Mickey's Halloween Party in Disneyland 2012

Yes. Disneyland at Halloween!  I love it.  It really never gets old to me.  It was my third Disneyland Halloween party.  The first I was a bit out of sorts with no costume.  Last year I was short hair Rapunzel.  This year I was Mary Poppins.  Nanny Style!

Once I was in of course I went straight to the characters.  I can't help myself.  But unfortunately I did not come prepared when it came to something for autographs.  Yes I am that person.

I found some of my friends in the park about half way through.  We went through many Trick-or-treat lines.  I got two bagfuls of candy, probably 4 pounds worth!  Amazing.
We headed up to my old home away from home, Main Street Station, to watch the fireworks.  For once I put down my camera to just watch the show.  Halloween Screams is probably my favorite fireworks that Disneyland has right now.

New this year were the Villians in Town Square next to Main Street Station.  They came out on a horse drawn carriage with the Evil Stepmother and Stepsisters trailing behind.  Kinda fun.  Also new this year were the Dapper Dans singing on the Rivers of America.  They added a lot while trick or treating or waiting for a character!
And I finally met Malificicent in Disneyland!  But no autograph.  Nooooo!!  Oh well it was worth the wait.  I got there about 5 minutes before she was scheduled to arrive and I was the first in line.  Score!

Another first for me was Prince Ali.  I had always missed him in the past.  There was only 2 groups in front of me when I got in line.  Gotta love a less than 5 minute line in Disneyland.
And the longest line of the of night was Jack and Sally.  I hadn't seen them during the day so I waited out the line to be the last on for that set to see both of them together..  Excellent!
As always I had a wonderful time.  I wish I wasn't so far away so I could be sure to visit every year!

Halloween time in Walt Disney World!

It's been over six months since Halloween, so at this point we are half way to Halloween!  Better start thinking about costumes for this year.  Belle's Blue dress?  Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas?

I have a bit of time until October 31st.  For now it's time to recap the end of my Walt Disney World Adventures.

Rachel left work a bit early so that we could change back at her apartment.  She went as Cousin June from Katamari damacy.  It's a video game character.  She made her dress herself!  

I went as Mary Poppins.  I found everything at thrift stores.  I added flowers and berries to the hat, pin stripes to the jacket, and a bow to the shirt.

We came into the park before official party time and went to take a picture with the mouse himself.  Minnie was there too.  From there we joined the princess line.  For Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party the Princes hang out with the Princesses.  After waiting for an hour and half we met Snow White, Snow Prince, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Flynn Rider and Rapunzel.  Word to the wise, don't wait in that line.  Not worth it!

And to top off my Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom card set we got the limited edition Bag of Tricks card.  61 cards and counting!

From there we found characters that neither of us had taken photos with.  It had been since 2005 since I had seen Jane, not very long since seeing Terk and I've never seen Tarzan.  Rachel waiting in line as I met some other characters.  By the time we got to the front Tarzan had wondered off.  NOOOOO!  So after the fireworks we came back and found all three together.  They were the most entertaining gang of the night!

While Rachel was waiting in line for the Tarzan gang I went over to Pixie Hollow to meet Tinkerbelle.  She always has a friend with her.  With the new movie coming out soon after my visit her friend was her long lost sister Periwinkle.  Both were very cute and I make it back in time to meet Jane and Terk.

Right after meeting with the Tarzan gang we walked deeper into Adventureland to get photos with the Aladdin gang.  Another first was getting a photo with Abu!  Two new characters so far!

Fireworks, or as Disney cast members call it Pyro, was not as good as Disneyland.  The next time I visit for the party, which I'm sure I will, I will skip it!  And I love fireworks way more than parades but the Boo to You parade changed my mind, at least for the night.

Wow!  This is the best parade that I've ever seen.  There were tons of characters in the show that you never get to see in the parks, either in other parades or meet and greets.  All of the lost boys, lots of villains, the hitchhiking ghosts, Kanga and Roo, and more Haunted Mansion awesomeness.  What a parade.  Maybe next time, watch it twice, skip the pyro.

One more new character for me.  Maleficent.  After working in the parks to almost three years and more visiting I've never seen her!  Finally!  And we also saw her nemesis of Aurora and her Prince Phillip.

As the clock was coming closer to striking midnight we found two more characters.  Another first for me was Experiment 626.  Buzz was our final character of the night.

We missed out on so many characters!  No princess line for me next time.  There were Minnie, Mickey, Donald and Daisy in costume.  Gaston was around plus more villains.  Next time...

After collecting many character's autographs and photos we headed out.  Even with broken shoes, 100 percent humidity, and bruised toes we had a fantastic time.  But it was a bit light on the candy.  So I guess I will have to go to Disneyland's Halloween party to make up for it!

