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Some fun times over in the MK and got a lot done! The theme pool over at AoA looks amazing and am overwhelmed by all the detail that went into the themeing of the pool and the resort itself! Whole, I usually shy away from the Value Resorts, I may give this one a shot down the road for a day or two.
Your meal looked great at BOG and glad you had good service! It was much better than my experience in April! But will give it another try some day!
Nice that you got to meet up with Heather in Epcot and enjoy some attractions and a meal at Spice Road Table. I plan to try this new eatery on my next visit as it looks good and heard a lot of good reviews of it!
Thanks! You really should AoA a try - at least once! And Spice Road Table -
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Great day at Epcot. Wonderful that you got to spend time with Heather and enjoyed a really nice meal at Spice Road Table. I think this area is a terrific addition to the Morocco pavilion. Sounds like they have some new menu items since I was last there (with Heather as well!). Off to check out the menu.....
Thanks! Heather is wonderful to hang out with!
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Sounds like a great day & I'm glad you were able to run into Heather! Do you have a pic of the Phone wristlets?
Thanks! It was a great day! I will have to check to see if I have a photo - if not I will take one!
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Fun day at Epcot! I love the pictures on Soarin'! I think that is my all time favorite ride!
Spice Road Table looks yummy. We might have to try that next time.
Thanks! It was super yummy!
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Great start to the day! I see another good shirt on Em! Nice time with Heather - loved her shirt too.
Thanks! I told you she stocked up
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I'm always amazed at how much ground you all cover in a park. So neat to meet Heather again. Like Laurie, I was wondering about a picture of the wristlets.
Thanks! We do try to get as much in as possible
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Lots of good food so far today - breakfast and lunch! Fun to catch up with Heather!
Thanks! It was a yummy day!
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Weird about your Fastpasses not showing up. How cool that you were able to meet up with Heather - your food at Spice Road Table looks very
Thanks! next update will fill you in on the fastpass saga.
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You got some great pics from soarin and living with the land! Glad it worked out so great to meet up with heather too!
Thanks!
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Great day at Epcot! Love the pictures! Glad you got to spend so much time with Heather!
Thanks!
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Great dinner at BoG. Love Emily's skirt! Sounds like a nice day at Epcot. How great that you got to meet up with Heather!
Thanks!
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Sorry for the delay in updates - the weekend was very busy with birthday party (for Lisa #1's youngest son) and I have been prepping my craft room for renovations!
We also got slammed with more than 2 feet of snow! And I could have probably updated sometime yesterday while snowed it - BUT I went out every few hours to shovel a bit, even though each time I went out you couldn't tell where I had already been! But had to keep making a path for the pups - who loved the snow!!! I pulled my lower back while shoveling, so when I was not out shoveling, I was resting, snuggled up with my fur babies catching up on my DVR shows!
Hopefully will get another update posted tonight
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We got over 2' here, too, with more coming Friday and Monday they say. I'm housebound for the next month, but at least I don't need to shovel or make my way to work any more!
Hope you are able to enjoy the snow a little - love that the pups love it No good on the pulled back though, rest up!
Thanks!
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for your back!
We got over 2' here, too, with more coming Friday and Monday they say. I'm housebound for the next month, but at least I don't need to shovel or make my way to work any more!
Thanks Laurie - and I am so glad that you responded so quickly here - I was going to email you to see how you were doing! Hopefully you have everything you need at home
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Sorry to hear about all the snow Lisa (and Laurie!) - that's a crazy amount to get!
thanks! It is a very crazy amount of snow - I am thinking we won't see grass until maybe April at this point! Em's dance has been cancelled for 3 nights now - it's still really bad with snow removal.
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Hope your back starts feeling better soon! That's never fun.
We only got 2" of snow here in DC - feel kind of ripped off. But they still closed school yesterday and gave a two hour delay today. Ridiculous!
Hope your back starts feeling better soon! That's never fun.
We only got 2" of snow here in DC - feel kind of ripped off. But they still closed school yesterday and gave a two hour delay today. Ridiculous!
Thansk! I have been using a heating pad at work today. I will be glad to share a few feet of snow with you Our kids got out early Monday, had Tues & today off, and evening activities (em's dance) is still cancelled tonight - it is such a mess out there.
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Well... I'm finally getting a chance to start this after missing the PTR. Sounds like a nice start to the trip. Minus the plane snafu, but at least you made your connecting flight. I'm pretty sure when we go on our cruise in 2016 we're going to stay at AoA for just a night. I think my kids would LOVE that pool!
Well... I'm finally getting a chance to start this after missing the PTR. Sounds like a nice start to the trip. Minus the plane snafu, but at least you made your connecting flight. I'm pretty sure when we go on our cruise in 2016 we're going to stay at AoA for just a night. I think my kids would LOVE that pool!
Thanks for joining in! I highly recommend a stay at AoA!!! I LOVED the pool!
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After a little R&R back at our room, we got ready to head back out – tonight we had dinner at Hollywood Brown Derby at Disney Hollywood Studios – we had not been here in years and we were really looking forward to it. Back to the bus depot we went and were quickly entering DHS.
