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[lauren-roxy]

Great photos from the parade and Toontown looks so cool!!!

[sc507]

I'll second what everyone else has already written - Toontown looks amazing! My kids would go crazy in there! Thanks again for sharing

[Minnie Lor]

ToonTown looks so fun. I love all of the humor there. Wonderful pictures. I'd spend alot of time there checking out the details.

I also love the parade pictures. It looks kind of like a cross between one of our daytime MK parades and AK Jammin Jungle parade. Very artistic which is what I love. What was the name of the parade? I'll have to see if I can find the music.

[Kenny]

Wonderful updates, of course!
OK, now I can't wait for your post tonight!

[Colexis Mom]

Great pictures of Toontown and the parade!!

[MayraLR]

WOW, wonderful photos. Toontown looks awesome and the parade was so amazing and colorful. And there were so many characters in it, even my beloved Tinkerbell. Can't wait for the next installment!!!

[claytrgtshooter]

Well, its tomorrow in England, where's the post?? trying to guess what you and Mark might have cooked up for this

[chezp]

Originally Posted by Minnie Lor

What was the name of the parade? I'll have to see if I can find the music.

It's called Jubilation.

[chezp]

Originally Posted by claytrgtshooter

Well, its tomorrow in England, where's the post?? trying to guess what you and Mark might have cooked up for this

Gimme a break - we do sleep here you know! It's now 7.27am, not bad for a Sunday... here you go:

[chezp]

Wednesday 8 April – part seven: the most magical Disney moment…. ever!

After that, I literally bounded back to the others, I was so happy, and we headed to Tomorrowland, where they wanted to ride the Speedway, so we said our goodbyes and walked through Tomorrowland, which seemed to be very sleek and again, so big. We couldn’t get over the size of the walkways here, although Donna had earlier told me that when they were last here on a Saturday, it had been packed out with no space on the walkways. That, I would not have liked to have seen.



We were both getting hungry, so we headed for a nearby counter service, which specialised in pizza and I ended up getting the snow crab pizza, which was so good that I went back for a second piece that Mark then helped me with. He had the chicken and vegetable one first time around.



We slowly walked back towards the entrance, seeing the new Monsters Inc. ride that was due to open on 15 April.



We browsed some more shops in Main Street and finally I found a hat with the 25th anniversary logo on it, so I got that, but I was giving up all hope of getting a T-shirt with Tokyo Disney on it, as they didn’t seem to have any.



Mark found a hat in here as well, but don’t worry, this is one you won’t be seeing in December!



We wandered through the penny arcade here and Mark had a lot of fun in here, as you can see:



On the way out, we bumped into a friendly face:



We decided to get in line to get our photo taken in front of the 25th anniversary display at the entrance and it was the best thing we could’ve done. As we lined up, characters came out and Mark saw Donald Duck in his 25th anniversary garb, but I was determined to get our photo taken. That resolve was tested a moment later, when he saw Eeyore, but we stuck there and got our photo done.



Then it was straight off to see Eeyore and to get a hug from him. What a great surprise.



But even better was to come. Just as we were trying to get Donald’s attention, who is obviously really popular here (I managed a photo of him on this own)…



… we heard the sound of marching and who should come out, but all seven dwarves! We couldn’t believe our luck. : Finally, Mark would get to see his beloved dwarf Grumpy and he made a beeline for him. Over the next few minutes, we got lots of photos with him and the other dwarves, all apart from Doc and Dopey, but let’s be honest, the latter is often out on his own.



Why on earth they can’t do this in Walt Disney World or Disneyland is beyond me. It really did make both of our days and I was crying with delight afterwards, as I knew how much Mark has wanted to meet his favourite character and for how long. It truly was the ultimate Disney magical moment for both of us I think.

What did amaze us in that encounter was the fact that it became clear to us that all the characters here speak both fluent English and Japanese. How do we know this? Because we couldn’t work out who one of the dwarves was – it turned out he was Bashful, but he made us go through all the names and kept shaking his head and each one we came out with. It was amazing to have such great interaction like that and trust Disney to think that the characters had to be able to “speak” two languages.

Next: Disney’s most amazing hotel in the world

[lauriep]

Wonderful photos of the Dwarves! Really sounds like a magical encounter.

[claytrgtshooter]

Thanks for the pictures Cheryl. You and Mark look like you had a wonderful time with the 7 dwarves. What an opportunity.

[Jennifer2003]

[Kenny]

Mark does look extra happy and "in his element", joking with all the Dwarfs!
You've shown us some pretty fantastic stuff from Japan, now, I have to see this amazing Disney hotel!

[Minnie Lor]

I love the look of pure delight on Mark's face. Wonderful pictures. I love Tokyo Disney's entrance - so colorful. I also like your hat but Mark's - not so much. Looking forward to more.