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Old 05-06-2009, 07:14 PM   #31
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Smile Day 6 July 26...

Today we didnt do to much until our dinner with moms favorites at the crystal palace...CP was really disapointing compared to our first time there 2 years before this time we only got to see pooh! it was annoying they didnt even come near our side of the restraunt plus the food wasn't as good but oh well ....Then we went to HS to watch fantasmic and we got really good seats it almost got cancelled due to lightning but it went on with out any delay It was good as usualy only we were right under a speaker and man was it loud haha realllllly loud after that we looked at some shops and took our time leaveing so we didnt get trampled and then we headed back to the hotel
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Smile Day 7 July 27.....

Today we stayed in the hotel and watched the brickyard (jimmie johnson..won yay) any ways then we went to eat at the plaza restraunt in MK which was yummy I really like it there I had the philly steak sandwhich mom and the tuna crisaunt yum yum yum everything was delicious!! then went went over to Its a small world even though it was pouring like super duper duper pour after the ride it was really chilly and it gave me a good oppritunity to buy the tinker bell sweatshirt I had seen in the Tinker Bell shop so i bought it when since the rain had started to stop we decided to stop and watch spectro on the way out again because everyone had left so we got this great spot next the the garbage I know it sounds funny but on one standed near us (and no the garbage didnt smell) any ways it was awsome best place I ever sat even though it was cold and damp but that was ok then we headed back to the hotel
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Day 8 July 28

Today was one of our busy days yay...
So first we got up early and headed to HS and watch the voyage of the little mermaid I liked it it was the first time we had seen it in a loooooooong time then as we were walking out we noticed that there was almost to line fot the great movie ride that was also neat because neather of us had ever been on it then we went on the Muppets 3-D which is one of our favs I love it its just to cute although it had been changed since the last time we had been there well at least we thought it had...does anyone know if they changed it between 2006 and 2008? then we went back to the hotel for lunch and a nap then we went to MK to eat at the Noodle station which was gross and we will never go back...thenwe went on TLTA then we wander thru some shops looking for something for my cousins then we went to ride small world again...its my moms fav can you tell?... then we hit some more shops and grabed some popsicles for the walk to the bus station
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Today we went to HS to see Beauty and the Beast in the morning because neather one of us had ever seen it we both liked it I got awsome pics and had be our guest stuck in my head for months.... I was disapointed that I couldnt find anything to buy with m dear friennd Lumier er how ever you spell it I love that candel stick man! and there was nothing for me to buy to show my love for him oh well then we went back to the hotel to grab some lunch and it started to pour and didnt stop when it calmed down we ran back to our room and stayed there for a little to see if the rain would stop...it didnt... good thing we had our umbrellas...For dinnner we decided to go to Boatwrights again due to the inclament weather and thefact that we loved it there....We both had the prime rib, and did I mention the corn bread was delicious! after dinner we hoped on the boat and went to DTD and well shop shop shoped and left with a milllllion bags then we were back on the boat and off to bed.........
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Day 10 July 30

Today we were up early and off to AK as soon as we got there we went straight to KS to get a FP when we got our FP it was good in 20 mins lucky us so we looked at some near by shops and got ice cream by the time we were done it was time for us to get on we got on with hardly any wait KS took a long time because there was a ostrage in the middle of the road who did not want to move after we got off we went to Flame Tree BBQ for lunch yum yum and then we went back to the hotel for our midday break
For dinner we were off to Le Cellier for our very first time the food was very very good and I loved the pretzels they were delicious the one thing we both agreeded on is that they could turn the lights up just a bit and we got sat in the middle of the floor it felt like haha it was funny ...then next to us on the right there was a couple who welll were not happy with anything at all and they kept talkin to the couple to there right it was funny part of the conversation went like this Mind you the couple the anoying tabel was talking to were form ireland on their honeymoon and it went like this.......
Stupid guy " well how is Ireland anyways what is it like"

Irish guy " well its very nice I recomend anyone to visit"

Stupid guy"well its pretty safe now isant it as long as you dont go up to Northern Ireland I mean you know how they are up there"

Irish guy " Well i dont know Im from NI and we seem to fine"

HAHA me and DM almost burst out laughing it was just to funny the irish guy was offened you could tell and you would think this would be a hint to stop talking to him but now the guy just kept going until finally they left and when they did the couple to our left leaned over to us and said that they were so glad we came and sat next to them so they didnt have to listen to them anymore they said they talked the entire time needless to say we were glad we hardly had to deal with them......After dinner we walked around a bit looking for agood place to watch Illuminations since we decided we didnt want to sit on the ground the whole time we sat outside the one shop next to the lagoon the little one im sure you all know and well we found somethine to do with our time ....The door to the store had to pushed open instead of pulled hahahah you should have seen the people walking up to the doors and pulling it as hard as they could and the priceless look they had on there faces when they pushed it open ha it was to funny....so when people started to gather we went down and sat at our spot that we had been watching inbetweeen wathcing people try to open the door haha ...our spot fir illuminaions was great we could see everything perfectly on our way out we sat down and watched all the crazy people trying to power walk it to there buses when the crowds thined out we thought we were safe but when we got to our line we saw quite the opposite the line was huggggggggge the longest we had seen any of the lines the whole time we were hear so we sat on another bench and watched people pile into the bus it took 8 buses before we even thought about standing in line and even then when we got in line we still ended up stand excepy for mom a guy got up and stood for her nice people alll around as long as your over 50 ....then we were off to bed
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