Reviews of Limited Time Magic – 2013 Celebration

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Reviewed by ramonaromano Review Date: 11/08/2013

Rating: (0)
Recommended

On October 5 went to downtown Disney. Took
boat over to Westside to check out the limited time magic chalk art festival. It was great!
Some drawing were 3-D, all were very colorful
and amazing. What a neat surprise. They were
all Disney characters on the sidewalks next to
House of Blues and on the wall by theater and
old AMC entrance. Luckily, I checked the
Internet before we left home or I never would
have found it since the event wasn't really
posted anywhere.

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Reviewed by kazcostello76 Review Date: 11/05/2013

Rating: (9)
Recommended

I attended the Not So Scary Party on 10/22 (had a great time, will do a separate review). On the way out, I noticed the wait for Town Sq Mickey was only 10 minutes so I got in line. When the door to Mickey's room opened, I realized it was the new talking Mickey. I had just seen a report on the Orlando news the day before but hadn't known it would be in the parks that quickly! Talking Mickey was just amazing, even to the adults in the room. When it was my turn, Mickey looked at me & said, "you made it! Great to see you, pal!" I have to be honest, it felt a bit odd to be trying to carry on a conversation with him, LOL. He asked where I was from, & when I said Boston, he said "I meet the nicest people from Massachusetts." We got a few photopass pictures & as I was leaving he said "thanks for visiting me". When I was leaving, I asked a cast member when they started it, and that's when I was told he was limited time magic for now. Not sure if talking Mickey will become a permanent fixture at Town Square, but if he does, definitely check him out. It's awesome to see him in action.

Pros:

Talking Mickey is AMAZING!

Cons:

Takes longer, FP definitely is the way to go here
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Reviewed by JazzyPatti Review Date: 10/30/2013

Rating: (9)
Recommended

The Haunted Horseshoe (at the Diamond Horseshoe) was thoroughly entertaining. The performers were all at the top of their game and interacted with the guests throughout the show -- everyone from adults to kids got involved. The cornball jokes were great fun, the singing was awesome (I really loved the harmonies of the Cadaver Dans) and the magician (Abner Cadaver) was hilarious!

The only drawback was that if you didn't see the snack/food bar prior to sitting down, it felt disruptive to get up to get something since the performers were walking amongst us (and I wanted to try one of the seasonal cupcakes).

Highly recommend.

Pros:

Entertaining and good for all ages

Cons:

Getting food was disruptive
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Reviewed by momof3inMadisonAL Review Date: 09/24/2013

Rating: (1)
Recommended

Attended Unleash the Villains on Sept 13. I was excited for this event when I first heard of it last year - like so many other people. We usually go to WDW in Sept, so it fit in with our vacation plans. As I read other Disney websites, I started to wonder if we should go to another park that day and avoid LTM all togheter. (We got stuck in the mess that was Leap Day 2012.) But, in the end decided to just go to HS that morning and see what happened.

The crowds started to build that afternoon. i saw people lined up outside a store and asked what they were doing. I hadn't been able to find any merchandise earlier at other stores. Evidently, it was only at one store.

We had dinner at Brown Derby so at least we had that covered. Heard of people having to wait over an hour at CS restaurants. But by the time we got out of dinner, there was no "dance party". It was just a mob of people surrounding the hat. My husband tried to see where the villains were doing meet and greets and found the lines to be 4-5 across with little direction from CMs.

It really wasn't a family friendly event. There were villain fans and there were 20 somethings that were just there to "party". Not a place for my 4 young kids.

We had FPs to RR and ToT but could barely make it down Sunset Blvd. We decided to just cut our loses and get out of there. Didn't realize until later that people had been on buses for hours trying to get to HS that night. Disney clearly underestimated the popularity of this event. I don't know why I just don't learn my lesson and stay away from these events that don't have separate hard tickets....sigh.

Pros:

good idea

Cons:

poor execution
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Reviewed by there7777 Review Date: 09/17/2013

Rating: (1)
Not Recommended

My daughter and I were so excited to plan and go to this event until we arrived at the event. I have never seen Disney so ill prepared for an event!!! The special merchandise for the event didn't event last a couple hours in to the event and you had to wait in line to get in to the store that had it!! There was so many people try to attend the event, it was difficult to move!!! It was a limited time magic event all right-The magic ended when we entered the front gate. It was a real disappointment for me!!!!

