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Glad o hear you had fun at DQ and had a wonderful dinner at Kona Cafe. Those Surrey Bikes look look and sound like so much fun. Glad to hear it was a fantastic day. More please.
DisneyQuest is a lot of fun - there's some kind of time warp in there because you leave thinking, "Did I REALLY just spend 6 hours playing video games?"
We love Earl of Sandwich. I always get the All American, it's my favorite.
Kona Cafe sounds delicious, we'll have to try it one day.
The Surrey Bikes sound like a lot of work, especially after a full meal! They do sound fun though.
Can't wait to read what happens next - especially about the Vinylmation, because I have no clue what that is.
Sounded like a fun day at DQ. I want to try it, but I am waiting until my girls get a little bit older (and taller).
The surrey bike sounded like fun and exhausting.
I hope you ended up getting Beaker!
We got up and headed over Magic Kingdom today. I was so excited. When we got through the train tunnel, David said "Okay this is Mommy's big moment" I started walking down Main Street took one look at the castle and started tearing up. 197.jpg200.jpg
It was beautiful!! We took a few pictures and walked around really slow. We had all day. We headed over to Buzz Lightyear and did that first. I won!!! David didn't even try!!! He said it just isn't as good as Men in Black at Universal. That's true but it still was fun. We did Monsters, Inc. next. What a blast that was. We got fastpasses for BTMR and then did HM. I really love this. I noticed a lot of new things that I hadn't seen before. I also got the skinny hitchhiker...finally...I also get the short squat one!! From there we actually headed over to Casey's for a bite to eat. After that we went and got fastpasses for space mountain and went back to use our fastpasses at BTMR. Still bumpy, but reaaly fun. We walked around alot and finally headed over to use our fastpasses for Space Mountain. Somewhere in there we also did the Pooh ride. Katie said we had to. We went over to see Mickey's Philharmagic and then called it a day. We were coming back on Friday night for EMH. It was about 2pm and David wanted to do laundry. We headed back to POP and Katie went swimming while we threw in 2 loads of laundry. Our dinner reservations were for 5:25pm at Tutto Italia. This is where Dave and I got into a nice fight!!! I didn't think the clothes would dry in time. After me getting upset that we'd be late and him getting upset becacuse I kept sighing when the drying wouldn't dry the clothes he gets really upset and starts throwing stuff around and grabbing the clothes. He's yelling...we always have to be somewhere...blah, blah, blah. I Had told him I would do the laundry later that night since I don't sleep well and he insisted on doing now...we have plenty of time...blah, blah, blah. Anyway...after getting to the bus to get to EPCOT I knew we were going to late. David wasn't speaking to me at this point. Whatever...he is stubborn. We get off the bus and through the entrance and run...He and Katie are walking really quickly. We had about 10 minutes to get to Tutto. I'm dying trying to keep up. Needless to say we got to Italy at 5:30pm. It wasn't any problem. We only waited about 5 minutes and we were seated. No table conversation for us. I'm mad!!! He's mad!!! Katie's upset that we aren't talking. Whatever!!! We ordered lasagna for Dave and I and Katie got the Canneloni. The waterboy had just filled the water glasses when the food came. The waiter goes to put the food down and instead of putting it down next to him, reaches OVER the water glasses and spills the entire glass of water in Dave's LAP!!! Normally, we would have burst out laughing...not this time. You could hear a pin drop!!!! The waiter as apologizing, our waitress Gabriella was apologizing. The poor boy that spilled the water..I think he was new...was scared to death!!! David said No Problem...it's only water it'll dry. They leave and he looks at me. I burst out in tears...why are you crying??? Oh just everything that happened today!!! The manager came over and asked David if he wants them to get him a new shirt. No it's fine!!! Anyway...the meal was great!!! We lightened up after that. We ordered dessert. Katie had the Chocolate gelato. David ordered the tiramatsu (which he doesn't like...he liked this one!!!) and I ordered the Plato Delizie which was a trio of delightfulness. I don't know what it had on it besides a cannoli and some chocolate things but it was really good. The bill came to $120.35. 3DDP credits and we paid $25.00 for a tip. They kept coming over to our table throughout the whole meal. David's pants were dry by the time we left. It was all GOOD!!
