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Kevin is going to love the Segway tour! I haven't gotten to that in my TR yet, but I'll be sure to post all about it!
I know what you mean about clothes for the "Tweens." I find Target to be a good place to get clothes for the girls that aren't midriff-baring and don't have words on the rear end. I HATE that with a passion! What is it good for except making people look at your booty?!?!?!? If you've got a Justice near you, they've got some decent stuff, too.
Get going on that running thing so we can be at WDW at the same time, okay?
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I Carousel of Progress, and one of the best things about it is that I've never experienced any sort of wait for it! It's kind of cheesy, but I love going on it at least once a trip. Hope you enjoy it too!
My DH went to tea with me last summer and he really liked it. There were a few other men in there too at the time. The first time I went there were 2 men having tea together - with no women either. I think the Afternoon Tea at GF is a good ice breaker to afternoon tea.
Good Luck with the new camera - start practicing!
More confirmation for Kevin...maybe if he can just order a coffee, he'll be good to go.
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Good luck with the scrapping and the new camera instructions. I have a different Canon Powershot model and love it. I have to admit, though, I just use it a s a point-and-shoot and don't bother with the different settings.
We've had this camera since fall and that's all we've been using it for, too! But I hate to pay for features I'm not using (plus I'm missing all the creativity I used to have with my old Minolta SG1.)
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I think you will still be ok crowd wise; I have been the first week of June before and it was very managable..... And hopefully the weather will be a little cooler for you.
Great list for MK; I hope you get to knock out your "must" list!!
You have just relieved my mind with that info - whew! I'm not as concerned with weather as I am crowd levels; my girls (and Kevin) just don't handle crowds or waiting very well.
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Congrats on the camera! I hear you on the clothes issue! Great list for MK!
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What...you don't want your little girls dressing like little hootchie mommas?? I have a 17yo and I still have some trouble getting outfits that don't show crack or looks like she should be walking a corner. And I do tend to say something along those lines in the stores, which she hates but some parents shake their heads in agreement.
Yes - the clothes issue! We went out again yesterday trying to find each of the girls a pair of jean shorts (not bermuda length, just regular shorts) and all we could find were 'Daisy Dukes.' I seriously would like to start a clothing line for preteen/young teen girls that lets them dress up-to-date without all the cutesy, sparkly, little girl stuff or the 'look at my legs and booty' twenty-something clothes.
I scrapbook too. I have 2, yes 2, Disney trips and a Disney Cruise to do. I am such a slacker!! I have tried to start on the Cruise the past 2 weekends, but as you guess, something tends to come up. We'll see how this weekend turns out.
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with the scrapbooking - trust me, once you start, you'll be addicted!
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learning about your new camera!!
finishing your scrapbook. It can get very addicting and hard to stop once you finish. Can't wait to see it when you are done!
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Good luck getting the scrapbook done!!!
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Don't feel bad about that 2009 scrapbook I still have my 2007 trip (and 2008, 2009, 2010...) to do
Thanks!! It IS addicting. And I feel better knowing I'm not the only one who's still working on mine.
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Have fun playing with the new camera! with your scrapbooking, too! Your MK plans look great!
And I STILL can't figure out how you can whip up your gorgeous books in just a few weeks. Amazing...
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Kevin is going to love the Segway tour! I haven't gotten to that in my TR yet, but I'll be sure to post all about it!
I know what you mean about clothes for the "Tweens." I find Target to be a good place to get clothes for the girls that aren't midriff-baring and don't have words on the rear end. I HATE that with a passion! What is it good for except making people look at your booty?!?!?!? If you've got a Justice near you, they've got some decent stuff, too.
Get going on that running thing so we can be at WDW at the same time, okay?
Can't wait to read about the Segway tour, Beth!
I told my family about running at WDW...they just laughed at me and my DH asked, "And how old are all these other moms who are running?" Grrr!
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I Carousel of Progress, and one of the best things about it is that I've never experienced any sort of wait for it! It's kind of cheesy, but I love going on it at least once a trip. Hope you enjoy it too!
I've heard that it was one of Walt's favorites - so that alone will endear it to me.
Before I go on sketching out our daily plans, I need to mention a few things.
I’m a big fan of Tour Guide Mike; for our first trips, we followed his advice and had absolutely little-to-no wait times for attractions. Plus, we pretty much got to pack in a lot of things in very little time – so for newcomers to WDW, it made perfect sense; low frustrations levels and high satisfaction levels.
Now that we’ve gotten our feet wet, so to speak, we all feel a little more loose and relaxed in planning our days. We still love his advice on least crowded park days and how to do multiple rides on the big ticket attractions (thank goodness for his advice on TSMM on our last trip!) – but this trip I’ll have less of a ‘step by step’ itinerary to follow.
Second, we’ve always done one park per day (we actually like immersing ourselves in one park theme for the day.) Last trip, we also had a planned ‘day off’ in the middle of the trip. This time, there’s no day off and we will most likely get PHs so we can take breaks if needed without feeling like we need to be at each park from rope drop to closing time.
Finally…while planning our postponed trip, the girls were going to make a list of places mentioned in the Kingdom Keepers books so we could take photos at each location. Now they’ve fallen out of love with the series (if Corinne decides to write her own TR, I’ll let her explain…) Instead, we’re really into some of the secrets we’ve been reading about in the book The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World Cam22 has been sharing with us in her PTR. So we’re going to spend some time in each park finding them – I know we won’t get to all of them, but that’s just something to look forward to next trip.
Tentatively, here’s what our MK day will look like:
~ Arrive for RD (my very favorite opening ceremony because I cry every time!)
~ Following TGM’s advice, we’ll hit the Big Three (Space Mountain, BTMRR, Splash Mountain)
~ As soon as these are under our belts, we’ll start working on everyone’s personal favorites, and make sure we get to our must-dos.
~ Lunch will be at whatever CS we’re nearby about 11:00 – but we’re shooting for Columbia Harbor House (I want to take photos.)
~ Definitely taking some afternoon time to explore more Main Street and look for the Hidden Secrets.
~ Dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern.
~ We’ll also be hunting down the list of characters we want to meet at MK; Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen, Peter Pan, Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder are on the top of the list – plus Silvermist and Vidia if they’re around. And ohh…if we could only find Cinderella!
~ Main Street Electrical Parade that evening, followed by Wishes. I’m hoping to view by the Rose Garden again. (We decided against doing the Wishes Dessert Party, simply because Kevin and Kelley are not really big ‘dessert fans.’)
Great MK plans! I can't seem to make myself give up my step by step itinerary, but that's because I love the time-saving touring plans in the back of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World. We got so much done before lunch last year...those things are amazing!!
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I haven't gotten to that in my TR yet, but I'll be sure to post all about it!
If you've got a Justice near you, they've got some decent stuff, too.
Carousel of Progress, and one of the best things about it is that I've never experienced any sort of wait for it! 
I hear you on the clothes issue! Great list for MK! 
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