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Too funny that you would think I would like Roasted Chestnuts . . . because I can't eat them at all due to my lovely tree nut allergy so I don't have any idea what a roasted chestnut tastes like--even if you fed me one I still wouldn't know because it would make my tongue go numb!
It looks like you and Karen had a great time at the party, but I'm sorry you missed out on Goofy at the dance partaay.
Love your pictures of the castle. Drizella so wanted some dessert. too funny. I miss twas the night before Christmas show too. I wish they could bring it back. The Parade I always have end up with pictures of the characters backs or they tunr away as I snap a picture. the camera battery is usually stuggling by the time my favorite reindeer appear.
I love the look on the Chestnut CM and Eileen it does look like he is remembering you spitting them out in the pointsettia beds....
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everything about this update...such fun!!! I must thank you btw for sharing the Frontierland parade viewing. While watching from Main Street is magical, being at the begining of a parade & able to cut out to do something else rocks!
Great update! The only person I know who loves roasted chestnuts is my MiL...interesting texture, for sure. Dinner at the GF looked lovely, especially Eileen's fancy schmancy gluten free creation. Love the pics from MK; the ones of MM&Y are wonderful....I loved the holiday portion on the castle!
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I'm going to break in here and comment on this picture:
Obviously, the CM knows roasted chestnuts are NAS-TAY! I mean, seriously! Look at his face! He's all "you better not spit this out in the flower bed of poinsettias like your friend over their did two years ago."
'Cause... I did. I did spit out the wallpaper paste flavor of NAS-TAY chestnuts in the poinsettias in 2009.
I did.
And you would too if you'd made the mistake of believing Karen's delight in these bits of nastiness.
Ugh...
And, Shashi -- I mentioned writing the "Three to a Bed" report when it was still a secret. And then YOU went and blabbed about it up front, thereby robbing me of the joy of telling the tale and adding in all the supporting PhotoPass pics of our fun. So it's YOUR fault I'm not writing a TR... not *mine.*
So it's my fault? Dangit! Next time I'll wait three or four weeks for you to finally get started on yours before I start mine. By the way, if this is your way of distracting me so I don't notice how short your contributions are lately, it totally worked! I guess you just don't have that much to say. Good thing you're not doing an entire TR of your own.
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LOVE your pictures of MM&Y! I tried to get a few in November, but they came out terribly. Can I ask what kind of camera you have? I agree, the holiday edition was very cool, love the gingerbread castle!
I've got a Canon S90. I am a Canon fan big time!
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Roasted chestnuts...ok, can't eat them so trying them has never been an option, for some reason they do smell good when the guy on the corner sells them, but I think it is a ploy just to make people want to try them...I have watched a few people eat them and well let's say I would think it was the last time they did that...but my dad thinks they are pretty cool, so I guess he and Karen share the same palette and it goes to prove that there are those in the world who actually like them.
Love the pictures of the castle show...I love that show, another makes me cry, also another show I could not get any good pictures of (don't know Sharon, figured I understood that zoom thing on my camera, it just does not like me).
Roasted chestnuts are one of those traditional things like fruitcake. You'll get the occasional oddball that actually likes them. Everyone else just avoids or ignores them! And the best way to get better with your camera is practice. You should take another trip!
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Yay! You're back! Great update. You girls make everything fun "funner." So, are you going to leave us hanging about the type of shenanigans Eileen woke up to perform or would that ruin your "reputations?"
I told you, I was asleep! Eileen or Karen will have to fill y'all in. Honestly, I am asleep within seconds of my head hitting the pillow, so I miss out on the in-bed shenanigans.
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I must be in the super duper minority, because I love roasted chestnuts! I've been eating them since I was a kid. I wonder if maybe the kind my mom always gets me isn't the kind that everyone else has? Nah, can't be! Now I'm craving some!
All the party festivities look great!
You and Karen can have my share! I don't find them as offensive as Eileen does, but I can think of about 6,132 other things that taste better! I'd rather be eating one of those things.
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Dinner, the party, sounds like a great evening of fun!!! It took me a minute of two to figure out the hidden Cinderella picture
I looked at that photo about 4 times before I spotted her! Definitely a hidden Cindy!
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Fun! Fun! Fun! Loved the dinner pics. And you two did good at the party. I'm impressed!
We got a lot done at the party considering we didn't even get there until after 8:00!
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Too funny that you would think I would like Roasted Chestnuts . . . because I can't eat them at all due to my lovely tree nut allergy so I don't have any idea what a roasted chestnut tastes like--even if you fed me one I still wouldn't know because it would make my tongue go numb!
It looks like you and Karen had a great time at the party, but I'm sorry you missed out on Goofy at the dance partaay.
Of course you'd be allergic to them! Duh! Well, if you ask me, you aren't missing much!
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Love your pictures of the castle. Drizella so wanted some dessert. too funny. I miss twas the night before Christmas show too. I wish they could bring it back. The Parade I always have end up with pictures of the characters backs or they tunr away as I snap a picture. the camera battery is usually stuggling by the time my favorite reindeer appear.
