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For some reason when I read your TRs I end up missing a chunk of text. I can see the great pictures with Mary with no idea of how they came to be looks like a ton of fun though!
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xwewhisper, are you reading on an iPad or iPhone? The same thing happens to me. Very annoying. I posted in the Garage forum about it once to see if I could get any suggestions on how to fix the problem, but didn't get anything.
Looks like you had a fun time in the MK with many great photos! What a nice meeting with Mary you had! Pretty cool you got to see SM with the lights on! I've seen this a few times on the PM! Once I was on SM and the ride stopped, while I was on it and the lights came on, which was quite cool to see inside. Stranger yet, we were going up a hill on a 45 degree angle, in which we remained for about 10 minutes, until the ride started up again! Not the most comfortable of positions to be in, while sitting in the car!
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xwewhisper, are you reading on an iPad or iPhone? The same thing happens to me. Very annoying. I posted in the Garage forum about it once to see if I could get any suggestions on how to fix the problem, but didn't get anything.
Guilty of iPhone reading! I thought it just turned pics upside down sometimes... Now this?!
Just came from you fall TR and your meeting with Mary...and find out that you had a really magical meet with her on this trip! I would be the same way...completely tongue tied because I am in awe of Mary Poppins! But you really look quite comfortable with her...just like two old friends!
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Just getting back in the swing of Passporter life - and what better way to start than reading your report!! Love to read about the adventures of Luke and Cam!! Can't wait to read more WDW and then about the ship at Christmas...
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Your interaction with Mary was so cute! And you both got the memo to wear some red that day! Lol
Luke had teased me because I felt we needed to wear red or Christmas stuff for our MK day.
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I love Mary!! The inside of SM is cool w/ the lights on. We have caught it a couple times while on the people mover.
We've seen the SM inner workings several times and gotten better pictures, but I needed to get the flash off this time and didn't have time before we were out again.
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For some reason when I read your TRs I end up missing a chunk of text. I can see the great pictures with Mary with no idea of how they came to be looks like a ton of fun though!
How weird! Is this the part you were missing?
Instead we went to the Confectionary to purchase breakfast, a large chocolate chip cookie in the shape of a Mickey head with its ears hand-dipped in chocolate. We also got Cokes. We walked through Uptown Jewelers to our usual alley to dine. And guess who was there? None other than Mary Poppins who only had one current guest. I had let out a little gasp when I saw her, and she had looked my way. She requested I sit at a table with her for a little chat. Magical! Unfortunately, I have no memory of what we talked about as I was so excited and nervous the whole time we were talking. She’d ask a question, and my brain seemed to slowly process it before I had an answer. Luke took photos then the CM with her took a pic all three of us. We moved to another table to eat our mega-nutritious breakfast while Mary continued to meet other guests, including many NCA cheerleaders. Hundreds, maybe thousands of them, were everywhere as they were part of today’s taping.
Looks like you had a fun time in the MK with many great photos! What a nice meeting with Mary you had! Pretty cool you got to see SM with the lights on! I've seen this a few times on the PM! Once I was on SM and the ride stopped, while I was on it and the lights came on, which was quite cool to see inside. Stranger yet, we were going up a hill on a 45 degree angle, in which we remained for about 10 minutes, until the ride started up again! Not the most comfortable of positions to be in, while sitting in the car!
At first I thought how neat to be on the ride when it stops and the lights come on. But then a 45 degree angle wouldn't be fun.
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What an amazing experience with Mary!! You're just sitting there chatting away like you are old friends. That is truly a magical moment.
I couldn't believe when she asked me to sit with her.
Just came from you fall TR and your meeting with Mary...and find out that you had a really magical meet with her on this trip! I would be the same way...completely tongue tied because I am in awe of Mary Poppins! But you really look quite comfortable with her...just like two old friends!
I keep thinking that the more I meet her the more relaxed I'll get with her, but that's just not happening.
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Just getting back in the swing of Passporter life - and what better way to start than reading your report!! Love to read about the adventures of Luke and Cam!! Can't wait to read more WDW and then about the ship at Christmas...
Thanks! I thought of you on our way home as we set the GPS at the port, and since we weren't going back to Orlando we ended up passing by Jacksonville. If I'd have know, I'd have let you know we were coming.
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How awesome you got to run into Mary and then sit with her and chat. I probably wouldn't remember the conversation either.
I know she asked me several questions, my brain would freeze, then I'd answer and she would talk a bit before another question. I should have written the conversation down as we ate breakfast.
Instead we went to the Confectionary to purchase breakfast, a large chocolate chip cookie in the shape of a Mickey head with its ears hand-dipped in chocolate. We also got Cokes. We walked through Uptown Jewelers to our usual alley to dine. And guess who was there? None other than Mary Poppins who only had one current guest. I had let out a little gasp when I saw her, and she had looked my way. She requested I sit at a table with her for a little chat. Magical! Unfortunately, I have no memory of what we talked about as I was so excited and nervous the whole time we were talking. She’d ask a question, and my brain seemed to slowly process it before I had an answer. Luke took photos then the CM with her took a pic all three of us. We moved to another table to eat our mega-nutritious breakfast while Mary continued to meet other guests, including many NCA cheerleaders. Hundreds, maybe thousands of them, were everywhere as they were part of today’s taping.
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What a nice meeting with Mary you had! 
Pretty cool you got to see SM with the lights on! I've seen this a few times on the PM! Once I was on SM and the ride stopped, while I was on it and the lights came on, which was quite cool to see inside. 
Stranger yet, we were going up a hill on a 45 degree angle, in which we remained for about 10 minutes, until the ride started up again! 
Not the most comfortable of positions to be in, while sitting in the car! 
Luke took photos then the CM with her took a pic all three of us. We moved to another table to eat our mega-nutritious breakfast while Mary continued to meet other guests, including many NCA cheerleaders. Hundreds, maybe thousands of them, were everywhere as they were part of today’s taping. 
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