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7 Reasons You’ll Love Happily Ever After

5. It’s Celebrate the Magic and Wishes combined For me, Celebrate the Magic and Wishes was a package deal. When Celebrate the Magic ended, I feared that Wishes wouldn’t be too far behind—and I was right. However, the creators of Happily Ever After knew the significance these two shows had and made it a point to incorporate many of the ele

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7 Reasons You’ll Love Happily Ever After

6. Fireworks, pyrotechnics and projections, oh my It cannot be denied that Wishes was a little old school, which is why we loved it so much. It didn’t need projections or the like because Celebrate the Magic filled that void. When Celebrate the Magic was replaced, it left that hole that Wishes simply couldn’t fill on its own, and Once Upo

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7 Reasons You’ll Love Happily Ever After

7. It’s longer than Wishes While Wishes was a decent length for a fireworks display, Happily Ever After runs long enough to fully immerse you in the story of the show and keep you captivated the entire time. Some may argue that it’s too long, clocking in at 18 minutes versus a little over 12 minutes for Wishes, but if it was any shorter I

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7 Reasons You’ll Love Happily Ever After

When Disney announced that Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams would be ending at Magic Kingdom, many people, including myself, were devastated. Wishes held a special place in many guests’ hearts as it was emotional, nostalgic and a beautiful representation of all the magic Disney brings. However, we never could’ve known that its

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7 Reasons Why Winter is the Best Time to Visit Walt Disney World

1. Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party The biggest highlight of the winter season at Walt Disney World is Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom. This separate ticketed event takes place on select nights from November to December and gives guests the opportunity to celebrate the Christmas season with Mickey and all of his pa

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7 Reasons Why Winter is the Best Time to Visit Walt Disney World

2. Holidays around the world One of my favorite things about the holiday season is the holidays around the world at Epcot. Getting to experience the different traditions and treats each country has for their respective holiday is truly enriching, educational and fun. To top it off, Epcot also offers the Candlelight Processional, which has

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7 Reasons Why Winter is the Best Time to Visit Walt Disney World

3. Lower attendance Because it’s harder for people to get time off during the winter season (unless it’s around the holidays), you have a good chance of going to the parks when the attendance is significantly lower than during other points in the year. If you go during the week leading up to Christmas until New Year’s Eve, you will see su

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7 Reasons Why Winter is the Best Time to Visit Walt Disney World

4. Seasonal merchandise I’m the biggest sucker for merchandise and seasonal merchandise in particular is a favorite of mine. There are always new ears to fall in love with, new holiday t-shirts and magicbands, and, of course, plenty of tasty seasonal treats you’ll want to get your hands on. Every year I either get a new pair of ears or a

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7 Reasons Why Winter is the Best Time to Visit Walt Disney World

5. Cooler weather While Florida doesn’t typically have a ‘winter season’ by most standards, it can experience chilly days quite often. We’ve had days where the starting temperature is 28 degrees! However, most of the temperatures will hang around the low to mid 80’s, with occasional days in the 70’s, which is definitely better than high 9

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7 Reasons Why Winter is the Best Time to Visit Walt Disney World

6. RunDisney races If you’re a runDisney fan, then winter is an excellent time to visit. The Walt Disney World Marathon and the Disney Princess Half Marathon weekends both take place during the winter—one in January and one in February. While race weekends tend to be a little more crowded than some other times during the winter season, it

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