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Moving on with the current of the years.
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
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Amazing updates. The Birthday Party at the Coral Reef looked amazing. What a special treat, and I really hope Jennifer and Dave realize how special a place they created. I loved the idea of the gift you gave them, as well as the frames they had on the tables. The food looked delicious.
Glad you had some fun at the Epcot Quest...sorry that the bite is still bothering you. Hope the bug bite kit helped some. I love all the PP pictures of you both at the Studios. Can't wait to hear all about the dessert party.
Sunday 3 May part seven: heading backstage for dessert heaven
When we got to the courtyard of RocknRoller Coaster, we found Dawn and Tina and, before long, we found a big group of familiar faces with Jennifer and Dave coming along a few moments later. We had time to kill, but it went by really quickly, as we were all chatting away, like good PassPorters do and taking lots of photos.
Soon the WIB or Women in Black, otherwise known as Beci, Sara and Coleen (I think thats right) from Mouse Fan Travel were arriving to check us all in and hand out wristbands.
Then we had to wait for a few more minutes before they let us into the backstage area and we were told once again no cameras and to put them away.
One final shot before we headed backstage
I joked that I might have a problem with the size of mine, but I just covered it up. As we went behind the scenes, we got a great view of Tower of Terror (nowhere near as beautiful as at Tokyo Disney though) and we all kept joking that Sharon would be in heaven and that we might have to carry her, as she might faint from the excitement!
We had to climb a fair amount of steps to get to our private party area and, as we kept joking, we were going to need that dessert party when we got there, after all that exercise! Those steps brought us out to the private party area, which is right at the back of the amphitheatre, but dead centre, and there waiting for us were a couple of tables of desserts, along with a table of things like water, fruit punch (not alcoholic!), which was very good and some hot drinks.
It was amazing how quickly everyone dug into the desserts. Sara had earlier warned us that there would be a lot of food and she wasnt kidding. Now I have to say that I love desserts and chocolate, but this just proved to be too much for me. Lovely, but my goodness, they were rich and way too much for me. I tried a couple of cakes, a lemon slice (about the only light option there) and the chocolate, peanut butter and marshmallow cake, but the latter was too American to me and tasted weird to me. Im sorry, but peanut butter and I will never be friends. :
We had an hour before Fantasmic! and we just passed the time by eating, drinking, chatting away and taking lots of photos.
It was a beautiful evening, not too hot and not too cold and it was just perfect. I was very glad that we had booked the package and it was such a nice treat to be able to enjoy this.
Wasn't that just a FANTASMIC night? Of the two times I've seen the show, this was definitely the best: the best weather. the best company. the best FOOD!
Having been on my Lifestyle Change since Jan. and really watching my desserts, I found those desserts to be too much for me and had me wishing for something other than chocolate(a catastrophe!). But of course that was after I ate that YUMMY rocky road bar: the peanut butter(yum yum chez!)chocolate and marshmallow. Talk about rich!!
That was when Larry won my heart forever! I was sitting there holding my bar and it was melting and I said, oh I knew I should have gotten a fork! He looked at me and offered to get it, he was all ready to get up too!! I declined the offer though as I just didn't want him to put down his own dessert get up just for me!
I was completely blown away by the kind gesture, the men in my everyday life are just not as, (oh what do I want to say??) well mannered as Bob and Larry are and Larry, you are the best!
I really enjoyed going behind the scenes and seeing the Tower, although really, everything is themed for on stage, isn't it?
Thanks Mouse Fan Travel for throwing this party for us!! We had a blast!!
Great update! I think that this is the best way to see Fantasmic. I did the dessert party in 2007 and it spoiled me forever.
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Lovely, but my goodness, they were rich and way too much for me. I tried a couple of cakes, a lemon slice (about the only light option there) and the chocolate, peanut butter and marshmallow cake, but the latter was too American to me and tasted weird to me. Im sorry, but peanut butter and I will never be friends. 
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They all look very delicious, too! Great pictures! 
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