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Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party with a Toddler: Disney World Vlogs and Tips
Sep 28, 2023
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party with a Toddler: Disney World Vlogs and Tips
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hello and welcome to my blog my name is
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heaven and today we are going to be
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headed to Mickey's Not So Scary
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Halloween party with our three-year-old
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toddlers we're helping to have a lot of
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fun and take you guys along with us and
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show you guys what that looks like
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hopefully you guys can have some fun too
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or if you're planning a trip to Disney
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World Magic Kingdom or planning to go to
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the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween
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party or one of the future Halloween
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party favorites guys we'll give you some
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insight on what it looks like some of
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the things we can do and how much fun it
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could possibly be I'm also going to be
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sharing some of my tips that will be
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helpful when going to the Disney parks
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with a toddler so we're gonna go ahead
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and we're gonna get dressed and then
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we're gonna head on over to the
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Halloween party
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once you arrive to Magic Kingdom you
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park and then you head over to the
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transportation center from there you can
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grab a donut and a coffee from Joffrey's
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coffee shop which I highly recommend and
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then you choose to either ride the ferry
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boat or the monorail over to the park
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entrance we always choose the ferry boat
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because it has this beautiful and
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relaxing scenery that we get to enjoy
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every time we made it through the gates
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and into the parks between 5 30 and 6
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o'clock and as you can see guess we're
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already starting to leave the park the
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Park closed at 6 PM for those who did
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not have a Halloween ticket and we
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didn't waste any time going over to the
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castle just to get a look at the
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Halloween decorations
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since the Halloween party didn't begin
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until seven o'clock we couldn't begin
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trick-or-treating so instead we headed
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over to one of Noah's favorite rides at
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Magic Kingdom and that is Goofy's
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Barnstormer he loves this ride and you
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have to be 38 inches or taller to ride
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this one so it is toddler friendly but
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as you can see Noah was still holding on
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for a dear life and CJ was holding on to
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Noah for dear life but nevertheless he
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still had a great time and right next to
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Goofy's Barnstormer is the Dumbo flying
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elephant ride and that's another one of
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Noah's favorites so we headed on over
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there but first we went over to this
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little area that has like a perfect
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photo opportunity for you to get a
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picture of your little ones inside of
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the Dumbo ride so we did take advantage
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of that opportunity got a few pictures
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of Noah before getting onto the ride
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this ride is a perfect way to get an
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Overlook of Tomorrowland inside of Magic
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Kingdom if you get up high enough but to
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be honest I I'm afraid of heights so I
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kind of get up there but not too high up
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there at this point the Halloween party
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has officially started so we didn't
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waste any time taking Noah over to one
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of the trick-or-treat stands so that was
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pretty exciting
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Halloween
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right next to the candy stand was The
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Little Mermaid's ride which we had never
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done before so we headed on over and got
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on that ride
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[Music]
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[Music]
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mermaids
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and of course it wouldn't be a Halloween
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celebration without a Disney villain
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Ursula
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[Music]
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that ride was a lot of fun but now it's
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time for us to get more candy so we did
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that and then headed over to the Hocus
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Pocus show
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thank you
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[Music]
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[Music]
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that was probably one of my top favorite
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things at the Mickey's Not So Scary
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Halloween party and then we went ahead
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and also took a carousel break which
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Noah always loves
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okay I know I said that the Hocus Pocus
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show was one of my top favorites but I
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don't think it has this Halloween parade
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beat so of course next we went ahead and
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headed over to the boo to you Halloween
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parade if going to the parades the shows
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or the fireworks are most important to
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you then you definitely want to grab
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your favorite snacks and treats and get
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a spot for this early so that you can
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see all of the fun up close and personal
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[Music]
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okay
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hope you're having
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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it
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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come out
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tonight
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thank you
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anybody
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I love those Disney villains I
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absolutely cannot get enough of this
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parade I believe they actually show this
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parade twice during the party maybe even
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three times and we definitely watched it
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like one and a half times but now for
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the grand finale and that is the
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fireworks show so this is not the same
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fireworks that they show on a normal
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Park day during normal Park Day hours
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but this is actually a Halloween
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spectacular and it also featured Jack
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Skellington which was a huge Plus in
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bonus it was a lot of fun
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if
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[Music]
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voices
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[Music]
