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Can't wait for the photo finale...what a fun "girls" trip! I wish I was named Lisa
I still have a day and a half to finish up on the TR - then the photo finale will be revealed!!
Hey - you are almost there with the name........my Mom's name is Donna!!!
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Looks like you had so much fun at MK!!!
Oh yes we did!!!
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Finally all caught up, I didn't realize how far I fell behind in reading. Sorry to hear about your daughters injury, I hope she makes it through WDW at a nice slow pace. Fantasmic looks like a great show, we are doing the dinner package for it when we go in December.
I think there are a LOT of us ready to become "honorary" Lisas!!
LOL! People let us know if they were a "Lisa"!!!
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Finally all caught up, I didn't realize how far I fell behind in reading. Sorry to hear about your daughters injury, I hope she makes it through WDW at a nice slow pace. Fantasmic looks like a great show, we are doing the dinner package for it when we go in December.
Thanks - she will trudge through hopefully! We will get a wheel chair if needed!
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What a great time at CM and at MK!
Thanks! It was!!!!
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I'm getting excited! Our paths are about to cross again soon in the TR!
Brent
Yes ~ BUT then that means my trip is over as we were literally heading to the airport from there...........BUT hey - I only have 9 more days till the next one!!!
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Sounds like you guys had a great day. Your pictures are great.
Liz
Thanks!!!
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Great morning!
yes - it was!!! Thanks!
Been meaning to ask - where did yáll get the bags you each have? they are so cute!
Thanks - we got them at Target! They were in the luggage section - and nice assortment of colors! They were only $14.99 and FIT so much!!!!
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I love that you are posting so many pictures! I get my Disney fix through TR like yours with lots of pics!
Glad to help with the Disney Fix!!! I LOVE taking photos, can you tell?!?!
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After leaving MK, we headed back to BWV………where the plan was to drop off the car and put our purchases in the room and head over to Epcot………..BUT it was HOT!!! And we had been going, going, going……………and I was HOT!!!! So I made the executive decision that we needed to take a short break and head to the pool to cool off and refresh ourselves!!!! And besides…….I was ready for an adult beverage!!
So they both agreed (Thank you!!!) and we quickly changed into our suits and headed down to the pool with adult beverages and just relaxed in the pool for about 30-45 minutes………..and I have to say I was actually surprised that we did not get in “trouble” here……….as we had our “drinks” on the pool side……..however, they were the refillable Disney mugs……….and we were only told that we couldn’t drink them “over” the pool…….we needed to make sure the drinks stayed over the cement! (I remember Tracy (eldobans) referring to a life guard telling her that she couldn’t have a drink in the pool! And I have been told that before as well)………maybe it’s a good idea to put your drink in the refillable mug all the time!!! LOL!
I felt so much better after this little break and was rip roaring and ready to go again!!! (I think they felt better too!)
Now it was time to shower and freshen up and head to Epcot for our Coral Reef ADR’s!!!
More hopefully later today (having issues with computer at work........will have to do from home!)
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Feeling so MUCH better…………we left BWV and walked over to Epcot (I just love being able to enter in the back way!).
Of course, we stopped for the photopass photographer on the bridge between France and UK for photo ops (those will be added later!)!
We then had to head to Coral Reef for our ADR’s……….neither Lisa # 1 or # 3 had ever eaten here before………….Lisa # 1 is the plain Jane eater of the group………but they were both anxious to try it out!
We were sat in the upper section……….which was kind of a bummer, as I would have loved to sit down near the tanks, but oh well – we still had a great view – and we had a FABULOUS server!!! Gosh- I can’t remember her name – but she was SO AWESOME!!!!
We had quite the feast here…………..
Starting out with some YUMMY adult beverages !!!
Then some Appetizers………..
Lisa # 1 had the Caesar Salad………..
Lisa # 3 and I shared the Crab Cakes! YUM!!!!!!!!!! (oops, forgot to take a photo! guess we just dove right in!)
Then dinner was ahhhhhh…………..so yummy!!!
