If Mary Poppins thinks those Banks whelps were a handful, wait’ll she gets a load of Stitch.
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:
Each year Anne and I take one (1) road trip to a different part of the United States and see attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have back home. One thing we rarely do is fly. We’d much rather drive than be flown unless we absolutely have to…or are given some pretty sweet incentives to do so. Fast-forward to December 2022 and a most unexpected opportunity: The Powers That Be at Anne’s rather large place of employment recognized her and several other employees nationwide for outstanding achievements in the field of excellence. Their grand prize was a Disney World vacation! We could at last announce to friends and family, “THE GOLDENS ARE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!”
For Anne it was officially, legally a business trip. Much of the time, she’d have to work…
…except the one day she didn’t. We didn’t leave ourselves a lot of time to explore the Magic Kingdom park — i.e., the one with the world-famous castle in it — but we encountered plenty of surprises in the short time allotted.
Case in point: the Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade! There we were, wandering toward the northern border of Frontierland when we ran into a newly formed roadblock, which made way for a slew of Disney characters to emerge from a gate on our left. An even mix of popular favorites and deep-dive obscurities merrily danced, pranced, strolled, fed upon adulation, and maybe taught us a lesson that sometimes there are good reasons to stop traffic.
Sheriff Woody, Elastigirl, Jessie, and Miguel from Coco.
Woody and Jessie reunited.
International princesses represent: Merida from Brave and the Disney Channel’s Elena of Avalor.
Atop the float, Raya from the forgotten pandemic-era gem Raya and the Last Dragon.
Security riding in the back: Officer Judy Hopps from Zootopia.
Not that Merida needs help fighting her battles.
Next character wave: Baloo, Terk from Tarzan, Meeko from Pocahontas, Moana, Genie, Timon, Jasmine, and Aladdin.
Timon searching for bugs to feast upon.
Baloo, acclaimed film star who hasn’t had to subsist on the bare necessities for some decades now.
International princess float II: Mirabel Madrigal from Encanto, Mulan and Pocahontas.
Representing for non-princesses: Goofy’s son Max.
Dance fever with Mary Poppins, Bert the chimney sweep, and Stitch.
Stitch in his happy place, imagining how awesome it’d be if his bosses let him devour Bert.
Before Encanto took us to South America, Brazil gave us Jose Carioca in The Three Caballeros.
…and with that, their caravan continued east toward Liberty Square and beyond. Then we could finally move forward and continue seeing as much of the park as possible in the now-shorter time allotted.
To be continued!
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