Just tossing the idea out for mulling around, and killing countdown time
(just broke the 99 day mark):
I'm thinking of getting tickets for the Mickey's Halloween party (DCA,
this time) for the first time, and...well--
I sorta regretted not dressing up for the P^3 , and thought I should at
least non-poop enough to come up with SOME kind of unobtrusive costume fun.
(Teens who never bothered to dress up for T&T, just because they wanted
free Reese's cups, always offended my sense of holiday as a kid--If
there are any treats worth tricking for, my holiday ethics insist that I
should at least try to earn them.)
This naturally brings up the various problems of etiquette, for an adult
of game-but-not-showoffy spirits, who wants to seem a good sport but not
intrude on the experience for the other guests--
Particularly for the awkward triple-strike of (A) an adult (B) traveling
solo (C) at the *west* coast DLR, which's more local-regular oriented
and may not be as open-minded about tourist image as the Floridians...
(Meaning that we get more of the dirty looks over there. 6_6 )
SO--Bearing all that in mind:
Can anyone throw out some good "general" creatively Disney-related
costume ideas for a likable early-fortysomething *male* (whose
appearance would normally seem a good match for piracy, if I remotely
happened to be a POTC fan, and whose body type would be more suited to
the lower half of Mr. Incredible, if I wasn't trying to avoid tights)?
Since I'm not driving, and walking in from the "normal" outside
sidewalks, it would have to be something outfit-oriented that I could
slip into once *inside* the park and not require any excessive makeup,
and something that a "dad" would wear for the sake of the kids and not
necessarily for too much of his own interest, that wouldn't look too
embarrassing months later in album pictures.
(Going as one of the Princes, for example, I could do in character, but
not sure I'm the right physical cast for it--Probably my closest
physical match would be to get a Hawaiian shirt, carry a sketch pad and
Genie plush, and go as animator Eric Goldberg... ;) )
Suffice to say I don't *usually* go T&T'ing unless it's some nice
enclosed group party (I can buy my own Reese's cups).
Despite all the insecurities, just wanted to see what other people's
experience brought up. ^_^
Derek Janssen
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