Halloween @ disneyworld!

My flooble chatterbox has been unavailable for more than a week... so much for being temporarily unavailable... and then i realise that the flooble database is being screwed up (too many connections they say) and i see all the other flooble chatterboxes on other blogs arent functional either. So ive decided to change it to another type.



The last 30 secs of halloween fireworks! the bestest part!!







Anyway, i know its still really far from halloween, but these americans are really crazy about it and are already celebrating it in big scale now. especially in disneyworld. yesterday there was mickey's not so scary halloween party going on in the magic kingdom. Night life and halloween at the magic kingdom is a real blast! too bad i went alone. and i also realise, i couldnt have gone with other ppl that easily either.

Since i happen to work in the magic kingdom, after work, i changed out of my costume and sneaked out of the restaurant.
Whew, it was such a liberating experience to get out of the restaurant and the tunnels where we stay within everyday, and into the magic kingdom outside! once outside, in my civilian clothes and without nametag, i am now a guest, and its their turn to serve me.

so then i started going around the trick a treat locations and got a handful of candies at each of them, visiting attractions along the way. theres all sorts of american candies in there, and randomly given. the occasional packets of chocolate are the ones i wanted most.
at the end of the time, i went home with half a bag full of candies, and it filled up a basket left in the apartment for sharing.

and then the highlight of the day is of course the halloween fireworks above the cinderella castle. almost everyday there would be fireworks above the castle. but whats different for the halloween party is that the fireworks are much longer (maybe 20 mins), during which the cinderella castle, the building supposedly a bright fairy taleish wonder, is instead steeped in eerie lighting effects. after the fireworks there is also a performance by life size disney villians at the entrance of the castle.

i noticed that the crowd was well dressed in halloween costumes, and they had disney accesories and goodies that i didnt get, like a goodie bag specially for collecting treats (i used my own bag instead), a book for collecting character's autographs, and seemed to know where to go very well. they must have gotten them at the entrance when coming in. and thats where i didnt go.
later when i came back and told my housemates about it, they were all surprised and said i was lucky and a cheat. because apparently, what i was unaware of, is that specially for this halloween party, even cast members have to pay! for normal guests, they pay even more than the ususal park ticket. and i got in free, because i didnt go in by the main entrance with the guests, but by the cast entrance and through the tunnel to my restaurant, and subsequently sneaking out through the back door into the magic kindom!

i got to attend such a large scale event, which would normally cost me $33, for free! and it was a great time. its such a great feeling to have unknowingly cheated and gained lots from it that others would not. haha. the rest of us intend to go for it on 1 oct, and pay for it. i dont mind going again... and it would feel like i paid once to go for it twice. heh