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Sharon - I can't believe you didn't get a Woody's Fizzy Freeze when you were at that Kiosk - it's a DELICIOUS frozen coke!! I had one and it was SUPER good!
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Wow....that is what I call a mega update....awesome! See, all your trips should be planned close together, this way you churn out the updates one after the other!
MNSSHP sounds like a smashing success...oodles of candy, short lines, great pics!
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Oh! This TR gets better and better! Seeing all those photos of the Halloween decorations is making me really really really excited for my upcoming trip!
Great update! LOVE all the pictures....especially that super creepy guy by the boat dock. He would give me the shivers!
I love Hallowishes, I hope to get down there next year for MNSSHP, last year we were basically rained out! Everyone but my oldest DD and I wanted to leave. What a bunch of whiners. We had to go with, or we wouldn't have had a ride back. (we rented a villa) Oh well, this year we get to go to MVMCP! (Hopefully there won't be any rain!)
What a great night at the Party - I am now so excited to be going a week today! I love your photos of the parade and fireworks and your hat is so cool!
Outstanding pictures. Thanks for MNSSHP tips. We're going to try to watch parade twice. Does it run the same way each time? Love your t-shirt. Did they have several different ones this year? Ooo, here's another question. What setting did you use on your camera for the parade photos? I can't believe that I'll be seeing this first hand in just over a week. Thanks for getting me 'pumped up' for my trip.
The parade starts in Frontierland both times. The t-shirt I wore was from MNSSHP 2005. I took the pictures using flash. You just have to be patient and wait for your subject to get close to you before you take the picture. I'm sure you'll have fun at the party!
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MNSSHP looks like a blast! I can't wait to go for my FIRST time next year. We went to the one at DLR and loved it. Great pictures of the parade and fireworks. I would have clucked along, too. More please...
I'm glad you liked the party at DLR. I'm going to that one on the 28th!
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I really need to make it a point to go to that party!! We were going to go when we were there last September, but didn't. Now I regret it . . . . . It was great hearing about it though and seeing the photos!! Which are always great, BTW. . . . . Can't wait for more.
MNSSHP is definitely my fav of all the parties. You really need to do it!
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I totally started giggling the moment I read that and pretty much giggled through the whole thing, Sharon! When you referenced it again later, I practically fell off my chair. LOVE IT! (Also, you should know that my whole family now says "I got a rock" in a sad little voice whenever we feel we've been cheated out of something yummy. It's a total tribute to you!)
Poor Charlie Brown. Those awful, mean adults should know better!
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LOVE THAT HAT!!! Must.get.one.now!
My goodness that hat was tight! It was almost giving me a headache. I thought at first I'd bought a child's hat by mistake, but when I checked, it was adult. Maybe my head is getting bigger.
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It’s Clara Cluck singing (or more accurately, clucking) Ghost Riders in the Sky. I often wonder (just like the Lollipop Guild) what was going on here. This is how I imagine it happened:
Imagineer 1: You know, we don’t use Clara Cluck very often. We should use her in something. Imagineer 2: I know! We’ll put her in the Halloween parade! And she can sing Ghost Riders in the Sky! No, wait! She’ll cluckGhost Riders in the Sky! It’ll be awesome! Imagineer 1: … DUUUUUUUDE!! That rocks!!!!
I also wonder what those two were doing immediately before that conversation.
I know what they did *after* that conversation – two words: WHITE CASTLE!!
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Love the hat. Sounds like you had a great evening. So, was the candy really safe in the safe?
I wasn't too worried about Mom getting up in the middle of the night to raid my candy. But I was planning on leaving her alone with it the next morning. That's what worried me.
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What a great evening...dinner at LTT sounded great (I still cannot believe that they are going to do away with this character meal). Loved the pictures with the characters (love mom's pictures as well - she was being really "cool" ) sounded like a great night for candy collection. Loved the pictures of the parade and the show...and Hallowishes (I would have been a teary eyes dork by then - I cry everytime even if I see it more than once )
Can't wait to hear more...(and hear if there was any candy left?????)
I was glad I had planned a meal at LTT before they announced the characters were leaving. I'm glad I got to eat there one last time.
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Great update! I love the way you get nighttime parade pictures! I've never had much success, but I keep on trying!
And I've got to say I cracked up hearing you put your candy in the safe! Hope you hid the key well.
Looking forward to more.
I use flash for the nighttime parade pics and usually get good pictures. And I hid the key in my suitcase. I knew DM would never think to look there!
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Great update, Sharon! Sounds like you had a great time at the party with your DM. My DH sings/clucks along with the clucking chicken when it comes on in our van. Now THAT'S special!
It's so catchy it's hard not to cluck along.
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Sharon - I can't believe you didn't get a Woody's Fizzy Freeze when you were at that Kiosk - it's a DELICIOUS frozen coke!! I had one and it was SUPER good!
At that time, we were still "full" from breakfast. But there's always next trip.
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LOVED the pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome.
When you left that night was your mom with you? You said "I" and was just wondering where we forgot mom at.
DM left right after HalloWishes.
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So, who has the key to the safe?
Great night at the party.
I thought about hiding it under my pillow, but I'm such a sound sleeper, I probably wouldn't wake up if she took it out.
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Great update! LOVE all the pictures....especially that super creepy guy by the boat dock. He would give me the shivers!
I love Hallowishes, I hope to get down there next year for MNSSHP, last year we were basically rained out! Everyone but my oldest DD and I wanted to leave. What a bunch of whiners. We had to go with, or we wouldn't have had a ride back. (we rented a villa) Oh well, this year we get to go to MVMCP! (Hopefully there won't be any rain!)
Can't wait to hear more!
That creepy guy! We were walking along and most people didn't even notice him. I did and went to take a picture. That's when he held up the lantern and posed. It was really creepy!
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What a great night at the Party - I am now so excited to be going a week today! I love your photos of the parade and fireworks and your hat is so cool!
Wow, I can't believe how close it is!
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I loved your photos! I can't wait to see Hallowishes NEXT Oct. Are you going to MVMCP on the 11th?
No, I'll be going to MVMCP with my family on 12/16.
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Just watch what you grab! (I've been known to slug people after a "drop" with some fresh thing... Or... at least request that you pay for my dinner!
Eileen
Oh, so many good things in this installment! First of all, that hat is to DIE for! I absolutely love it - - that cute bow on it just makes me smile!
And MNSSHP was just made for your DM! You didn't catch her stealing candy from small children, did you?
And Charlie Brown and his rock! That made me laugh so hard! Mary Devall's nursery was actually decorated with a Peanuts theme - - my mom drew the characters on the walls - - so we love us some Charlie Brown in our family.
Your interaction with Jane was hilarious! Jane was supposed to be our last stop of the night, but the rest of our gang just couldn't take another stop! Now I really hate that I missed her becuase I loved her line of why she stayed in Africa. Who knew such a proper girl had such a wicked sense of humor!
And your clucking . . . had me in stitches! And you were totally sober - - unless you had a little something something under your Minnie hat!
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I love your photos of the parade and fireworks and your hat is so cool! 
We went to the one at DLR and loved it. Great pictures of the parade and fireworks. I would have clucked along, too. 
Now I regret it . . . . . 
Those awful, mean adults should know better! 
This is how I imagine it happened: 
… DUUUUUUUDE!! That rocks!!!!
I also wonder what those two were doing immediately before that conversation. 
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Now THAT'S special! 
We were walking along and most people didn't even notice him. I did and went to take a picture. That's when he held up the lantern and posed. 
It was really creepy!
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