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Pandora looks amazing at night and can't wait to see it for the first time in October! Looks like you had a great meal and time at Narcoosees! A lot of nice extras for your anniversary dinner from the CMs! Quite the view from your table for the HEA fireworks and water pagean shows! Certainly, a night you won;t soon forget!
I don't think you can help but be amazed by Pandora. The meal was the perfect ending to our day.
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I didn't get to see Pandora at night. I know, I know!
Great dinner!!
How is that possible!?
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That.salad. I just texted my aunt to start working on a version of it for our next family party in addition to the tomato caprese she already makes
I love the pictures of Pandora, but even more - love how you were able to tweak and make changes to better suit you guys. So thankful you were feeling better by your Narcossee's ADR.
The tomatoes were peeled and almost pickled in a sense. So many flavors, but all blended to amazing. I was glad to be feeling better too!
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I feel so terrible for that little boy. I know Disney can put stress on a family, especially with small kids and the crowds, but that's horrible. I'm glad you were feeling better by the evening. You definitely snagged the perfect time for dinner!
I feel so terrible for that little boy. I know Disney can put stress on a family, especially with small kids and the crowds, but that's horrible. I'm glad you were feeling better by the evening. You definitely snagged the perfect time for dinner!
I did too. It can be stressful and people make bad choices in the heat and things, but I just hope he was taken care of. Dinner was perfect.
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The next day we must have changed our plans 20 times. We just could not settle on where we wanted to be. So I had the crazy idea to go to all four parks. We had 3 Fastpasses from our DVC tour that could be used at any park. I wanted to ride Ellen's Universe of Energy and The Great Movie Ride to say goodbye. We had a Fastpass at Magic Kingdom for Pirates of the Caribbean. We decided signing up for a day of Express Transportation would be the best idea to accomplish this.
We packed and walked to the front to check our bags. Tragical Express wasn't picking us up until 7:45 pm.
Tim also paid off our charges.
Then we headed to Magic Kingdom. We signed up for the Express Transportation in the Chamber of Commerce quickly and easily. Then rode Pirates of the Caribbean. Then we were done at Magic Kingdom. But I had to stop and say goodbye to the Castle.
There was a little show going on.
And then Tim remembered that he wanted to get an Oswald Britto figurine, so he did that while I got us some fuel from Starbucks.
I got an iced tea.
Tim got an iced mocha.
We then headed over to the transportation area by Buzz Lightyear and got right on a bus to Epcot. We were there in minutes. The one rule they have is that you can't take pictures back stage. All but one of the buses were empty except us.
We went straight to Universe of Energy.
We had a nice air conditioned break. It was more funny than I remembered. Stupid Judy!
We then traveled safely back to the present and headed to...
And rode...
We then were getting hungry so we stopped there for lunch.
We each got the pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, corn and some chocolate chip cookies for a snack later.
On our way back to the Express Transportation we caught this show.
I forgot the no pictures backstage rule and snapped one of Test Track backstage.
We again didn't have to wait for a bus. We now went to Hollywood Studios and went straight to...
After saying goodbye to that we went and watched The Path of the Jedi moved because Tim and I hadn't seen it.
We then hopped over to Animal Kingdom. As we were back stage the plaid vested cast member who greets us and walks us to the park pointed out that there is a hidden Mickey in the floating islands in Pandora that can only be seen from this perspective. Alas I could take no pictures, but that was cool to see.
We then went to take a safari.
And I have no pictures. This is where things went south. We got out in row one. Well almost every vehicle only has two seats in the front to allow for wheelchairs, which is great but three vehicles loaded before we finally got on. We stood there in our row for 25 minutes! Then I realized that in row 1, you have very limited view. Most of it is through a dirty windshield. But the worst was when I tried to take a picture, the lady next to me shoved my arm down and demanded I keep out of her way so she could take her picture. Three times I attempted to take a picture and she shoved my arm down. I tell you right now, I am not a violent or confrontational person but I was very close. If we hadn't been leaving to go back to the resort I would have said something to a cast member. My husband didn't see it because he was looking at the animals. I was frustrated and angry. So I grumbled. Tim ran over to Expedition Everest to get a hat for Caden.
