We Turned Her Into A Disney Lovin', Character Huggin', Thrill Ridin' Girl! COMPLETED 7/11 - Page 35 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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me some Disney . Looks like a great afternoon, rides, popcorn and shopping on Main Street. I could spend hours and lots of money too, shopping on Main Street. Selah's face on SM is priceless.
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Sounds like a fun time! I love Selah's parasol. We walked by that stand and I told Nate that if we ever have a girl she would be getting one of those. I guess we get to get one on our next trip.
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Another great afternoon!!! I could really go for some popcorn from Disney right about now!!
It was!!
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What a great time! And I'm with Selah too, I popcorn!!!
Your pictures did come out too big. I know how PhotoBucket can be so annoying and frustrating! I have a love/hate relationship with PhotoBucket!
It was a great time! Thanks for helping me with photobucket!!
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What fantastic photos of Selah this day!! I just love them!
My DD is a popcorn freak, so her and Selah would get along marvelously at snack time!
Thanks! Selah loves her some popcorn!
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My DS is with Selah he loooooves popcorn too! It sounds like ya'll had a great afternoon. I just looooove the photo of Selah going down the slide, the look on her face is priceless. can't wait to hear more.
Popcorn is yummy and everything is even yummier at Disney!
I love that pic of Selah too! I wanted everyone to see what we were seeing.
me some Disney . Looks like a great afternoon, rides, popcorn and shopping on Main Street. I could spend hours and lots of money too, shopping on Main Street. Selah's face on SM is priceless.
It was a great afternoon for sure! I love her face on that ride too!
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more please
Hope to get more up soon!
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Originally Posted by dutchdisneyfamily
Sounds like fun. Love the snacks. Yum! I love popcorn but the stuff at Disney is better.
It was fun!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Great update and afternoon! Your pictures are fine now, so you must have fixed the problem!
Thanks! I actually didn't do anything to the pictures. I have no idea how they got fixed. I went on there to fix them and they were all fixed. I was talking to someone else about this too. It is really weird.
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Sounds like a fun time! I love Selah's parasol. We walked by that stand and I told Nate that if we ever have a girl she would be getting one of those. I guess we get to get one on our next trip.
Those parasols are so pretty! When we saw them we knew she NEEDED one.
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I love shopping in the Emporium. it is my favorite place to shop in all WDW.
Hope you get back the Jungle cruise.
More please
I love shopping there too! Hope to have more up soon!
Saying Goodbye to Some Friends, a Cruise and Fireworks. MK Part 4 2/3
Once we were all finished with shopping and the party we decided to check out the line for Mickey and Minnie one more time. We were not able to get video of the kids with them the first time and really wanted some video footage so we walked over and saw that the line was only 5 min.! This is the second time on this trip when we have got in line for Mickey and Minnie with only a 5 min. wait. We were pretty happy with that! We got in line and got all cameras ready so as not to miss out. We also failed to give the photopass photographers our card last time so we had that out too. It was our turn and Selah was so excited to see her friends again! She jumped up and down, squealed, held their hands and gave hugs and kisses on the nose. I took pictures, the photopass photographer took pictures, Jamie video. We finish with our visit and say goodbye. We walk out and Jamie turns to me and says, " I accidentally pushed the record button twice so it didn't record." I almost said, "get back in line we are doing this again". I was so frustrated but at least we got good pictures.
We decided to go check out the line for the jungle cruise. When we got over there the standby line was still pretty long but the fp line looked to be doable so we went to get in line. When we got over there a CM asked to see our fp and I showed them our GAC. They told us that we got to go in a different entrance and asked if we wanted to leave Selah in her stroller. I told them yes and we were taking straight to our boat! I had no idea we didn't have to wait in the fp line! We would have rode earlier. When we were riding it was dark so that was pretty cool but because we had been in the park all day long and done a lot of walking Wanda had decided to just go find a spot for the fireworks and rest. She missed the ride! She said she was fine with not riding but I did feel bad that she missed out. We were the first ones lead onto the boat and Selah got to stay in her stroller. This was very good because she was very much into her iPad and not caring at all about the ride. It was way too slow for her. I sat in the middle right in front of her stroller so she could see me. She did not want me out of her sight. The other guest in our boat were so nice to make sure that we were all able to sit with each other. Once they loaded everyone else they had asked Jamie and Asher to scoot all the way up. Asher ended up sitting on the middle right in front of me and the other guest just traded places with Jamie so he could sit close to us. Then when the ride started our captain was hilarious. Yes, it is the exact same script we have heard many times but her delivery of it was just so funny. She talked to Asher a lot and seemed to really like him. She asked him if he wanted to steer the boat and he told her no!?! She then asked another kid. I asked him later why he said no and he said that he thought she was kidding. I felt bad for him because I know he would have liked that but he was a very good sport about it and was telling the other kid to turn all sorts of directions along with the captain. The other kid didn't listen to either one of them though. After the ride we agreed that we are glad that we did that. It was such a different experience than we had ever had even though it was the same ride with the same script. They were so wonderful with Selah and with all of us.
Once off the ride we headed to the castle to find Wanda. She was waiting there for us with a spot. We found her quickly and asked her to keep the kids while we went to add the Jedi pictures to our photopass. Jamie and I quickly headed to the front of the park to take care of that. Once we got back it was just about time for the fireworks. This is what we saw.
After the fireworks we started making our way out of the park. We still had snack credits left and still wanted to pick up a few things for people so on the way out we stopped at the Confectionary to pick up a few goodies. I wanted a rice krispy treat. I love WDW rice krispy treats! Jamie got me one with M&M's. Jamie picked out a turker leg rice krispy treat for my dad. We got my niece lorelei a rice Krispy treat. Asher got an iced cookie and cotton candy. Jamie picked out a dipped pretzel and some nut clusters. Everyone was happy with what we picked out for them and it was so good. We then headed back to the room and when we got there we were greeted by…
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I love all the character pictures, especially the one of Selah kissing Minnie on the nose! Asher and Selah both look so happy, and their shirts really add something to those photos too.
Glad you got to ride the Jungle Cruise but so sorry Wanda had to miss it. I have been wanting to ride the Jungle Cruise at night but have not so far. Sounds like you had a good captain. Too bad that Asher passed up on the chance to drive the boat but it sounds as if he had fun anyways.
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. Looks like a great afternoon, rides, popcorn and shopping on Main Street. I could spend hours and lots of money too, shopping on Main Street. Selah's face on SM is priceless.
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Your pictures are fine now, so you must have fixed the problem! 
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I know how PhotoBucket can be so annoying and frustrating! I have a love/hate relationship with PhotoBucket! 
I almost said, "get back in line we are doing this again". I was so frustrated but at least we got good pictures. 
After the ride we agreed that we are glad that we did that. It was such a different experience than we had ever had even though it was the same ride with the same script. They were so wonderful with Selah and with all of us. 
Jamie got me one with M&M's. Jamie picked out a turker leg rice krispy treat for my dad. We got my niece lorelei a rice Krispy treat. Asher got an iced cookie and cotton candy. Jamie picked out a dipped pretzel and some nut clusters. Everyone was happy with what we picked out for them and it was so good. We then headed back to the room and when we got there we were greeted by… 
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