Halloween Princesses

     Last night, Brooke, Alyssa, and I headed to Magic Kingdom, for round 2 of Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.  We all dressed as different princesses,  Brooke as Belle, Alyssa as Rapunzel, and me as Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), but very few people could figure out who I was.  Disappointing!

     We did our usual round of grabbing as much candy as possible, and stopped to meet some friends in between!

     We grabbed some snacks, and snagged a spot to watch the fireworks.  Holiday party fireworks are always special, and we knew from last time that HalloWishes would really deliver.

          We couldn't leave the party without making one last pit stop.  What's the point of dressing up like a princess, without a photo-op with the ladies themselves?!

 

      Definitely another successful Halloween Party!  Hoping to go to one more before the switch to the Christmas parties!

Boo to you!

xoxo

The Duffy Salute

    Had a long day at Disney University yesterday, finishing up my last day of classes for concierge training.  So right after class, I headed to Epcot with Brittany, to meet up with our friends for a bit.  We rode Test Track, met up with Duffy (as usual), and caught Illuminations.   Gotta love Epcot!

 

      I will be back at Disney University tomorrow, to learn some of the new technology that we will be introducing to guests (magicbands!)  I don't know how I'm going to retain all this information, my brain feels like a soggy sponge!

xoxo

National Brooke & Kayla Day

     Today, Brooke and I both had the day off, and spent the whole day together.  We went to Magic Kingdom first, and headed straight for The Teacups!

     As soon as we got off, it was starting to get really dark and windy, so we booked it to Enchanted Tales with Belle, to wait out the rain.  We got in line and under cover right as it started to pour.  When we finally got in, we volunteered to be part of the story.  We even got to take our picture with Belle at the end, it was so special!

      Since we were in the area, we had to stop in and see the man, Gaston!  We even grabbed some LeFou's Brew from Gaston's Tavern!

      We walked around a bit, and got some popcorn in Storybook Circus.  It was so rainy and humid though, so we decided to head out to the mall.

      We spent the rest of the afternoon getting some really cute clothes from Forever 21 and H&M.  It's hard to beat a rainy day spent at the mall!  Later that evening, we went to pick up Alyssa, and headed back to Magic Kingdom.  We had all won a contest from "Backstage Magic" on our employee portal online.  We arrived in the cast parking lot just as Wishes was happening, the fireworks looked so big from that perspective!  We arrived and told we would be testing Magicbands, Disney's new technology, for Photopass ride capabilities.  There isn't much I'm legally allowed to say about it, except that we got to ride Space Mountain with the lights on (terrifying!!!), and Buzz Lightyear, and this new technology is out of this world.

 Just another day in the Disney life!

xoxo

It's Not So Very Scary

     Last night, I got to attend Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party for the first time.  In preparation, I decorated buckets for my roommates for trick or treating!

  I went with Brooke, Alyssa, Brittany, and Ashley.  We each dressed as a minion, Minnie Mouse, Rapunzel, Snow White, and hipster Buzz Lightyear.

     We met the boss man first, as we usually do.  Then we headed into the park, meeting princesses (who were actually with their princes!), and getting lots and lots of candy.  They also had a limited edition candy corn soft serve.  Alyssa and I split one, and even though it was too sweet to finish, it was super yummy and festive!

      We headed back to Main Street to catch the second showing of the Boo to You Parade, and got a great spot right in front of the castle.  They had lots of characters in the parade with Halloween costumes on!  I just know that music is going to be stuck in my head for days.  The best part of the parade, besides the candy being thrown into the crowd, was the gravediggers.  The gravediggers were in the part of the parade that was Haunted Mansion themed.  They had metal shovels, and as they were moving along the parade route, dancing and singing, they had incorporated scraping their shovels along the pavement, creating a shower of sparks.  It was such a neat effect, especially along the fairly dark parade route!

      Immediately following the end of the parade, we turned around and rushed to the front of the castle, to await the start of the Villains Castle Show, which started in 10 minutes.  Again, a great spot!  The show featured Dr. Facillier, Queen of Hearts, Malificent, Cruella DeVille, and Captain Hook.  It was hilarious to see them all dancing together.  Worlds colliding!  It was another great performance, with more catchy music and great effects.

      As the show ended, we made our way back to circling treat stations and wandering the park.  We even hit a dance party with Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye (which I SUPER SADLY don't have pictures of).  We only had a bit of time before fireworks started, so we headed back again to Main Street, to get a spot.
     The HalloWishes Fireworks were one of the best I've ever seen.  They even had them around the perimeter of the park, so it was very different!

          The Halloween Party was so much fun, and I'm already excited to go again!

Boo to you, you and you!

xoxo

Unleash the Villains!

     Friday, the 13th, and Disney's Unleash the Villains event at Hollywood Studios was crazy.  Alyssa and I got decked out in our darkest, and left our apartment to meet Guy, Blaise, Will, Seth, and their coworker Johnette.  

     Between the crazy traffic, and swirling rumors about Hollywood Studios being at capacity, it took us forever to actually get to the park.  When we made our way through Epcot, and finally got into the park, it was evident how Disney grossly underestimated the amount of people that would turn up for this event.

     We all walked around a bit, looking for the villains that were advertaised to be roaming the parks.  All we found was one LONG line, leading up to meet Jafar, Shan Yu, and Cruella deVille.  While we did want to meet and have our pictures taken with them, the wait for the line was easily two hours.  We decided to grab a bite to eat instead, and headed over to Pizza Planet.
     After dinner, we made our way out to see the fireworks.  Disney put together a special fireworks show for the night of villainy, and it truly was spectacular.  It was all set to different soundtrack scores, all pieces of music from dramatic points of different Disney films.  It was really dark, and unlike any other Disney fireworks I've ever seen.  Definitely the highlight of the evening!

      The park emptied out a bit after the fireworks, and the line to meet the bad guys seemed to be a bit shorter, so we got in line, and met up with Brittany.  Cast members started coming by, offering us free bottles of water.  We knew something was up, because it's not often Disney offers up free beverages!  Somebody joked that they were doing it to pacify the crowds, as they were going to cut off the line for meeting the villains.  Not 2 minutes later, this very thing happened.  We were disappointed, but all got a good laugh out of it.  We decided to make our way to the dance party, "Hades' Hangout", hosted by Hades himself.  We danced and drank our free water, enjoying the rest of our evening.

      It wasn't the best event Disney has put on, there was not enough preparation for the huge turnout.  That being said, when you're with a fun group of people, every night is a good night!

xoxo