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anything can happen on Halloween
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and some friends
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like this one oh but I'm getting ahead
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of myself
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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foreign
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[Music]
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normally after the fireworks the park
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closes but that's not the case for
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Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party
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and other after hour events so once the
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fireworks are done you still have a
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chance so it's for the rest of the parks
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and get on a few different rides and
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attractions so as much as we love the
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parades fireworks and shows we also
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enjoy everything else as well we wrote a
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few things like Splash Mountain Seven
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Dwarfs of Mine Train Haunted Mansion got
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a few snacks and treats and pretty much
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just mostly enjoyed our time together
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Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party
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was truly a lot of fun for my family and
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one question that we often get when
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we're planning these trips to Disney
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World and going to the different types
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of parties is is it worth the price tag
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and for anyone who is asking me that my
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personal opinion and answer is yes
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absolutely and the reason for this is
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because you experience shorter wait
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times less crowd inside of the parts you
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can pretty much do a lot more even
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though the timing is a lot shorter it's
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less stress the weather is more optimal
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and ideal and they offer some special
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experiences that you won't typically see
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on a normal Park day such as exclusive
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meet and greet free snacks and treats
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fried overlays with live actors extra
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parades and shows extra fireworks just
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things that you won't normally or
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typical quickly see you on a regular
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Park day and our experience Disney Parks
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always have something new and something
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extra whenever we go but we kind of can
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know what to expect what rides they have
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what meet and greets they have what the
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fireworks and the parades are going to
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kind of look like but when you go to the
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holiday parties like the Mickey's Not So
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Scary Halloween party or the Very Merry
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Christmas party they have other type of
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meet and greets that they don't have on
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a regular Park day like for instance you
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were able to meet Jack and Sally at
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Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party
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and you will not be able to meet them on
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a regular Park day at the Christmas
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parties you get free snacks and treats
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and ice cream bars and popcorn and hot
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cocoa during the entire Christmas party
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and then for the Halloween party you
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also get free treats and candy and
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things like that so do I think it's
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worth the price tag in my experience it
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is you still get to arrive a little bit
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earlier than when the party actually
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begins and then a couple of hours after
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being there most of the guests leave the
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park and the way they sell the tickets
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is so that there isn't an over capacity
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of people in the park so they only have
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a certain amount of tickets available on
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each party date so that you don't have
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to worry about it being too crowded or
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overcrowded so I think it is worth the
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price tag and would I go again
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absolutely but here are my takeaways on
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how to really enjoy Mickey's Not So
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Scary Halloween party with your little
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ones my first tip or takeaway would be
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to decide what's most important to you
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when going to the party snacks treats
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rides experiences meet and greets
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parades fireworks merchandise whatever
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is most important to you going into this
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party focus on those experiences for you
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and your family to enjoy first and then
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once that's completed you can then
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decide if you want to do more or head
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back to the hotel to get some rest your
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little ones have gotten sleepy or cranky
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or so forth but making sure that you
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know what's most important to you you
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won't feel like you have to get into the
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parts and scramble to try and figure out
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what to do and what not to do you
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already have an idea of what you want to
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do when you get that so that you can
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also plan ahead and kind of get like a
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loose schedule of what you plan to do
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when you get to the party because when
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you go there is a lot to do and a lot to
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see it can either be overwhelming or
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you'll be all over the place or you're
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kind of just gonna go with the flow and
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that's perfectly fine too if you're
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going with the flow person which I
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normally am except for when I go to
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Disney World then either way you're
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gonna be okay but if you're one of those
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people who are a stickler for schedule
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and you want to know how everything is
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going to go you want to plan everything
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out definitely know what's most
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important for you before you get there
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otherwise it's not going to be a great
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time for you if you are one of those
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people who are a stickler for sticking
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to timings and schedules because you're
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going to want to have everything planned
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out my second takeaway or tip is that if
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your little ones have food allergies opt
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in for the allergy friendly treats this
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way your little ones will not be
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disappointed and you won't have to worry
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about them getting sick they do have
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allergy friendly candies so that you
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don't have to go and trick or treat at
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the stands that have like the regular
