Day 3, continued:
MNSSHP, part 1:
We had left the park around 1:45, and headed back to CSR. We showered, got changed, etc, and were all prepared for our exciting night at MK!
As for our costumes - Aaron was the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, and I was Belle. (If you didn't follow my PTR, you don't know the saga that was my attempting to make my Belle dress...it was a battle, but I'm very pleased with how it ended up!) We had bought thought that more people would recognize my costume than his, which might have been true (hard to judge), but his costume BY FAR got more comments! Tons of random people would shout to us "Hi, Chef", or "Bork, Bork, Bork", or just "I love your eyebrows!!" HAHA! All the random interactions with guests and CMs was probably the coolest thing about the party.
The first thing we did was stop to get a photopass picture at the entrance with the pumpkins, but the CM was having technical issues with her camera, so she snapped one with ours instead:
Our next plan was to have dinner before the party got started, so we headed over to Pecos Bill's. We took the pathway to the left of the castle which goes past the area where Tiana meets. Well, just as we're walking past, Tiana and Naveen must have been heading off on a break as they were starting to walk away. But seeing us, they stopped in their tracks, and Tiana just opened her mouth wide in excitement and pointed at us, and Naveen exclaimed "Hi Belle, Hello Chef!" and said something to Aaron about "visiting the restaurant". They got such a kick out of our costumes, and it was one of the most entertaining interactions we had.
We continued on our way to Pecos Bill, where we had a craving for bacon cheeseburgers, and I introduced Aaron to the wonder of the cheese sauce! As you can tell, he went a little nuts. Neither of us ended up eating our desserts...
We had nothing particular planned until the party started, and quite a bit of time to kill. So we first wandered over to New Fantasyland to see if it was open yet (nope), then somehow we ended up in Tomorrowland and we enjoyed Monsters Inc laugh floor. We then made our way back to Fantasyland, and since the waits were low, we got our pictures taken with Minnie and Daisy in the new meet & greet. We had one random guest there ask for her picture with us, hehe, and one CM got a kick out of seeing the Swedish Chef.
Now the moment you've all been waiting for - the explanation of our title! While we were walking around before the party started, we walked by the Merida meet & greet, and there were 3 CMs near the entrance, who again, commented on Aaron's costume! We struck up a conversation, and just ended up chatting with them about a bunch of different things. Somehow or another, one of the CMs asked if we'd been to DHS yet, and told us that the Wreck-It Ralph meet & greets just opened over there. Aaron, who had gotten wrapped up in the conversation just as if we were talking with friends, said to the CM "Boy, it must have been hard finding someone to play Wreck-It-Ralph, since he's such a huge character". Without.Missing.a.Beat, the CM replied "Well, *There's only ONE Wreck-it-Ralph*, so we just gave him a call and asked him if he wanted to come do a meet and greet." It was so nonchalant, it took a beat or two for us to realize what had just happened! What a great response - those CMs are outstanding! We weren't trying to trip him up at all, and he just handled it like a pro.
Finally, it was 7pm! It was awesome seeing the change in atmosphere, all the different lighting, and the Halloween music being played throughout the park. The first thing we did was a few trick or treat trails - it was by no means a priority, but it was good to do them while the crowds were still on the light side. We did one stop that we happened to be near, the trail by the Riverboat, then the Splash Mountain trail. That was the only trick or treating we did all night. After, we caught the first (7:45pm) showing of the Villain's Mix & Mingle stage show. This was pretty neat, especially cool to see some of the characters that you don't regularly see out and about. We didn't stay to meet any of the characters after.
Every time we crossed around the park we stopped to see if New Fantasyland was open....and this time, it was!! We went in, and started exploring. We took some pictures, not many great ones since it was dark at this point, so I'll wait to post better daytime pictures in the appropriate segment. But we got a good look at Gaston's Tavern area (love the fountain). Then, we headed over to ride the new Little Mermaid ride. I have a hard time explaining this ride - it's similar to many of the Fantasyland rides like Peter Pan or Winnie the Pooh in how it takes you through the movie via audioanimatronic figures, but this ride also incorporated some other elements such as video. It was a nice improvement, I thought, and it was very clearly "new", everything just had a new feeling to it.
After that, we headed over to Enchanted Tales with Belle. The posted wait time was around 30-40 minutes; and boy did the line D-R-A-G...the biggest complaint we have about this is the line hardly moves at all, and you're just standing around outside with nothing really to see or do. This could lead to some very antsy kids. In any event, we realized with how slow the line was going, and not really being sure of how long the attraction itself was, we didn't dare stay in line because we were afraid of missing Wishes. So after about 20 minutes or so, we ditched the line, and headed back to Main Street.
(Continued below in part 2)
That's great that everyone recognized you both. It sounds like that really made the party an even better experience for the two of you.
In all seriousness though, I agree with your husband, I would love to see who they have portraying Ralph. We missed the Meet & Greet opening by just a day or two on our trip! Also, I'd love to see who they have playing Vanellope, because in the movie she is so tiny!
It was so fantastic having all the interactions with everyone. I definitely think that being characters gave us a better experience; not that you wouldn't have a good time without a costume. But I would absolutely recommend that people dress up, the CMs really got into it.
Not only is it too jerky for me, it's also too scary!! 
Thanks for all the kind words on my pictures - photos are my favorite souvenir from any vacation we take, so I really love it when we get especially good ones.
I think it might be bigger than my head. 
