Look out Cinderella and Tink, Brent and Liz are coming to Celebrate their 2nd Anniversary! - Page 13 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Wow!!! That's all i can say Can't wait to hear more Hope you guys have Lots of fun and take lots of pictures so y'all can share with us......I wish my hunny would be into Disney like you guys......
Great shirts!!! Although, I'm partial to Tink (sorry Brent).
But what will Cindy think of sharing one of your shirts?
Hmmmmm, if Cindy isn't as gracious as I think she is, I may have some explaining to do!
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Originally Posted by nalexander
I love the shirts.
You are inspiring me to make shirts for our next trip.
I really encourage you to do this for yourself. I have done this for several trips now and it's fun making them, even more fun getting recognition from your favorite princess, and it makes many more good memories. Plus you have a souvenir!
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Originally Posted by lonereb
love the shirts Brent. You truly are the biggest Cinderella fan that I know of.
Ok, gonna level with you. I may lose some punches on my man card for this, but I still cry at certain points in the Cinderella movie. I love the story and she is truly my favorite princess. "They can't stop me from dreaming!"
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Originally Posted by rhinohunter
Great shirts. Your talent is showing thru on these. Can't wait for the trip to start and to read all of adventurous encounters. Keep on making plans on how to make this trip one to remember.
I don't know much about the 'talent' part. I am truly not very creative, I am much more the planner so making these shirts is kind of an anomaly for me. I do hope this trip is one to remember. We'll keep you guys posted!
Now, Princess Aurora so DESPERATELY wanted to be on a shirt all by herself during our last visit, do you guys remember? Soooo do you think I should go ahead and oblige her?
Wow!!! That's all i can say Can't wait to hear more Hope you guys have Lots of fun and take lots of pictures so y'all can share with us......I wish my hunny would be into Disney like you guys......
We'll take lots of pictures and do a trip report so you can live vicariously through us, ok?
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Originally Posted by Laurast
Great t-shirts, Brent! I never did get moving on designing mine and we leave next Thursday for WDW. Oh well...maybe next trip.
Awwww sorry to hear it. I'll tell you though: It's been my experience that with things like that, getting started is the hardest part. Once you get going it doesn't take a lot of time and it doesn't seem like work at all!
WOW! Just read the trip report! I'll warn Cindy if I see her before you two. My friend and I may see you there. I'm really hoping the weather man changes his predications, right now it doesn't look very warm for us, but then again 60 is warmer than 20's here. What hotel are you staying at prior to arrival? We usually fly out of Detroit, but got a better rate here in Ohio. Not long now only 7 more days!
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WOW! Just read the trip report! I'll warn Cindy if I see her before you two. My friend and I may see you there. I'm really hoping the weather man changes his predications, right now it doesn't look very warm for us, but then again 60 is warmer than 20's here. What hotel are you staying at prior to arrival? We usually fly out of Detroit, but got a better rate here in Ohio. Not long now only 7 more days!
I too have been following the long range weather forecasts but I won't give them much weight until this weekend. On a brighter note though, it has been predicting rain, but that changed to a lot more sunshine! I'm actually more concerned about the weather here not giving us problems getting out of the airport. Nothing is forecast but it's Januauary in Michigan: You never know!
We are staying at the Best Western Int'l gateway. They have an indoor pool and a park n fly package with a comparable price. Would be great to run into you guys. You know from our PTR which days we plan to be in the Magic Kingdom. If you and your friend end up there one day perhaps we could meet for a Dole Whip.
Hows the packing going?? Looks like your departure date is as close as ours! I've got to go and see if I can come up with something to make Aurora happy.
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I don't know if I ever needed a Disney Vacation this much or if its ever been half as anticipated! I've reached my stress/drama limit. BRING IT ON!!!!!! Finish work tonight and tomorrow night and I am off through vacation! YEAH!!!
Have not started packing yet...............Don't laugh! I feel so unprepared. But my BFF insist I take the relaxed version of disney. I'm not sure how I feel about this........But without kiddos I think I may enjoy myself. The packiing will start on Monday when the kiddos are at school and when I can trust the weather report. But I do have my "Disney" shirts set aside and have a suitcase with just disney stuff, I need to sort out. I have to work 2 more 12 hour shift and then I can get into my final Dinsey groove. I'll have to work on meeting up for a dole whip, not sure what our plans will be
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