ElenaJane
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- Oct 17, 2013
The next hour or two before the party was hard for me. We had gotten so overheated earlier in the day, I told Will we could enter the party later than 4pm and wait for the sun to go down more. Will loved this suggestion and made me stick to it. This made sense in theory, but watching the minutes click by and knowing I could be in the MK was pretty tough.
Finally, Will agreed we had waited long enough and the temperatures were cool enough.
Neither of us had costumes this night. I told myself I was going as Halloween. I had my ghost ears, as well as candy corn tape on my MB. I was carrying a light-up MNSSHP bag. Better than nothing!
As much as I was going nuts waiting to go to the party, I will go ahead and say now, as much as it pains me to say Will was right, this turned out to be a really smart decision.
When we got to the party at 7:00pm, the crowds had died down, and the sky was getting dark. It felt so much more like Halloween when we entered the park!
You could really see the lighting effects and all the Jack O'Lanterns peaking out the windows!!
Of course before all the fun of the party, I had another awkward security run in. This one was not funny though, just odd. Keep in mind it is our last day, and so I am already emotional. When I get to the guard to check my backpack, he says I need to open all the zippers for him, which I of course know and was doing. And then he says again, I am going to ask you again to open them. I am a little confused and open the zippers as much as I could. Then he says very sternly and flustered with me, You need to open them!!!. What he meant was that I needed to actually open each pocket of the backpack and move things around myself so he could shine a flashlight in the areas. I have never had to do this before. He says See I have diabetes so I cant stick my hand in any bags.
So we go through the tunnel and on to Main Street and sure enough, I start to well up with tears. I am rattled by that interaction, as I felt like I was getting yelled at and now I am on Main Street for the last time of the trip.
.....And I realize I have no kleenex.
Ok, I was not that tearful, but enough where I had to awkwardly dab my eyes on Wills shoulder of his tshirt to dry them. I literally cried on his shoulder!!
That was it though, from then on we had an AMAZING time!!! BEST MNSSHP ever. This party had a lot less crowds than the Friday before.
It is going to be so hard to experience the MK in any other way. There were candy stations with two CMs and NO OTHER PEOPLE. They would ask what candy we liked best and dig around and find our favorites! Rides were all walk-ons, except 7DMT...which was only 15 minutes!!!!
We got a great spot, even at the first showing of the Boo to You Parade.
We were standing on the Wooden stocks in Liberty Square. Will took a couple short videos. I love the gentleman in the hat who was getting into it and dancing in front of us. He was waving to all the characters too. One interesting thing was that the Haunted Mansion dog did his business during the parade, so a CM had to stand in front of it so the Haunted Mansion ballroom dances and others did not step in it!
Boo to You Part 1
Boo to You Part 2
Boo to You Part 3
Boo to You Part 4
We of course stopped by the HM a few times!
And I found where they were doing the HM Magic Shots!
Yes, that is a floating pink bowtie. I was trying to put a Flickr sticker over Wills eyes, which was a massive fail on my part. Just pretend it is a haunted bowtie...OoooOoooo.
I wanted to do all the rides that are better at night, so we hit of BTMR a few times, as well as 7DMT! This has got to be the best time to ride it. You feel like you are going faster (the ole Space Mountain effect) and you can actually see into the cottage at the end!
As the Hallowishes time was drawing near, we made it to our favorite secret firework spot. Um, the pictures kind of gives it away. If the pictures dont give it away, here is a hint, it rhymes with Schmangled.
The pictures do not do justice with how intense the fireworks feel here. It is not a great place for young kids who are scared of the fireworks! It is really loud here and in the end you leave with a dusting of Firework residue!
The video gives you a better sense of the magic.
Skip to 0:56 to have your mind blown.
Finally, Will agreed we had waited long enough and the temperatures were cool enough.
Neither of us had costumes this night. I told myself I was going as Halloween. I had my ghost ears, as well as candy corn tape on my MB. I was carrying a light-up MNSSHP bag. Better than nothing!
As much as I was going nuts waiting to go to the party, I will go ahead and say now, as much as it pains me to say Will was right, this turned out to be a really smart decision.
When we got to the party at 7:00pm, the crowds had died down, and the sky was getting dark. It felt so much more like Halloween when we entered the park!
You could really see the lighting effects and all the Jack O'Lanterns peaking out the windows!!
Of course before all the fun of the party, I had another awkward security run in. This one was not funny though, just odd. Keep in mind it is our last day, and so I am already emotional. When I get to the guard to check my backpack, he says I need to open all the zippers for him, which I of course know and was doing. And then he says again, I am going to ask you again to open them. I am a little confused and open the zippers as much as I could. Then he says very sternly and flustered with me, You need to open them!!!. What he meant was that I needed to actually open each pocket of the backpack and move things around myself so he could shine a flashlight in the areas. I have never had to do this before. He says See I have diabetes so I cant stick my hand in any bags.
So we go through the tunnel and on to Main Street and sure enough, I start to well up with tears. I am rattled by that interaction, as I felt like I was getting yelled at and now I am on Main Street for the last time of the trip.
.....And I realize I have no kleenex.
Ok, I was not that tearful, but enough where I had to awkwardly dab my eyes on Wills shoulder of his tshirt to dry them. I literally cried on his shoulder!!
That was it though, from then on we had an AMAZING time!!! BEST MNSSHP ever. This party had a lot less crowds than the Friday before.
It is going to be so hard to experience the MK in any other way. There were candy stations with two CMs and NO OTHER PEOPLE. They would ask what candy we liked best and dig around and find our favorites! Rides were all walk-ons, except 7DMT...which was only 15 minutes!!!!
We got a great spot, even at the first showing of the Boo to You Parade.
We were standing on the Wooden stocks in Liberty Square. Will took a couple short videos. I love the gentleman in the hat who was getting into it and dancing in front of us. He was waving to all the characters too. One interesting thing was that the Haunted Mansion dog did his business during the parade, so a CM had to stand in front of it so the Haunted Mansion ballroom dances and others did not step in it!
Boo to You Part 1
Boo to You Part 2
Boo to You Part 3
Boo to You Part 4
We of course stopped by the HM a few times!
And I found where they were doing the HM Magic Shots!
Yes, that is a floating pink bowtie. I was trying to put a Flickr sticker over Wills eyes, which was a massive fail on my part. Just pretend it is a haunted bowtie...OoooOoooo.
I wanted to do all the rides that are better at night, so we hit of BTMR a few times, as well as 7DMT! This has got to be the best time to ride it. You feel like you are going faster (the ole Space Mountain effect) and you can actually see into the cottage at the end!
As the Hallowishes time was drawing near, we made it to our favorite secret firework spot. Um, the pictures kind of gives it away. If the pictures dont give it away, here is a hint, it rhymes with Schmangled.
The pictures do not do justice with how intense the fireworks feel here. It is not a great place for young kids who are scared of the fireworks! It is really loud here and in the end you leave with a dusting of Firework residue!
The video gives you a better sense of the magic.
Skip to 0:56 to have your mind blown.
Those crowd levels seem to me what it should like always be for a hard ticket event
. I've never done any trips after that because I never remember to take many pictures.
