point. The fairies were on a 60 mintue wait at 9:00 in the morning and didn't let up. Even CoP and TTA had waits of 30 minutes or more.

Food: Had breakfast at the Bakery (French Toast Loaf). Had lunch at Columbia Harbour House and sat upstairs. Had a late afternoon snack/early dinner at Pinocchios (Figaro Fries) and was able to sit at the window overlooking Its a Small World where I saw numerous people sticking their hands into the water. Ewwww.

People: Experienced quite a few nice people and quite a few really rude people!!! Cast members all seemed cherry and very helpful. I also saw a lot of management types walking around which was unusual. Saw some people wearing Dream Fastpasses but never saw the Dream Squad!

Overall it was a very cool experience but I think I'll go back to Epcot next year!!

Any more questions, feel free to ask!!
 
Wow, you are brave! We did Disneyland on NYE many years ago and we had a good time too, but we both agreed that we don't think we could do it again, it was so crowded and by the end of the night my husband was falling asleep standing up...and we were only 19 at the time!

Thanks for the report, I like hearing about people who have braved the madness and still had fun!
 
is there any way to make the pictures bigger? I am glad you made the most of the crowds and had a wonderful nye
 

Here are some pics from the SpectroMagic parade. For some reason my night pics turned out really dark!!

Maybe you used the flash. Set the camera on 400 or 800 for shorter time exposure.
 
Sounds like you had a great time despite the insane crowds.

How were the fireworks? I watched them from a webcam a DISser set up at the Poly and the midnight finale looked amazing.

And finally a picture just for Tonya!!!!
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And thanks for the light saber shout out. Makes my happy to know I am infamous. :lmao: :love:
 
Sounds like you had a great time despite the insane crowds.

How were the fireworks? I watched them from a webcam a DISser set up at the Poly and the midnight finale looked amazing.


The fireworks at midnight were some of the best I have ever seen!!! It was definitely worth fighting the crowds for all day!!!!


And thanks for the light saber shout out. Makes my happy to know I am infamous. :lmao: :love:

You're welcome!!!!
 
No matter where you go the parks close to capacity on NYE. We went two years ago and DHS closed by 11 AM. It was INSANE, yes, but so exciting and fun! We definitely want to try it again sometime! :)
 
Never saw the parade because it was cancelled!!! I was so mad!!! Appparently towards the beginning of the parade route in Fronteirland, they had a sewage back-up that leaked out onto the street and they had to wait until it dried to clean it up. And when the finally cleaned it up, the bleach they used was very strong and made several people sick!! I'm glad I was in another area of the park!! :sick:

Ick! I wonder if that was in part because the bathrooms were so busy... I heard 20 minutes lines for some of 'em. :sick:

Thanks for sharing the pics. I've always wondered what it'd be like on NYE.
 














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