Then we met up and headed back to the resort. I again helped two conference people find their bus stop.
The express bus worked very well for you and were able to visit all four parks. This being even before the sun went down! Too bad for that rude lady on KS. She acted like she had the rights to take photos and no one else did!
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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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I liked these but didn't care for the rice. I had a lemon shortbread bar which was very good. Tim had the carrot cake and said it was good.
They had a wish tree in the gift shop so I made my wish.
Then we went and waited here.
And waited and waited and waited.
Tim finally said something to one of the baggage people and they said they would call and check. It came about 20 minutes late. But at least it came. Our flight was not very full thankfully. Tim and I had some empty seats next to us. I fell asleep just as we were landing, which caused neck whiplash. That wasn't fun. We got our luggage and walked through our door about 2 a.m. We didn't bother unpacking a thing.
Next update: Photopass pictures and final thoughts.
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The express bus worked very well for you and were able to visit all four parks. This being even before the sun went down! Too bad for that rude lady on KS. She acted like she had the rights to take photos and no one else did!
I'm not sure I've ever been so angry on vacation before. But at least the rest of the trip had been magical! We visited the parks and did all of that in 6 hours.
Too bad with the long wait for DME. I thought that may have been a sign that it wasn't time to go home yet! Glad the flight went well and that was quite a long day!
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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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Too bad with the long wait for DME. I thought that may have been a sign that it wasn't time to go home yet! Glad the flight went well and that was quite a long day!
I said the same thing. I offered to go hunting for a house lol!
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I think I would have "accidentally" elbowed her in the face, but I guess that wouldn't be very magical either, would it?
It was so tempting to shove her back. But no I didn't. I just put my phone away and gave her an angry stare, which honestly, as a teacher, is pretty scary.
Wow! I am impressed that you did all four parks! And on your departure day yet!!
How nice that you got to say good-bye to Ellen's Energy Adventure and Great Movie Ride! I've always enjoyed them both and am so sad they are gone forever!
Wow! I am impressed that you did all four parks! And on your departure day yet!!
How nice that you got to say good-bye to Ellen's Energy Adventure and Great Movie Ride! I've always enjoyed them both and am so sad they are gone forever!
We were quite tired after all that adventure. I'm glad we got to say goodby to them too. Though I am looking forward to what they implement.
How cool to manage all 4 parks on your last day and the Express Transportation was so helpful with that! How rude of that lady on KS! Shame on her! The first row is terrible for photos as I've been there. If they tell me Row 1 now, I ask for further back as I'll be taking photos. They've always been nice to move us back to another row.
I'm glad to hear the Express Transportation worked out well for you. I don't think I've heard any reviews of it so far, so it's good to hear one now.
Oh my goodness, that woman! Wow, wow, wow! What the heck is it with people? Talk about being self centred... so sorry that was one of your last experiences before leaving the bubble...
How cool to manage all 4 parks on your last day and the Express Transportation was so helpful with that! How rude of that lady on KS! Shame on her! The first row is terrible for photos as I've been there. If they tell me Row 1 now, I ask for further back as I'll be taking photos. They've always been nice to move us back to another row.
From now on, so will I. The Express Transportation was wonderful!
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I'm glad to hear the Express Transportation worked out well for you. I don't think I've heard any reviews of it so far, so it's good to hear one now.
Oh my goodness, that woman! Wow, wow, wow! What the heck is it with people? Talk about being self centred... so sorry that was one of your last experiences before leaving the bubble...
Yes, I highly recommend it, though I've heard they are thinking of discontinuing it. It isn't well advertised and they don't let anyone else sell it (TAs or even the resorts). If they did, I think more would do it.
As far as that lady, I'm still baffled by her behavior. I don't understand how people like that can function in society.
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Looks like you had a great meal and time at Narcoosees! 
Quite the view from your table for the HEA fireworks and water pagean shows! 
Certainly, a night you won;t soon forget! 
I know, I know! 
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Too bad for that rude lady on KS. She acted like she had the rights to take photos and no one else did! 
I thought that may have been a sign that it wasn't time to go home yet! Glad the flight went well and that was quite a long day!
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What the heck is it with people? Talk about being self centred... so sorry that was one of your last experiences before leaving the bubble... 
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