Wordless Wednesday - The Disney SM Moms Version

Yes, I crashed the party.

Yes, I lived to tell about it.

And now, my first ever Wordless Wednesday post is dedicated to...

**The Disney Social Media Moms Celebration**

Do captions count in Wordless Wednesday? Cuz I don't think I can go "totally" wordless.

A most beautiful day.. & view!

Carter Oosterhouse & others. My 1st celeb spotting of the day!

I *wish* I knew what to say!

So in love with the water! A fabulous Disney PhotoPass Photog, Lisa, gave her a nickle to throw into the fountain! Made her day!!

Great parade! Who doesn't love Sweetums, Kermit & Miss Piggy!

The crowds & trucks of food.

A close up of the above picture shows Amanda Tinney, Lou Mongello & JL Knopp (NDM #1) before we met. We were standing that close! :)

Leave some love ;)

til next time ~

make it magical :)

The "Meet" - pt 2 of Crashing the Disney SM Moms Celebration

Where were we..Ty Pennington?? lol

I met up with Aurora first. She & Amanda were having fun with the volunteer event & chasing after Joe Jonas. I went off with Princess Peanut & gang while the rest were involved with conference events. At 2:40ish, I got the text from Aurora : "Get back to the volunteer area NOW".

Running thru the countries, we finally made it back to the Volunteer Area (Millennium Village) just in time. The Volunteer Parade with Kermit, Miss Piggy & Sweetums from the Magic Kingdom had just started. This was so amazing for a few reasons :

1. Epcot does not generally have "parades"

2. I never seem to be over at the Magic Kingdom at the right time to see this parade

3. It was the Muppets!

This parade was just a short little pre-parade, but it was cute. The costumes were colorful & music catchy. But the most amazing thing was the 10 big box trucks that followed Miss Piggy & Kermit. These box trucks were full of the canned goods that were used to create the structure built earlier. All the food was donated to local food banks in the central Florida area.

After the parade, I finally met up with everyone! It was a big hug fest ;) It was so exciting! And, to make it even better, Lou Mongello was with them! We decided to find a quiet spot & do a podcast(ßlisten) with Lou. What better of a place than a quiet cafe table in France?

We rode Test Track together & it felt like I had been with them from the start. They were that wonderful. Soon, it came for us to part ways..they had a dinner cooked by Chef Robert Irvine & concert with Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas & we had a tweet-up at the Polynesian Tambu Lounge & Wishes from the beach.

You know, I could write a blog about each of these ladies (& Lou, too!). They are the sweetest people you will ever meet. I do suggest you follow them on Twitter & read their blogs, too.

I was part of Lou's Harem for the day ;)

Lynne, Aurora, Amanda, Jen, Traci, Lou, Jackie, JL, Debbie, Me & Debbie's DS

Check these fabulous people out!

Follow Jen - @Dizneydreamer on Twitter. Read her blog Always Running Behind

Follow Lynne - @Lynne_from_texa on Twitter. Read her blog Wondering What’s Next

Follow Aurora - @RoraBorieAlice on Twitter. Read her blog Tales of a Frumpy Mocha Princess

Follow Amanda - @amandatinney on Twitter. Check out her website Disney Every Day with Amanda Tinney

Follow Traci - @TraciLeigh on Twitter. Read her blog The View From My Fishbowl

Follow Lou - @loumongello on Twitter. Check out his website WDW Radio

Follow Jackie - @jjzmgailey on Twitter. Read her blog Mickey’s Magical Trip Tips

Follow JL - @NDM_1 on Twitter. Check out her website The Disney Driven Life

Follow Debbie - @dcanoli on Twitter. Check out her blog Debbie’s A Day Late & A Dollar Short

**Read Pt 1 of this story here**

Ticker-Tape on Main Street

Buzz Lightyear has been to infinity & beyond.

And then he went to Disney World.

Having a toddler who loves Buzz Lightyear, I knew for certain we had to be there. The parade was Friday, October 2nd. All week we talked about rockets & going to Disney to see Buzz. I talked my friend & her 2 yo into going as well. So, as soon as she got to my house, we loaded up both babies & were off!

We found our place on Main Street for the parade just before 2pm. The kick-off to the parade was 2:45pm, so we had plenty of time. It was so neat. a CM named "Skip" came out and gave the backstory on Buzz & his adventure (Disney Parks Blog covered the event.).


The parade started off with a dancers, dwarfs & Snow White in honor of the re-release of Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs.



First in the line-up was the Disney Marching Band.



Then Buzz Aldrin was next. I have to admit, it was neat to actually see one of the first astronauts to land on the moon.




Next was Mike Fink, dressed in his official NASA blues. As he stopped in front of us, he donned a pair of Mickey Ears.



Finally, Buzz arrived....riding on RC. Yes, it was actually the 12" toy that was in space that was in the parade. I can't tell you how excited Peanut was to see Buzz riding on RC. It definately was not what I expected...but it was cute.




As Buzz got in front of the Main Street Emporium, the ticker-tape madness began. Confetti shot from the roofs, cameras flashed. And then Buzz continued around the circle.

I don't know why I thought that the big Buzz Lightyear character would be in the parade. Overall, it was a great experience. I had 2 very happy, satisfied toddlers that afternoon. Since we didn't have to leave for a while, we headed off to ride, what else...Buzz Lightyear!