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Park News - (5/5/08) Just a quick update on that whole new Tinker Bell Meet ‘n Greet area in the works for the Toon Square character tent. While we reported on it last summer, apparently they aren’t going to have to ready until late summer or this fall to coincide with the release of the new Tinker Bell DVD. Anyone know more?
  (5/2/08) Disney has listed some dates for their popular Magic Kingdom upcharge ticket events later this year. Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party will run on select nights from September 5th through to October 31st, 2008. Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will run on select nights from November 10th to December 19th, 2008.
  (4/22/08) Disney’s official Grad Night page confirms the move to Disney’s Hollywood Studios for 2009. The exact wording on the page is “Beginning in 2009, Disney Grad Nite will take place at Disney's Hollywood Studios™. The class of 2009 will be the first to experience this all new event.” Sounds like it may be a permanent move to me, barring any kind of major uprising or drop in reservations.
  (4/21/08) As odd as it seems, Screamscape sources tell us that Disney’s big Grad Night event that is normally held at the Magic Kingdom, will instead be moving to the Studios in 2009. Traditionally Grad Night has always been held at the Magic Kingdom parks on both coasts and it seems quite odd that Disney would even think about moving… except for one reason. If those rumored dates I have hold true, Space Mountain will be closed for Grad Night in 2009 and in the past few years Disney has tried to plus Space Mountain a bit for the night event by adding extra music and lights. Rather than disappoint, perhaps the idea is to move Grad Night to the Studios just for 2009 and return it back to the Magic Kingdom the following year.
  (7/10/07) Screamscape has heard that plans are in the works to add a Tinker Bell character Meet & Greet, possibly to the Toon Square character tent. To fit in with the theme, apparently they will “shrink” you in the queue as you pass by a series of objects that get larger and larger as you move forward so that by the end you’ll be the same size as Tink.

Mickey’s Pirate & Princess Party - (4/8/08) While in Orlando for a few days this past week we decided to take in Mickey’s Pirate & Princess Party with our two little Pirates and this actually ended up being one of the better days we’ve had at the Magic Kingdom... ever. The park was not crowded at all, all of the rides were open and the dreaded Fastpass machines were shut down for the night because everything was a walk-on with the exception of Peter Pan. With a five hour window to take on a virtually empty Magic Kingdom, we were able to ride everything we wanted to ride and had plenty of time to scour the park to collect treasure. Enjoy the photos posted below!
The Pirate & Princess Party events are currently scheduled to take place on: April 11, 16, 23, May 2, 9, 16, 21, 26, 31 and June 4th.