WDW's Spring Dapper Day 2016, Pt 1

The forecast promised rain - and lots of it - for Dapper Day last Saturday at the Magic Kingdom, but John and I made the 11th hour decision to go anyway. And I am so glad we did.

Not only did we escape even the slightest drop of rain, the heavy cloud cover gave me the perfect environment for photos. Usually I have to give my Dapper Day pics a heavy vintage filter to counteract the heavy shadows and bleached out tones, but this time? This time we get ALL THE COLORS:

So prepare your eyeballs for a candy-coated feast.

That's Disneybounding Cap' and Bucky up there, btw. Check out the red star & silver cuff bracelet for Bucky's silver arm!

If you're not familiar with Disneybounding, think of it as an extremely subtle cosplay, usually accomplished with everyday clothes and accessories. I'd guess that around 30-40% of DD participants DisneyBound, so half the fun of Dapper Day is figuring out who's dressed as who!

Half of this next group is Disneybounding - let's see if you can spot the characters:

(Did you guess? That's a dapper Ariel on the far left, and Han Solo on the far right.)

Of course, some groups are less subtle: 

 

Mouseketeers!

While others let fly the most amazing designer fashions:

 

[Here's their Instagram, if you want to see more.]

Dapper Day emphasizes vintage clothing and/or bright colors, so this is easily the most beautiful day to stroll through the park.

These gentlemen even sported tailed tuxedos and top hats:

That's no mean feat in 80 degrees!

I spotted 3 or 4 different couples 'bounding as Nick & Judy from Zootopia:

I love "Nick's" sly side-eye in that close-up.

Princesses still lead the pack for Most Disneybounded, but Star Wars was a close second again this year. And as a lover of all things orange, I am thrilled by all the BB-8 dresses:

Check out her ears!

These parasols have clever BB-8 and R2 "hidden" mickeys:

This next Imperial hat fascinator won my heart:

 And Rey's little BB-8 is wearing a hat & bow tie. Ha!

I'm pretty sure this Vader & Leia are sisters:

 

And just a few feet away I spotted two more real-life sisters Disneybounding as Cinderella's wicked stepsisters:

 

Aren't those dresses the best?? (They're doing the classic Wicked Stepsisters face scrunchies, so cute.)
[Update: And here's Kimberly's Instagram!]

It's not as common, but guys Disneybound, too! Here's a Peter Pan:

 See the red feather in his cap? And I'm guessing that's Tinkerbell with him.

These two are pretty easy to ID:

 The Tweedles!

A dapper Evil Queen with a poison apple belt buckle:

 She also has the Hunstman's box for a purse! And how fantastic is that retro Alice dress?

 Ariel and Flounder:

YAY FLOUNDER!

The Dapper Avengers were there again this year, and lemme tell ya, these ladies do. it. RIGHT. I'm not sure if I got the whole group together this year or not (I'm still editing my pics) but here's Thor and Loki:

And Ironman, Hawkeye, and Magneto Scarlet Witch:

 

 Super subtle, but so good. (Hawkeye has arrow earrings!)

This gent brought a vintage baby carriage *and* took photos with a vintage camera:

 (There was no baby in it, so maybe he used it to store stuff?)

Oh! This couple was amazing:

Just as I took this photo they spotted another couple of Dappers, and waved them over to join the pic. And that's how I got my favorite photo of the day:

 FLYNN IS DOING HIS SMOLDER, YOU GUYS. And I loooove how those two in the middle are looking at each other. Gah, so perfect.

Ok, I've gotta stop there for now, but I have so many more photos. So stay tuned!

*****

Update: Here's part 2!

(Want more? Then check out my pics from the last three Dapper Days: Fall 2014, Spring 2015, and Fall 2015!)