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Sounds like everything is nicely under control. Subway - it's one of my fave US imports to the UK.
What's your concern with the cakes - that Abby will be upset not to get the Princess cake straight away or that Lenny will be offended?
Your plans sound great. Maybe we will bump into each other as our days will overlap by 2 days or so. We are both planning on being at MK on the 16th. We don't have park hopper, so our plans WILL NOT change. If you make it there, look for the group of 14 in "Tinkerbell Green" shirts with the fab four on the front. They will say "We're Celebrating Family". Feel free to say "HI".
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Sounds great. Plenty of options thrown in there, which is always a good thing. But at the same time, it sound like you've got it worked out to see most everything at the parks and quite a few resorts too. Should be a great trip
Thanks. And that's what we always need with Abby - lots of options. You never know what she might decide to do at Disney.
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Great job Darlene! You have it all well planned out but with plenty of wiggle room for changes if necessary. Sounds like Abby is going to be adding lots more pennies to her collection. I know she is going to have a fabulous time
We're all going to have a fabulous time and like I mentioned above, with Abby, we gotta have that wiggle room. And it works out really well. Abby knows the only thing I don't bend on are the ADR's so she doesn't even try (but that's also because she likes the character meals now).
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Great plans, Darlene!
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Your plans sound fantastic!!!
Thanks.
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Great plans. I hope I can remember the Auto train next year before I book the airline tickets. I keep meaning to and then forgetting
Thanks. And keep in mind for the Auto Train, you can book tickets as far out as 11 months. And usually, the earlier you book, the cheaper they are. The closer it gets, the prices go sky high.
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Great plans Darlene! Looks like your family is going to have a wonderful time!
Your plans sound wonderful. We like to do pressed pennies, too.
Thanks. The pennies will hopefully be fun this year with going to the resorts.
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Awesome looking plans. Only one more week. I'm so jealous. I still have 3 months + . LOL
Thanks - and at this point in time, it's still not close enough. And your time will be here before you know it and I'll be saying I'm jealous that you're going.
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Great plans. I love how you can have the details, but yet still be flexible. You all will have a great time
Lenny always dreads the details until we get there. For some reason, he thinks because I've put it down of paper, that we have to follow it. Like I said in another post, my itinerary is kinda like the Pirate's Code from POTC - more of a guideline than anything else. Only the ADR's I won't deviate from.
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Great Plan's and I Love the Van, Miss the one I had!! Have a Great trip
Thanks. I never thought of myself as a van person, but for any kind of distance travelling, I much prefer to be in that than my Malibu.
Sounds like everything is nicely under control. Subway - it's one of my fave US imports to the UK.
What's your concern with the cakes - that Abby will be upset not to get the Princess cake straight away or that Lenny will be offended?
Abby prefers Subway over any other sub place and while she may only eat Salami from there, it's a different place to go than McDonald's (her other fav).
And as for the cakes, it's not a matter of Abby getting upset - that would actually be the funny part. I can hear Abby saying "hey, that's my cake. Boys aren't allowed to eat princess cakes." I guess my concern comes in thinking the CM might not deliver them right (I want the princess cake first) thereby ruining the "surprise" part of the cakes (and boy would a princess cake for Lenny be a surprise). The other concern is do I really need to spend 30 plus dollars on them. As it gets closer, I start thinking that I'm crazy to spend that kind of money (almost 40 with the tax and tip we'll pay on it).
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Your plans sound great. Maybe we will bump into each other as our days will overlap by 2 days or so. We are both planning on being at MK on the 16th. We don't have park hopper, so our plans WILL NOT change. If you make it there, look for the group of 14 in "Tinkerbell Green" shirts with the fab four on the front. They will say "We're Celebrating Family". Feel free to say "HI".
If I see you, I'll definitely say Hi. We're not hard to miss either with our kinda goofy looking straw hats and Lenny's scooter with a canopy.
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Great plans, and your van looks awesome. Have a wonderful vacation! Almost there...
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Just got caught up with your plans. That looks like a great week. The new tricked out van and the auto train should make it much easier. My DW has said that she would like to try the train sometime. Don't think it will happen if the only start point is near DC. (That is about 8 hours north of us. We can almost make it to WDW in that amount of time.) Good luck on the pennies. Our son had us runnig all over the parks on one of the trips to get the pennies. We did not have a list of where the machines were so it was a matter of luck until a CM gave us some help finding them. You are under three days and I know you are reaching the "I am toooo excited to sleep" mode. Looking forward to reading how the trip and the plans come together.
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