Monstrous Summer All Nighter Is Happening Now At The Magic Kingdom!

Hi everyone! As I reported a couple of weeks ago, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World is open for a full 24 hours today for only the second time in its history. It opened at 6am this morning, and will continue to be open throughout the night, finally closing at 6am tomorrow. The event kicks off the 'Monstrous Summer' being celebrated at the parks this year, featuring a series of exciting events, with this one a contender for the best, to celebrate the release of Disney and Pixar's newest movie, Monsters University. Today's event, which is also featuring at the two parks of Disneyland California, is in full swing as I write this, having gone just over 12 hours quite recently.

One of the best things about these kinds of events is that Disney couples the unique celebrations, which I'll explain in a minute, with awesome and exclusively unique merchandise and food, which is I'm told already proving a huge hit on both coasts for this event. Not only is there the attraction of having the opportunity to spend (or at least attempt to spend) 24 hours in the world's best theme park, but by offering these unique items to guests exclusively on this day, Disney are giving them great ways to remember this rare magical experience which is an opportunity seldom encountered in life. The fact that this event is such a massive thing is, taken on its own terms, more than a good basis to create great memories for all those lucky enough to attend it, but when the opportunity to take home these 'one day only' souvenirs also arises, it makes for some pretty strong memories.

The Magic Kingdom has already seen Sulley and Mike, stars of Monsters University, be Grand Marshals for the Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade, with social media buzzing with news and views about this awesome appearance. Also planned for the next few hours are special late night character meet and greets, dance parties by Cinderella Castle, as well as many other exciting things. I'll be reporting tomorrow on all the goings on!

I really wanted to share that the Disney Parks Blog (which has had a cool makeover to celebrate this event) has been blogging live all day from the parks. Each update comes complete with a cool feature showing the time on both coasts at which it was posted, with posts from all of the blog's top authors a ubiquity today. Particularly intriguing is Stephen Miller's coast to coast expedition, with the Merchandise Communications Manager on his way to Disneyland from Orlando International Airport as I write this. To check out the Disney Parks Blog team's awesome live blogging, please click here! It's definitely worth taking a look!

Thanks for reading! Don't forget to check out the awesome We're Going To Walt Disney World Podcast! If you yourself are at the parks for today's unique event, I'd love to hear about it! Please feel free to comment below! Thank you and have a magical weekend!