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Great pics from the Dessert Party! I've always wanted to do that!
Love your pics from the Peoplemover! So beautiful!
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Sleeping family pics = perfect! The Dessert Party looks great. As did the 10 mi tie or less waiting times.
The dessert party was a lot of fun!
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Originally Posted by xrosario
Those are beautiful castle pics, I really love the ones you took on the peoplemover.
I was so happy those came out, I wasn't sure they would from the movement of the ride.
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How cool that you got to see MK with both fall and Christmas decorations!
I agree that the make your own pasta is an excellent choice at POR. And a huge portion! My DDs and I shared one serving for lunch when we stayed there.
The dessert party sounds great! I think I should put that on our list of things to try one of these days!
Definitely put the dessert party on your list, it's a fun night!
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All caught up again! Looks like you had a great day! My family is the same way about the shows in AK.
If our trips ever overlap, we should ditch our families and go watch the AK shows together!
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I've always wanted to do the dessert party, and it really looks like you all had a great time.
We really did! You should try it, I'm sure you would love the dessert party
Great second half to your AK day. Loved all the pics! The girls look so cute in their face paint.
The Wishes Dessert Party looked like a great thing to try. The Desserts all looked yummy.
Can't beat 10 minute waits either in Tomorrowland!
Love the day at AK and night at MK. It really seems to be not very crowded. I've been hoping to do the Dessert party on my next trip - it looks great.
We really lucked out with crowds this year, I did not find them bad at all. Though, my friend who was there at the same time, was complaining about high crowds all week.
I hope you get to do the dessert party next time, it was a lot of fun!
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Great second half to your AK day. Loved all the pics! The girls look so cute in their face paint.
The Wishes Dessert Party looked like a great thing to try. The Desserts all looked yummy.
Can't beat 10 minute waits either in Tomorrowland!
Thanks! The desserts were all so good, and the perfect little size to sample lots of them
The dessert party should have been the ending to our day, but a few weeks before our trip the hours for MK were extended because of the AP/DVC previews for New Fantasyland. Tonight, the MK would be open until 11 pm. I was sure that my group would all be tired and we would leave after the dessert party, but they were all raring to go. Must have been all of the sugar.
Kaeli wanted to ride on the HM with my friend’s daughter, since it’s her favorite also, so we headed off in that direction. Abby still didn’t want anything to do with the HM, so the dads took the other two girls on while my friend Chris and I sat on a bench with Abby, catching up with each other’s trips as we waited.
We then headed off to Tomorrowland for Abby’s ride choice, the Astro Orbiter, walking through Fantasyland to get there. As we passed by New FL, the same sign was up saying that dress rehearsals were not going on tonight. I guess it wasn’t meant to be for us to see it this trip, but Chris decided to go and talk to the “guard” out front anyway. I’m still not sure what that conversation involved, but the next thing I knew, Chris was waving us over and we were let in past the ropes.
We took our time walking through, trying to get some pictures along the way, but it was really difficult with the low lighting in that area.
We headed over to Gaston’s Tavern first, Chris got on line for a Lefeu’s Brew while I took the girls around to explore.
We then tried to get a ride on the Journey of the Little Mermaid, but it was not running at the moment. Ariel was greeting guests in her grotto, but the wait was pretty long so we skipped it for now.
I thought that they did a wonderful job with the theming of New FL, everything was just beautiful. On the downside, the walkway was pretty cramped with the construction walls still being up around the Mine Train, it will be nice to see the area when it is truly completed next year.
Abby was still itching for a ride on the Astro Orbiter, so we headed off towards Tomorrowland for that. We split up with our friends afterwards, and tried to get a ride on SM, but it was down for the moment so we decided to just call it a night. As we made our way down Main Street we ran into Chris and her family, so we stopped for a quick pic before heading to the bus stop.
The girls were exhausted, and both fell asleep on the bus ride home. We were back to POR by 10:30, and it was straight to bed for everyone.
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so the dads took the other two girls on while my friend Chris and I sat on a bench with Abby, catching up with each other’s trips as we waited. 
I guess it wasn’t meant to be for us to see it this trip, but Chris decided to go and talk to the “guard” out front anyway. I’m still not sure what that conversation involved, but the next thing I knew, Chris was waving us over and we were let in past the ropes. 
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