mickey's very merry christmas party

We started the day at the Contemporary to check out their gingerbread house.

And then it was time for round 2 of Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party!!

-Jingle Cruise-

-Pirates of the Caribbean-

-Peoplemover-

-Views from the Peoplemover-

Peoplemover kiddos.  Ellie thought she was like one of the big kids since she put her arms up during the fast parts.

-Tomorrowland Speedway-

-Under the Sea: the Journey of the Little Mermaid-

We have fun in the stores even when we don't buy anything!

Twirling like a princess.

We watched the fireworks as we were getting in line for the Haunted Mansion and it was cool to see the sprinklers running on the buildings in Liberty Square.

Riding the horsies.  Again.  But she loves it, so we do it!

The backside of Cinderella Castle and a couple of unworthy sword pullers.

Ellie was FINALLY tall enough to ride Barnstormer and she LOVED it!!  She wanted to ride it over and over and over again.

We got on It's a Small World at 11:59p and were on the LAST boat of the night.

We took our time walking towards the front of the park and spent quite awhile enjoying the reflection of the castle.

Cinderella Castle Dream Lights

The Partners statue.

We made sure to get a couple of pictures on Main Street-- notice how there aren't people around??  It was LATE!!

We enjoyed our traditional ice cream on Main Street while we watched people leave the park.  We befriended a couple of Photopass photographers (they took the family pictures for us!) and chatted with them while waiting for an empty Main Street.

At around 1:15a we were treated to "The Kiss Goodnight" which they don't typically do on party nights, but clearly was their polite way of asking the last few guests to leave.

We were the last ones out of the park-- they had to hold the last ferry to the TTC for us!!  But it was totally worth it to get pictures of an empty Main Street!!