Goin' Down the Bayou ~ The TR (November 1-10, 2012) - Page 8 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I have to agree - the girls are so cute, and you have many wonderful photos documenting the good times they had. You are accomplishing a lot on your trip!
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Busy, busy morning! Two rides on Toy Story, one on ToT, RnRC, a PP meet, lots of adorable photo ops, and shopping!
It was a busy morning! Don't worry though, we'll have some down time later in the day
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What a great start to your day at the Studios! Love the pics!
Thanks!
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Adorable photopass pics of the girls. The one with Chip is super cute.
I love that pic with Chip! It was such a surprise, I had never seen that one before. When the photographer had them pose with their hands out I just assumed it would be Tink in the picture, but I was excited to see that it was Chip instead!
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Originally Posted by lfredsbo
Great update!!! Fantastic that you were able to meet up with Dawn and family!!!
Love the pics!! The girls are so cute!!
Awww, thanks! I think they're pretty cute myself
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You sure got a lot accomplished!
We really did!
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I have to agree - the girls are so cute, and you have many wonderful photos documenting the good times they had. You are accomplishing a lot on your trip!
Thank you so much! I hope they love looking at all of these pictures someday when they are all grown up
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Wow, you've certainly packed a lot into the day already!
I know! It's crazy that it's only 11:30 am at this point.
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Busy morning! I love meeting Mike and Sully together Two of my favourites! Little worried about what didn't live up to the hype though???
Sully is so soft!! I think Abby could have stayed there all day just rubbing his fur I'll get to the "hype" in my next update, nothing major, just something I was looking forward to that was slightly disappointing
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What a busy morning!?! So glad Kaeli loved RnRC and I loved her little thumbs up in the pic.
PP meets are so much fun!
Can't wait to hear about MM!
I'm glad she loved it too! It's funny how much she's changed since our first trip in 2009. Back then she was scared of everything! The parades, fireworks and any dark rides (which is nearly all of them, lol ). But now I think I've got a little thrill seeker on my hands
Just finishing reading your pre-trip. So I thought I would sign in so I can catch up on this report. Can't wait to read all about it and see how you like POR. That is were we are staying but still have some time before we go!
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Looks like you all had a fun...and very busy morning. Happy that you got to meet up with Dawn...at least in person since I'm still patiently waiting to do that. And I heard you just got to see her again recently. Don't PPers make really great friends?
Great start at the studios - you've already done so much!!
It didn't seem like much back then, but now seeing it all written down on paper I see that we really did have a busy morning!
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You all did very well getting two rides on TSMM done during the morning. Sounds like RnRC was a success, but not so much ToT. Can't wait for more!
I hope to have more soon!
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Just finishing reading your pre-trip. So I thought I would sign in so I can catch up on this report. Can't wait to read all about it and see how you like POR. That is were we are staying but still have some time before we go!
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All finishing and catch up. What a great trip so far. Love the pictures of POR. Can't wait to read more. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much, and welcome aboard! When is your trip to POR? I hope you love it there as much as we did!
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Looks like you all had a fun...and very busy morning. Happy that you got to meet up with Dawn...at least in person since I'm still patiently waiting to do that. And I heard you just got to see her again recently. Don't PPers make really great friends?
PPers really are the best! I was so glad to be able to meet up with Dawn and her family this trip, I hope that you don't have to wait too long to finally see her in person! Dawn and her boys were kind enough to donate some toys to my neice's sons who lost all of theirs when Sandy hit, what a sweet thing to do!
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Two of my favourites! Little worried about what didn't live up to the hype though???
"Sparky"(My first trip.)
). But now I think I've got a little thrill seeker on my hands 
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Sounds like RnRC was a success, but not so much ToT. 
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