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Sounds like a nice evening albeit that woman. I have never sat and watched a parade till this last trip and we watched the Christmas Parade at MVMCP. I loved it!! Inspires me to watch some other parades too.
Glad you managed to enjoy the parade in spite of the childish lady. I don't really like MSEP; I prefer Spectromagic, but I can't imagine watching the whole time and complaining rather than finding something else somewhere else to do.
Your TR from last year was one of the ones that had me drooling over the Penne Vodka, and I think another might have been Princess Sharon's. It wasn't terrible and I didn't hate it, I think the actual dish just couldn't live up to the thoughts I had about it going in I still don't know how we missed seeing you guys at MM, we had to have been leaving just as you were being seated
Now I really feel guilty I do agree that the Italian around here is better.
Love the interaction with the characters in the parade...not so much the interaction with the bratty "adult", and I use that term, loosely. Seriously!
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I just found your TR and I am really enjoying reading along! It looks like you all are having so much fun!! I noticed that your DD had on a Furman shirt. We live 45 min away from the univ and just wondered if you or your DH went there??
That is a fantastic spot to watch the parade............well except for the bratty woman behind you What a shame.
can't wait to hear about your breakfast!!!
I ignored her the best I could, we were just having so much fun and I wasn't about to let her whiny attitude ruin that for us!
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Great pictures from the parade! Sorry about the bratty woman!
Thanks, Marnie! I felt bad for that woman's family, I would not have wanted to deal with all of her complaining the rest of that night
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That was a great spot to watch the parade from! What fun. That crazy lady was just that, crazy! I get not everyone likes everything, but you don't have to be so loud about it! It looks like the rest of the night was great!
Seriously, I couldn't believe how crabby she was! I mean, just leave if you don't like it, we don't want to hear you complain. We had a great night, despite that crazy lady
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Glad you enjoyed the parade, even if that annoying woman tried to spoil it for you.
We weren't going to let her spoil our fun!
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Oh I love MESP too. It's also my fav!
Sorry the woman behind you was being a pain. Just shut up and not ruin it for everyone around you.
My thoughts exactly, Holly! If you don't like it, don't watch or keep your lips zipped!
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MSEP is my favorite parade as well! I'll have to try that viewing spot. I don't know why people who, for whatever reason, are not enjoying themselves, feel the need to ruin everyone else's time as well. No one was forcing her to watch the parade!
My impression was that maybe someone in her group wanted to watch the parade, but she didn't, and she was letting us all know that. Definitely not the behavior you'd expect from an adult.
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Sounds like a nice evening albeit that woman. I have never sat and watched a parade till this last trip and we watched the Christmas Parade at MVMCP. I loved it!! Inspires me to watch some other parades too.
Can't wait to hear all about your day tomorrow!
I hope you get to see some more parades, there are some good ones! Though, none that will compare to the one at MVMCP or MNSSHP, those are some really fun parades (and long!).
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Glad you managed to enjoy the parade in spite of the childish lady. I don't really like MSEP; I prefer Spectromagic, but I can't imagine watching the whole time and complaining rather than finding something else somewhere else to do.
I've never seen Spectromagic, so I can't compare it to MSEP. I'm sure I'd like it, but I just love the memories I have attached to MSEP I was thinking the same thing about that lady, just leave if you don't like it. There are so many other things that you could be doing right now instead of complaining!
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Now I really feel guilty I do agree that the Italian around here is better.
Love the interaction with the characters in the parade...not so much the interaction with the bratty "adult", and I use that term, loosely. Seriously!
Oh, stop, don't feel guilty!!
We've seen a lot of meltdowns at Disney, and it always seems that the worst ones are had by adults, not the kids. I felt bad for her family, I would not have wanted to deal with that attitude all night!
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I just found your TR and I am really enjoying reading along! It looks like you all are having so much fun!! I noticed that your DD had on a Furman shirt. We live 45 min away from the univ and just wondered if you or your DH went there??
Thanks for joining in! It's funny that you mention my DDs sweatshirt, when we were checking in to POR the family behind us noticed it and asked us if we lived close by or went to that school, they were not too far from it. I had to laugh, because I honestly had no idea where the school was, nor had I ever heard of it before we got that shirt We actually got that shirt from one of my Mom's coworkers, she had bought it for someone else, but for whatever reason never gave it to them. She knew that my mom had a granddaughter who was the right size for it, and she gave it to us
Adding that viewing spot to my notes for future trips! I would have had a hard time holding my tongue around that woman...grrr...some people! Glad you had a nice visit with your friends though!
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MSEP will always hold a special place in my heart since that is the original parade, but there are some parts of Spectro that I miss too. It's weird, because with the current MSEP, sometimes you see certain floats, and sometimes you don't. Like in May Pete and Elliott were in it, but this past November they weren't. Weird.
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Glad you enjoyed the parade even with that woman complaining behind ya. Can't wait to read more
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Adding that viewing spot to my notes for future trips! I would have had a hard time holding my tongue around that woman...grrr...some people! Glad you had a nice visit with your friends though!
