The event was so much fun tonight.
- When you enter they roll out the red carpet, have fog machines going so you can't see Main Street until you are through the train station, and when you enter you hear the sound of pixie dust (kind of like a "dream sequence noise").
- You are given a nice little bag and a treasure map when you enter.
- Xs are placed around the park where you can stop and get candy, raisins and beads. We filled two bags each with candy. They were really dumping the candy in!
- Nothing had more than a 5 minute wait.
- Jack Sparrow was there to meet. He had a 45 minute wait as soon as the park opened. It was so much fun and he seemed to be enjoying it as well. With the PhotoPass being in effect he probably took 5 or so pictures with each person. He was striking one pose then going to another real fast like a photoshoot. Great time and the highlight of the event for this huge Jack Sparrow fan.
- Goofy was dressed as a pirate and was doing the Jack Sparrow movements the entire night. He was stumbling around and was so much fun to watch. He'd whip out his sword and really get into the sword fights with the kids. As he went to leave after a meet a kid came running up to him and said "Let's fight!" and he stayed and probably sword fought with him for about three minutes or so. They were going back and forth until Goofy got distracted by a pretty girl and the kid used that to his advantage and stabbed Goofy (pretty hard too). Goofy was a whole bunch of fun.
- Almost everyone was dressed up even if it just meant the pirate Goofy/Mickey hat, crowns, etc. A lot of us adults dressed up too. I was the only Captain Jack Sparrow that I saw (that wasn't under 10 years old). (Using super glue to attach fake beard braids works wonders!)
- I really expected Pirates of the Caribbean to be packed, but we walked right on and had only two other people in our boat both times.
- After the firework (10:30) the park was dead. We figure because it was a) Monday night and b) Most of the <10 age group is exhausted by then and leave. Almost every ride we went on we were alone (Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Buzz, and TTA)
- The parade was amazing. Jack Sparrow saw me off to the side and pointed at my costume and started clapping so I saluted him (the way Jack does to the hanging pirates in the movie). He laughed at me, did the salute back and bowed down. Earlier in the night when he saw my costume he told me "I really need to start shopping somewhere else!"
- Nothing P&PP specific but while riding Pirates we noticed the pirate with the muddy feet on the bridge's head was broken. There were like three cracks in his neck, the neck piece was sticking out of the shirt, you could see the inner workings and his head was turning almost completely backwards. Very weird.