Pros:

Wonderful idea with villan event

Cons:

disney unprepared for event on every aspect
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Reviewed by Tampa Mom Review Date: 09/15/2013

Rating: (7)
Recommended

My family and I went to the Friday the Thirteenth Unleash the Villains event at the Hollywood Studios. It was a bit of a mixed bag.

The music from the stage set up in front of the Sorcerer Hat was fun, and the villain 'musicians' were a hoot. We decided not to fight the lines for the meet and greets, but there were quite a few villains out, which was good. And the fireworks were simply amazing. They were as good as the Magic Kingdom Halloween party.

However, there were problems with the event due to Disney seriously underestimating the attraction of a villain night. The event items, which were limited to a shirt and hat, vanished before we even saw them. Even cast members told us they were gone so fast they never saw what they looked like. But there was no event pin or any other item.

The crowd problems continued. Since it was not a hard ticket event, we expected that since the park was supposed to open until 1 AM, it would actually be open until 1 AM. But they started closing rides around 9 PM, and all the restaurants were open no later than 10PM. They set up ropes to limit where you could go, so the massive crowds were squashed into an ever-smaller area. Since they didn't expect so many people, there were no additional snack carts. Lines just to get a bottled drink were huge. Lines for beer or other alcoholic drinks were even longer, which in a way is good since it cut down on the drunks, but irritated many people.

I cannot confirm it, but the rumor was that they had to close admission, or limit it to only let people in as others left. I know for a fact that a friend of my husband was stuck on a Disney bus from her hotel for over two hours because traffic was so jammed. And I have never seen cast members standing in store doorways to limit how many people could come it. This happened at the Villains in Vogue store, and the candy store next door. Having to stand in line just to shop??? Around midnight we left, no longer able to stand the crush of bodies.

Despite all this, we had fun. My family came away exhausted but smiling. And the reason I said yes, I would recommend it is that hopefully now that Disney has proof that an event like this will be strongly attended, they will be better prepared. This event would have gone much better if they had taken the steps to deal with the situation beforehand.

Pros:

Live shows, spectacular fireworks

Cons:

Crowds, crowds, crowds! Also, tiny amount of event merchandise
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Reviewed by jjcscanlon Review Date: 08/10/2013

Rating: (3)
Not Recommended

I think Limited Time Magic sounded good in theory, but is being poorly executed. We were in Disney for 9 days and the only "magic" they were promoting was a special Monsters Inc Sundae you could purchase at the Ice Cream Shop at Plaza Restaurant. I feel the "magic" should be more organic than paying for "extra" magic beyond the top dollar I'm already paying to be in the "everlasting" magic. In this case, you really had to go out of your to search down what the limited magic was. I still think Wishes is pretty magical - more so than some ice cream...and I didn't have to pay more for it.

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Cons:

hype about nothing
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Reviewed by mawdryn Review Date: 07/10/2013

Rating: (10)
Recommended

My family of 6 attended the Limited Time Magic 4th of July celebration. We were visiting WDW from July 1st through the 6th.
We had the privledge of watching the fireworks on the 4th of July from the dock of the Grand Floridian. The view was amazing! The fireworks were shot off from 3 separate locations, giving its audience a 360 degree view of the show. The fireworks were in sync with patriotic music that could be heard from the speakers around the dock area.
This was honestly the best fireworks show I have ever seen in my whole life, and I'm 43 years old. Great job Disney!!!!!

Pros:

Fireworks!

Cons:

None
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Reviewed by dizney2 Review Date: 07/10/2013

Rating: (10)
Recommended

We just returned from Disneyworld in Florida as we had planned our trip in order to experience the 4th of July for the first time. The fireworks left myself and my family speechless. We found that the best view (since they are 360 degrees) happened to be on the bridge connecting the Contemporary to Bay Lake Towers. The music is piped in, but was very low in volume.

We also were lucky enough to attend the block party dedicated to the 4th behind Main Street which had DJs, food, and bars set up for extra viewing. This was great as well, not to mention a way to get from Tomorrow Land to the front of the park without walking through a heavy stream of people.

The Celebrate the Magic light show on the castle was phenomenal! I am still trying to figure out...How do they do that?!?! My family seriously hopes that Disney continues this show for when we return next summer.

Pros:

Disney constantly outdoes themself!

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Reviewed by cortlandteacher Review Date: 07/03/2013

Rating: (10)
Recommended

We attended the Independence week fireworks show on Monday night. It was AMAZING! Disney's "Concert in the Sky" featured numerous patriotic songs with perfectly timed fireworks and ended in classic Disney style with a stunning display of red, white and blue filling the sky.

Pros:

AMAZING!

Cons:

crowded
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