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Great update and you can never have too many photos! It looks like you guys had a great time in Epcot. I love the pic. of Jared waking up. He is just too cute. I just imagine him hanging up and going back to bed.
Thank you. I love that picture too, but he's a little embarrassed by it.
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This is a great trip report so far!! I just love the smiles on your boys!!
Thank you.
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I love this picture! We did the same thing for our kids when they were much smaller and the darn thing didn't work and I had both of my kids with those faces looking back at me! And I have tried it at home to get that darn character to call and wake them up and no such luck! The one and only time it has ever worked is on Christmas morning when my kids arranged one for me (to pay me back for all the times I did it to them). Only problem was I loved it! I actually had Mickey Mouse call me on Christmas morning! LOL
Thanks. We finally did get the wake up call to work by scheduling it with the front desk. I didn't know that you could get a wake up call from Mickey at home. That is so cool. Waking up to Mickey on Christmas morning must have been awesome. How do I schedule that?
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We are going to PSB over our Christmas Holiday trip. My daughter is going to so enjoy it....the food looks really good too. Right now, my DH and DS are not looking forward to eating with a princess but I have a feeling that they will be like Will and not mind the view at all! LOL!
I think you will all enjoy PSB. Make sure you try the potato casserole. The boys, and Will, are actually requesting to go back there the next time. Also, don't forget to get your picture with Belle. It was included in the price of the meal, which I thought was great (especially on the dining plan).
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What a great morning at Epcot! I love PSB - - especially those potatoes!
Great idea about the goody bags!
Jill
Thank you. Yes the potatoes are amazing. I'm going to have to learn how to make them. I will definitely do the goody bags again. I can't tell you how many times they saved us from meltdowns.
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What a great day at Epcot so far...love those potatoes at the PSB (and I do not like cheese but those potatoes are fantastic). Glad the boys of the group enjoyed the attention from the Princesses...
Glad that everyone enjoyed their ride on Test Track...great idea of the goody bags, Aidan looks like he is having a great time playing (and you can never have enough pictures )
Can't wait to hear all about your adventures on Soarin and dinner at San Angel Inn...
What a great day at Epcot so far...love those potatoes at the PSB (and I do not like cheese but those potatoes are fantastic). Glad the boys of the group enjoyed the attention from the Princesses...
Glad that everyone enjoyed their ride on Test Track...great idea of the goody bags, Aidan looks like he is having a great time playing (and you can never have enough pictures )
Can't wait to hear all about your adventures on Soarin and dinner at San Angel Inn...
We did have a great time and I really do love TT (as does Jared). I'll be back with an update on Tuesday as I am away for the weekend.
Thanks. We finally did get the wake up call to work by scheduling it with the front desk. I didn't know that you could get a wake up call from Mickey at home. That is so cool. Waking up to Mickey on Christmas morning must have been awesome. How do I schedule that?
Look on the Disney websites for the link to request a Christmas wakeup call. I have never done it through WDW site, only Disneyland but would think they would all do it.
Look on the Disney websites for the link to request a Christmas wakeup call. I have never done it through WDW site, only Disneyland but would think they would all do it.
I just want to apologize to everyone for taking so long with an update. First my little guy Aidan was sick. He had a temperature of 105 for 2 days and the doctor could not figure out what was wrong with him. Finally, they said it was just a virus that was going around and that it should last about 3 days and it did. Then Jared broke his arm. He has a red cast (for the Phillies). I will try to get an update in between today and tomorrow.
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Hi Liz, Sorry to hear about Aidan being sick & Jared's broken arm. I did want to tell you thanks for your info about your stay at the POP Century. We just returned on Sunday 10/19,And you were right it's a nice place and we did not run into your bad CM. Our CM was quite nice even did the dance for us as we had missed it at 6:00pm when all the CM"s do it ha ha. And the food wasn't to bad in the Food Court like you said but that place is all way's busy. We even had to wait in line to use the washer's & dryer's when we did laundry too. We were told that they were full with a lot of foreign traveler's , Glad some-one's economy is doing better then ours !! Sorry we never got order the pizza from the room as we always seemed to close each park, maybe next time. And we all had a blast--- Thank you again for the info. LouigiAnne
Liz, take care of your babies! Nothing like having a sick child and no answers! Then Jared's broken arm....is there a story around that event? My son broke his arm 2 days before school started and it was his right arm of course he writes with it. We had to rearrange all of his classes to accomidate the broken arm....he was not happy with the classes he ended up with but at least I got him out of computer and typing class! He would have failed those two classes for sure with a broken arm! I hope the Kiddo's are doing better!
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And we all had a blast--- Thank you again for the info. LouigiAnne
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