Magic in the Streets

So, I know that's not a song title or anything, but it's the only thing I could come up with to describe the Halloween Parade preview. It was open only to MK cast members, but even still Main Street was absolutely packed all the way to the Hub. Thank goodness they pushed back the time start time, or I would've missed it since I had to close at Casey's. But it was all completely worth it. The parade was probably the coolest parade I've ever seen. It started with the Headless Horseman riding down the street on possibly the biggest horse I've seen in my life (and yes it was real). Then, we had to wait for the parade to come all the way from Frontierland, which took a bit. You'd think they'd hurry it up just the tiniest bit since it was just Cast Members, but they apparently wanted us to have the full experience. The parade was full of Disney characters, classic, new, good and evil(it was a Halloween parade after all). A few of the segways were a little strange, and a few made no sense at all, but it wasn't a huge deal. I absolutely loved the villians, because Maleficent was there in the place of honor, and I also got very excited when I saw Captain Jack Sparrow coming at us on a float. Sadly, it wasn't Johnny Depp, but he was pretty close(guess it's a good thing it wasn't Johnny Depp or I would've been on the ground LOL). But my absolute favorite part of the parade was the Haunted Mansion sequence. Yeah, you read that right. The 999 happy haunts from Disney's scariest ride came alive and brought something completely unique to the parade(there weren't actually 999 happy haunts there, just like 20, but I thought the words conveyed a nice image. Don't laugh, I'm an English major). I won't say anymore here that could ruin the magic of the parade for those who haven't seen it, but I strongly encourage you to buy tickets to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, which only occurs on special nights and which is the only place to see this parade. Hopefully, I'll get to one to take some good pics to post! Stay tuned!