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types of candy which in our experience
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was mostly like chocolate like Snickers
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Milky Ways Starburst Skittles things
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like that so if your children has any
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allergies to those that I just named or
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just any type of food allergies then is
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best and safe to make sure that they
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don't miss out on the experience or be
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disappointed when you have to take away
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those treats for them by just going to
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the allergy friendly stations and
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collecting their treats and candy from
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there instead this next one I can truly
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resonate with and that is if the
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fireworks and the parades are most
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important to you or very important to
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you then grab your favorite treats or
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snacks and get a spot early and when I
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say early I mean anywhere from like 30
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minutes to an hour before it starts that
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is if you want to have a good spot and
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that's one of the top things that you're
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going for I always enjoy the fireworks
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and the parade to me it's like the most
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important experience at the parties
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aside from the free snacks and Treats of
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course for Noah I think that that
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experience of going trick-or-treating
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for the first time inside of the Disney
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park was one that I really wanted him to
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experience and that I really wanted to
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be able to experience with him CJ and I
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as a family because Noah has never been
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trick-or-treating before and we thought
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that Disney World would be the perfect
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place to do so we don't typically do it
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here at home we don't typically like go
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house to house we normally celebrate
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instead making it more of a way to
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celebrate like the fall season and the
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Harvest and thank God for like the food
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and the Harvest and the season and
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things like that having him enjoy that
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experience at Disney World with all of
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his favorite characters and to be able
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to dress up as like a Mickey pumpkin I
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think that he enjoyed that a lot and so
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that was really important to us and for
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me it was probably also like the parade
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and the fireworks and then for cha it
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was probably the right so we pretty much
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was like
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everything everything is important for
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us and you'll run into that you know as
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a family or traveling in a group but
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what CJ and I did when we were at the
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party is that I went and got us a spot
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for the parade while he went and grabbed
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our treats in our snacks and he came
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back and joined me now this can be
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difficult like if it's a huge crowd and
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you're trying to like find your group
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but again at the Halloween party or even
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a Christmas party the crowds are so low
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that you might not even have to fight
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for a spot you know for a spot to see
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you can typically see wherever you stand
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because the crowd in our experience was
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pretty low although we did go like right
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after the hurricane hurricane in but
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even when we did the Christmas party it
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was the same thing you weren't like
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expect to each other like glue the crowd
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wasn't crazy and pretty much whatever we
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said we had a pretty good site of where
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to see like the fireworks the parade was
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a different story so again if that's
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important to you definitely get a spot
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to see the parade early and especially
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if you have little ones who aren't going
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to be able to see from the back and
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that's something that's important for
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them to be able to see and interact with
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all of the characters but yes that is
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something that I absolutely always love
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I love those parades I love the
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fireworks it's always so much fun and so
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I like to get a good spot I don't want
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to make the experience bad from not
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being able to see or from being
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overcrowded with people like you know
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crowding and smushing Us in or having to
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lift Noah up on our shoulders and now
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our shoulders our neck and our back is
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hurting afterwards so if you're anything
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like me then definitely you know get
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your favorite treats and your favorite
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snacks get some ice cream or some
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churros do whatever you like and have a
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seat and rest do whatever you want to do
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before that you know get all of those
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things out that's going to make you
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exhausted so then you even have a reason
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to win and sit down and just enjoy a
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snack for a minute my next takeaway is I
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recommend eating before you go to the
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party so Christmas party Halloween party
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after events parties any things like
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that I recommend you eat before you go
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Some people prefer to eat when they get
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there like some people will go when they
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open up to like the party guest which is
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probably typically around five o'clock
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for the Halloween party it didn't start
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until seven but you could get there as
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early as five o'clock and so some people
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will get there at five o'clock and while
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the crowds are still heavy they would
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have dinner inside of the park and then
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at seven o'clock they will go and enjoy
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like all of the you know Halloween
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things in our experience that's not what
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we did we ate before we went because
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sometimes those are the ones depending
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on when their bedtime is they're going
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to want to go to sleep they're going to
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get exhausted and so when you head back
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to your room you know obviously it's
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gonna be too late for you to try and
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have dinner and then try to find dinner
