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We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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i am glad you got the camera back....and that is ALL i am going to say about THIS camera incident. (he he he...you betcha....). it was SO great, i think we should make this a holiday tradition. maybe darlene will put a disney photo above the mantle after all.....
Sheri, you are a naughty girl for referring to a previous camera "incident" that was inspired by a bit too much .
I intend to work on Darlene -- we'll get her Disneyfied yet!
And thank you all for and and and through my Trip Report. It's fun for me to write and to read -- gotta keep those Disney memories intact until I can get back down there for some more
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Just finished reading your TR. Sounds like you had a fabulous time. Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us!!!! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!!
Another wonderful TR Cindy - what a great last day at the AK, glad you got some extra special love from Goofy, and what a great picture of you and another Goofy fan with matching hats.
Thank you for the wonderful trip report, Cindy! It was great to relive the great time I had with you, Sandy, Sheri, and Darlene. We should all be so lucky to share a WDW trip with you, making friends wherever you go.
What a great last day minus those few moments when you though you lost your (I mean Rick's) camera. And those photos of WL outside - AMAZING! So beautiful!
Thank you for sharing your trip with us. So when did you decide to go back?
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Wonderful trip Cindy! I just got all caught up cause I was in DL! It sounds like you had a truly wonderful trip! I have to say that I loved DL Christmas but I still missed some of the things WDW has to offer during the holidays!
I got so far behind, I don't even know where to begin.
Your trip sounded amazing and full of fun and great people!
The pics of all the food were very appetizing. Wishing I was there now for some Disney food!
All your pics were great and made me remember all my past trips.
What a great last day minus those few moments when you though you lost your (I mean Rick's) camera. And those photos of WL outside - AMAZING! So beautiful!
Thank you for sharing your trip with us. So when did you decide to go back?
I am responding via my new iPad2 which I just purchased today -- I am a total dinosaur but am determined to enter the 21st century. I have no idea what I'm doing, but at least I can get into Passporterboards!
Still don't know when I'll get back to WDW -- Judy begged for Christmas "off" from discussing our joint trip to WDW. Don't worry -- I'll be bringing the topic up after New Year's. (And another friend who's never been to WDW may join us -- it's a long shot, but it could happen.)
And I'm also in negotiations with dear Sheri, so I think it's safe to assume I'll be going back yet this winter!
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Hi Cindy! I Finished reading your TR and of course loved every minute of it dahling!!!! . I had the good fortune of meeting up with you last January ( I think that was the month) while I was waiting on the TSM line. You are such a fun person to be around and it sure sounds like you put a smile on a lot of guests and cast members faces this trip! I hope I have the good fortune of running into you on a future trip to our Happy Place. Thanks so much for entertaining us with another of your great trip reports!!!
Linda, I think it was last December that we met in the TSMM line -- I wasn't there in January. Didn't you notice me (from the PP boards) when that family from Kansas City saw me while snaking through the indoor line, and the dad asked me to pose with his daughter? And then you figured out I was cindybelle from the PP boards, and you were just a few people behind me, so you came up & we got our pics taken together? And then the woman from Reunion I was with started laughing because everybody else near us was talking about whether I was a celebrity because so many people seemed to want to get my picture? That was hilarious!
That was the family I referenced in this current TR who recognized me on the Pirates ride this year.
How great to reconnect with you now!
Hey, does anybody out there have an iPad? I can't seem to add the smilies here, and it's driving me nuts! I definitely need my smilies!
Read Jennifer's instructions on smilies, which says to put the keyboard equivalents into your message & then when the message is posted it will magically contain the smilies.
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