The Wacky Hijinks of the Crazy Lady Trio at Mousefest **Updated 3/10** - Page 24 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Well I need a memory overhaul - I COMPLETELY forgot about that EE ride...You ladies are wonderful and the snarkiness is joyous in its very CLT way!! Karen I am sorry to hear the camera never reappeared - I really really hoped that Disney magic would return it to you.
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O.k. I can't figure out if I'm enjoying the trip report or the responses better! Those pictures of the WL are gorgeous!! It looks so peaceful at that time of day. I really can not wait to hear more. You guys are hilarious!!
Just caught up with your last couple updates Sharon! Love the pics and commentary! You three ladies together are truly crazy Sounds like you had a great time at the MVMCP together (except for Karen's camera getting stolen). I don't understand how someone could just walk off with someone elses camera Can't wait to read more.
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Love the pics of WL, we were just there & got upgraded to a courtyard view overlooking the villas. Loved it!! Ducklings in the pool too cute.
Great safari pics, mine never come out with all the bouncing of the truck!
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What great updates Sharon...your pictures were great as usual, loved all the girls dancing it up at the party and your early morning shots of the WL were wonderful...it looked so peaceful and tranquil....
Your day at AK sounded great and the pictures of the animals were fantastic...they looked like you were right up there with them...
It was a hair clip keeping the curtains closed. Sheesh, you'd think you could've managed that!!
Well, I'll give you that, but it wasn't a hair clip. More like a dozen.
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Was this the time the bus driver made us all sing Christmas songs and I got mocked for singing the wrong words?
Considering I have NO idea what you're talking about, I'm gonna go with "no."
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Now, Sharon's probably too nice to mention this incident, but I'm not... so I'll mention it. As we were standing there, watching the Mousefesters go streaming by, we greeted old friends and familiar faces, were hailed as the "CLT®" by many others that we didn't recognize, and generally were warmly enfolded in the arms of our fellow Internet buddies. When, suddenly, a person in the Mousefest crowd whom neither Karen nor Sharon nor myself recognized went past us, stopped and turned back. Well... let's just say the woman was rather... uh... "harsh." (Or, at least, that's how it came off in the millisecond this interaction took place.) She laughed snarkily and said, "Hah... not so smart now, are you!" Then she flipped her hair and ran off to the loading area. Now, I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt that she was probably trying to be funny as I can only assume that she was referring to the fact that we'd decided not to join the Mousefest crowd waiting outside the ride when we walked up. I think the three of us gave her retreating back a whisky-tango-foxtrot look and then proceeded to rack our collective brains to figure out if any of us knew her, had met her, had ever interacted with her on the PassPorter boards or elsewhere -- 'cause, let's face it, outside of our own inflated senses of self-worth, we're not really that well known to the general public!
Ah, yes. I'd forgotten about her.
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This is the only one worth posting:
Love it!
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After ***all*** the magic we'd experienced so far, I was convinced that it would show up -- people at Disney are nice, right. Nope... whoever took it, KEPT it and that really makes me angry and sad!
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(I'm thinking there's a PhotoPass pic too, but I still can't access the drive -- SOOON, I promise!)
Can't wait! I'll believe it when I see it.
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Prepare for the Guilt Trifecta Response™ - I wasn't feeling well because of my disease... and I could tell that a few minutes, sitting in the nice shady spot we'd found to eat our fruit, would make me feel tons better. I also had the good grace not to mention that Karen's deoderant had worn off and I didn't fancy being crammed up against her in the Time Rover...
I was totally gonna snark on this, until I got to the part about K-dubs and her lack of deodorant. Now I'm just laughing! Which does not suggest that I either agree or disagree with the effectiveness of Karen's deodorant.
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WRONG!!! People, she can't be trusted. That bus ride was a TOTALLY different time, and Sharon wasn't even with us.
No wonder it didn't sound at all familiar.
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Actually, she said, "You should have stayed with us. Yeah, I know ALLLLL about you wild women." But, it was the venom in her voice that was particularly off-putting. To use Eileen's favorite expression, WHAT- EVAH! But, Sharon and I know that when you're fabulous some people will get jealous. (Eileen's starting to understand this one too, since she's becoming fabulous through association.)
I am certain about the "wild women" part, because I thought to myself, "she doesn't know as much about us as she thinks if that's what she thinks we're called." Seriously, if you're gonna name-drop the CLT, get it right!
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). I don't understand how someone could just walk off with someone elses camera
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A picture of my backside is even scarier than your picture of me on EE. 
Considering I have NO idea what you're talking about, I'm gonna go with "no."
I am certain about the "wild women" part, because I thought to myself, "she doesn't know as much about us as she thinks if that's what she thinks we're called." Seriously, if you're gonna name-drop the CLT, get it right! 
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