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in the Parks you might miss out on some
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of the experiences that you want to do
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it may be just a little bit too late
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um so I just recommend that it's best to
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just do so before you go into the parts
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that way you have more time to do more
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things and that's just one last thing
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for you to stress and worry about less
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money for you to spend when you're there
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you can focus on doing all the things
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that you would rather be doing my next
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takeaway is for the little ones who have
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like a bad time the ones that kind of
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get cranky at the same time every day if
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they aren't in bed if your little one is
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used to going to sleep at eight o'clock
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or nine o'clock and the party doesn't
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start until seven I highly recommend
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that you eat dinner and then you head
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there you know at whatever time they
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allow you in for the Halloween party it
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was five o'clock and then get those
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important things out of the way before
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then for instance do the parade or the
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shows or the rides that you want to do
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the meet and greets do all of that
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before that time that you know that your
18:58
little One's Gonna Get tired and then
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once your little one is tired you can
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focus on doing more of like the sit down
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rides you know like the indoor
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experiences Like Pirates of the
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Caribbean are just going to like some of
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the shows things like that where if your
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little one does follow faith and they
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won't miss out on anything and if they
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get a little cranky to where you have to
19:18
leave the park then you won't miss out
19:20
on anything either some people will not
19:23
do these parties because of the simple
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fact that their children are going to
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sleep for most of the time being if the
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party isn't over until midnight and
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their little one is going to sleep at
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eight o'clock or nine o'clock and don't
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feel like they're wasting their time and
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money and then for others it's okay
19:37
because then you can do certain things
19:39
like for instance ride or swap if it's
19:41
just you one other person and your child
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then Rider swap is optimal and those
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little ones are asleep because then you
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don't have to worry about one person
19:50
taking care of the little ones while the
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other person is going on the ride you
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can kind of just you know focus on those
19:56
things that are more tailored to the
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adults I think that the little ones kind
19:59
of can't get on but I completely
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understand those who just would rather
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not go at all because I mean me too if I
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know my other one's going to be cranky
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and sleepy at nine o'clock I probably
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wouldn't go to the Halloween party
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either because I don't want it to not be
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a great time for them I don't want it to
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not be a great time for me but in our
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experience I almost said time is kind of
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flexible as I mentioned earlier in the
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video I'm not a stickler for schedules
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my little one he gets his 8 to 12 hours
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of sleep every night it's typically 10
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to 12 hours actually and then he'll
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still throw in an extra two-hour nap and
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so just depending on what time he goes
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to sleep and what time he gets in the
20:35
morning we can kind of be a little bit
20:37
flexible with our schedule and that's
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completely fine with me by the end of
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the night and it was definitely
20:41
exhausted and he was tired he was passed
20:43
out but the time that he did enjoy he
20:47
really did enjoy it and when we got back
20:49
to the room we were able to quickly wash
20:51
them up and put him in the bed and he
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slept for you know 10 hours because we
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didn't have anything planned the next
20:57
morning so make it make sense for your
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family and your situation my next Super
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takeaway is to make sure that you choose
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comfortable costumes there are so many
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adorable and cute costumes for the
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little ones and even for the adults too
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I got dressed up as well but just check
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the weather in advance and make sure
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that you have rain gear and comfortable
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Footwear at no matter what you can even
21:23
wear a comfortable Disney themed outfit
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such as shorts jogger and a t-shirt or
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something similar to that for maximum
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Comfort or there are some comfortable
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costumes you just have to find one that
21:37
is Florida weather friendly and I think
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that it'll you know just make you enjoy
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the time being there more but nobody
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wants to be uncomfortable five to eight
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hours nobody wants to do that you don't
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want to be trying to get on the rides
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and you can't because of whatever
21:52
costume you're wearing you don't want
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your little ones cranky because they're
21:56
hot and very uncomfortable so try to
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find like a costume that's very
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comfortable one that you're not going to
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be too hot in or even code in and most
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importantly just have fun because that
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is what you're there for don't stress
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too much over the planning and whatnot
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while it is very helpful to have a plan
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and plan in advance you don't want to be
22:18
too strict because there are things that
22:20
you may not even be aware of until you
22:22
get there in the park and you don't want
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to miss out on those possibilities by
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focusing too much on the schedule that
22:30
you created leave a little bit of time
22:31
in your schedule to be flexible to
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venture off from your schedule and do
22:35
something that you didn't know they were
22:37
going to have and enjoy something that
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you didn't know you would be able to
22:40
enjoy or to just have a little bit of
22:43
time for like things that might pop up
22:45
that you weren't aware of like rest
22:48
breaks or food and snack breaks that you
22:50
didn't know that they were gonna hide
22:51
when you saw something or you smelled
22:53
something and now you want it or a
22:55
character meet and greets and just
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things like that make sure that you're a
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bit flexible in your schedule so that
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you can kind of just have fun the most
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important thing is to just enjoy enjoy
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your family and make memorable moments
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together so those are my top takeaways
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would I do it again absolutely time and
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time again
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inspiration and enjoyment for the
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all for today and thanks for watching
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