By Gaylin
In November 2012 I went on a Disney World vacation on my own.
Being solo meant I could take time to do things I haven't done before, like go back to the resort in the afternoon for a nap! It also meant that I could go line up for character photos without someone pulling on my arm to go on a ride or to see a show.
My first afternoon I went over to Epcot and voila, no line-up for Belle. If the Beast is with her the line up can get long quite quickly. For some reason she was all on her own so I even got to chat with
her for a moment.
Walking
through the World Showcase all the way around the other side, I came
across Duffy the Disney Bear. While I am not a big fan of the bear, a
friend of mine is so I got in the short line and got this shot. I like
the "Canada" in the background!
A couple of days later I was
back at Epcot and decided to go into the Character Spot for a few
photos. The original location of the Spot was under renovation so there
was a temporary location set up with a great backdrop of Epcot. Here I
got 3 photos, me with Mickey, Pluto and Minnie. Also while I was in the
not very long line-up I got to chat with a great family and help them
get their daughter to look up when it was her turn to get her photo
taken.
Notice I even did the toe pointing like Minnie, I am so darn cool . . .
The Magic Kingdom was my next stop and this photo with
Stitch. While there was a bit of a line-up, Stitch was being very
entertaining and made it worth the wait.
And this is what happens when Stitch takes over your
camera!!! The hand you see on my shoulder is Stitch’s attendant, she was
laughing really hard at his antics. I sort of wish she showed up in the
photo, oh well.
Then it was on to the new photo area in Fantasyland
called Storybook Circus. As you can see from the very pink lighting, the
lights are set for the Photopass cameras, not my point & shoot
camera. I did the toe point for my photo with Daisy, she didn’t.
It looks like both Minnie and I are having pink hot flashes, we weren’t, honest.
And the Great Goofini! I complimented him on the revamp of his roller coaster, he was pleased. Thumbs Up!
I am not sure what kind of magician Donald is supposed to be, he was number 1 and I was thumbs up.
And over at the Animal Kingdom, you can now get your
photo with Russell and Doug. This photo is a little blurry but I still
love it.
At the Animal Kingdom when you are leaving Discovery
Island and heading to Dinoland there is the Character Landing, the
characters are always from Winnie the Pooh and this day they had on
their Christmas garb. I was once told to always get my photo taken with
Pooh because he makes everyone look skinny! At the Character Landing
they rotate characters in and out for breaks so there is always
characters there, waiting just for you.
Eeyore is so very huggable.
Tigger couldn’t make up his mind if we were dancing or posing so we ended up with a bit of both.
And there are my character tales for November 2012. I
always get a few character photos and highly recommend that other people
do as well, there has been a few times I have paid the big bucks for a
Photopass picture just because it was so darn good. Usually I am happy
enough with the photo that shows up on my camera, after all, I am on
vacation and looking happy is what counts.
