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One DOWN!!!! Now that E will be on the road, we shall all soon be following! Inspired by our Fearless lEader, I have...wait for it...suitcases on the bed!
* shock, gasp--elizabeth, i'm having the big one * i so proud that your packing. our news was talking about the snow 2-3" in LA and TX. how very weird. pack some of those colder temps to bring with you. its 19 here this morning dbf, aka polar bear man, almost put on long sleeves
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i checked 3 different weather sites and got 3 different views of our time in disney. one has rain everyday, one rain one day and 70/60 temps and the last has several rain days and 70/50 temps. so i guess i'll stay with packing everything and the kitchen sink
We have been for 16 Mardi Gras straight, and seriously, I can only remember 4 or 5 rain days in all that time. So that is not something I am accustomed to dealing with. I am hoping if its going to rain, it at least cools us off some! lol
still trying for Tony's on Dec 7, but so far no luck. looks like CS for us. however, he did mention that he would like to try Fulton's so I got lunch there on the 9th, followed by dinner at Raglan Rd.
any one have any thoughts on Fulton's? I've read the reviews on All Ears and all that.i just wondered if any one has actually eaten there.
I haven't eaten there personally, but it looks really neat!!
Have fun!!!!
We have been for 16 Mardi Gras straight, and seriously, I can only remember 4 or 5 rain days in all that time. So that is not something I am accustomed to dealing with. I am hoping if its going to rain, it at least cools us off some! lol
Ditto on the rain. I didn't want to jinx myself by saying we bring heat and no rain, but it's usually true.
well, thought i'd post some updates. yvonne was the first to arrive with me shortly on her heels and i mean by about 15 minutes, literally! ha ha ha...i happened to have the day off yesterday and though i was on call all day, i took a chance to surprise her on her arrival. Sam was in on it, i told him friday night i might be able to drive over. so.....yep, she was surprised! we were chatting on the phone as i was on I-4 about 2 exits from WDW...she had no clue. they were just pulling in to OKW to drop folks off, then headed to SSR. I made it just after they had checked in and were heading over to their room...squeals of delight!
we headed over to epcot, the mitchell's on the ssr bus, and me in my car in case i had to leave to drive to work. while i waited for their bus to arrive at epcot, i took the opportunity to grab a photo:
after procuring their new AP's and tables in wonderland cards, we were on our way. oh, yeah, after posing for quite a few photopass shots....i'll only share one here....
off to sunshine seasons for lunch then a trip on soarin':
off to test track with a hilarious ride. they change the new cars at the exhibit frequently and we looked around for a few minutes (yah-von, kassie and myself eyeing the new cadillac suv, sam of course looking at the red truck!). Kassie snapped this for me:
after the great time on test track, we were off to mexico. ok, this is where yah-von and i always seem to find trouble. can i ask you all a question? is there REALLY anything educational on the "three amigos" attraction or is it fun? ok, that's what WE thought. anyway, i digress. having heard so much about the yummy new tequillaria, and having been unable to get to it before now (although, sharon, ben, maria and myself had given it an effort at food and wine) yah-von and i thought we'd give the margaritas a try:
she had the blood orange one, i opted for passionfruit. oh, that'd be kassie trying to get a sip of her mom's beverage....well, can i tell you, these beverages are pretty potent. now i am not a big drinker of tequilla and neither is yah-von. ha ha ha...so we were pretty happy as we boarded the "tres amigos" attraction.
singing and hilarity ensued....
...and dang it all if we didn't get "the look" AGAIN from the "lady" in front of us in the boat....omg...that is all we needed to continue our wild peels of laughter. after all, as i say, i did not know this was an educational ride that we needed to pay close attention to. what say the rest of you?????
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* i so proud that your packing. our news was talking about the snow 2-3" in LA and TX. how very weird. pack some of those colder temps to bring with you. its 19 here this morning dbf, aka polar bear man, almost put on long sleeves
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