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Hi, I'm Mr. Dapsson and I'm here at the
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Disneyland Resort with my new friend
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Grace, who has one of the coolest jobs
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for the Lunar New Year celebration. But
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before we get into that, we should say
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everything we're talking about is going
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on at the Disneyland Resort through
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February 22nd. And you don't want to
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miss it cuz there's incredible
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entertainment, there's incredible food,
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characters, merchandise, all of that
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stuff. But today, right now, we're going
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to talk about the costumes that the
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characters are wearing, which you had a
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very important role in making happen.
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So, Grace, tell us about what you do and
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and maybe a little bit about these
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Yeah, sure. So, um it takes a huge team
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of people and I'm just lucky to be one
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of those people who gets to work on
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these projects. Uh, as a designer, I
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kind of um set what the design is going
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to be and then overlook the process
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working with a lot of different people
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to kind of help create everything from
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So, does that mean you're uh an artist
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obviously at some level, but like what
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is the process for, you know, something
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let's let's say we've got Donald and
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Daisy here who are in adorable costumes
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What is that process like of like, oh,
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we want this to end up being a thing?
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Yeah. So, um, we actually partner with a
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local Disney artist. Her name is Anne
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Shen, and I'm sure you've seen a lot of
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her work in the parks, around the parks.
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Uh, so she has created all of the
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character art that you see on the
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banners throughout the park,
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um, for the festival. And so, we work
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with her, um, very far in advance. She
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creates these adorable character art for
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us to kind of turn into
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three-dimensional living wearable uh
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pieces of clothing for our characters.
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So, um that's sort of how this all
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started out. And we've had a mission for
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a very long time to make and expand
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Lunar New Year here so that it's more
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inclusive, um more multicultural, and um
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just allows more people to celebrate and
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Now, could you tell me about what we're
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looking at right here? Yeah. So, uh,
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we've got Donald and Daisy, who are in
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sort of, uh, more traditional Chinese
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attire. Um, and so, of course, they're
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in red and gold, which is very common
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and, uh, you know, very auspicious
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colors for Chinese New Year. And we've
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got some cute details that sort of
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highlight, you know, their personalities
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as well. So, you know, Daisy's got a
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little bit of sass with her flouncy
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skirt and she's got some little ribbon
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and, of course, her, you know, big hair
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bow with the flowers. So, that's always
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fun to do. And um you know, Donald is
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just there to match her. You know what?
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You know what I mean? She's the star.
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as every good boyfriend should be. Is
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that what you do? Is like you're
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supposed to be there to make your
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girlfriend look good. Is that Is that
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Yeah. Just Just kidding. Donald is
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looking very sharp and handsome in his
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He told me he's number one just a few
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Main character energy. That's all I'm
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So, what else we got? We got Mickey and
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Minnie. Yeah, we got Mickey and Minnie.
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Uh they actually debuted last Lunar New
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Year Festival. They are in Korean humble
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which is just sort of a you know
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traditional Korean formal wear and uh
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they were a huge hit with everyone
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because as you know here in Southern
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California we have a really really
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vibrant and very diverse Asian-American
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community. So um this was really special
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for me too because I'm I'm
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Korean-American. So, uh, very very close
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to my heart, but, uh, we put a lot of
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work and time and effort into making
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sure that these two looked as authentic
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but as true to themselves as possible.
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And is there something that as you look
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at these costumes that you kind of it
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makes you smile like a certain detail or
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something people should look for when
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they meet Mickey and Minnie in the
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Um, I mean, it's so hard because I kind
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of just, you know, it's just like it
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just makes me happy seeing them at all.
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You know, it's very special. But um
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there's a lot of attention to detail
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that we've put into everything. So take
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a close look at like embroidery and like
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the the subtle patterns in the fabric um
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cuz those are the things that really
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bring something to life um that are
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rally true to the authenticity of that
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culture. So it's just really taking it
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all in and taking the time to appreciate
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I love it. And we have a few more behind
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me if I don't get into their way. Um I
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love Chip andale, but let's go through
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the whole lineup real quick. Could you
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tell us what their inspiration was and
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and kind of what's going on?
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Totally. So, we have Clarabel and Goofy
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here. I'm very which I'm very excited
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about. They are wearing Vietnamese AI.
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Um we as we all know here, we have a
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huge Vietnamese community. So, I'm very
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excited to debut this. Um they uh in
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Vietnamese culture, color is really
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important. Um and so when you see them
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in person, you'll just gasp. They are uh
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stunning, vibrant. they are really the
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stars wherever they're out and about. So
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take again take a closer look at the
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detail because a lot of like love and
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heart was put into these costumes. Um
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and so yeah, just and you know down to
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the embroidery, the beading, the
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patterns. So it'll be a really special
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moment for um a lot of guests here at
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a horse of course it's year of the
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horse. Uh we have our very own horse
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collar who is um kind of making a
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comeback. Let's not for you know can't
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forget who he is. He is wearing uh
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traditional Chinese attire and so we
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I was going to guess that.
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I I was like I feel like there's a
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Yes. Um if you generally see red and
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golds I would say it's very Yeah. Yeah.
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Um that's a good clue for that. And so
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we wanted to put him in something that
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looked really formal and sharp and we
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wanted him just to look really nice and
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special because this is his ear of
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Yeah. Oh, thank you. Um and again, you
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know, the details, he's wearing a really
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nice jade necklace. Um and he's got some
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really beautiful embroidery. So, you
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know, just take a moment, take it all
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in. Um and you know, let him know it's
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Live it up. Live it up. And then Chip
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you make them every time more adorable
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than the last. I don't know how you guys
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do this, but uh what is the inspiration
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so, as we know, Chip and Dale are
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probably some of the most playful
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characters we have here. And uh what
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better than to make them lion dancers
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and dragon dancers for Lunar New Year.
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Uh what could be more special for them?
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So, you're going to have to check them
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out in Mulan's procession. Um, they get
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to do some really fun, playful things
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there. But, yeah, again, um, this was
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definitely, you know, a challenge to
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figure out how to make all of the
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pieces, but our team did an amazing and
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beautiful job. So, huge shout out to
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them. Um, it literally takes a village
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here. Um, and so, yeah,
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take a look. Uh, soak it all in. Enjoy
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those details. So, it sounds like you
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have a very fun job, but also a very
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fulfilling job. Is that is that a
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Yeah, I would say this is probably um
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one of Well, this is one of my favorite
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projects times of year to work on, which
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makes just doing this job even more
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special. Uh yeah, it's I I couldn't be
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happier working here, truly.
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Well, thank you so much for sharing
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about the costumes. I always love seeing
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the costumes, but when you hear stuff
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like this, it makes you look for these
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details. Like I'm I'm thinking now back
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about you talking about the woven stuff
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is even looking right over here. I can
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see this, but I didn't necessarily
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notice that when we were taking pictures
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a few minutes ago. So definitely check
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out the details. Check out all of the
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costumes. You have until February 22nd,
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so make sure you don't miss any of that.
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If you want more information, head on
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over to the Disney Parks blog. Head over
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to disneyland.com and also head over to
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dapsmagic.com where we have coverage, we
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have videos, we have it all. You don't
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want to miss any of it. Make it a great
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week everybody. Keep kind.
