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What a great way to spend a birthday…albeit not exactly how you planned…but being in Disney on your birthday is pretty special!! Sorry about breakfast and missing out on BB. But your "Alice" looks like quite a trooper.
I remember how hot it was for Halloween. We were at MNSSHP and poor little Jason dressed as Michael from Peter Pan and wearing flannel long sleeved long pants. I didn’t know they Trick-or-treated in DTD. That’s pretty cool. I think my boys would LOVE T-Rex. Maybe next time.
(oh, and I don’t believe you can take a bus from DTD to any of the parks anymore anyway. Too many people were parking at DTD and taking buses to the parks to save on parking)
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What a great way to spend a birthday…albeit not exactly how you planned…but being in Disney on your birthday is pretty special!! Sorry about breakfast and missing out on BB. But your "Alice" looks like quite a trooper.
I remember how hot it was for Halloween. We were at MNSSHP and poor little Jason dressed as Michael from Peter Pan and wearing flannel long sleeved long pants. I didn’t know they Trick-or-treated in DTD. That’s pretty cool. I think my boys would LOVE T-Rex. Maybe next time.
(oh, and I don’t believe you can take a bus from DTD to any of the parks anymore anyway. Too many people were parking at DTD and taking buses to the parks to save on parking)
You know? Now that you mention it, I think you are right. We were going to have to take a bus to a resort and THEN to a park in order to get the gift card. It would have been a pain, but we would have done it. We weren't going to pay $14 just to get the gift card.
I remember reading about Jason during MNSSHP in your TR. It was hot. Unseasonably hot! Geez! Thankfully, it cooled off some later in our trip.
I'm glad Victoria's birthday turned out to be fun in the end. Sorry your breakfast wasn't what you'd hoped for. T-Rex looks interesting and the food looks very good.
Liz
T-Rex was good. I would say try it at least once. We now know to go to 1900 at dinner.
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Great "birthday" day!!!! Wish 1900 had been a little more magical though. Love the gifts Victoria got-especially spending it in WDW w/her parents!. Glad your alternate plans worked out so well-cute Alice!!! and great dinner at T-Rex!!! The picture of Victoria with her head on the table was so funny! Love all of your pictures!!!
I'm glad Victoria got to wear the costume again. I made it for our trip in September, so she got to wear it twice.
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I'm finally all caught up! What a great day at Busch Gardens, and looks like Victoria had a wonderful birthday. Sorry about the service at 1900 Park Fare though.
She had a great birthday!
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Sorry about the change in plans, but it looks like Victoria still had an awesome birthday. She truly makes a beautiful Alice, too!
Thanks! She would love to be Alice one day in the parks, but I'm afraid she is too tall now.
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Happy Birthday to Victoria! Sorry the day didn't go exactly as planned, but sounds like it was still a good day and ended on a high note! Great pictures!
It really did end on a high note. We can't complain!
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So sorry about the lack of birthday magic at 1900 Park Fare, it should have been much better for Victoria. You guys did some magic though to make her day very special!
We'll go to 1900 again, just not for breakfast.
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Sounds like a great Birthday!
Sorry 1900 Park Fare didn't have great service and that you didn't make it to BB!
Glad you enjoyed dinner and that Victoria got to where her Alice costume again
I'm glad she got to wear it again, too. All my hard work wasn't in vain!
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I love your trip report. So glad that Victoria had such a great bday.
As a commando tourist of WDW, I am not used to sleeping in and hanging out at a resort all day. It is not in my nature. If I’m at Disney, I’m there to tour the parks not hang out at a resort. However, this trip was about Michael and making sure he relaxed before going back to Iraq. So, we slept in and hung out at the resort all day. I fixed a breakfast casserole that morning and fixed a big lunch for us. We just hung out not doing much. It was very nice. I guess we needed to relax because tonight we were going to MNSSHP!! We decided to go the day after Halloween because we figured it would be less crowded. We’ll see if we were right or not.
