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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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Great day! Fyi: If you ever head to GA; don't ask for an elephant ear or a waffle cake (never heard either of those references)- but rather ask for a funnel cake
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Sounds like a great day at AK!! I love the Christmas trees they put in Camp Minnie Mickey. How funny that Cinderella was the movie playing at the pool.
Love elephant ears! (yes, we are Michiganders too!) I thought they called them "funnel cakes" though? Either way - still good eats! Another great day - I love AK!
sounds like a nice AK day. Never heard of a waffle cake. We call them funnel cakes as well. I have heard of elephant ears but they are more like a thin, flat, oblong (shaped liked an elephant's ear) pastry. almnost like a danish without any filling.
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Day 3/November 17th 2012
Ahhhh, today I get to go to my much missed, highly anticipated, EPCOT!! I was very excited! We arrived early since it was AM EMH, which generally we try to avoid but this was the day we could get an Akershus reservation and that is a must for both of us. Immediately upon entry we did what any experienced Disney guest would do......headed for Soarin! Loved it! I can still smell the oranges when I think about it. I just love the end of it where Tinkerbell makes that 'pop' noise over the castle! "Thanks for flying with us, enjoy your day at Epcot!"
From there we went to The Land, that just never gets old. I think I could ride that boat around all day!
About this time it had occurred to Cheyenne that she hadn't eaten in like an hour and a half, some wonderful smells were drifting up from the Seasons Cafe. We gave in to temptation and went to take a "look", a look became a curiosity and a curiosity became a taste, a taste became a snack, and there we were, headed back to the table with a calorie laden food sin. We must have worked that off with all the walking that day though, right? Ohhhh it was delish! Simply delish! Pictures are worth a thousand words...... Somewhere in our travels this morning we found the infamous phone booth.......ta da! It was getting close to our brunch reservation at Akershus so we took a walk around the world to Norway. We were both pretty excited about this one. While waiting in line I was recognized by a nice CM that Brent and I met in a previous trip who was noted for saying "Michigan is a nice place to be FROM!" Here is a pic with her. Belle was in the Lobby area greeting guests. It was very welcoming to see her, she is quite scarce at MK Town hall now that she has all her activities in Fantasyland to oversee. She said it did keep her quite busy but that Beast was very good about helping out. Once seated at our table it wasn't long and we were in the middle of Princess paradise! You could almost smell magic in the air. Very first thing we were greeted by the Lady in Blue, herself, Cinderella. She was amazing. I told her all about Brent and she was so disappointed that he wasn't there. She signed a blue scarf for him that I brought along to get signed. I asked if we could get pic of her alone and she posed with the scarf here. Next it was Ariel. We told her how much fun her new area and ride were in MK. She was delighted that we liked it so much!
After Ariel was my glorious Snow White..........she was so friendly and chipper.
It wasn't long after that we heard the parade music start up! Yay.......a Princess parade! All the kids looks so adorable. What?!? What was I seeing as Cinderella came up nearer to our table. She was waving to get my attention. She stopped and posed, BLOWING A KISS!!!!! She said "Here is a kiss for Brent....". I was almost too shocked to grab my camera! I wish I would have grabbed my traditional camera for a better pic. I was thinking quick and grabbed my phone camera so I could send it to him....not the best pic quality but still a remarkable pic. I am telling you....the princesses just crave him!
We went to seek out Mulan! She remembered Brent and I too!
Then on to see Aurora!
We found some very cool Bambi art. More holiday decor.
And posed for some pics.....my pretty girl!
We went back POP for an afternoon break and found these incredible cupcakes! A friend was telling me about an ice cream sundae she had recently with bacon pieces on it and this treat had those. She swore the sweet and salty was good together and it was!! Choc cupcake, peanut butter frosting drizzled with caramel and chocolate topped with bacon pieces. Amazing! I just had a bite since I was still feeling indulgence guilt from earlier.
We walked around the 'world' 3 times! It was so beautiful at night and decorated for Christmas! Just couldn't get enough of it that night. And on the way around I found Snow's Wishing Well and made a wish of my very own!
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I love those Christmas trees - and I can't wait to see them again! 
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The Christmas trees at Camp Minnie-Mickey are among my favorites.
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Dreams, Wishes, Hopes... these are the parts of childhood we should never lose.
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