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I gave my MiL a photobook from our September trip. She asked for it and I was happy to make it. I love making them!
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Looks like a great Christmas was had by all! I think photo books are a wonderful present. What did YOU get?
I got some gift cards and a magnet board I wanted to hang near my desk with all my new vacation magnets. Skip got me a necklace and I was shocked. It had Pluto on it.

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After our failure at trying to get the sword out of the stone, we moved on.





I did a quick check to see if we could get into the new Fantasyland, but it was still a no.

I did ask them for a shot though, as they had the cutest outfits on.



So we headed off to Storybook Circus.



We had been lucky to already visit parts of this last spring when we spent the day here on our Universal trip, but more has been added since then. Only 1 Dumbo was running and Barnstormer was up and going then as well. This time around it was pretty much completed, though I suspect that more may be added or enhanced in the next year or two.



We got in line for Dumbo. The wait wasn’t too long.



This was the first time we went into the tent with the interactive stuff, which we passed by and just glanced at.



I still haven’t gotten the gist of how this works. I guess you can ask to play and then you get a pager when it’s your turn to ride? Correct me if you know how this works exactly. Anyways, just passing by this play area, it was unimpressive to us. The first thing Claire said was that it looked like it was for babies. And I have to agree. It really seemed to be more geared towards younger children, not for the very mature 7 year old with me! LOL But again, we only glanced in and we might have missed something good.





The longest part of our wait was actually back outside, so in all the wait time in whole was not bad at all.







And then it was our turn.





Claire gave me strict instructions! She would be controlling the flying and I was not allowed to touch it at all. I told her she better get us up high, as I wanted to take pictures. She failed!





For some reason she just wasn’t getting us very high. I did find out one disturbing thing. They planted trees all around this ride. TALL trees!!!! It’s impossible to get any shots of the rest of the park with trees in the way. I gave up on that idea real soon.



When we got off we walked over near the new splash train.



I am not impressed with this either. Now on a very hot summer day, I am sure Claire would like it, but for the rest of the year, I could see her getting wet and then complaining all day long about being wet. If you plan to visit this area, bring along another outfit to change into as kids appeared to be getting soaked!





Claire wanted to ride Barnstormer next. I don’t remember the posted time, but I do remember the line looked longer than I cared for, but we still jumped in.



The theming in the queue is very cute.



We stalled out for a few minutes so I looked back and took another shot of the train.



And we got moving again.





These would provide shade on a hot sunny day ….though not much.



I believe at some point in time I texted Carey and asked if they wanted to sit together and watch the late parade and she said sure.
Also another co-worker of mine, Stephanie, was at the World this week as well. She had spent the day at Epcot with her son and some friends. She was coming over for the party and had just arrived. So we were sending texts back and forth as well. We planned to meet up at some point too. We had never officially met in real life yet, as we both do our jobs from home and online, so though we talk daily, we have never seen each other face to face.

More theming.






And finally it was our turn.



I tried to get a few shots as we were rolling all around.







It’s fun, it’s fast, and it’s way too short.



As we walked off I got this shot of a car going up. I thought it was neat and I had a poser in there …see the guy smiling for me!



I am still kind of curious what they will end up doing with this area.





Right now it has fast pass machines for Dumbo and Barnstormer. But it’s a big area for just that. And when the new system takes over I am not sure if it will be needed for that anymore either.

We headed towards Pete’s Silly Sideshow and for a moment I had a brain freeze and couldn’t remember what this area was for. Then it dawned on me …character meets!



And we came across some water art too.



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So Claire is a 7 year old adult when it comes to Dumbo. Loved your visit to "NEW" Fantasyland. Looking forward to seeing all of the changes in March. When we were there in September, I tried to get pix while on Dumbo as well. Not much luck.
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Great pictures from the new circus area. What a shame that they planted tall trees all around Dumbo!
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So Claire is a 7 year old adult when it comes to Dumbo. Loved your visit to "NEW" Fantasyland. Looking forward to seeing all of the changes in March. When we were there in September, I tried to get pix while on Dumbo as well. Not much luck.
I do get to see more "new" Fantasyland too through out the trip. Always in the dark though.
Claire is so much more mature now than a few months ago too. LOL. She is now 8!

