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Four crazy ladies walking on the road. I wonder how many people on the buses were pointing and laughing at you guys? At least you all made it there in one piece.
What a sad day with all those good-byes, but it sounds like you all really had a great time, so that makes it not so bad. BTW, when are you visiting DC in May?
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Thank you Sharon for another wonderful report. I'm going to move over to your DL section and hope to get some tips there about DL (we're thinking of going in 2013...I know we haven't even gotten our 2012 WDW done yet and already I'm in 2013...and beyond! mode).
Those dates are great. I was thinking about the 8-12th, but maybe I'll look at 7-11.
Good! I was a little worried I wouldn't get to see you this year. Although October is awfully far away!
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That's why I love you UNDERLINGS. You do all the heavy lifting and I get to sit back and bring the snarky good humor without spilling a drop of my cocktail.
Well, because we are the SKILLED members of the ELC, we can write trip reports without spilling our cocktails. Really, what kind of clumsy...
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I'm only a train ride away... and Joanie could come too, I bet!!
I already contacted Joanie! I was gonna contact you soon. Honest.
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I'm a DC area peep!! I would love to meet up in May.
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Oooo, how exciting to think about a meet with half the CLQ!!
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Four crazy ladies walking on the road. I wonder how many people on the buses were pointing and laughing at you guys? At least you all made it there in one piece.
What a sad day with all those good-byes, but it sounds like you all really had a great time, so that makes it not so bad. BTW, when are you visiting DC in May?
My DM and I would love a PPer meet in D.C.! We arrive on Friday evening, so I think maybe lunch on Saturday 5/5 or Sunday 5/6 would be good! I don't know enough about D.C. restaurants to pick anything, so I welcome suggestions!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
I'm glad there was some comedic relief (walk to Poly from WL and the bug on the bus) to compensate for the sad goodbyes.
I'm getting a little jealous of everyone meeting up with Princess Sharon. Are you going with the fam again around Labor Day? If so, then maybe I'd get to see you again too.
Sharon, I came into this trip report SO late, but I just wanted to let you know I read through the entire thing in the last two days and cracked up laughing just about every ten minutes. Plus, I love all the snarky comments you throw at each other in the replies. Very cute.
If I had seen a bug as big as what I'm imagining, I wouldn't have stayed calm at all. I probably would have freaked out, and then the poor person the bug was chilling out on would have thought I'd seen a tarantula or something. Kudos for keeping your !
That lady who got on the bus and refused to get off: I can totally understand her frustration! I agree that the monorails should run until an hour after whenever the park actually closes!
I am sure I am forgetting to comment on a ton of stuff that happened way back at the beginning of your trip, but I just wanted to let you know your trip reports are always good for several laughs! Thanks for taking the time to write them!
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My DM and I would love a PPer meet in D.C.! We arrive on Friday evening, so I think maybe lunch on Saturday 5/5 or Sunday 5/6 would be good! I don't know enough about D.C. restaurants to pick anything, so I welcome suggestions!
Oooooh...I just may be able to swing that since we don't leave for Disney until the next weekend. My D.C. knowledge is so limited, so I can't help you out too much there, but it's not far from me, and I know how to get in and out of the city, so that's a plus.
What part of DC will you be visiting? Touristy area? Actual DC, or Northern VA, or suburban MD? I assume actual DC....
Maybe we should start a thread for this?
I'm glad there was some comedic relief (walk to Poly from WL and the bug on the bus) to compensate for the sad goodbyes.
I'm getting a little jealous of everyone meeting up with Princess Sharon. Are you going with the fam again around Labor Day? If so, then maybe I'd get to see you again too.
Yes! August 26 - September 3!
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Sharon, I came into this trip report SO late, but I just wanted to let you know I read through the entire thing in the last two days and cracked up laughing just about every ten minutes. Plus, I love all the snarky comments you throw at each other in the replies. Very cute.
If I had seen a bug as big as what I'm imagining, I wouldn't have stayed calm at all. I probably would have freaked out, and then the poor person the bug was chilling out on would have thought I'd seen a tarantula or something. Kudos for keeping your !
That lady who got on the bus and refused to get off: I can totally understand her frustration! I agree that the monorails should run until an hour after whenever the park actually closes!
I am sure I am forgetting to comment on a ton of stuff that happened way back at the beginning of your trip, but I just wanted to let you know your trip reports are always good for several laughs! Thanks for taking the time to write them!
Thanks! I love reading TRs all at once, but then you need to take notes or something to remember all the things you wanted to comment on!
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Oooooh...I just may be able to swing that since we don't leave for Disney until the next weekend. My D.C. knowledge is so limited, so I can't help you out too much there, but it's not far from me, and I know how to get in and out of the city, so that's a plus.
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What part of DC will you be visiting? Touristy area? Actual DC, or Northern VA, or suburban MD? I assume actual DC....
Maybe we should start a thread for this?
I plan to start a thread when I have a rough itinerary worked out. Right now I don't even have a hotel booked.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
This made me very happy! We're there the 21st to the 31st. I'll be donning my royal radar to find you in the parks I'll have to send you our itinerary and see if we'll be ending up at any of the same parks.
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This made me very happy! We're there the 21st to the 31st. I'll be donning my royal radar to find you in the parks I'll have to send you our itinerary and see if we'll be ending up at any of the same parks.
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Yay! We arrive on September 1st!
Looking forward to seeing both of you!
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Oh my, that walk to the Poly! I can just imagine it. I'm guessing there was a lot of laughter involved.
We laughed a lot!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
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