Limited Time Magic: Long Lost Friends

As a part of the Limited Time Magic this year at Disneyland, this week hosted the Long Lost Friends character event. They brought out a ton of characters rarely seen anymore in the park and I was so excited for the lineup for this event. There were even more characters than were listed online, and when the group from Robin Hood showed up I almost had a heart attack! There was a separate line for each group, but the groups also rotated out about every half hour so it was difficult to see everyone. They will be out until 6pm today, and tomorrow is the last day for this event in case you want to see them for yourself.

A Very Disney Engagement Shoot

You may remember that my cousin Michael proposed to his fiance, Whitney, this past Christmastime in Disneyland. (Caught on video here!) This summer during our annual summer trip, I took a few engagement photos of them in the park. Whitney found the cutest Disney shirts for them to wear as well! Here is a little peek, enjoy.

Hidden Mickey Monday!

This underwater Mickey can be found in the snorkeling area at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. During our trip we chose the snorkeling excursion for the day rentals, which I highly recommend! There's a lot of cool objects to explore on the ocean floor and I was delighted to find this Mickey. (I snapped this picture using my underwater camera)

Hidden Mickey Monday!

This Mickey was only on display for a limited time to promote the Lone Ranger premiere at Disney's California Adventure. The train prop from the film was on display in Hollywoodland, and if you peeked inside this clever Mickey was looking down at you. Limited Mickeys are the most rewarding to find!

The Lone Ranger World Premiere

On June 23, 2013 Disney's California Adventure hosted the World Premiere of Disney's latest film, The Lone Ranger. We only found out about the event because we saw them setting up the red carpet a few days in advance. We lined up around 5am, and the event started about 6pm. It was a very hot, very long day to sit on a curb, but totally worth it! Here's a few shots from the day.

5am

Ryan asleep in line, he is such a good sport

Treats while we waited in the hot sun

The Red Carpet

They passed out Lone Ranger masks to the crowd

Regina! ... I mean Lana Parilla

Dominic Monaghan

Johnny, look at those rings!

Tyler Blackburn

Armie Hammer

Gore Verbinski

Johnny Depp!

Success!

Hidden Mickey Monday!

Today's Mickey can be found aboard the Disney Dream Cruise Ship (and probably the other Disney ships as well). At the buffet style restaurant, Cabana's, you can find these cute juice cups with subtle Mickeys amidst the texture pattern.

Sorry for the haitus, we have been very busy with the wedding and moving, but I have a ton of Disney events to catch up on. I will be posting more about our stay aboard the Dream soon, as well as our other Disney Honeymoon adventures!