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Love your dining choices. We are doing the Afternoon Tea too. It will be our 1st time so I'm looking forward to it! We are ending our trip with Ohaha's. The food is sooo yummy there. DH is a picky eater but he loves the Churrascaria style restaurants here at home so I think he will like Ohanas.
How neat to squeeze in so many celebrations! Love all of your dining choices. If I had a choice between Yak and Yeti or Sanaa, Sanaa would win hands down, and I do really enjoy Y&Y, but Sanaa is my favorite.
Arrghh! You know, it was one of your TRs that made me put Sanaa on my list to begin with. I remember you all ordered the bread service for an appetizer (I'm a total bread person!) and it sounded so delicious. Decisions, decisions.... Plus it would give us a chance to look at AKL once more...which will most likely be the first Deluxe resort we move up to...
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My niece and I thoroughly enjoyed our first afternoon tea last December! I think you and the girls will love it!
What wonderful meal choices and great places for all of your celebrations!
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Love the dining choices, and that everyone is getting to celebrate something "special". Even without loving tea, I loved the Afternoon Tea, you and the girls are going to love it and I have to tell you, I was full when I left. Between the tea sandwiches, and the tarts and scones and then strawberries and cream, it was a long while before I was actually hungry
Kevin would like to know if you think there are enough things there a manwould like to eat! He's not sure about the terrines and roulades.
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Everything sounds so Yummy. We love the Ohana breakfast, I think the POG juice is the main reason, although Stitch is my DS's favorite character.
I love the juice, too. And I had so much fun with Pluto last trip.
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Great dining plans and surprises!
Now I'm hungry for some O'Hana's breakfast food! Mmmmm Mickey Waffles.....pineapple bread....
The Segway around the World Tour is FANTASTIC! I'm sure your DH will love it! My DH and I did it last year, and even though it was 30 degrees out and the wind was blowing 50 MPH, we still really enjoyed it! What fun!
That's good to hear! Kevin is already trying to figure out a way to strap the camera to his shirt to video the whole thing!
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Another Afternoon Tea lover here! I think you & the girls (& Kevin if he goes) will enjoy it as well!
I'm telling Kevin you are all recommending that he goes!
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Getting caught up here! Great cast of characters!
Love your dining choices. We are doing the Afternoon Tea too. It will be our 1st time so I'm looking forward to it! We are ending our trip with Ohaha's. The food is sooo yummy there. DH is a picky eater but he loves the Churrascaria style restaurants here at home so I think he will like Ohanas.
Love how everyone will get to have a special day!
See - here's another guy doing tea and he's not intimidated!! Maybe David and Kevin can compare their experience afterwards!!
See - here's another guy doing tea and he's not intimidated!! Maybe David and Kevin can compare their experience afterwards!!
The first thing out of David's mouth was "am I going to be the only guy there?" I told him that he might be but there might be a few others. I think for them to compare notes might be a good idea since neither one will want to discuss it with their co-workers or friends.
Oh and I wanted to mention, Kevin and David have some things in common - When I met David I was a single mom of a 10 year old daughter. I actually met David through our profession but he was a Tae Kwon Do instructor at the time and is a 3rd degree black belt in the same arts. He hasn't really practiced in the last 5 years or so because the Master that he had trained with for over 20 years decided to move 4 hours away. But he still loves and respects the art.
Too bad we will miss each other by a week or so, they might have liked meeting each other in person.
Oh and I wanted to mention, Kevin and David have some things in common - When I met David I was a single mom of a 10 year old daughter. I actually met David through our profession but he was a Tae Kwon Do instructor at the time and is a 3rd degree black belt in the same arts. He hasn't really practiced in the last 5 years or so because the Master that he had trained with for over 20 years decided to move 4 hours away. But he still loves and respects the art.
Too bad we will miss each other by a week or so, they might have liked meeting each other in person.
Very cool! Neither Kevin or I teach anymore - and I'll admit; I don't feel like I'm in black belt shape right now, but we both workout to stay healthy.
It's really difficult after you stop training in martial arts to jump back in - so much to remember - but it seems most black belts do keep their muscle memory and it just takes practice to get it back again.
I wish they could have met, too...
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I'm late joining in, but just read up and am enjoying meeting your family!
Thanks Laurie - I always enjoy reading your comments and learn a lot from them.
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Just joining in! Love your plans so far, and my oh my, what a lot of celebrations you've crammed in!
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There’s not a whole lot going on in my planning stages right now. It’s too early for the last minute flurry of activity. Plus, much of my ‘packing’ is already accomplished from the postponed trip. My PhotoPass CD was purchased last year; most of our toiletries are stored away. Kevin had his new tube of VitaMotion-S spray for his motion-sickness.
