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Glad the girls got to enjoy Animation Academy, but so sorry that you began to feel so ill. The Osborne Lights are so incredible. for the pictures and video.
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So sorry about the dizziness and nausea. I hope when you woke up the next morning all was well again! Your photos of the lights are wonderful. My favorite shot from this post, though, is the one of Kaeli with her hands over Duffy's eyes as you and Chris are kissing!
Thanks, Laurie! Forunately, when I woke up on Saturday all was well again. I'm not sure what made me feel so sick, but I'm glad it didn't really amount to much. It would have been awful to have to fly home if I had some kind of a bug. I love that picture too
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I'm sorry to hear you were sick. At least it was at the end of your trip. Not good feeling sick when you have to travel though! Love the lights! Fun night at DHS. Cute Mickey Santa cup too!
Yes, thankfully my feeling sick didn't really interfere with our plans too much, and thankfully I was feeling better before having to fly home the next day!
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So sorry you weren't feeling well. At least you didn't actually pass out at Disney - been there, done that one and I don't recommend it!
Oh no! I'm sure that was not a fun moment for you at all. I'm so glad I didn't pass out, as not only would it have ruined our night, I'm sure it would have frightened the girls!
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sorry you were not felling well. Looks like you still made the most of your last night. can't believe you are at your last day already
I know, I can't believe it's all over soon
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Love your Photopass pictures and all the pics of Osborne Lights! Sorry you weren't feeling well. But at least you were able to get everything in.
I was feeling lousy, but I wasn't about to let that ruin our last night I'm glad I was able to muddle through!
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Glad the girls got to enjoy Animation Academy, but so sorry that you began to feel so ill. The Osborne Lights are so incredible. for the pictures and video.
The Osborne lights are beautiful, I'm going to miss seeing them this year!
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Glad you got to see the lights and get some great family shots, before not feeling well. I too like the photo of Kaeli covering Duffys eyes.
I can't wait to try some of those beignets!
Hope you feel better tomorrow. I didn't realize it was coming up on your last day.
It was funny, because when the photographer told the girls to cover their eyes, Kaeli said, "i'm going to cover Duffy's too. He doesn't want to see that either!!"
Those beignets are yummy, just get lots of napkins
We've still got one more full day to go, we didn't leave until 9 pm on Saturday Thankfully, I was feeling better and able to enjoy that last day!
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Sorry you weren't feeling well, . Not fun.
You wouldn't know it in your pics though, you look great!
Aww, thanks! I tried to hide it as best as I could, because Chris kept trying to get me to leave. There was no way I was going to miss seeing those lights though!
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Great pictures from DHS! Sorry you weren't feeling well! Sorry it's all coming to an end!
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It's really not fun Thankfully it didn't really amount to anything, it would have been really disappointing to miss out on things because I had come down with some bug.
This morning I woke up around 8, thankfully feeling much better than I had the night before. Everyone else was up shortly after me and we took turns showering, dressing and finishing up our packing. When the girls were done getting dressed, we headed over to Riverside Mill for some breakfast. Chris decided to stay behind to finish up the packing since he wanted to just have some cereal for breakfast anyway. We still had a CS credit left since I didn’t eat dinner the night before, so the girls and I used that and some snack credits to get a Mickey Waffle with fruit & bacon, eggs and a cinnamon roll for us to share.
After our yummy breakfast, the girls and I headed back to our room to find Chris all done with our packing. We headed out to RAC around 10:45 and found quite a long line ahead of us. Chris got on that line, while I took our carryon bags over to Bell Services. Though the line was long, it didn’t take us long to get checked in for our flight, and with perfect timing a bus for DTD pulled up just as we were done. We got off at the PI stop shortly after noon and it was packed , I had forgotten that this weekend was the Festival of the Masters. There were tons of booths set up which were showcasing the work of various artists, and there were lots of people around to explore these booths. We headed straight to Disney Quest, since we had some time to kill before our lunch at TRex that afternoon. Despite the large crowds outside, DQ was pretty quiet.
Around 1:30 we headed towards TRex, the girls were really looking forward to this meal. They love the Rainforest Café, and we are lucky enough to have one at our local mall that we visit quite often. Because they are owned by the same company, we were able to use the rewards we had accrued at RC for our lunch at TRex today.
When we got to the restaurant there was a huge line and crowd of people out front , I figured we were in for a long wait even with our ADR. We took the girls over to the dig site so that they could play while we waited, but they didn’t get to play for long. Before we knew it, we were being called to our table which was in the “fire” room, but right on the edge where we could overlook the “ice”room.
The views from our table
We were seated right below this Mama
And her baby
Here’s a quick video of her coming to life, the girls thought it was pretty cool.
It took a little while for our server to make our way to our table, but once she did we had no other problems with her. She brought out both the chef and manager to help us navigate the menu with Kaeli’s allergy and they were a great help. Even though TRex is not an official Disney restaurant, they do take the same care when it comes to dealing with special dietary requests as Disney does.
We started with some drinks, Chris got a Corona and I had a Blue Moon, we let the girls get Icees, which I didn’t realize were going to come in these huge plastic cups.
I must have looked thirsty because they brought out my beer in this giant fishbowl.
Instead of entrees, Chris and I decided to split the appetizer sampler that they had to offer. It was full of bruschetta, onion rings, BBQ ribs, chips with queso and quesadillas, more than plenty of food for the two of us to share. It was all really good, and we were quite full when we were done with it. I think both girls had corn dogs, which they loved as well. Sorry, though, I didn’t get any pics of our meals. I did manage some pics of dessert though!
The kid’s Chocolate “Tarpit”
For the grownups, donut holes with chocolate and caramel dipping sauces.
Meteor shower!!!!
We enjoyed our lunch at TRex quite a bit. While I’ll admit that the food is really nothing special, just typical chain restaurant type stuff, the atmosphere and theming inside of the restaurant makes up for that. My girls really had fun with it, and they are not big into dinos. I’m pretty sure that some little boys who live for everything dinosaur would absolutely love seeing all of the animatronics they have inside. They are pretty cool , especially when they come to life. After we settled our bill, we headed out towards the Marketplace, we had some shopping to do!
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Love the pics and video at T-Rex! We have wanted to get there but it just hasn't happened yet. We love Rainforest Cafe though! Not the food so much, just the atmosphere. Love the Mickey waffle! Not that I'm partial or anything lol!
Looks like a great day! Glad you woke feeling better!
We have done T-Rex before and enjoyed it - although once we sat in the ice room - and it really was cold in there!
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Glad that you woke up feeling better. Thanks for sharing your pictures of T-Rex as that is where we are going too!! Can't believe your trip is coming to an end!
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At least you didn't actually pass out at Disney - been there, done that one and I don't recommend it! 
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The Osborne Lights are so incredible. 
for the pictures and video.
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I love that picture too 
I'm sad it's ending too!
Everyone else was up shortly after me and we took turns showering, dressing and finishing up our packing. When the girls were done getting dressed, we headed over to Riverside Mill for some breakfast. 
Chris decided to stay behind to finish up the packing since he wanted to just have some cereal for breakfast anyway. We still had a CS credit left since I didn’t eat dinner the night before, so the girls and I used that and some snack credits to get a Mickey Waffle with fruit & bacon, eggs and a cinnamon roll for us to share. 
There were tons of booths set up which were showcasing the work of various artists, and there were lots of people around to explore these booths. We headed straight to Disney Quest, since we had some time to kill before our lunch at TRex that afternoon. Despite the large crowds outside, DQ was pretty quiet. 
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