HAPPY HALLOWEEN

I want to wish you all a very Happy Halloween! I am wearing this gorgeous 1920s inspired dress from La Vie Delight, you can get the same one here. I paired it with this vintage orange witch hat that I got at the Ian Drummond Studio Sale! If you want to see the process of my getting ready and a better look at the dress check out the video below! 

Florida Through my phone

Ok so these are slightly out of order because I wanted a nicer cover photo for this post (LOL) so reverse day 1 and day 2.  But anyway on this day I went to Winter Park!  It was m first time visiting and it was beautiful !  I loved the strip of stores and restaurants and the whole street was filled with people walking around and enjoying the weather. Then in the evening I went to Disney Springs which is always fun to visit because there is so much to see and eat.  

DAY 2 

On "day 2" I went to the Lakeland Antique mall, I heard it had tons of vintage Disney items and also things used in the parks! Which it did !  Wow I have never seen so much Disney stuff together outside of an official store. So many cool things to look at !  However it was very overpriced. I understand items from parks or really old collectable items but even just a regular Mickey Mouse figurine you can get at Wal Mart was super expensive. It was actually interesting how expensive it was. However the non-Disney vintage was very reasonable and I managed to find a few things.  After the Antique mall I went to Krispy Kreme!  We have a couple here in Canada but no near  where I live so I don't get to have it very often.... and we certainly don't have these cool hats! It reminded me of the paper crowns from Burger king (Not sure if they still have them lol).

DAY 3 

On Day 3 I technically went to Disney World but you guys probably already saw that post since it was my previous one. So the day after Disney I went to Celebration, I had always heard it was beautiful so I figured why not!  lets check it out ! There was one cute strip with stores but it was very tiny. maybe 8 stores? It was nice but not worth the drive over if I'm being honest.

DAY 4

I didn't end up taking photos every day so these are the photos from my last day in Florida! I went to Winter Garden, which is different than Winter Park. Again same type of thing its a long strip with stores and restaurants. I had one of the best cinnamon mini donuts in their market ! Wow so good !  Honestly worth going just for that ! They also decked out the whole street for Halloween which was super fun to see! I also stopped by Winter Garden Village to visit the stores. I didn't get anything since its regular fast fashion stores but it was still fun to walk around. For Dinner I went to Cuba Libre, which I also went to the first night of my trip !  Its amazing, highly recommend!! 

If you want to see more of my trip I posted a vlog on my youtube channel ! 

Magic Kingdom

My first time back at Disney World since the pandemic and I have some thoughts lol. While I like Disney as much as the next person I wouldn't say I'm obsessed. The parks are really fun but I enjoy looking at the details they put into it more than anything. The buildings are beautiful and you can't deny there is a certain magic about being at Disney world. However from someone who grew up basically going to Disney every year its sad to see so many changes. The biggest and most shocking is how they basically got rid of Snow White! She's my favourite princess and she has disappeared from the parks. She's only walking in the parade. Speaking of the parade.... it is WAY shorter than it used to be and there were less characters walking between/beside the floats. 

A lot of the cast members throughout the park also seemed annoyed and didn't know the answers to basic questions, like what time the fireworks are.  A few of the food carts ran out of a certain food and they said they didn't know when they would get more. All of which I'm very understanding, but Disney always had a high standard when it coms to their employees,  its part of the magic at Disney. I mean they are not even suppose to point with one finger because Walt Disney felt it was rude. It's all about the details and that is all being lost. There were so many other things I saw that would never happen 10 years ago. It was sad and honestly disappointing. I spoke to a few other people about this and they agreed things have changed and its gotten way more commercial than even 5 years ago. And yes, I know Disney is a business first and money is their main goal.  BUT as a company they knew if they put in money and effort into things they will get more money out of it. I wouldn't call Disney a cheap company they definitely invest in themselves and it always pays off. 

I won't keep rambling because I don't want to be negative, I'm sorry haha! I still had a great time, the parks are still fun!  The lines were long but thats expected from every theme park. I still had fun walking around the park and enjoying the sights, thats probably my favourite part. Oh and the popcorn ! Whenever there is freshly made popcorn I will buy it, I'm a sucker for popcorn. Oh I haven't even walked about my outfit yet!! I wore this pink Vintage inspired skirt with a 1950s sheer blouse (it has pink details at the front). Like I said I'm not super Disney obsessed but even I couldn't resist this vintage 1950s Mickey Mouse Brooch ! It was the perfect little detail to make my outfit perfect for Disney world.  I went on a few rides like the peter pan ride, Pirates of the Caribbean, It's a small world etc. But my all time favourite ride for as long as I can remember is The Carousel of Progress! I loved it even as a little girl. It first debuted at the worlds fair in New York in 1964-65 and now lives at Magic Kingdom. I find it so fun and interesting and the best part is there is never a line! haha. Have you been to Disney World since the pandemic? what were your thoughts?