CAStevens218
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 18, 2010
On to the trip's first visit to Magic Kingdom!!
We jumped on a bus from Pop Century and we were on our way! Our first mission when we arrived was to get a group picture in front of the train station...
Here we are!
This photographer was a lot of fun and also had us do the hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil pose, which came out really cute. Its only on the photopass though, so I don't have it.
As we were heading into the park, we stopped to organize ourselves and we saw a girl in the most inappropriate outfit I have ever seen at Disney. I took a picture, but I don't post it, I'll just describe it! She was wearing 6 inch leopard print heels, the tighest and shortest skirt I have ever seen, and a tight top that barely covered what a top is meant to cover. I was actually surprised nobody gave her any trouble about it coming in!
Anyway, on to the fun! Our first stop was familiy pictures with Mickey and Minnie! We hadn't seen the new Town Square Theater set up yet, so I was pretty excited! The wait time said 5 minutes, so we headed in.
The themeing in here is fabulous! Here is my brother trying to break into the safe...
Before we knew it, we were next! Of course, the group in front of us had about 10 people in it and wanted every individual and group shot possible, but it was our first full day and the line had been short, so it didn't really bother us!
Finally, it was our turn!
After this came the funny part! I need to tell the back story first...when we went as a family as kids, we went to eat at Chef Mickey's. We have a picture on the wall of our kitchen of my brother with Mickey in his chef outfit. He wanted another individual picture of him with just Mickey. I originally thought about making reservations for Chef Mickey's breakfast, but it is so expensive, so I talked it over with my brother and he agreed that a picture with Mickey in the park would be sufficient.
Now, the problem was that Minnie was here too! I told Dan to just pose with both of them and I would only get him and Mickey in the picture. However, my brother is not afraid to ask for what he wants, so he said, "Can I take a picture with just Mickey? I have one from 15 years ago I want to recreate..."
Minnie pretended to get mad and ran off to the side, and Mickey proudly posed with my brother...
Then, Minnie insisted on posing with him too! She was still upset...
This was a fun visit! Afterward, we headed back out and regrouped. Dad ran to use the bathroom, so I made the boys pose!
I love those toy soldiers!
Finally, we headed up Mainstreet and got our first glimpse of the castle. I was thrilled to see that the Christmas lights were still on!!
There was some knd of dance party going on...Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It maybe?
Our next mission was family pictures in front of the castle! Here is my favorite shot of the whole trip! The lighting was just perfect. Twilight is my absolute favorite time of day in the parks!
The photopass photographer who took that picture was a lot of fun. She did everything completely silently, just making gestures to tell us what to do. She was cute!
Ben took a shot me and my family next, and then Dan took one of Ben and me!
At this point, we regrouped to try to decide what to do next. We had two goals for the night. 1. Ride Big Thunder Mountain before it went down for refurb. 2. See the Main Street Electrical Parade. Dad's knee was hurting and Dan was pretty tired, so they weren't sure if they were going to stay to join us for everything, but we knew we wanted to get a few rides in!
The next pictures show that it got pretty dark from here, so I'm not sure how we got over to Liberty Square, but we did, haha! We may have taken the long way and toured through Tomorrowland and Fantasyland...but I know we didn't ride anything in either of those lands.
When we got over to the Liberty Square/Frontierland area, Dad stopped to get some popcorn at a kiosk, and I made Dan pose yet again...
From here, we headed to the Haunted Mansion!!
We had a really good time checking out all the new interactive features! I thought it was especially fun in the dark!!
Ben was using the flashlight feature on his phone here...it ended up helping with my picture!!
Here we are waiting in line! Excited for the first ride of the night!
Before we knew it, we were in the stretching room...
...and loading into our doom buggys!
I love this ride, so I knew I would enjoy it, but I was really hoping Dad and Dan would love it too! It turned out that they did! They were in the doom buggy behind Ben and me, and I could hear them laughing and having a great time! We all especially loved the hitch hiking ghosts at the end! Ben and I hadn't seen the changes yet, and Dad and Dan had no idea what to expect! Ben and I got the ghost on top of our doom buggy, and Dad and Dan got their heads switched, which was really cool!!!!!!!!
With our first ride of the night under our belts, we headed out for more adventure!
Up next...a fabulous dinner and more rides!!! And later...Main Street Electrical Parade and Wishes from a place we have never watched from before!
