Disney vacation... and how it went with my costumes

Hi there! I just got back from my week at Disney! It was a lot of fun, but exhausting! As some of you know I worked hard to make some Disney costumes for myself, my stepmother and the kids, to finally learn two days before leaving that adults aren't supposed to dress up... oops. The reason for that is that they don't want people to look like a cast member and confuse the kids. Their characters are trained to act in a certain way, and if you look too much like one but don't act the part kids might get confused and disappointed... plus it's a question of security. But even if I understand the reasons for this rule, I was still mad and disappointed about it... so I managed to still dress up but in a way that people would know I'm not the real thing. My snow white dress was already intended to be shorter, with no collar, and no cape. I also dismissed the red bow at the last minute, though I found out later I could have worn it. For Mary Poppins (which was a huge hit, I had compliments about every 10 minutes, plus every character in the parades either pointing at me, kissing my hand or hugging me) I took off the dress, wore a white shirt with the pettiskirt, the coster and hat, and had a red vest for when it was chilly.

And now for the pictures:

I managed to convince the hostess at the restaurant (1900 Park Fare) for the Mary Poppins/Alice brunch  to let me wear my complete Mary Poppins costume since the restaurant is not in one of the parks. She said it was okay as long as I didn't take pictures with kids I didn't know. 

My little stepsister in her Minnie Mouse outfit!

Two Mary Poppins!

With Alice. That restaurant was really nice. It was a buffet brunch at the Grand Floridian resort (called 1900 Park Fare)

With one of the caroussel horses from the Mary poppins movie! That's how I looked once I took off the dress and with the white shirt. You still recognize the character, but I didn't look like one of the cast members. 

See the little stars embroidered on the skirt? Love it!! These were in a show



Singing in the rain :)


That was the actual shirt and vest worn by Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. It was for sale for 65 000 dollars... anyone interested? 

Travelling costume worn by Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music

Scarlett O'Hara's curtain dress

Trolley show on Main Street U.S.A.

With Snow White AND Prince Charming. Since it was True Love week all the princesses had their princes with them... I think it should be this way all the time...

Edwardian costumes display in one of the shops





Princess Aurora's dress that turns from pink to blue!


With my 18th century corset and Mickey Mouse... I spent one whole day in the corset, not realizing before I put it on that wearing a fully (steel) boned corset when it's 30˚C and sunny outside isn't a really good idea. But I looked good, right?

The kids with some cookies I got them

Gaston and a kid. I waited for someone fir a while right beside where he was, and watched him for a while. He was really fun to watch, always kissing his muscles, and saying how beautiful he was. 

The new ''Be Our Guest'' restaurant in New Fantasyland. This is the Ballroom part. It was awesome, had delicious food and totally worth the one hour wait to get in!

In my Snow White costume 


Another one with Mary Poppins, and with my red vest this time. The only bad thing about the costume is that the hat was made of buckram and had some little apples on it. I didn't know that neither of these things couldn't withstand water, and got in the rain... the hat got wet and started losing it's shape, the only thing holding it together being the wire inside, and the apples started melting and staining the white fabric... I should be able to fix it though. I'll take the apples off and put some little flowers instead. 

Our last restaurant was the Arkhesus house, it's a norwegian restaurant at Epcot and the princesses come to greet you during the meal. 


I thing that Ariel had the best looking costume. It was a beautiful Aqua blue with silver desings. I asked someone working with them what the fabric was for the princess dresses, and she said that they were mostly made of synthetic fabric, and all lined with cotton to give them shape and so that they drape well. They are also all made of two parts, a top and a skirt (plus petticoats) and they all hook together at the waist. 
Have a nice day!!

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  1. Awesome pictures! I'm so glad you got to wear the costumes you had prepared. Did your step brother wear his Mickey Mouse outfit after all? I didn't notice any pictures.

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    1. Thanks! It was a lot of fun! Yes he did wear it, but only for a day, and without the black shirt or the ears... he isn't really the costuming kind!

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  2. you look lovely! i am so happy you got to wear your outfits!!!

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  3. Hi !!!!very beautifull dress it's the most pretty dress that I saw ; Can tell me how you made corset of Marie poppinsis it a pattern ? , it's my project for the Carnival 2017 thank you very much

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