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Love your pictures of the parade, you got a great shot of the Headless Horseman. I really liked your party pins, great job getting them with out getting trampled. I really love your shirt. When we went we were too late to get any pins and were only able to get Jonathon a shirt that we found over by HM at the little cart there. I love his shirt and now wished I had bought one for me since they did have them in adults but for some reason we decided just to get him one.
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WOW what a great time!! I am trying to figure out our timing for our next trip and after Dylan saw you pics he said "Of course we have to go for the Halloween Parties". I might have to send him w/ you for the next trip cause you seem to find all the "cool" stuff we don't.
Shocking how the people reacted for the shirts. Really ripping items out of peoples hands. You would think it was Black Friday at Wal-mart.
Great update! Brings back fond memories of MNSSHP! Sounds like this trip was restful with continued opportunities for healing for you both. Hope Luke's hand is OK!
sounds like you all had a great MNSSHP - other than the stampede of people!!! Can't believe how rude some people can be!
It's always interesting to hear how others view/do the parties - you saw things that I didn't see - actually I don't think we even went into Tomorrowland! Other than to eat at Casey's the first time we attempted the party. Hopefully I can get to that part in my TR soon!
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Sounds like you had a wonderful time at the party. I can't believe the stampede of people to get party merchandise!! That's crazy! My sister and I did the party in Disneyland last year, and there was plenty of merchandise at the end of the night. Love the t-shirts you and Luke wore as your costumes!
We didn't get any pins or shirts when we did the MNSSHP but from the sounds of it - I'm kinda glad. I wouldn't want to deal with the stampede. Although they are cute.
Sounds like a great time at the party! I can't believe the craziness that you saw when trying to get your party merchandise though, they've got to come up with a better system for that!
Oh.my.gosh. Cannot believe the stampede for shirts! C'mon people, is it worth hurting someone?!
Great view for the fireworks & parade, thought! But sorry about Luke's hand! Ouch!!
We thankfully survived some not so great moments to have a wonderful party time.
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Great update! That was such a fun time and we got alot accomplished. That parade was great - and we really did have such an excellent spot! Really good times that night! And Crystal's ride on Space Mountain was very funny! We all couldn't stop laughing when we got done w/the ride!
I've ridden SM every trip except one when it was closed for refurbishing and I've never heard a scream that loud and long.
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I'm glad you guys had a good time at the party! ...Except for the stampede and for poor Luke's hand It was also a mess getting across the bridge over to Liberty Square for Haunted Mansion at the Christmas party. The shot of the Headless Horseman is pretty cool!
I have since wondered if it would have been smarter to backtrack through Tomorrowland and enter Liberty Square the back way.
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Love your pictures of the parade, you got a great shot of the Headless Horseman. I really liked your party pins, great job getting them with out getting trampled. I really love your shirt. When we went we were too late to get any pins and were only able to get Jonathon a shirt that we found over by HM at the little cart there. I love his shirt and now wished I had bought one for me since they did have them in adults but for some reason we decided just to get him one.
The Headless Horseman picture did not turn out quite the way I wanted, but the streaming line is kind of cool.
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We missed the pins and the shirts when we were there in September. Glad you were abe to get them.
I'm such a kid that I think I need a shirt, too. :
Great pics from the party! Crazy about how people go after the shirts! what a great night! Love the pins too!
I knew it might get wild as back in 2009 we had no trouble finding a shirt for Stefanie, but almost didn't find one for me. So that was why we planned ahead, but even with the CM's warning, I was caught off guard.
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WOW what a great time!! I am trying to figure out our timing for our next trip and after Dylan saw you pics he said "Of course we have to go for the Halloween Parties". I might have to send him w/ you for the next trip cause you seem to find all the "cool" stuff we don't.
Shocking how the people reacted for the shirts. Really ripping items out of peoples hands. You would think it was Black Friday at Wal-mart.
Another great update Cam!!
We had 3 PassPorters in our group this time, which I think gave us an advantage on finding lots of "cool" stuff.
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Great update! Brings back fond memories of MNSSHP! Sounds like this trip was restful with continued opportunities for healing for you both. Hope Luke's hand is OK!
That is an excellent description of this trip for Luke and me.
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sounds like you all had a great MNSSHP - other than the stampede of people!!! Can't believe how rude some people can be!
It's always interesting to hear how others view/do the parties - you saw things that I didn't see - actually I don't think we even went into Tomorrowland! Other than to eat at Casey's the first time we attempted the party. Hopefully I can get to that part in my TR soon!
I love hearing through the boards how others enjoy the parties as I've gotten so many great ideas from everyone here.
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Sounds like you had a wonderful time at the party. I can't believe the stampede of people to get party merchandise!! That's crazy! My sister and I did the party in Disneyland last year, and there was plenty of merchandise at the end of the night. Love the t-shirts you and Luke wore as your costumes!
I don't quite understand the frenzy over the merchandise, but then I did want the shirt and the pins badly enough to brave the chaos.
I regularly have the parade song in my head, but it helps that the cd is in my playlists.
I have that CD and just love playing it.
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great update. I'm so bummed, when I went to MNSSHP it had rained and we didn't get the headless horseman at our parade. That picture is so cool.
He is amazing! And he truly looks headless!
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We didn't get any pins or shirts when we did the MNSSHP but from the sounds of it - I'm kinda glad. I wouldn't want to deal with the stampede. Although they are cute.
I'd probably do it again, but I think I'd get my shirt and move on as quickly as possible.
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Wow! Can't believe the frenzy over the MNSSHP merchandise!
It was definitely a new thing for us.
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Sounds like a great time at the party! I can't believe the craziness that you saw when trying to get your party merchandise though, they've got to come up with a better system for that!
The various CMs I had talked to said the CMs regularly offer suggestions on how it can be done better, but guests keep creating new problems.
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what a great night! Love the pins too! 
I might have to send him w/ you for the next trip cause you seem to find all the "cool" stuff we don't. 
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It was also a mess getting across the bridge over to Liberty Square for Haunted Mansion at the Christmas party. The shot of the Headless Horseman is pretty cool!
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