We jumped on a bus from Pop Century and we were on our way! Our first mission when we arrived was to get a group picture in front of the train station...
Here we are!
This photographer was a lot of fun and also had us do the hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil pose, which came out really cute. Its only on the photopass though, so I don't have it.
As we were heading into the park, we stopped to organize ourselves and we saw a girl in the most inappropriate outfit I have ever seen at Disney. I took a picture, but I don't post it, I'll just describe it! She was wearing 6 inch leopard print heels, the tighest and shortest skirt I have ever seen, and a tight top that barely covered what a top is meant to cover. I was actually surprised nobody gave her any trouble about it coming in!
Anyway, on to the fun! Our first stop was familiy pictures with Mickey and Minnie! We hadn't seen the new Town Square Theater set up yet, so I was pretty excited! The wait time said 5 minutes, so we headed in.
The themeing in here is fabulous! Here is my brother trying to break into the safe...
Before we knew it, we were next! Of course, the group in front of us had about 10 people in it and wanted every individual and group shot possible, but it was our first full day and the line had been short, so it didn't really bother us!
Finally, it was our turn!
After this came the funny part! I need to tell the back story first...when we went as a family as kids, we went to eat at Chef Mickey's. We have a picture on the wall of our kitchen of my brother with Mickey in his chef outfit. He wanted another individual picture of him with just Mickey. I originally thought about making reservations for Chef Mickey's breakfast, but it is so expensive, so I talked it over with my brother and he agreed that a picture with Mickey in the park would be sufficient.
Now, the problem was that Minnie was here too! I told Dan to just pose with both of them and I would only get him and Mickey in the picture. However, my brother is not afraid to ask for what he wants, so he said, "Can I take a picture with just Mickey? I have one from 15 years ago I want to recreate..."
Minnie pretended to get mad and ran off to the side, and Mickey proudly posed with my brother...
Then, Minnie insisted on posing with him too! She was still upset...
This was a fun visit! Afterward, we headed back out and regrouped. Dad ran to use the bathroom, so I made the boys pose!
I love those toy soldiers!
Finally, we headed up Mainstreet and got our first glimpse of the castle. I was thrilled to see that the Christmas lights were still on!!
There was some knd of dance party going on...Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It maybe?
Our next mission was family pictures in front of the castle! Here is my favorite shot of the whole trip! The lighting was just perfect. Twilight is my absolute favorite time of day in the parks!
The photopass photographer who took that picture was a lot of fun. She did everything completely silently, just making gestures to tell us what to do. She was cute!
Ben took a shot me and my family next, and then Dan took one of Ben and me!
At this point, we regrouped to try to decide what to do next. We had two goals for the night. 1. Ride Big Thunder Mountain before it went down for refurb. 2. See the Main Street Electrical Parade. Dad's knee was hurting and Dan was pretty tired, so they weren't sure if they were going to stay to join us for everything, but we knew we wanted to get a few rides in!
The next pictures show that it got pretty dark from here, so I'm not sure how we got over to Liberty Square, but we did, haha! We may have taken the long way and toured through Tomorrowland and Fantasyland...but I know we didn't ride anything in either of those lands.
When we got over to the Liberty Square/Frontierland area, Dad stopped to get some popcorn at a kiosk, and I made Dan pose yet again...
From here, we headed to the Haunted Mansion!!
We had a really good time checking out all the new interactive features! I thought it was especially fun in the dark!!
Ben was using the flashlight feature on his phone here...it ended up helping with my picture!!
Here we are waiting in line! Excited for the first ride of the night!
Before we knew it, we were in the stretching room...
...and loading into our doom buggys!
I love this ride, so I knew I would enjoy it, but I was really hoping Dad and Dan would love it too! It turned out that they did! They were in the doom buggy behind Ben and me, and I could hear them laughing and having a great time! We all especially loved the hitch hiking ghosts at the end! Ben and I hadn't seen the changes yet, and Dad and Dan had no idea what to expect! Ben and I got the ghost on top of our doom buggy, and Dad and Dan got their heads switched, which was really cool!!!!!!!!
With our first ride of the night under our belts, we headed out for more adventure!
Up next...a fabulous dinner and more rides!!! And later...Main Street Electrical Parade and Wishes from a place we have never watched from before!