After relaxing all day long, we got ready for our Halloween party. Victoria decided not to dress as Alice again like she did in September. I wore my ghost shirt since it was clean. I had wanted to wear my Sally shirt, but I didn’t wash it after the rather warm night the night before. Michael DID wash his Jack shirt so he could wear it again. About my candy corn Mickey ears - I bought them when we were here in September, and I am so glad we did. Everywhere I went, people asked me where I got them. I told them at WoD in September. Apparently, they were sold out and couldn’t be found anywhere. I am so glad I had mine. We were all set.
We hopped in the car and drove to the MK. If we hadn’t driven, I never would have gotten a picture of the cute decor over the gate.
The AAA Diamond parking was full since it was around 4 p.m. No biggie. We parked and hopped on the tram just waiting for us.
We decided to take the ferry to MK. It was waiting for us, too. Isn’t this just the prettiest sight?
I was sad that SM was being renovated. Oh well. Next time!
The Contemporary and BLT...
We got off the ferry and easily made it through bag check. We got our party wristbands and got our picture made in front of the train station.
We entered the park and enjoyed the sights down Main Street. We stopped for pictures in front of the castle.
Now, why I only took a picture of Musketeer Donald, I have no idea, but I did. I do like the pumpkin he is holding with Daisy carved in it.
As we walked towards Tomorrowland, we stopped for a picture in front of the castle from the Rose Garden point of view.
This picture cracks me up!
We went to Tomorrowland. Buzz was calling to Michael to help him defeat Zurg.
There was NO line!
Victoria being silly.
Michael ALWAYS beats me on this ride. Perhaps that’s why he likes it so much. He may have beat me, but I made sure I was smiling and looking pretty for the camera.
After Michael defeated Zurg, we went to Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor. Michael had never done this, and I thought he’d really like it.
Poor Victoria, her bangs are already plastered to her forehead. It was hot.
We all three texted jokes in. Michael’s was used in the show. I think it helped that we said he was here from Iraq. His joke was, "Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? Because he didn't have the guts!" Michael enjoyed the show. One day, I hope he’ll get to be “that guy.”
We decided to hang out in Tomorrowland, so we went to Carousel of Progress. I have always loved this ride and always will.
“It’s a great big beautiful tomorrow....”
Michael got this great shot of the full moon over SM. I it!
Victoria wanted some popcorn so she got a box to eat while we rode the TTA. It will always be the WEDway People Mover to me.
It was neat to see the top of the coaster tracks in SM. I wish the boards hadn’t been up and we could have seen more.
After our relaxing ride on TTA, Michael and I went back to ride Buzz. Victoria didn’t want to ride Buzz again, so she went to see Stitch. We don’t really care for the Stitch's Great Escape, but she wanted to do it anyway.
Once again, Michael beat me. I’ll never beat him at this ride.
BG looked like a fun park, especially if you like coasters. And I would have loved some Pumpkin Cheesecake too!!
I’m so sorry you had a bad experience at 1900 PF breakfast. It sounds like the waiter was a big let down. We had a fabulous experience there back in October 2008. And the Mad Hatter is definitely the show stealer here.
That Wicked book is AWESOME!! And the scarves Michael picked for her were so pretty.
Sorry you had to change your plans on Victoria’s birthday, but it sounded as if it ended on a high note.
I noticed Victoria had painted her nails black & orange – too cute!
We're learning the more we go that a day or two of relaxation is actually very beneficial, but it's still not easy (at least for me).
I Michael's photo of SM with the full moon! Postcard Perfect!
I thought his picture was really good, too. He'll take hundreds of pictures and every now and then he'll get one that makes you say, "Wow!" Photography is fun!
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But your "Alice" looks like quite a trooper. 
Love the gifts Victoria got-especially spending it in WDW w/her parents!. Glad your alternate plans worked out so well-cute Alice!!! 
and great dinner at T-Rex!!! The picture of Victoria with her head on the table was so funny! Love all of your pictures!!!
Sorry the day didn't go exactly as planned, but sounds like it was still a good day and ended on a high note! Great pictures! 
Michael DID wash his Jack shirt so he could wear it again. About my candy corn Mickey ears - I bought them when we were here in September, and I am so glad we did. Everywhere I went, people asked me where I got them. I told them at WoD in September. Apparently, they were sold out and couldn’t be found anywhere. 
I am so glad I had mine. We were all set. 
He may have beat me, but I made sure I was smiling and looking pretty for the camera. 
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