Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween

So, as stated in my previous email, I love fall and all the festivities that come along with it. Months ago, Brian and I decided to take Payton to Disney World for "Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party." When we made this decision, we involved Payton by "saving up" for the tickets. As you can imagine, it's not cheap to go to Disney these days - even if it's only for a special evening event. So for example, when we would be in Target and Payton would ask me to buy him a new toy, I would remind him that we were saving our money to "go see Mickey for Halloween." So for several months now we've been talking about this event and Payton has been so excited to go. Finally, the day arrived on Thursday! He was so thrilled he could hardly wait until 7 p.m. when they allow you into the park.
And may I just say, that if we had to pick a day/time to go to Disney, this would be it! It was so nice and cool out. And even though there were a lot of people, it wasn't so crowded that you couldn't just walk up to any ride and get right on. In fact, the only ride we had to wait for was Dumbo, and that we the very last thing Payton rode.
It was so much fun seeing the park decorated for Halloween. There must have been a thousand jack-0-lanterns throughout the park. There were trick-or-treating stations set up throughout the park where the Disney employees - I'm sorry, "cast members" - would give out handfuls of candy into the gift bags they gave out at the entrance. There was also free (can you believe Disney gave out something for FREE???) facepainting, a Halloween parade, a huge fireworks display, and of course all the characters were dressed up in costumes. All in all, it was a fantastic event and I would highly recommend it to everyone.
Oh - and apparently you don't have to be a kid to enjoy this event, as Brian and I were definitely in the minority since we didn't come dressed in costumes. We saw more adults dressed up last night than the best costume party we've ever attended! We saw adult couples (with no kids mind you) dressed up as Cinderella and Prince Charming, we saw husbands and wives dressed as hippies, and entire familes dressed up in themes such as Peter Pan (Mom), Captain Hook (Dad), Wendy (daughter), and Tinkerbell (other daughter). It was crazy!
And we were quiet surprised that Payton lasted until 11:45 p.m.!!! He was in the best mood, never fussy, just full of energy until we got onto the monorail and it was quiet and dark... and boom - he was out like a light!

Happy Halloween everyone!