Fantasy Fest Events Rocked Key West in 2005

Fantasy Fest events rocked Key West from Wednesday, December 7 through Sunday, December 11. This year's festival was the 27th Fantasy Fest of "Freaks, Geeks & Goddesses". My husband and me were in Key West this year as well for the third time in a row. Originally, this year's Fantasy Fest was scheduled to happen during November but hurricane Wilma has arrived to South Florida just before Fantasy Fest. 

We were booked to go in November and we were listening radio and watching television to see if we could still go but no way, hurricane Wilma was far stronger than expected and all of the plans had to be changed. Fantasy Fest is delayed to December. We debated a little whether we should still go in December, whether it will be as fun as previous years but in the end we hit the road.

Magical monsters, cyber techies, literary nerds and celestial beings were among the carnival characters. Each year the festival was getting better almost. People masked their cares in outlandish attire and lived their fantasies for 3-4 days. All the crowd, jam packed streets dressed up and celebrated Fantasy Fest 2005!

Captain Morgan was as the official parade sponsor, swaggering down Duval Street, leading the cavalcade of floats, bands and beads.

Some of the activities we attended were all amazing. We met with Freaks, Geeks & Goddesses. 22nd Annual Toga party at Sloppy Joe's Bar was a hit. Originally we did not plan to be there and we did not have any toga costumes but this did not stop us. We used the bath towels from our hotel to make ourselves toga costumes. We knew nobody would think we are freaks anyway.

Green Parrot's annual costume party was also very different. Sea serpents, mermaids and other bizarre creatures of the deep continue the search for what lurks in the dark and deep blue sea! Who's dancing on the reef? On that party we found out at the Mysteries of the undersea world are revealed! We felt like we were diving into some surreal fantasies and some-too-real fantasies that should perhaps remain submerged!