One area we’re in bad shape is the clothes situation…Both girls have grown so much that basically none of their summer clothes fit anymore! Couple that with the fact that they are too big for the kids’ sizes now and a bit too small for the junior sizes and we have a real dilemma on our hands!!! AND, trying to find age-appropriate clothes in the junior section is a challenge. So we have been out a couple times so far shopping, shopping, shopping….Not much luck yet…
I have two things I am endeavoring to accomplish before we leave. And one absolutely HAS to be done…
1) Finish our 2009 WDW scrapbook
2) Completely read the camera guide for our new Canon Powershot G12
I’m a brand-new scrapbooker (and was inspired to try my hand at this from looking at all YOUR gorgeous books over in The Spare Room forum.) So last summer, I decided to try and scrap a few pages from our 2009 trip. Of course, once you start, you just have to finish and I jokingly told everyone “If I don’t get this scrapbook completed before September, we’re just going to have to cancel the trip.” Little did I know…
So now the girls keep telling me, “Hurry up Mom! Get it done or we’ll have to cancel again!” Since I’m just about finished with the first two days of the trip at this writing, I have a feeling I won’t be done in time…but we’re going to Disney no matter what!
AND…our old camera said its farewell to us at Halloweentime…someone (who shall not be named) accidentally dropped it on hard cement. We had actually been complaining about this camera for a while and I have a feeling the accident was just the Universe’s way of saying, “Okay – no more excuses for not purchasing a better camera.” We did the research and decided on the Canon Powershot G12 – an amazing camera but one whose vast array of features requires me to get a detailed guide so I actually know how to use it properly to get the most out of my photos.
So…while we’re still waiting, I thought I might go over some of our lists of must-dos for this trip; things we don’t want to miss and things we just can’t go to WDW without visiting…
The girls and I pretty much agree that doing ‘The Big Three’ attractions at each park is a total must-do!!!
Magic Kingdom : Hands down, this park is my favorite –simple because it feels this is where the magic lives.
And wow – this is going to be the biggest change for us this trip! First of all, we’ve never seen MK without the Halloween decorations in place! And with all the renovations going on in Fantasyland, it’ll definitely be a big change. We’re all in mourning over the demise of Mickey’s and Minnie’s houses. (Corinne says she feels like they’ve kicked Mickey out of Magic Kingdom.)
We also realize we’ll be dealing with larger crowds than we’re used to in September – which is probably going to be a big challenge.
FAVORITES:
Kevin : HM, TTA
Cathy: POTC, HM, SM, AstroOrbitor (I know, cheesy, but I like it.)
Kelley: BTMRR, Teacups
Corinne:BTMRR, Teacups, HM
MUST-DOs:
These are things we’ve yet to do and really want to…
~ Carousel of Progress
~Dumbo
~Country Bears Jamboree
~The ‘new’ SM
~Main Street Bakery
My DH went to tea with me last summer and he really liked it. There were a few other men in there too at the time. The first time I went there were 2 men having tea together - with no women either. I think the Afternoon Tea at GF is a good ice breaker to afternoon tea.
Good luck with the scrapping and the new camera instructions. I have a different Canon Powershot model and love it. I have to admit, though, I just use it a s a point-and-shoot and don't bother with the different settings.
I think you will still be ok crowd wise; I have been the first week of June before and it was very managable..... And hopefully the weather will be a little cooler for you.
Great list for MK; I hope you get to knock out your "must" list!!
What...you don't want your little girls dressing like little hootchie mommas?? I have a 17yo and I still have some trouble getting outfits that don't show crack or looks like she should be walking a corner. And I do tend to say something along those lines in the stores, which she hates but some parents shake their heads in agreement.
I scrapbook too. I have 2, yes 2, Disney trips and a Disney Cruise to do. I am such a slacker!! I have tried to start on the Cruise the past 2 weekends, but as you guess, something tends to come up. We'll see how this weekend turns out.
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Love all of your dining choices. 
If I had a choice between Yak and Yeti or Sanaa, Sanaa would win hands down, and I do really enjoy Y&Y, but Sanaa is my favorite.
Couple that with the fact that they are too big for the kids’ sizes now and a bit too small for the junior sizes and we have a real dilemma on our hands!!! AND, trying to find age-appropriate clothes in the junior section is a challenge. So we have been out a couple times so far shopping, shopping, shopping….Not much luck yet… 
Little did I know…
We’re all in mourning over the demise of Mickey’s and Minnie’s houses. (Corinne says she feels like they’ve kicked Mickey out of Magic Kingdom.) 
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