The Tale of the Grow Walk ….Hunh? DCL Magic and WDW Review

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I swear I can never get a good front shot of Mr. Smee.

And another one of our favorites was next…..Merida!

LOVE the hair!

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I see the Dragon!

Will today be the day to see fire?

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His head has lifted and I see smoke!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!

Sadly he was still coming around the corner so I didn’t get the best shots, but I sure was happy!

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I was hoping he would blow again, but no such luck.

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The next group was on its way!

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Everyone loves the Dwarves

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Pinocchio!

 

 

 

 

 

Love the balloon hair!

 

 

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I just love these girls!

 

 

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Hi Mickey!!!!!

 

 

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And that was another fabulous parade. I do think our spot yesterday was actually much better. With the preferred spot I have found you really need to get there even earlier than the time says if you want to be along the rope. I would probably prefer to be right where they enter the hub as well since I think getting pictures would be easier there.

 

We were so happy that we had gotten to see this parade twice and it is on our favorite list now and probably our favorite of the now existing parades left at WDW.

 

I am not exactly sure where we headed next….. probably to make a bathroom stop somewhere, but we got behind this CM carrying this tub…and it was full of food! (I think it was corn).

 

 

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Did I mention it was crowded?

 

 

I can’t tell you how many times people would just stop right in front of us and we would basically step on them as we were all in motion still. Or we would try to pass them and they would seem to double in size almost every time making it impossible to pass.

 

We now were working our way to our next FP+ of the day.

 

 

And yes, it had something to do with a special mermaid.

 

 

But wait, there’s the Mine Train!

 

 

Ok, not the actual Mine Train, but it was exciting to see more of it than I had in 2012.

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jenseib, keep up the good work. If your review of Magic is as detailed and thorough as your review of WDW we're all in for a treat. I want you to know that this CC member really appreciates THE FAVOUR YOU'RE DOING FOR ALL OF US by writing this review. Can't wait for more MAGIC.

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This is great; I'm a true Disnoid from waaaaay back and I'm loving every minute.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Laura

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I do want to apolpgize for going slower than I expected. Life just gets in the way and sadly cruise critic only allows 6 pictures per post where most other forums I post in allow 25 or more, so it takes me much longer to post here, even when copying and pasting.

As I said in my intro, I do post a lot of details and this is a trip report...I am reporting on my whole trip.

For those who want to only see Magic photos....I have a ton and will be posting them, but I don't board the Magic for a few more days yet, so I would suggest waiting a few more weeks before coming back to check.

If you don't like my style, that's OK...you don't have to read this.

Thanks

 

jenseib, keep up the good work. If your review of Magic is as detailed and thorough as your review of WDW we're all in for a treat. I want you to know that this CC member really appreciates THE FAVOUR YOU'RE DOING FOR ALL OF US by writing this review. Can't wait for more MAGIC.

 

It will be. I really am sorry I am not getting through this faster. I am a new grandmother and I have been watching the baby a lot lately while my daughter has been working on her nursing degree. Also a mother of a now 10 year old, life can get busy.

 

This is great; I'm a true Disnoid from waaaaay back and I'm loving every minute.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Laura

 

thanks so much Laura.

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We didn’t have too long of a wait for Ariel, thank goodness, and she is one of Claire’s favorites.

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Yeah, we got a lot of Ariel pictures. At least it was nice and cool in there!

Time to head back out to the crowds.

She’s smiling for me now because she just saw one of her favorite characters.

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I was really obsessed with taking pictures of this castle.

The line didn’t look too bad so we hopped in to see Ariel’s adventure!

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We really were constantly moving most of the line, so my shots are pretty quick ones as I walked by.

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And this time I did refrain from taking pictures as I now have so many of this ride…but I still took a couple at the end.

After taking our ride Under the Sea, we moved on. We still had a little time before our dinner ADR, so we decided to just check out the area. We ran into these clowns right by the Storybook Circus area.

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I have never heard about them and I don’t know if they are there all the time or just during busy seasons. I have not read of anyone else encountering them since I have been back either.

There is a good chance we went in there to look around.

And I guess we watched the train go by.

Soon it was time to head back toward Be Our Guest for the 2nd ADR of the trip.

We found a photopass photographer and had a few pictures taken.

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We made it over and checked in and my parents were waiting for us as well. While we waited I tried for that perfect castle shot I am always trying to get.

We did have to wait a little bit, but soon we were called in and today we were seated in the ballroom.