We made a stop at Guest Services to find out what was going on with my fastpasses – as I had checked when we got back to the room and noticed they were all different for tomorrow too??? And I had gotten a text message from Lisa that Bethany’s magic band was coming up with my name??? What the heck was going on?? So we stopped in GS and explained the morning fastpass issues with the CM (who for the life of me right now, cannot remember his name and I thought I had written it down, but apparently I did not) – he looked and saw that all my fastpasses were changed for the next few days – Scott and Emily’s were showing what I had printed out (thank goodness for being so type A in planning! ), so of course he was baffled as to why I would NOT want to ride the same rides as my family – but also why I would go to a completely different park! So come to find out – somehow in the process of accepting Lisa’s family friend request on My Disney Experience account – somehow when they made their fastpasses, it linked me to theirs – my guess is they clicked “select all” rather than each individual? Who knows – BUT this CM was amazing and managed to get all my fastpasses back for the most part – or at least over-lapping times so I could enjoy time with my family. And one of the days, we had overlapping times with Lisa’s family so that we could ride together when we were scheduled to spend park time together. So after about 30 minutes of getting all this straightened out, we were all set!
Emily had gone ahead of us to look for something – and met us at the Brown Derby – and apparently went ahead and found a photopass photographer along the way! She is so darn cute!
And we stopped and got some family photos:
Finally arrived at the Brown Derby ~
We got checked in for dinner and again, quickly led to our table – it was great – we got to sit at one of the rounded booth type tables – I love those, they feel so cozy!
We had decided to share a few things this evening – so we started with the Blue Lump Crab Spring Rolls! I could have eaten these all night long!!! DELISH!
For entrees we only ordered two – as we would just share them with each other – so we had the Noodle Bowl and the Pan-Seared Coriander-Crusted Black Grouper. Both of these dishes were very good – especially the fish.
For beverages, I had the Disney Legend Wine Flight – which included: MacMurray Ranch Pinot Gris, Russian River Valley ’11, MacMurray Ranch Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast ’11, and MacMurray Ranch Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast ’11.
Scott had the World Traveler Wine Flight – which included: St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley ’13, Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand ’13, and Portilla Sauvignon Blanc, Mendoza, Argentina ’13.
Emily had the Mimi Ka-boom, which was mint, fresh lime juice, agave nectar, pineapple juice, and soda water.
We also shared the Dessert Sampler with Mini Grapefruit Cake, Double Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee, and Warm Blueberry Cobbler with Crème Fraiche and Orange Blossom Honey. None of us were too fond of the Mini Grapefruit cake - even though I know it's a favorite among many of you.
While we were having dinner I received an email from the CM that we visited in GS to fix the fastpass/magic band issue ~ he added a fastpass to every day of our stay to each of magic bands!!! Completed unexpected and not necessary – BUT so incredibly nice!!! I had given him one of our CM thank you cards when he helped us – and I believe that being nice, and saying thank you will sometimes take you a long way. Of course, now we went back to thank him in person, but he was not there, so we wrote up one of the CM guest service cards to praise him for making our stay that much more magical!
After dinner, we found another Photopass Photographer!
Next, we wanted to see Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream. We had walked through the exhibit before, but had never seen the film, so we finally did – and I am so glad that we did – what a great film! If you haven’t taken the time to see it – do so!
Our bellies were settled enough to get a roller coaster in – so we headed over to Rock ‘n Roller Coaster – we all three rode together first – then Scott and Emily rode again through the single rider line while I grabbed a diet coke!
We were now done for the day and were ready to head back to the hotel for our final night at AoA. We stopped in Sweet Spells on the way out to grab some treats for later – a giant Peanut Butter cookie for Scott and I to share, and a Macaroon for Emily.
I took photos of Hollywood Blvd lit up at night on our way out!
When we got back to the resort, we stopped in the gift shop to pick up some items we could only get here – such as a AoA pin, shirt, and a few other misc. items – I know Scott found a Cars theme window decal for his car. That gift shop has some pretty neat things that you won’t find anywhere else – or at least I haven’t seen elsewhere.
I also took a few photos of the lobby area.
We also stopped in Landscape of Flavors to pick up a few beverages for the room and to take advantage of that TIW discount!
When we got back to the room we packed up a few things so they would be ready in the morning to get our bags transferred to our next home for the remainder of our trip!
Total Miles Walked today: 15.01
Total Spent on Food & Beverages: $271.00
Total Spent on Souvenirs, Activities, Misc.: $89.23
Total TIW Discount savings: $33.50
Total Annual Pass Discount Savings: $10.82
Other Discount savings: $18.00
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How cool that you were able to meet up with Heather - your food at Spice Road Table looks very 
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Whole, I usually shy away from the Value Resorts, I may give this one a shot down the road for a day or two. 
But will give it another try some day!
So neat to meet Heather again. Like Laurie, I was wondering about a picture of the wristlets. 
But had to keep making a path for the pups - who loved the snow!!! 
I pulled my lower back while shoveling, so when I was not out shoveling, I was resting, snuggled up with my fur babies catching up on my DVR shows!
– as I had checked when we got back to the room and noticed they were all different for tomorrow too??? And I had gotten a text message from Lisa that Bethany’s magic band was coming up with my name??? 
Completed unexpected and not necessary – BUT so incredibly nice!!! I had given him one of our CM thank you cards when he helped us – and I believe that being nice, and saying thank you will sometimes take you a long way. 
Of course, now we went back to thank him in person, but he was not there, so we wrote up one of the CM guest service cards to praise him for making our stay that much more magical!
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