After dinner, David and Katie took a nap at the American Adventure while I sang every song in it. It's a favorite of mine. Let's face it...everything at WDW is a favorite of mine. After that we headed over to the International Gateway and went to Boardwalk for a while.
We walked around Boardwalk and went to the shops. I bought another muppet vinylmation...Rizzo the rat!! Oh well... got a couple more days left. We got a couple of the other ones too. We now have a ghost and pluto in his swim trunks and an inner tube. These are all quite cute. I bought a keychain one and got Donald!! Anyway...we decided to go back to EPCOT around 8:40 and see Illuminations. The last time I saw it I didn't like it too much. Off we go...we stood over near the Rose and Crown. Well I don't know if it was because I had a different view or what but it was beautiful! I finally got it!! When it was over, we headed out with them masses. We stopped at a gift shop near the exit to let people thin out and I bought another Muppet Vinylmation...I really need to stop this!!! I got the Swedish Chef!!! Awesome!! I love him...dishka doo!!! Mork, mork, mork!!! Anyway we headed back to the buses and HOLY MOLY!!! The line for POP was a million people deep! Katie and I took bets how many buses we had to wait for. Everytime a bus came everyone cheered. 5 busesd later we were headed back to POP. They stopped at the arcade...big surprise!! We headed back to the room to end the night.
Sorry that last post seemed really long!!! I just went on and on.
On different note...I've told you that Katie does cross country track. Well she keeps tripping and falling. Her knees look like she was beaten with a baseball bat or something. She also keeps getting lost when she is running alone. The other day, everyone was back before her. When she finally got back, the coach asks "So where DID you go?" I asked her if she really thinks this is the sport for her. You know what she says? I love it...it's fun!! Okay then!! She also got contacts Wednesday for the first time. I said be careful with them. Thursday she texts me from school...I lost one of my contacts. SIGH!!! So I actually ordered 2 boxes. They are the 14 day disposable ones. She should get them next week. Hopefully they will last til the end of the year.
Friday she had time trials. For a freshman, the average time is 40 minutes for the mile. While she didn't break any records or come in first, second or anywhere near the top...she finished 2nd to last. Her time was actually 32.34 minutes. I'm very proud because she is sticking to this!!! Her first meet is on Wednesday and I'm going to go and watch the end of the race. Wish her luck!!!!
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Great update Dawn. Sounds like a great day, despite the fight between you & Dave. Sorry to hear about the water incident, but it is water and dries. Your dinner sounded delicious. More please. Good luck pixies being sent for Katie's Cross Country Meet.
Great updates!!! We haven't tried EoS yet. We ate at WPE on our DTD day and it was sooo good, we wanted to go back again. But, I really would love to try EoS as I've read so many great reviews.Hmmmm....can I find a way to do 2 DtD days???? We loved Kona-one of our fav meals!!! We...I mean I...would love to try out the bikes!!! We almost did them at Va Beach last fall, but didn't fit it in. I just have to ride them next trip! Sounds fun!! Can't wait to read more!! Great TR!!
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Too funny, that is so an argument that my DH and I would have, but I would have laughed my A$$ off at the water, and probably said something like karma sucks. . Anyway, love the fun vinylmation search cool, my DH thinks they are ugly, I dunno. Great updates, can't wait for more. Oh one more thing, my DH always says to Lily when we walk into MK look at mommy here come the waterfalls.
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. Anyway, love the fun vinylmation search cool, my DH thinks they are ugly, I dunno. Great updates, can't wait for more. Oh one more thing, my DH always says to Lily when we walk into MK look at mommy here come the waterfalls. 
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