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Getting In the Holiday Spirit At Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party

November 13, 2018

An evening at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will put you in the holiday spirit with beautiful decor, fun shows, a snowy parade, & plenty of sweets!

Thank you to Disney for inviting me to spend a wonderful night at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.

With just 46 days until Christmas, we headed off to Disney World to get in the holiday spirit at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. It was a night full gobbling up sweets, having fun on rides, enjoying some ‘snow’, and singing along to Christmas music. So, so fun!

While I am a ‘one holiday at a time!’ kind of person who doesn’t decorate for Christmas until Thanksgiving is over, I love going to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, even in November. I can break my personal rule for some fun with Mickey, Minnie, and their pals as they celebrate the holidays.

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Having a Wild Time at Animal Kingdom

October 21, 2018

We kicked off our Disney World vacation at Animal Kingdom. We saw so many cool animals, a great show, and ate great food. We had a wild time!

We recently went on an amazing, fun trip to Disney World for a 2 Night, 3 Day stay. While there we stayed at the Art of Animation and visited all the parks – Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Epcot. My family was invited to experience all the magical things that Disney has to offer, including their new Toy Story Land and Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. We had a wonderful time!

I was really excited planning our trip. Planning out our days, shopping for fun outfits, packing up our stuff. All in secret! Price and I decided not to tell the kids so that we could surprise them while on our way to Disney. Surprises are so fun!

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Doing the Monster Mash with Vampirina! – Fun at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party

October 15, 2018

We always have so much fun at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party! This time, the best part was doing the Monster Mash with Vampirina! My Little Vampirina LOVED IT!!!

During our Recent Trip to Disney World for an incredible Florida Blogger Experience, we had a wonderful night at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party! We started with a fun, group dinner at the Grand Floridan, before we took the (super crowded) monorail over to the Magic Kingdom for a fun, spooky night at the party.

I love visiting Disney during the holidays. They do such a wonderful time decorating. Main Street USA looks so fun and festive for the season (August – Halloween). So many Disney themed pumpkins, scarecrows, and fall decor. Florida may be hot, but it puts me in a Fall State of Mind.

While at dinner, the kids received super fun glowing pumpkins that they could use for trick or treating while at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party! They also received fun glowing necklaces for the party too. Special things like that help everyone get in the mood to have an extra fun time at MNSSHP. All that extra Pixie Dust makes the experience that much more special.

Also, how cute are these sweet treats?!? Pumpkin cake pop and a monster brownie. YUM!

When dinner was over, we headed over to the Magic Kingdom, via the Monorail. Oh boy! It was crowded! Price had to catch a different one than me and the kids, but they run so often that we just needed to wait a few minutes for him, with the stroller.

Once we all we arrived to the Magic Kingdom, we got our wristbands for the party!! The night started off with the kids did some trick or treating. The closest stop is to the entrances is the Town Square Theater. Gotta get the candy fix!

Then we headed over to take our mandatory blurry family selfie pic in front of the castle.

Seriously, this was the only family pic we took. So lame!!! Autumn wanted to be Vampirina, so we based our family costume around that. I was Vampirina’s mom, Oxana, Price was her dad, Boris, and Hunter rounded it our as Demi, the ghost. Unfortunately, wed didn’t get a good pic of us all done up. Oh, well, that’s the way we it goes. ha!

MY “OMG, I’M AT DISNEY FACE!!!!!!”

The highlight of our MNSSHP was the Disney Jr Jam.

Besides doing a few rides, we spend the majority of the time here. Autumn just loved getting to dance and jump around to the music that the Dj was playing. It was a good variety of music that kids and parents could enjoy, so that made hanging out there fun. Besides that, the best part was that she got to dance with Doc McStuffins and Vampirina. Her favorites!!! She went trick or treating 2 years ago as Doc and this year would be Vampirina. Dream come true!!!!

And my highlight of the the night… DOLE WHIP FLOAT!!!

During previous trips, we never stopped for autographs and character meets. Mainly because we wanted to focus on rides and Autumn wasn’t too into meeting characters (sometimes they are scary for her), but with a new autograph book, she was excited to meet Disney characters to take pictures with them and get some autographs.

We finished out our night with meeting Aladdin and Abu the the 1992 classic, Aladdin. When we first got in line, Jasmine and The Genie were the characters who were out for pictures, but they changed while we were line I was afraid that Autumn would freak a bit for not getting to meet Jasmine, but she was just glad that the giant Genie was gone. ha!

Meeting them was a great way to end the night.

Because we had spent the HOT day already having a blast at Hollywood Studios visiting Toy Story Land, we kept this visit rather short.

We wandered back out through the park and hopped on a bus back to our room at the Art of Animation.

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The 10 Best Things in Toy Story Land

September 19, 2018

The 10 Best Things in Toy Story Land in Disney World will grab your attention, have you filled with glee, and just make you feel like a kid at heart, no matter your age.

Play around with Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Slink, Rex, and the green aliens in Andy’s backyard. The 11-acre Toy Story Land in Hollywood Studios, features the fun characters and toys from Pixar’s Toy Story movie franchise. You’ll feel like you fit right in with the giant toys that are scattered throughout Toy Story Land.

There is something for everyone, as kids of all ages can enjoy rides, including Toy Story Mania to Alien Swirling Saucers to the addicting Slinky Dog Dash roller coaster. Hold on and enjoy the ride!

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Girls Night at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party

September 2, 2018

Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party is a fun, spooky time time party at the Magic Kingdom. The limited ticketed event is a fun way to spend the night Trick or Treating around the party & meeting your favorite costumed characters. Wear a fun costume and enjoy the rides, shows, and character experiences. Have Fun!

Thank you to Disney for inviting me to spend a wonderful night at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.

My friend Nichole and I brought our daughters to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party on Friday night. And we had a blast!!!!

Last year, I went to MNSSHP with Price, Autumn, and Hunter, and we had a great time. But, I wanted to change things up this year, and have Autumn bring a friend. Plus, Price has spent the past month working CRAZY hours for a deadline, so I wanted to give a nice relaxing night at home. With Hunter going to bed at 6.30, he would have plenty of quiet time to kick back and put his feet up. (Or not relax at all and rip apart a wall for a house project! ha!)

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