Halloween revisited!

Last night i went for the halloween party at the magic kingdom again, this time with my whole company of coursemates, and this time everyone was dressed in costumes! My costume was of course... harry potter! we bought our costumes at some costume shop nearby the place where my classes are held. we get 10% cast member discount so its not bad. but still rather expensive. we had all sorts of different costumes... peter pan, clown, cat woman, circus performer, sailor girl, playmate, magcian, ninja, mafia, egyptian pharoah, some i dont even know what they are. but the most outstanding one was surely Yasu's star wars soldier outfit.. all with the full battle suit and helmet! of course they were not made of metal but of rubber and plastic.

it was oh so picturesque, and as we walked along the street and around the place in one big costumed mob of about 20 of us. People along the way stared and marvelled, some of them asked to take pictures with us. at the magic kingdom, other groups of people in costumes came to mix with us and took an even bigger group photo. but they went their own way after that. most of the people at the halloween party was costumed, so we just seemed like normal once we were inside. a really interesting eye opener... halloween is such a big scale thing comapred to in singapore where its hardly existent. we gathered at the cinderella castle to watch the magnificent fireworks like i did the previous time. but this time we managed to find a place much nearer to the castle. it was nicer for us to see that way, but for the camera it looks better when i am a little further away.

this is a family of enthusiasts who we met at the party. indiana jones, maleficent and little luke skywalker. they started talking to us and i managed to take a picture just with them, and talked to them for a while. then today, they actually came to Pecos Bills to look for me! they identified me as 'a guy from singapore who dressed as harry potter last night'. they didnt know my name. Too bad i wasnt working yet when they came, so my colleague told me later. what a waste.

it was hard to do what we wanted when going as a big group. a lot of time spent wasted in waiting for others, taking pictures, being indecisive. moreover we went late. and i dont know why, but they all chose to spend the time taking rides... which could all be done the same any other day in the magic kingdom... it so wasted the stuff that only happens in the halloween party, like the trick a treat stations and the characters that we can queue up to take pictures with. time passed so fast and before i knew it the party time was up. everything closed down at midnight and we had to go back. argh, still so many things we could have done but didnt.

overall, i think it could have been much better. too much time wasted, not much interesting things we did, not as fun as expected based on my previous recce of the party. but it was still fun, a really memorable experience, like once in a lifetime. upcoming is the mickey's very merry christmas party, also in the magic kingdom! i would sure think that would be better... staying hopeful!