It was a great spot, I think I'll try to watch from there from now on! I'm glad my friend was there, it was easier to ignore that crazy lady. We just rolled our eyes at each other and laughed!
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MSEP will always hold a special place in my heart since that is the original parade, but there are some parts of Spectro that I miss too. It's weird, because with the current MSEP, sometimes you see certain floats, and sometimes you don't. Like in May Pete and Elliott were in it, but this past November they weren't. Weird.
So strange! We saw Pete and Elliott in our parade, I would have been sad if we didn't, I used to love Pete's Dragon!!
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Glad you got to see the parade and get some nice pics. Can't wait to see your Royal Breakfast update.
The Royal Breakfast is on it's way!
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Loving your TR we will be at POR in June so seeing the pictures gets me excited that I picked that resort...
Thanks! I'm excited for you, you're going to love POR!
Today was another early day, and this time I was up well before the alarm, wide awake at 5:30 am. I’m not sure if I was just worried about missing our early ADR or what, but I didn’t get a good night’s sleep at all. In spite of that, I was feeling good and hoped that I wouldn’t crash later on. We all got showered and dressed pretty quickly, we made it out the door by 7 am and headed to the bus stop. Our luck with the busses would continue today, we didn’t wait more than 5 minutes for a MK bus to come along and soon enough we were making our way towards the turnstiles.
Breakfast today was at CRT, one of Kaeli’s requests, and I had made the earliest reservation I could in hopes of walking up an empty Main Street. Well, that was before Disney decided to change the park hours and open the MK at 8 am nearly every day this week for FL previews. Our ADR was for 8:05, which was technically after park opening, so I wasn’t sure if they would still be letting guests in early. We decided to just check over at the Special Event entrance, and all they had to hear was ADR to let us on through. I did think it was odd that they didn’t check a list or ask for our confirmation #, but I wasn’t complaining!
It was so peaceful just walking along without many other people, we took our time just taking things in. We stopped for a few pictures along the way, and spent a good amount of time looking at the partner statue and the smaller character busts that are in the hub. I never realized how many of the smaller statues there were, usually there are tons of people in that area so I never noticed them.
Another perk of being there this early, was that we got to walk thru the castle to get to CRT. This was the first time the girls were able to do that and they just loved looking at all of the Cinderella mosaics. I’m not sure what time it was at this point, but we were still very early for our ADR, we were the second family in line after checking in. We were brought in and got to meet with Cinderella before making our way up to the restaurant.
The family in front of us made a pit stop at the restroom, so we were the first family to be seated for the day. Wow! It was like we were being brought in for our own private meal, it was really cool to see the restaurant just completely empty and quiet. Our table was all the way to the left of the dining room, right against the windows. We had a lovely view of the carousel and Beast's Castle.
We had a bit of a wait to speak to the chef, but we didn’t mind, we were enjoying our juice and coffee. Once we got the ok from the chef , we placed our orders. Chris decided to go with the steak and eggs (which was a frittata of some sort) and I had the cream cheese stuffed french toast. Yum!
Now, I’m not normally a fan of sweet breakfast items like pancakes or french toast. Don’t get me wrong, I like them, but my first choice is usually a savory dish. BUT, I loved this french toast! They really shouldn’t call it french toast though, because it is more like a bread pudding, not the typical sliced toast you would get at a diner or other breakfast joint. It had a gooey cream cheese center and was topped with a chocolate ganache, oh my, was it delicious. Chris enjoyed his meal as well, we ended up sharing some, and the steak was so good. Perfectly cooked and very tender. The girls both enjoyed their kid’s plates of eggs and french toast sticks, I’m pretty sure both of them got seconds on the sticks.
Thoroughly full, we rolled ourselves out of there and headed off to Frontierland to tackle some mountains, but not before stopping for some pictures along the way
Your meal looks lovely! What a fun start to your day! I didn't know Brer Rabbit was one of the statues. My husband is going to flip! That's his favorite.
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I do agree that the Italian around here is better. 
What a shame. 
We actually got that shirt from one of my Mom's coworkers, she had bought it for someone else, but for whatever reason never gave it to them. She knew that my mom had a granddaughter who was the right size for it, and she gave it to us 
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I did think it was odd that they didn’t check a list or ask for our confirmation #, but I wasn’t complaining! 
Once we got the ok from the chef 
, we placed our orders. Chris decided to go with the steak and eggs (which was a frittata of some sort) and I had the cream cheese stuffed french toast. Yum! 
They really shouldn’t call it french toast though, because it is more like a bread pudding, not the typical sliced toast you would get at a diner or other breakfast joint. It had a gooey cream cheese center and was topped with a chocolate ganache, oh my, was it delicious. Chris enjoyed his meal as well, we ended up sharing some, and the steak was so good. Perfectly cooked and very tender. The girls both enjoyed their kid’s plates of eggs and french toast sticks, I’m pretty sure both of them got seconds on the sticks. 
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