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There are other changes as well.
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We go on to the joy and through the tears
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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We a great day! I am glad that you enjoyed Paddlefish. It looks really nice and the food looked very good. We will definitely give it a try on our next trip.
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Glad you had a great meal at Paddlefish and looking forward to dining here! Love the overall feel to the remodel and love the addition of the rooftop bar as that will be a fun place on comfortable nights in the Springs!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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What time were you over at City Walk? I looked to see if I could see myself in any photos. LOL.
We were there around lunch time and went to Toothsome's and then back again in the afternoon and made our way into the parks. We had a little free time before we had to be at an event. Had I known that I could have messaged you to see if you were around...but I never thought about it at the time.
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What time were you over at City Walk? I looked to see if I could see myself in any photos. LOL.
We were there about 2:30pm...
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We were there around lunch time and went to Toothsome's and then back again in the afternoon and made our way into the parks. We had a little free time before we had to be at an event. Had I known that I could have messaged you to see if you were around...but I never thought about it at the time.
Oh don't worry, these things happen and I'm just sorry we didn't manage to meet up the next night.
Monday 27 February – part one: Mark almost pulls on the safari…
Result – I didn’t wake up until 6:00am this morning, and I had a good night’s sleep too! For someone with chronic fatigue, sleep is really important and good sleep as well. It’s been something I’ve struggled with over the last few weeks, so I was hoping to get some decent nights while I was out here, and hopefully it means I’ve kicked the jetlag too.
We got going, and debated what to do – whether to take our own luggage to the BoardWalk Villas, or to leave it to bell services. In the end, the thought of lugging those cases down two flights of stairs meant we went for the bell services option. I really hope I don’t regret this. The last time I left luggage with bell services, it was a complete disaster and didn’t turn up until about 6:00pm. We kept our hand luggage with us, just to be on the safe side…
We made our way over here…
… and there was definitely progress to be seen with Pandora as we entered the parking lot…
We weren’t impressed when we saw this group heading to the entrance…
Thankfully, they went for their own security lane, which was something. Bag check wasn’t too bad, but that’s probably because the line to get into the park was horrendous. We headed for the Annual Passholders entrance, figuring there was no-one there. Well, there would be a reason for that. That’s because they didn’t have it open until 9:00am. Disney, what were you thinking? Good grief, do Annual Passholders not stay on property? Please!
Finally, we were into the park, and made our way over to Africa…
We headed for Kilimanjaro Safaris, which fortunately was still only showing a 10 minute wait. We saw these guys on our way through the queue. I cannot remember seeing them before.
We got to our truck, and they wanted to assign us the last row. That wasn’t happening, as it’s so much rougher and it really plays havoc with my chronic fatigue, so we waited for the next one. We turned out to have three students and, we think, a teacher, from the high school group. Oh my goodness, I swear if Mark had been on his own, he’d have pulled with the teacher. She absolutely loved all the quips he kept making.
Bearing in mind this was my first time out on anything active with my camera, I was really pleased with how these shots came out…
The only problem was I got a lot of animal butt on this safari…
At least these guys didn’t have their butts facing us!
As we went round, we saw a wedding party on one part of the savannah. Now how much would that cost?
Beautiful morning!
Why on earth would the AP line not open till 9? That doesn't make any sense. At all.
Your camera is doing quite well - those lion shots! I love the giraffe ones too, so perfect. And animal butt.... so funny!
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Pleasant surprise!
But then again, there must be people willing to pay those prices, otherwise they wouldn't be selling them...
Love the overall feel to the remodel and love the addition of the rooftop bar as that will be a fun place on comfortable nights in the Springs! 
For someone with chronic fatigue, sleep is really important and good sleep as well. It’s been something I’ve struggled with over the last few weeks, so I was hoping to get some decent nights while I was out here, and hopefully it means I’ve kicked the jetlag too. 
We headed for the Annual Passholders entrance, figuring there was no-one there. Well, there would be a reason for that. That’s because they didn’t have it open until 9:00am. 
Disney, what were you thinking? Good grief, do Annual Passholders not stay on property? Please! 
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