Hello, and welcome to Dateline Disney World! The past week has been completely crazy with crowds at WDW, but we’re still here to bring you a couple of magical holiday moments from the Magic Kingdom and Epcot!

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Let’s take the Monorail into the park. Still my favorite way to arrive at the parks, what about you?

Magic Kingdom

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Welcome to the Magic Kingdom!

I gave up on riding anything right away. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train had a wait of 210 minutes, an hour and a half for Haunted Mansion, two hours for Peter Pan! Perhaps I’ll just find a spot for the parade . . .

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Heading down Main Street U.S.A.
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The Dapper Dans warm up the crowd before the Once Upon a Christmastime Parade.
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Mickey and Minnie lead the way.

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They’re followed by a Frozen segment.

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Ralph and Vanellope break the Magic Kingdom next.

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This parade is one of the best ones to watch in the daytime.

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The Princess float has some great character moments.

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The true stars of the show, the Toy Soldiers!

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The reindeer are a close second.

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Santa caps off the Christmas parade. Festival of Fantasy returns today.
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Big crowds in the Magic Kingdom. Let’s make an escape to Epcot for another amazing moment.

Epcot For the Holidays

Something magical truly happened at Epcot last week. The Voices of Liberty had a unique moment in the American Adventure. . .

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The Voices of Liberty did special performances this week.

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This included an Echo, which is when additional members of the group stand on the second floor of the rotunda for an amazing musical moment.

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That does it for this week. We’ll have a 2nd update from Walt Disney World for you on Friday of this week, so please check back! Thank you so much for following this column in the past year. I look forward to sharing all the amazing projects coming to Walt Disney World in the new year and beyond.

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Cory Disbrow
Cory likes Walt Disney World so much, he recently packed his bags and moved to Orlando. Cory is a photographer and writes MiceChat's Dateline Disney World columns every Friday.