I had the Grilled Mahi Mahi ~ although they have changed it a bit, and it no longer has the cashews that it used to have – but it was still delish!
Lisa # 3 had the Mushroom Phyllo Crisp:
Lisa # 1 had the Grilled New York Strip:
Dinner was fabulous!!! We did pass on dessert ~ as I had other plans for that!!!
We paid our bill ~ which by the way with the TIW discount for the apps, dinner, and 4 adult beverages (someone had a 2nd ~ can’t remember who?) the total with tip was $136.44 ~ not too bad for that type of meal! (I am really beginning to like the freedom of TIW and no DDP!)
After leaving Coral Reef, we walked over to take a ride on a clam-mobile with Nemo & Friends! Such a cute ride!! Love it every time!
Then we headed straight to Spaceship Earth ~ as no visit to Epcot is complete without a ride on here! I had to laugh at Lisa #3 ~ she sat behind Lisa # 1 and I and she chose to listen to the ride in Portuguese!!! She is Portuguese or as I like to call her “Port-lish” and it was quite comical trying to “listen” to it and make out what they were saying!
Of course I was thoughtful enough to get pics of Lisa # 1 and I ~ however, apparently Lisa # 3 was too focused on her “other” language and missed the boat on that one ~ so no pics of her !
Next up was a walk around World Showcase! I had a mission here! It was a bummer that it was too late to find any characters around World Showcase (this is one of my favorite things to do ~ finding the characters in their respective countries) – but oh well – we were still having fun!
Funny little side note here: we ran into a group of girls that we having a bachelorette party ~ “touring” around the world………….lets just say ~ I don’t think that Bride-to-be will remember anything from that night!!!
So my mission was to visit Germany………………for some YUMMY caramel!!!!
Aw man – it was sooooooooooooooo hard to make a decision here!!!! I am usually a BIG fan of caramel apples while at the world (I have TMJ, and I LOVE how they will slice it for you ~ makes it so much more enjoyable ~ and I don’t “pay” for it later!) so it was REALLY hard to pass those up, but I knew I had to try something different! (Besides I will be back there very soon to grab one of those apples!)
So we ended up with:
Vanilla Cupcake with Caramel frosting!
And a brownie covered with caramel!!!
We all 3 shared each and OMG!!! I was in caramel heaven!!!!! They were quite rich – but OH SO delish!!!!
Aw man………..I am drooling again just thinking about them…………think I might be spending A LOT of time there on my next trip !!!!
After our “caramel high” we continued through the remainder of World Showcase taking in the sights while we walked ~ and then decided we needed to head back over to DHS (we got some MAJOR park hopping done on this trip!) to try to get onto TSM!
So onto the boat we went!
Arrived at DHS about 25 minutes later ~ and went straight back to TSM ~ wait time was showing 30 minutes – it was almost exactly that! And I have to admit – that was my first time ever going through the Stand by que! And apparently – I missed Mr. Potato Head ~ I was so bummed as I have NEVER seen him – they had him covered for some reason? But the wait time still went by pretty quickly as there was so much to look at/photograph along the way!
Lisa # 2 and I rode together ~ while Lisa # 3 was by herself! I believe on this round Lisa # 1 won! We got off and got right back in line ~ it was again about 30 minutes ~ but we didn’t care at this point – it was sooooooo much fun! Second time around ~ I rode with Lisa # 3 ~ man is she competitive (cuz I am so not……LOL!) and Lisa # 1 rode by herself ~ I believe I won this round!
After our TSM fun it was close to closing time, so we started heading out ~ and of course stopped in the shops along the way for some retail therapy!
Now it was time to head back to the room (which I have to say here – that if you are staying at BWV, it is much quicker to get off the boat at Swan & Dolphin and walk back to BWV!) to start packing and finish off the adult beverages in the room ~ as we were going to be leaving tomorrow evening .
Up next: Star Wars and More!
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as we were literally heading to the airport from there...........BUT hey - I only have 9 more days till the next one!!! 
on the bridge between France and UK for photo ops (those will be added later!)!
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