Day 2, Part 3: Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, Part 2

We last left off riding Space Mountain!

After Space mom wanted to get more cookies, so we headed over to Cosmic Rays to get in the line. 

It was a bit of a cluster in here, there were CMs along the windows that kept ushering people further in, telling everyone not to go down any of the lines since they were too full, there were more cookie lines up ahead.  Well, this was a total mess since the groups ahead of us, us, and the groups behind us, were all ushered all the way through without ever getting a cookie! 

So we all looped back around, and this time I ignored the CMs yelling at us not to get into a cookie line and did and got my cookie! 

We decided to sit at a table outside here for a bit so my parents could enjoy the hot chocolate they picked up there (I couldn’t do hot chocolate that night, it was like 80 degrees and stupidly humid, hot drinks just sounded gross).  We rested there a bit before heading out again.  This time we were going to see if there was any line forming for the dessert party.

We made our way over to Tomorrowland terrace, and were absolutely shocked to see a massive line already for the dessert party!  It was only 8:15 and the posted check-in was 9!  We usually get there early, but like 20 minutes early, not 45 minutes, and usually 20 minutes early is enough to be one of the first in. 

Since the line was already so long, we decided to get in it and wait. 

Fortunately, they started to let us in at 8:30, and we lucked out and got to pick a table by the railing (I was worried with three of us since most times we’ve been the tables by the railing are only for two people).  It was further back and under the roof though, so not as good as our usual spot, but still a nice view.

We settled in with some treats, water, and wine and enjoyed for a few minutes before mom and I decided to head out to check out some of the first parade.  We stood way back so could only see the high floats, but it was fine, we saw Santa.

We did head over to Main Street during the parade since one of my top things I wanted to see that night was the snow in Main Street, but it never snowed during the first parade!  Some of the cast members said it was because of the rain it would make the ground too slippery which I guess makes sense. 

After the parade we made our way back to the dessert party to enjoy more wine and treats.  A bit later, dad and I headed out to main street to get some photopass pictures with all the decorations!

We then swapped mom and dad, and mom and I headed out to get photopass pictures!

By the time we had gotten all the pictures it was like 9:40, so 20 minutes until the fireworks, so we grabbed some more treats and wine and just relaxed before the show. 

The fireworks were amazing!  And it was so cool to see Tink fly so close to us!  I’m so used to the Halloween party where Tink doesn’t fly, it was totally unexpected to see her! 

There were parts of the show where the smoke built up so much we couldn’t even see the castle anymore, it was wild, but still a great show!

Once the show was over, we hung out for another 10 minutes to let the crowds clear before heading out. 

Our first stop, which should be a surprise to no one, was a photopass photographer!

We then headed over to Frontierland to get a good spot for the parade.  Frontierland was still relatively empty at that point so we found a spot a few feet over from another family and sat down to wait. 

The parade was great!  They did cut the toy soldiers for the second parade though which was a bummer, I was looking forward to seeing them, but oh well, the reindeer were plenty funny enough to watch!

After the parade we headed over to Tortuga Tavern to get the cookie there, then headed way back over to Buzz.  This time dad wanted to ride with mom!

I have no idea what anyone’s scores were this time around, all I know is dad got a higher score than my mom and she wasn’t very happy about it!

When we got off Buzz, we saw the boy band was performing and there was hardly any crowd, so we headed over to watch a bit before deciding to call it a night, it was just before midnight at that point. 

As we’re making our way out we turn onto Main Street, and I stop short, and scream “OMG, IT’S SNOAPING!!!!!!!!”  Seriously, I figured after not having snow during the first parade, and watching the second from Frontierland that I would miss out on it completely, so it was the most awesome surprise to turn the corner onto Main Street and see the snow!

As we were taking in the snow, I decided to see if I could book us a Minnie Van to get home, and surprise, I got one!  It was still 20 minutes out, so we had plenty of time to take tons of pictures and just enjoy the snow on Main St. 

Finally it was time to head out, so we made our way over to the Minnie Van stop and waited a few minutes for ours to arrive.  It was a quick drive home, and soon we were enjoying some wine in the room before calling it a night! 

I had to laugh when I saw how we had left some of our nighttime snacks from the club level lounge, it looked like we left it out for Santa!

Next up:  Goodbye Boardwalk, Hello Animal Kingdom Lodge!