boo to you!

the Sunday before last, i got to go to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom. the atmosphere was fantastic: characters dressed up in costume. cast members handing out candy as you exited attractions. an awesome soundtrack of villain songs & spooky music playing all throughout the park. all announcements made by "The Ghost Host" from the Haunted Mansion. Mickey's Boo to You parade. and HalloWishes Fireworks Spectacular. it was great, festive, the whole park decked out in Halloween style -- if you could get past the fact that it rained the whole night. i stayed for the parade at least, but was too soggy to handle staying for the fireworks (i'd actually gotten to see HalloWishes last year, so it was not too mush of a disappointment not to see them) -- and anyway, i needed to get home to watch the Sox play Game Seven of the ALCS, which i was DVR-ing. ;-)

quite a few people were in costume. the best of the night, hands down, were the giant man dressed as Fred Flintstone, carrying his tiny baby girl, dressed as Pebbles; the group that was dressed as the cast of Gilligan's Island; and *my* personal favorite: the group who came dressed as that night's starting lineup of your Boston Red Sox!

unfortunately, due to the fact that it was not only nighttime, but dreary & rainy, not too many of my photos of the parade or the costumed characters came out, and none of my attempts to capture the spooky Magic Kingdom, with its special effects lighting & strategically placed fog machines, or the giant inflatable alien lurking over Tomorrowland, were successful, but in honor of Halloween, i thought i would share a few at least:













hope you all had a fun & spooky Halloween!