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Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party


Tuesday December 4, 2018

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party

I worked part of Tuesday from the hotel room again. I met Maureen, Kevin and Carolyn for lunch at Disney Springs Art Smith's Homecomin' restaurant. They were already seated on the porch on the water by the time I got there. We had a good lunch and then they did some shopping before we took a short afternoon break back at our hotels. Maureen met us at Coronado Springs and we all took a bus (not Maureen's preferred mode of transportation) to Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Maureen and Mike had bought party tickets for us all. Thanks Mike! Thanks Maureen!

The first thing that Kevin had us do was get photos with Winnie the Pooh and his pals - Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger. We got some cute photos and then Maureen and I rode the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. I realized on this ride that Pooh and his buddies had a very dangerous neighborhood. There were tornadoes, floods and it seemed like an unimaginable number of other natural disasters. Winnie the Pooh was tough.

Here are our Winnie the Pooh pictures.










Eeyore and Kevin


After Winnie, we made a few stops around the park for our party cookies and beverages. Hot chocolate is my favorite. Then we checked in for our garden party that Mike and Maureen had bought tickets for us all. There was a little misunderstanding and we were seated in the rear section which had almost no view of the fireworks, but we did have food and drinks and a private garden viewing section for the fireworks. It worked out fine although Maureen did get really, really upset about the situation when we first got there. She troopered her way through it though.

Maureen and I walked over to ride Astro Orbiter before the fireworks but it was down so we rode Space Mountain instead. We got back with time to spare before fireworks started. Our viewing area in the private garden area was great with plenty of room. No seating other than on the ground, but plenty of room and perfect viewing.

After the fireworks, we watched the second show and the parade and then headed back to our hotels. We, of course, wanted a Minnie Van. Since we couldn't get those in front of Magic Kingdom, we walked over to Contemporary Hotel where we got two Uber rides (neither was a Minnie Van). Maureen took hers all by herself as she was at her hotel alone. This is the ride where Maureen's driver tried to drop her off at a gas station. She protested, probably loudly, until he eventually did drop her off at her resort. He did, however, drop her off at the exact opposite side of her resort. The walk would have been very lengthy and in the dark for a lot of the walk and already after midnight so she got another taxi to take her to the other side of her resort. Poor Maureen.

Front of Cinderella's Castle.


Kevin and Noah

Santa!

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