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Great photos and I am admiring how pretty a day it was and remembering how it poured rain on our arrival day!
Ugh, that day was just horrible, wasn't it?
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I also felt a bit cramped on SDMT as far as legroom is concerned. I particularly noticed this on Splash Mountain this trip. My knees were under tension the entire time. I think I should be enjoying the ride instead of thinking about how uncomfortable I am. Though it was possibly worse because we were in the front of the log. A certain retired person wouldn't support my plea of "Not the front, not the front!" And of course I looked and felt like someone had dumped a bucket of water on me at the end.
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Once again beautiful pictures. It looks like the day was warming up for you and the sky was gorgeous. Great castle shots without the crane in them as well.
It certainly had warmed up a lot by then. I was glad I'd layered and was down to just the vest top, although my this point I was regretting not wearing my crops.
I must admit the evil part of me knew that would be the case with some of our PassPorters, so I did include it deliberately for everyone to drool over...
To paraphrase a certain donkey, "Thanks for thinking of us!"😆
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Some great shots of the castle as well as those from your visits to all the great shops on Main Street! A nice way to take it easy from all the crowds from the attractions! You certainly got a great spot for the parade and will have to remember this one as I usually don't plan around the parades as I do with the attractions as I tend to run into them more, but still enjoy them!
I can't believe this is Part VIII already in the MK and you have yet to have lunch, if I'm correct! This TR may go into the Christmas season!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Some great shots of the castle as well as those from your visits to all the great shops on Main Street! A nice way to take it easy from all the crowds from the attractions! You certainly got a great spot for the parade and will have to remember this one as I usually don't plan around the parades as I do with the attractions as I tend to run into them more, but still enjoy them!
I can't believe this is Part VIII already in the MK and you have yet to have lunch, if I'm correct! This TR may go into the Christmas season!
And there's still a lot more to come from this day - it was a very busy one and we crammed a lot in!
Saturday 21 February – part nine: the highlight of the parade
Finally, we could hear the music, and we could see the floats approaching. All I can say about this new parade is wow! Ok, I guess I’d better say a bit more than that. It really was just as good as I’d hoped from the photos I’d already seen. It was superb, and really does live up to expectations. I loved that a lot of the new characters are now featured in the parade, along with a lot of the old favourites, although I was sad not to see my donkey boy there. I was really happy with all the photos I got, so I’ll let those tell the story of the parade…
I loved how active some of the characters were. Merida immediately comes to mind, with her dancing – no mean feat on a hotter day than this, and having said this, the sun was burning down during the parade. I was very glad of the factor 50 I’d applied earlier on.
This, of course, was the highlight of the parade!
I also loved the interactivity. Mark and I were both approached by quite a few of the participants in the parade, some characters, some dancers, and unfortunately we just weren’t quick enough to capture all of them, but we got some great memories from those interactions.
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Once again, beautiful photos! I 
the one of Mark with the Queen of Hearts on the fence!
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A nice way to take it easy from all the crowds from the attractions! 
You certainly got a great spot for the parade and will have to remember this one as I usually don't plan around the parades as I do with the attractions as I tend to run into them more, but still enjoy them! 
This TR may go into the Christmas season! 
Ok, I guess I’d better say a bit more than that. It really was just as good as I’d hoped from the photos I’d already seen. It was superb, and really does live up to expectations. I loved that a lot of the new characters are now featured in the parade, along with a lot of the old favourites, although I was sad not to see my donkey boy there. 
we have no idea what she was doing either… 
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