It may never happen. So much stuff happens here that I never get around to posting because I'm too tired or I forget.
Tonight was so totally amazing. Actually, today was totally amazing. Actually, every day is freakin' amazing.
After work tonight I headed over to the MK to hang out with some friends. We stayed until park close (which was at 11pm). After watching Wishes (the fireworks show) we ate Funnel Cakes and rode Thunder Mountain Railroad twice in a row. We wanted to do Splash Mountain but it was too late. After 11pm. BUT Spectromagic, the parade was stepping off at 11 so we waited around to see that. Because Thunder Mountain is at the back of the park we just hung out around where we knew the end of the parade would be.
And there was nobody. Literally no one there. It w as so great. Just the four of us, some cast members who were controlling traffic (or should I say the lack of traffic) and one other family with a stroller. We were the only people for about 150 feet. We put our bags down on the ground and then followed each section of the parade. We walked with one section of the parade getting 100% attention from the characters, and then ran back to the next float for more attention. Mickey Mouse blew us kisses and made the "I *heart* you" sign. Pluto acted all bashful as we all screamed to him. He came over to us and we pet his nose and gave him high fives. The Queen of Hearts gave Heather the "Off with your head" symbol and then Mary Poppins came over to us and apologized for her. Peter Pan got into a fight with Snow White because her dress was too poofy and the seven dwarfs were just hilarious!
Gipetto was definitely my favorite. He's on the last float with Pinocchio and then Minnie is behind them. We were planning on following Minnie for the last little bit of the parade but as luck would have it the float broke at the very end. So those characters were just stuck for several minutes stopped until they dragged in a back up motor to pull the float the rest of the way off-stage. In the meantime however we totally got one-on-one time with those characters. Gipetto started dancing so we copied him. When he realized the float stopped he acted like he had a paddle and was trying to paddle the float the rest of the way. Then when that didn't work he held out his thumb like a hitchiker. We told him he could come with us so he pretended to jump off the float. As we were distracted by Minnie, Lis started taking her hair tie out of her hair. So Gipetto started fixing his hair. And then his mustache. And continued on and on. Then he made the "call me" sign. Then he got Pinocchio's attention and told us to call Pinocchio. Basically setting his son up with us. So stinkin' funny. LOVE it!
Anyway, working in Hollywood has had it's perks too. I happen to go to work every day right before they start the parades. I get to see the characters at their finest and it's amazing. I freakin' LOVE my job!!!
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