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I was bummed about the trees, especially after they grow and fill out more.
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The whole new circus area isn't to my taste at all-- too garish and busy. It's not an area I'll go to often, so it's not a big deal to me, but it does sound strange that they have high trees around Dumbo!
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What a shame they put the trees around Dumbo. Like Laurie, this area didn't do much for me. Without kids, I can't see the attraction of visiting here often.
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What a shame they put the trees around Dumbo. Like Laurie, this area didn't do much for me. Without kids, I can't see the attraction of visiting here often.
I have to admit, I am still kind of not sure. We like Dumbo and Barnstormer, so we'll go for those, but I am not liking the splash train at all.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that didn't care for Storybook Circus. Even WITH a kid, I was less than impressed. When we were there in September, I felt like it didn't "fit" with everything else and there wasn't enough there to draw me back. I'm hoping it's a work in progress. We'll go back there for Dumbo for as long as Meri loves it, but aside from that... meh. I was disappointed.

Loving your photos - especially those CM's in those cute outfits!! You did get great photos of the area! Wow!
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I love the photos of storybook circus. I too don't care for it much, but I haven't seen it live. I just don't get how a circus is supposed to fit in with the rest of the medieval theme of Fantasyland. Seems like it really should be its own land. Guess I can't say too much until I see it for myself.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that didn't care for Storybook Circus. Even WITH a kid, I was less than impressed. When we were there in September, I felt like it didn't "fit" with everything else and there wasn't enough there to draw me back. I'm hoping it's a work in progress. We'll go back there for Dumbo for as long as Meri loves it, but aside from that... meh. I was disappointed.

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I love the photos of storybook circus. I too don't care for it much, but I haven't seen it live. I just don't get how a circus is supposed to fit in with the rest of the medieval theme of Fantasyland. Seems like it really should be its own land. Guess I can't say too much until I see it for myself.

You guys both touched on what I thought. It really just doesn't "fit" there. It's not bad, just not an area that blends in with the rest of the area....at least in my opionion.
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We decided to go in and see Minnie and Daisy. The line wasn’t too long. I texted Stephanie again. We had been texting back and forth about meeting up and I let her know we were making a stop here first.



The line moved pretty fast and soon we were meeting Miss Daisy.



Lighting in here is not too great and it’s hard to get decent pictures.







Daisy has always been a hit with Claire. One year we had to get up extra early to find her at DHS. Claire was not about to leave without seeing her. Luckily we found her first thing that trip.





I have to admit something dumb here. I had thought the characters were already dressed in their Halloween costumes. It was till we went back outside and I saw the signs that I realized they dress this way all the time. Oops!











Next up was Minnie. I like that you can see 2 characters, but only wait in 1 line.





Minnie’s area was even worse for lighting. And many of our photopass pictures came out bad or just a complete blur.

















We said goodbye to Minnie and headed out.

Surprise, Surprise! We were let out into a dump shop!





It was really neat in here though!



And this is when I realize that the characters are dressed for a theme and not in a Halloween costume.



Claire had noticed basically no line for Goofy and Donald at all either, so we went back around, and yes you have to go outside to get back in, and got in line ….only to find them gone! But we were told they would be out soon. We also sent out another text to Stephanie to let her know we were seeing more charaters.



Next thing we know, we see Carey, John, and Kadence come walking in. They were only a few people behind us so we chatted a bit while we waiting. Of course Claire and Kadence were both excited to see other and showed it by eyeing each other up and down. LOL

Soon it was time for the Great Goofini and Donaldo! Do you see what I see?



TaDa!!!!

The Great Goofini!




Notice Donald’s giving the thumbs down from behind the curtain in this next picture.



Donaldo was NOT about to be outdone. You know how that duck loves attention.





And then he noticed I had a camera and came over to ham it up.







And then he saw Carey and hammed it up for her.



Don’t believe me? Here’s her shot!



Finally Donaldo settled down and went off to his spot to wait for us humans.

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I think it's so strange that several of the meet-and-greet areas have such bad lighting. I mean, they're basically set up for photo-ops, right? And they must know that the lighting is bad with all the photopass pics coming out blurred!
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