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It was so much fun. I am so sad that the characters will no longer be out during EMH. I always get the best interaction then, though I have to say in 2009 we had pretty good interaction with Chip and Dale as well during the day.
I tried to take some artsy photos after out meet.
A lady saw me shoot this one and thought it was so neat that I was taking pictures like that. I assured her that they wouldn’t be nearly as neat once I looked at them at home. LOL!
We headed off to Small World next. Again, no wait!
We had a good time and Claire’s eyes were wide open the whole ride. We actually LOVE this song, but I got in trouble when I tried to sing. I am not a good singer…and Claire reminds me of it all the time.
It’s been a few months now, and my notes aren’t clear, but I think we rode this twice in a row just because we could!
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Wonderful shots of Small World and I like your "artsy" shots, too. Especially the one of the wishing well that shows Cinderella with the crown on her head. I hadn't heard they are cancelling characters at EMH. Too bad!
What a great night at MK! The character interaction with C&D was great! What do you mean, no more characters at EMH?
It was just announced a week or so ago. Along with the monorails no longer running for EMH's.
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Wonderful shots of Small World and I like your "artsy" shots, too. Especially the one of the wishing well that shows Cinderella with the crown on her head. I hadn't heard they are cancelling characters at EMH. Too bad!
Thanks. It was newly announced along with the monorail no running for EMH's. But they added more parade times.
And hiked across the way to Peter Pan. Next to no wait here.
I tried taking pictures on the ride, but they are all really bad. It’s just too dark and you move too fast to focus on anything if you do get a sliver of light.
We then worked our way over to Dumbo. Of course I took a few shots along the way.
We had a short line to wait in and I shot a few pictures again.
While in line the CM told us to come back at 2:45ish to ride. The characters ride Dumbo at night before the park closes. It sounded like an awesome plan….but we were already starting to get tired and it was only 1:40. I wasn’t sure if we could last that much longer.
Before we knew it, it was time to pick our elephant….of course Claire picked PINK!
It was too dark to take pictures of the construction
And then I had Claire get a picture on the Dumbo outside of the ride.
We saw Goofy by the carrousel and got in line.
I wanted to do Haunted Mansion. Claire was unsure. I told her it was all pretend and just think about that while we rode. We headed that way!
As we got there, we noticed a large group (well large for that time of night) walking up as well. We ended up right in front of them. They seemed like a fun group, but they kept saying how spooky this was going to be. Of course they were joking, and I made sure Claire knew that so she wouldn’t back out on me.
I really don't get the logic behind the decisions to add more parade times, stop the monorail, discontinue characters! The profile shot of Claire on Peter Pan is beautiful. Don't leave us hanging too long to see how Claire does on HM!
Claire looks so tired on Dumbo!!
I'm anxious to hear whether you actually went back at 2:45 to see the characters on Dumbo! That would make for some GREAT pictures!
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Looks like you and Claire had a wonderful time at MK. Great picutres as usual. By the way the answer to my souvnier gift from MSEP was one of the tiny lightbulbs from the original parade!
I really don't get the logic behind the decisions to add more parade times, stop the monorail, discontinue characters! The profile shot of Claire on Peter Pan is beautiful. Don't leave us hanging too long to see how Claire does on HM!
I don't either. I'm working on the next update now, but we have a birthday party to attend, so it might take me till later on to finish it.
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Claire looks so tired on Dumbo!!
I'm anxious to hear whether you actually went back at 2:45 to see the characters on Dumbo! That would make for some GREAT pictures!
It was becoming a LONG day. It was fun, but we were getting maxed out.
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Looks like you and Claire had a wonderful time at MK. Great picutres as usual. By the way the answer to my souvnier gift from MSEP was one of the tiny lightbulbs from the original parade!
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