We headed back to Epcot to get tickets to head over to the Magic Kingdom- this was not the fun part of each day, but it sure did save us lots of money. Cousin Patty joined us at the park. Thank goodness we had the monorail for transportation because driving would have been a pain in the butt. They were having the “Mickey’s Not So Scary” Halloween Party that night, so everything was decorated for Halloween.
It was very cool. Last year, Jason and I stayed for the Christmas party and it was very neat, so we were anxious to see how the Halloween party was going to be. We saw a couple of characters on the way in... got a picture with “PokeEno” (Pinnochio)- as Kelson calls him and a few others. The Disney cast was about to perform the song “Mainstreet USA” song- this is one of Kelson’s favorites on her Mickey Mouse Sing-along DVD. She was pretty into the dancing/singing. Next we got pictures in front of the castle with the family and then headed over towards the rides. 
Kelson saw the Dumbo ride and couldn’t wait to get on. The line was rather long and it was hot, but we managed to stay in good spirits. Lucy, Kelson, and I rode on the Dumbo ride- it was really cute. Next we went to the “Philharmagic” show- it’s a 3D show that we love. Kelson wasn’t sure what to do with the glasses at first, but when we finally got her to understand she enjoyed the show. The part where the champagne bottles busted out puffs of air, she didn’t like, but everything else she seemed to enjoy. Especially Ariel and all the jewels and singing “Part of Your World”- her favorite Disney song.
Next we got a fast pass for Peter Pan and headed to “It’s a Small World”. Kelson sings this song quite a bit too (thanks to the sing-along DVD), so she was really into this ride as well. Corgan and Belle probably aren’t as familiar with the Disney songs/attractions as Kelson was, but they all still had a great time. Bob, Jason, and Kelson rode on the Peter Pan ride with Kelson- Jason said she liked it at first, but then was scared at the dark parts and when the ride was done- she said she didn’t want to go back on it again. Lol. Who would have thought? Next stop was the Haunted Mansion- another song on the DVD that Kelson seems to enjoy. It is a little scary, so I wasn’t sure if she would like it, but we thought we’d give it a try. Overall, she did very good- didn’t cry at all and we made the ghosts out to be funny and silly instead of scary. I was proud of my little girl braving out the ride- not that she had a choice. Next, we headed over to watch the Country Bear Jamboree (this was always an Albert favorite). But before we went in for the show, they were having a parade. The characters and the parade were by far Kelson’s favorite things about the theme parks. Kelson even blew Ariel a kiss and she made a sweet little gesture back at Kelson and blew one back- we were all like AWWWWW... I got some of it on videotape. After the parade was over, we went inside the COOL air condition for the show. Kelson enjoyed the deers/buffalo up on the wall and kept calling him “Buck”- like the one at The Cave. She was up dancing around throughout the whole show- it was very cute. I could tell that Keri and Keith weren’t that into the COUNTRY bears, but they still had a fun time. We went to the Laugh Floor (Monsters, Inc.) show. Jason got to be apart of the show. He played the part very well. It was very cute.
Next, we decided that we would go back to the room and take a little nap and get ready for the “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party” that night. We were all pretty worn out from the sun and all the walking around so this helped bring us some relief. Keri had bought Belle n Kelson matching Minnie Costumes to wear for the party. C-man was in his Spiderman pj’s. They looked adorable.
So we all put on our Halloween attire and headed back to the park for some more fun. Cousin Patty, her brother, nephew, and mom also joined in. We grabbed a spot to watch the Halloween Parade. It was awesome. All the characters dressed up and the music was perfect. She got to see a lot of her favorite characters. They gave out some candy at the end of the show, so Kelson was catching on to the “Trick or Treat” phrase. Next, we went to search for a spot to watch the fireworks show- which was awesome- and then headed towards the character dance parties. 
We found the Stitch 626 Club and that was right up Kelson’s alley- she danced and didn’t want to let go of Stitch- lol. There was also Chip N Dale, Goofy, and Pluto. Annabelle started dancing with Kelson towards the end- it was cute. Since it was a Halloween Party, they had places where the kids could go trick or treating and get candy. They danced around some more and then we headed towards “Mickey and Minnie’s houses”. The highlight of the night had to be the kids discovering their love of Goofy’s Barnstormer. The girls went on it 3 times, but Corgan had enough after two rides. I’m sure the girls would have just kept on going if we would have let them. If you’ve never been on the Barnstormer, it’s actually pretty crazy for a small kids’ roller coaster. We were comparing it to a miniature version of Thunder Mountain, but our little thrill-seekers loved it! The girls grabbed a picture with Minnie Mouse before we left. 
We finished the night with a wet ride of Splash Mountain. One of the big benefits of paying for the extra “Halloween” hours was the fact that we could pretty much walk right on to every ride. It was great! We were about to leave, when we realized that we hadn’t rode on “The Pirates of the Caribbean”, so no lines, we jumped right on. Kelson didn’t seem to mind this ride either and gets pretty excited over pirates- thanks to her daddy’s love of them. It was overall a wonderful day. The only thing that sucked was Lucy’s little scooter kept working, so Jason had to push her in it about 2 miles to the entrance and then up towards the monorail and to the hotel. He definitely worked off that burger he ate. It was a late night and we didn’t get back to the room till almost 1. We decided that we would let the kids sleep in a little and get to the park a little later the next day. Magic Kingdom Pics
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