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Favourite Photos from.. Flights of Fantasy Parade!

Oh I just love doing these parade posts!

On top of loving getting to share these photos with you, it also gives me a perfect excuse to relive the magic, and today the magic is coming from the adorable Hong Kong Disneyland’s Flights of Fantasy parade!

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade
Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

Hong Kong Disneyland Flights of Fantasy parade

This was such a sweet parade – they even stop the parade to let children out to dance with the performers which despite being baking hot in July, was really cute! To my surprise, the parade uses the same soundtrack music as Disneyland’s Soundsational Parade, just with different lyrics, but that just meant I could sing along easily (you know, to everything that wasn’t in Cantonese!) and the cast members were all loving guest interactions which was amazing!

What’s your favourite Disney parade?

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Favourite Photos from.. Mickey’s Storybook Express!

For this month’s Favourite Photos from.. it only seemed right to share Disney’s newest parade, from its newest park, so here’s Mickey’s Storybook Express from Shanghai Disneyland!

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Can you imagine being Slinky Dog’s bum?!

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Mine! Mine! Mine!

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Shanghai Disneyland Mickey's Storybook Express

Unfortunately during our visit, the spectacular Mulan float I was so looking forward to seeing was out of action so didn’t feature in the parade, but I absolutely loved the Finding Nemo float – especially the seagulls! It was also obviously great to see my favourite royal couple, Flynn and Punzie.

I was amazed at how uninterested a lot of the guests in Shanghai were with the parade; I’m so used to people sitting and waiting for 20+ minutes before parades, but that really didn’t seem to be the case, with a lot of people rocking up just as the music started.

Take me back?

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Disney Style: Paint the Night

Paint the Night

Pinwheel BAE shirt from Redbubble, Paint the Night button from MyParkFlair, Pom Pom ears from Disney Darling, Flo’s V8 pencil skirt from Redbubble

So obviously I am crazy excited that my 2017 plans are bringing me back to my true love, Disneyland, and we all know how much I love planning outfits!

Besides the parade itself, I took my inspiration for this outfit from two things: the Flo’s V8 skirt, which is actually a design from my Redbubble portfolio that I’ve sorta fallen in love with, and one of my favourite Disneyland Instagrammers and CM Francis Dominic (@frncissdominc on Twitter and Instagram) who is the BAE of the Pinwheel Baes! I just think Spellerific nailed it with the shirt design!

And when it comes to accessorizing Disney outfit, buttons and Mickey ears are absolutely foolproof. Let’s just talk about this beauty of a button from MyParkFlair; I mean, it actually sparkles and I bet it would look so magical with all the parade lights flashing around you. Pom pom ears are also always perfection in my eyes, and the back of this pair is black and sparkly like the night sky, ahh!

Who votes I make this outfit happen for real when I visit next year?

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Favourite Photo’s from.. Festival of Fantasy Parade

This is really just a glowing tribute to my absolute favourite and, in my opinion, the best parade Disney World have ever created. I could honestly sit and watch it all day, every day, burning heat or pouring rain. I’m actually writing this while listening to the soundtrack on Youtube, just to keep the magic going.

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If you only spend one day in the Magic Kingdom, do not let yourself miss out on this truly beautiful display of Disney magic!

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Favourite Photos from.. Disney Magic on Parade!

Yay, its time to share another bunch of parade photos!

For me, writing these posts is a chance for me to relive the magic of being in the parks; watching parades is one of my favourite things to do while at Disney! Today’s parade comes from Disneyland Paris, and the photos were all taken in April!

Disney Magic on Parade

Disney Magic on Parade

Disney Magic on Parade

Disney Magic on Parade

Disney Magic on Parade

Disney Magic on Parade

Disney Magic on Parade

Disney Magic on Parade

Donald was pretty pleased with himself!

Now hands up who’s got the song stuck in their head?

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Favourite Photos from.. Disneyland’s Soundsational Parade!

I’ve actually shocked myself. I had this sudden realisation the other day that despite being back home for 2 months now (WHAT?!), I hadn’t actually sat down and looked through all the photos I took from my January trip to Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

Now I basically live through my camera, and since my October road trip around Europe, I’ve been making a big effort to spend less time looking through the lens and more time experiencing my adventures, so I really didn’t take as many photos as I could have done, although I still took probably more than the average person would! But in any case, now I’ve sat down and looked at them all, I figured I should really share them with you guys, right?

So here’s a new little mini-series that I’m gonna do throughout this year, sharing my favourite photos from a range of Disney’s shows and parades, starting with the fabulous Soundsational from Disneyland California!

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Come on, come on, Soundsational!

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Photo Parade – Festival of Fantasy

If you’re following me on Instagram (@lottiedoesdisney) or Twitter (@lottieanddisney), you’ll see that recently I’ve been suffering major Disney blues in the last week or so. I realised the other day its been over 6 months since I was last at Disney World, and that seems like too long to me, especially as, at the moment, I won’t be going back until January.

So to cheer myself up I’ve been reading my Disney Trip Diaries and going through my endless photos, which inspired this post, the first of a mini series where I’ll be re-living my favourite shows and parades in my photo memories, starting with my absolute favourite: The Festival of Fantasy.

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Ok, so I know its a long post, but considering each time I watched this parade I took around 200 photos, I don’t think I’ve done a bad job of cutting it down! To call it amazing would be a total understatement, it honestly brought me to tears, but then again so did quite a few of the parades and displays..

I just love Disney World..

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