I shared this over on my Instagram earlier this month, but Christian and I went to Orlando in September to visit my brother-in-law and we did Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party one night! Christian decided he wanted to be a pirate to match his new Peg-Leg Pete parrot shoulder pal so I decided to build a costume around my Star shoulder pet from Wish! Obviously that meant I would be Asha!
We decided a few weeks before the trip so that didn't give me much time to get something together so I decided to try and find a ready-made costume. I saw one that looked great on eBay and was only $20. There were other costume options as well, but the one I found looked the highest quality and better design. Sadly, what arrived was one of the uglier costumes I really didn't want. Apparently the seller never even opened the package they had and just assumed which costume it was and used those photos for the listing. They gave me a refund and told me to keep the ugly costume, which was nice. But now what was I going to do?!
Luckily, my Mom has been sewing since she was a teenager so I enlisted her help to transform the ugly costume into a great one. I found a purple tank dress to use as a new base, it was the perfect shade and had pockets!
How We Did It!
Mom shortened the skirt and gave it an elastic waistband so it was more comfortable. We also removed a little bit of the fullness so I wasn't carrying around heavy fabric all night.
Another thing we did in anticipation of heat was put the sleeves on to a tank top so I could go to the bathroom and take it off if I got too hot (we had a green one handy otherwise I would’ve gotten purple to match.) We cut the sleeves and gave them a vent so it would be a little more breezy in the Florida heat.
As for the dress, rather than me having to pin it to get Asha’s gathering effect, Mom made a small square piece of fabric to act as a button and sewed in the ruffle.
I didn’t want to lose out on the neck details so we cut that off the inferior dress and fused it to the tank dress. Then I used fabric paint to add the “beads” and hide the sewn edge.
The last touch was fixing the horrible belt that came with it. I used gold fabric paint to make the stones and my mom made some suede squares for the buckle part.
I grabbed a beaded necklace from Etsy and we were good to go! The beads I got were actually not the color I ordered - I ordered Magenta and received Light Red, but they still worked with the costume so I dealt with it, ha ha. Unfortunately in our rush to leave for the party I forgot to put on the necklace, ahh!! At least I'll have it for next time.
I also forgot to take a photo by myself in the costume at the park and only did a video. We were literally "go go go" from the moment we walked into the party so at least I got that, ha ha!
The Party!
We got into the park at 4:45 and I wanted to take photos/my video in front of the castle, so we did that. Then we headed to Columbia Harbor House for one of the Halloween treats I wanted that was only available during regular park hours. I assumed that meant we were safe until 6, turns out the restaurant closed at 5 and we walked in at 4:58...talk about last second! But I got my S'mores Cup, so all was well with the world. Although I was ashamed of myself for not knowing it closed at 5, almost lost my Disney expert card!
This was the first of many close calls of the evening, ha ha. We also made it to the Carousel of Progress right before it closed at 6pm, ha ha. Can't miss one of our favorite attractions!
I was able to snag reservations for The Beak & Barrel, a brand new Pirates of the Caribbean themed bar for 10:55pm! At one point before the trip I had 2 reservations for 1 person each, so we could at least go inside and see it separately, but then miraculously I snagged a reservation for all 4 of us the day before! This is why you always keep checking for reservations at Disney restaurants, even the crazy popular ones.
We really wanted to go here because 1. It was new and we love pirates and 2. Christian was dressed as a pirate! We tried both of the non-alcoholic options: Cursed Treasure, an indulgent blend of Coconut Milk and Cookie Crumbs topped with Vanilla Foam and Pirate’s Gold and Treasure Trove, a mysterious Ube, Lemon, and Coconut Concoction served with a Vanilla Cake Plank, Chocolate Cannonball, and Golden Caramel Popcorn!
After leaving the bar at 11:30 we literally speed walked - no running! - across the park to ride Tron before heading home for the evening. We almost got stuck by the passing parade but found alternate routes and made it at 11:48, still 12 minutes to spare! We were walking out of the park by 12:30am and then on the boat to the parking lot at 12:45. My phone battery was at 7% because I brought the wrong charging cord, so that was fun too, ha ha.
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