Dug720
See the line where the sky meets the sea?
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- Feb 16, 2012
Alright party two Tuesday August 27th. Going in we had a plan but sadly we kind of threw it away. This party was completely the opposite, so many people, but we didn’t let that get in our way.
The plan was to start with Moana so we arrived at the tiki birds at 4. There was no one in line so I asked the cms where we should line up. They were so rude. They said there was no line until 5. I knew this was wrong so we lined up anway with another group. We took turns to get our bands by pirates, and we were yelled again that we were in the way of the strollers. We moved farther a way and a line formed behind us. It was so hot outside but we had smiles on our faces. At 5 a cm checked for bands and said we’d meet around 5:15. At 5:25 they brought us in line and told us to be ready. She didn’t come out until 6. Now to admit I was hot tired and hungry. However, the cms were rushing and grabbing things before it was our turn, I asked one cm to use my phone for photos, she took one picture of us talking. Moana did not want to chat and the photographer didn’t take any good pictures. We only meet with her for 1 min, no hugs no nothing. I was so upset. I was out of the line at 6:01. I should have complained but I didn’t want to make a scene, and she did not look like Moana. I understand that I may not have a child with me but I waited the same amount as others and should have been given time to at least get a good photo.
We grabbed a Mickey pretzel and water while I calmed down. I didn’t want this to ruin my night and we headed over to see Donald and daisy. We arrived at 6:30 and we were the fourth group in line. Within ten minutes the line was all the way to barnstormer. Donald is my favorite of the fab five and they must have known I wasn’t to happy because they took their time with us and we had a blast. We had some wonderful photos. We left at 7:10, I started feeling much better and we went to meet goofy. We left at 7:35 and knew it was going to be a crazier party. Plan was to stop at tea party but the line was not 15 mins more like 40. We decided to scratch the plans and see what would happen.
We headed towards space mountain and waited about 30 mins. From there we headed towards Frontierland and stopped to see the grave diggers. We arrived around 8:45 and left five minutes later. They were so much fun, definitely find time to meet them.
We then grabbed seats for the parade in front of the dvc building in Frontierland. We ran into Brer Rabbit again and he flipped out seeing me! He remembered me from the other party and I got pretend to be his cm for a while. I told him I was leaving tomorrow and he was really sad to see me goafter a hug goodbye he went on his merry way. I mobile ordered another pirate horizon and enjoyed it while watching the costume parade. Soon the headless horesemem arrived and then the parade. I highly recommend this spot for the horsemen. He slows down and stop right there, it was perfect!
From there we walked to the hub for fireworks. We found a spot in front of the partners and found a railing to lean against. It was not great for fireworks but awesome for projections and the jack puppet! We stayed for the villains show and watching the headless horsemen cross the frontier bridge towards the hub. Since we were both tired we headed to the exit, grabbed a socerer card, and the horsemen magic shot.
It was a great night but started rough. I may still email Disney and let them know about our Moana incident, but Donald and Brer Rabbit made the night so much better. Jack and Sally was far more organized while Moana was rushed. I would not do that again.
I’m so sorry your Moana interaction was like that. She was amazing last year - even with me as a solo adult. Chatting and a good number of pictures.
I’m not negating your experience at all - more posting to let people know that it is not always that way.
. Trying to decide on our second party night.
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