Pinterest By Bryn

I have found my new favorite social networking tool.  Pinterest!

Anyone can look at your feed of items that you "pin." You can even follow the things that I like here.

 

 

I can even post the things I made and have new people find me online.

I am looking forward to sharing my stuff with the bigger online world.

Hopefully it turns into something!

-Bryn

Halloweentime in Disneyland

The whole rush to finish the costume before actual Halloween was for the Halloween Party at Disneyland.  It is the only time when adults can come into the park dressed in costumes!  I finished my costume the morning of the event with only about 2 hours to spare!
My mom and I headed into the park at 3 when the party guests were allowed in and I made a B-line for Rapunzel.  She asked me if I made my costume and I said that I did.  She said she made her dress too!

The Rapunzels together

 It wouldn't be Halloween in Disneyland without a couple of Villains.

Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog

Cruella

 Off to another part of the park.  We had to see pooh dressed up as a honey bee!

Tigger

Pooh - his antenna were honey pots!

 And more Princesses!

 We met Rapunzel again.  She was so sweet.  She said I was the only full size Rapunzel she saw.  There was tons of little Rapunzels running around the park that night.  They watched me and a tried to figure out if I was the real Rapunzel 

And the candy!  By the end of the evening the candy lines were non existent.  We ended up with literally pounds of candy.

It was a wonderful evening.  We had so much fun.  I received a lot of compliments on my costume and the fact that I made it my self.  I am going to try and wear it two more times in the next couple of weeks for some other events at Disney.  

Now that it's done it is time to go back to quilting and cross stitching.  It's been fun challenging myself to do something completely different!

Finishing Rapunzel

I'm heading to the Disneyland Trick or Treat party tomorrow with my mom and I absolutely need to finish my costume for the party.  Only a few steps left now.  But I did start completely over on the skirt last night at 11pm.

It felt too dark and the opening for the under layer of the skirt was too big.  So back to JoAnns I went looking for some more purple fabric

New underskirt fabric

New fabric, new skirt.  I did much better cutting and shaping the skirt than last time.  Much less frustration involved.

Looks good with the lace trim

The whole day was not spent on this costume.  I always have a lot of things to do.  Not only did I have to work today but I also was in Disneyland with a good friend of mine.  So why not visit Rapunzel while we were there!

Rapunzel with Rachel and I

I wanted to look at what Rapunzel wore in the park and glance that the costume dresses for little girls for the pattern that goes around the skirt.

Mine ended up not to bad.  I got paint is some other places along the skirt.  Hopefully nobody else will notice but me!

The top is practically done, just the sleeves are left.  Finally all the hems are done and the lace has been added. I'm so close!

Almost there

One o'clock in the morning it's time to go to bed!

Creating Rapunzel

I have wanted to make my own Halloween costume for the last couple of years.  This year my craftiness gene has kicked in at the right time.  This year is the year for Rapunzel.
I have been buying fabric for a couple of months.  I still wish I had other choices of purple with pattern in them but beggars can't be choosers.

I have not made clothes in a very long time.  I first made the bodice from muslin to see if the shape was right.  The muslin bodice looked pretty good so I made the real one.  I reenforced it with some interfacing but it was a little too stiff.  I ended up keeping the interfacing on the back but took it out of the front.

The basic look

Quite a few steps later - putting in the zipper, finishing the top seam with lace, measuring eyelet holes and placing them, and weaving the pink string.  Lots of stuff!

 I moved onto the skirt.  I decided to try and make it without a pattern.  I used a skirt that I already had that fit me really well and had the shape that I wanted for Rapunzel.  I had to use two different purples to create the top and bottom layers of the skirt.

I call it - The Art of Cutting

All the pieces together.  The skirt on the left, bodice in the middle and my last little project on the right.

The almost finished product!  Looks pretty good for not making clothes in a really, really, really long time!

I do have quite a few things lift to actually finish it.  

• The bottom seam on the bodice
• The top and bottom seam on the skirt
• A redo on the opening on the skirt - it's too big for my taste
• Adding sleeves to the bodice
• Painting flowers on the skirt
• And my final project - Flynn's satchel for my Trick or Treat bag!

Working on Rapunzel

I have been working on my Halloween costume a lot lately.  I don't always have a ton of time because of work and work events but today was the day!  I will be Rapunzel for Halloween!

So many purples!

Adding the lace

Creating the sleeve

The practically finished sleeve

This project has been difficult but I have learned a lot about sewing again.  I am very proud of myself that I finally tackled a new and different project.  Tomorrow is the day to finish most of the major construction.  Details to follow