Disney Halloween Trip, Day 2

Peet peeve...people who leave the alarm on when they check out of a hotel! We were woken up at 7 by an alarm from the day before. Yawn! We got an early start though, and were at Magic Kingdom just after the opening at 9 AM.

We did one of our favorite rides from last year first - Splash Mountain. I like rides that take a little longer and let you relax while enjoying them, plus there is a nice thrill at the end (and you get wet!) so this ride is perfect. We headed up to Liberty Square to meet Princess Tiana and Prince Neveen from Princess and the Frog. Casey is in love with Tiana and wanted to buy a dress like hers so we were estatic to find a short line up for these characters. They spent extra time with Casey chatting to her which was really special as well.

We spent some time in Fantasyland which is perfect for young kids. Then we headed over to Tomorrowland, stopping to watch the Move It! Shake It! Celebrate It! parade in front of the castle. The floats stop in the circlular road in front of the castle and you can walk and dance among the floats. The characters come down to interact with the kids - tons of fun.

We shopped a bit and headed back to our hotel to relax in the pool. We wanted to have a relaxing afternoon before our big Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party that night. We even got to enjoy some authentic New Orleans beignets (a feature in the Princess and the Frog movie) - delicious!

That evening we headed back to Magic Kingdom around 5 PM. We got our special wristbands for the Halloween party and picked up our trick-or-treating bags. People were in costumes throughout the park, adults included, it was a great atmosphere. We had supper, and by 6:40 we were waiting in line to meet the Disney Fairies at 7. This was a must do as Casey was dressed as Tinkerbelle for Halloween. It is a great experience getting "shrunk" down to fairy size before you meet them.

There were games throughout Magic Kingdom for kids to play, and treat or treating stations everywhere. Lots of candy for everyone! We visited a special set up of Cinderella's carriage to have our photo taken, then headed to the Haunted Mansion. Too scary for Casey, but we had our photo taken near the hearse outside - a surprise was waiting for us when we saw our Disney photo online...a ghost driver! Cool trick!

There are two dance parties in MK that night where you can interact with the characters. Once featured Stitch, with the other having Jessie and Woody from Toy Story. We danced for a while with the Toy Story characters - the kids were really loving it. We got to see the parade from Frontierland with the featured the Headless Horseman riding by. Great to see the detail Disney puts into Halloween.

We spent some more time in Adventureland seeing the characters from Alladin, and doing a few rides. Then we watched the fireworks before trying to call it a night. Casey wanted to do a few more things before we left - she had more energy that we did! We finally made it back to our room after 10:30 to eat some candy and sleep. Great way to enjoy Disney - I can't wait to try this event another year.