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The rhinos are so ! and that your waitlist comes through! Our safari was on a Thursday, and we were there from Tuesday night through Thursday night. I know Ann and Carly got there on Wednesday and stayed through Saturday. But I'm not really sure what the policy is for when you stay and when you can go on the safari.
Hmmm, maybe I need to call member services. So far I'm waitlisted for CL for the entire stay, but I would be willing to swap just a few nights as long as they were nights that would allow me to take the safari. We arrive on a Sunday and leave on a Sunday (and, oh darn! will miss Chick-fil-a again ). I would change rooms once, but don't really want to switch more than that.
Oh well, we'll be for our first DVC stay, so it's all good .
Ok, how did I get 10 pages behind again? LOL! I'll get caught up eventually, but I wanted to comment about Stefanie's dangling Mickey earrings - they are adorable and exactly something my DD would wear. Wonder if they'll be sold on the ship? If not, airport gift store it is! Back to reading now......
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Great pictures of the safari Cam. I'm so jealous. The pictures of Stefanie with the characters are my absolute favorites though. I love how she gives them kisses. My DS5 is like that with the characters. He just grins ear to ear when he sees them and I am tearing up just thinking about it.
By the way...we saw HP and the Deathly Hallows part 2...and I cried and cried. Had to use my fancy cloth napkin...the different drink napkins they put under my drink and my husbands in the Deluxe theater that we saw it in. DH just laughed at me...he said...I thought you'd read the books and knew what was going to happen. I told him I did...it still made it hard to see. DS and I were both in tears!!! But it was fabulous and Stefanie is right...now we have the DVD/Blurays to look forward to.
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Wow!!! the pictures! You got some amazing ones! I can't wait to see more! I especially love the close-up one of the rhino! So !
Hurry back with more!
With the truck still, I was able to do some adjustments with the lenses to get wide shots or close ups. So fun!
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Ok, how did I get 10 pages behind again? LOL! I'll get caught up eventually, but I wanted to comment about Stefanie's dangling Mickey earrings - they are adorable and exactly something my DD would wear. Wonder if they'll be sold on the ship? If not, airport gift store it is! Back to reading now......
finding them! Stefanie still loves them.
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Caught up again - fabulous pictures of the safari so far! Can't wait for more!
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Very nice pictures! I can't wait for more...
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So glad you're enjoying the Sunrise Safari! Can't wait to see more of your great pics!
Coming up soon!
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Great pictures Cam. I know this is silly, but my favorites are the one of the squirrel and the one of the duck.
As I took those pics, I knew my PP friends would get the squirrel and duck.
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Add another two weeks for getting cheeky with me! Any further and you can say goodbye to the Quiddich season
Appears I'm in trouble!
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Great pictures of the safari Cam. I'm so jealous. The pictures of Stefanie with the characters are my absolute favorites though. I love how she gives them kisses. My DS5 is like that with the characters. He just grins ear to ear when he sees them and I am tearing up just thinking about it.
By the way...we saw HP and the Deathly Hallows part 2...and I cried and cried. Had to use my fancy cloth napkin...the different drink napkins they put under my drink and my husbands in the Deluxe theater that we saw it in. DH just laughed at me...he said...I thought you'd read the books and knew what was going to happen. I told him I did...it still made it hard to see. DS and I were both in tears!!! But it was fabulous and Stefanie is right...now we have the DVD/Blurays to look forward to.
I'm so glad Stefanie (and your DS) still get so much enjoyment out of the characters, keeps our trips special! I have to agree on the movie; even though I knew what to expect, it was still hard!
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Great pics so far of the Safari- that would be so cool to do sometime!
Can't wait for more!
Mel
Hope you get a chance to take it some day!
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Wonderful Safari photos. I'm thinking about doing this one again in October because I loved it so much the first time!
I'm thinking I want to do the Sunset Safari on our next AKL stay and then maybe rotate the two every time we stay there.
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Sounds like fun Cam!!! Beautiful pictures so far - can't wait to see more and hear more stories!
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Great update Cam, looking forward to reading and seeing more
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I really LOVE the picture of the duck! The water circles pooling all around - great shot!
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that your waitlist comes through! Our safari was on a Thursday, and we were there from Tuesday night through Thursday night. I know Ann and Carly got there on Wednesday and stayed through Saturday. But I'm not really sure what the policy is for when you stay and when you can go on the safari. 
Hmmm, maybe I need to call member services. So far I'm waitlisted for CL for the entire stay, but I would be willing to swap just a few nights as long as they were nights that would allow me to take the safari. We arrive on a Sunday and leave on a Sunday (and, oh darn! will miss Chick-fil-a again 
). I would change rooms once, but don't really want to switch more than that.
for our first DVC stay, so it's all good 
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the pictures! You got some amazing ones! I can't wait to see more! I especially love the close-up one of the rhino! So 
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