I love the look on the Chestnut CM and Eileen it does look like he is remembering you spitting them out in the pointsettia beds....
Drizella was hilarious. We didn't even know she was at our table until we saw her there, staring at the dessert, completely mesmerized. She must've spotted the chef setting it down on the table and came right over. Eileen wouldn't share with her, but considering Eileen can't share food with many people because of her Celiac, I'll give her a pass on that one.
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everything about this update...such fun!!! I must thank you btw for sharing the Frontierland parade viewing. While watching from Main Street is magical, being at the begining of a parade & able to cut out to do something else rocks!
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It's almost as if this CM is scolding her for buying these chestnuts. The look on his face is like, "How dare you want to buy chestnuts from me! You should know better young lady!"
Too funny! It sounds like you guys had a great time at the party, and I have to agree with you about the MM&Y holiday version...very cool indeed!
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Hey, Shashi -- you should take my short comments as proof that I **LIKE** your updates. I've found nothing to add because you've summed it up so well. (And that there was no overt lying, not like in some other TRs of yours.)
But... now that you mentioned it... I *DO* have something to add.
The chef at 1900 Park Fare was really great to me. He was rather gruff at first and sort of pointed out things that I couldn't have. "Nope... you can have that (delicious-looking) salad 'cause it has soy sauce in it. Nope... nothing from the carving board either. And the breads and pasta salads are all out."
For a minute there, I thought I'd be spending all that money to slurp down bowl after bowl of strawberry soup! (Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it wouldn't be cost-effective now, would it?!)
We got all the way around the buffet and he suddenly turned to me in a huff.
Chef: Would you like a steak?
Me: with a sigh of relief Oh yes! I'd love one. But just a small one, okay?
Chef: It'll be big. And you'll like it. No arguments!
We had a similar conversation when it came to the gluten free options for dessert. What he built for me was... um... unusual to say the least. On a base made out of the bottom of a pineapple, he stuck alternating layers of gluten-free brownie with scoops of vanilla ice cream through skewers. Then he brought it to the table and poured a pitcher of warm chocolate goo over it all.
That's what attracted Drizella - the drip of chocolate goo down the tower of brownies and ice cream.
Dangit... I made myself drool just thinking about that dessert!
And, because she'll hurt me if I don't, I have to thank Sharon publicly for letting me snag her sparkly UBER-annual pass to get a 20% discount at Basin White. I bought myself a new jar of the Pink Sugar body butter and am loving having this wonder product in my skin care arsenal again.
After we split up and the partiers left for the MVMCP, Jilly and I returned to the WL and went straight up to the Club Lounge. We drank quite a bit of wine -- and even had the CMs coming out with the bottle to refill our glasses a couple of times. We really did have a reputation, it seemed! I couldn't tell you what we talked about, just that we talked for hours, and I fell even more in love with Jill than ever.
For the curious: I have NO idea what shenanigans I got up to when the Christmas partiers returned that night. I'm sure it involved me lifting my curly-headed fright wig off the pillow and mumbling at Karen through my mouth guard. There's nothing as sexy as me slurring "come to bed" through a bit of molded acrylic.
It's almost as if this CM is scolding her for buying these chestnuts. The look on his face is like, "How dare you want to buy chestnuts from me! You should know better young lady!"
Too funny! It sounds like you guys had a great time at the party, and I have to agree with you about the MM&Y holiday version...very cool indeed!
They give them away (and still people refuse)! They don't have the nerve to charge people for those things!
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Great Update! Some day I hope to go to the MVMCP, but we did see the Twas the Night Before Christmas show in 2008 the week of Christmas when we were there and totally loved it. Glad my DH has it on video since it is gone now. As for roasted Chestnuts I do have to agree that they are NASTY! Ewww!
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On a side note: Eileen you should have made something up about the shenanigans, not actually told us the truth! You're a writer, I know you have imagination! We were so expecting something HILARIOUS and all we get is mumblings through a mouth guard. Disappointing.
loving this TR. Hopefully I will make it to WDW for Christmas sometime. But I am sure that it won't be nearly as fun as you four or I should say 6 of you have!
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everything about this update...such fun!!! I must thank you btw for sharing the Frontierland parade viewing. While watching from Main Street is magical, being at the begining of a parade & able to cut out to do something else rocks!
Dangit! Next time I'll wait three or four weeks for you to finally get started on yours before I start mine. By the way, if this is your way of distracting me so I don't notice how short your contributions are lately, it totally worked! 
I guess you just don't have that much to say. Good thing you're not doing an entire TR of your own. 
I'd rather be eating one of those things. 
Too funny! It sounds like you guys had a great time at the party, and I have to agree with you about the MM&Y holiday version...very cool indeed!
As for roasted Chestnuts I do have to agree that they are NASTY! Ewww! 
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