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One day I'm going to eat there, but probably only for lunch. It does look yummy though, even though I thought the dinner menu didn't sound that appetizing.
One day I'm going to eat there, but probably only for lunch. It does look yummy though, even though I thought the dinner menu didn't sound that appetizing.
Melissa-I want to eat there so bad for dinner, but I am that way with the dinner menu. We are going to try for lunch in October. The lunch menu looks more our speed. Kelly's pork chop did look really good though!
One day I'm going to eat there, but probably only for lunch. It does look yummy though, even though I thought the dinner menu didn't sound that appetizing.
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Originally Posted by disneydreamer33
Melissa-I want to eat there so bad for dinner, but I am that way with the dinner menu. We are going to try for lunch in October. The lunch menu looks more our speed. Kelly's pork chop did look really good though!
See and I think the dinner sounds better than lunch. Probably good they do different things for each meal then.
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One day I'm going to eat there, but probably only for lunch. It does look yummy though, even though I thought the dinner menu didn't sound that appetizing.
Agreed. Dinner would not work for my family. That's why I tried it for lunch. I loved it!
Wow! Congrats on Mike getting a new gig, what a relief! I love your MK photos, they're so cute (The clock is my favorite part of IASW)
I ate recently at BOG for lunch and it was pretty good, even better because of the FP+ I hope I get FPs for lunch on my next trip, that line was long!
Wow! Congrats on Mike getting a new gig, what a relief! I love your MK photos, they're so cute (The clock is my favorite part of IASW)
I ate recently at BOG for lunch and it was pretty good, even better because of the FP+ I hope I get FPs for lunch on my next trip, that line was long!
I'm hoping for a FP+ too because I do not want to wait in line. :
I apologize for neglecting this for so long. Life has just gotten in the way, but I am happy to report that this needs to be done soon as we WILL be going back to the World in about a month! So without further adieu:
We were done with dinner and meeting the Beast just after 7pm so the party had officially started!We met Melissa & fam at Princess Fairytale Hall so we could start the part with some Princesses & their Princes!Dylan wasn’t too keen on this, but he went along like a good sport.We met Rapunzul & Flynn Rider and then Snow White & the Prince.It was fun and I hope we can meet more Princesses on our next trip as that’s all Lukas wants to do, but not Dylan so much.
We headed to the New Fantasyland next as we hadn’t seen it yet.I’m not sure if Melissa had been back there or not yet, but I know we had yet to experience any of it.We made our way to take a ride Under the Sea with Ariel and then met Ariel herself!I remember Ariel being so excited that we let her sign a whole page of the book I had with us.(I am still in the process of working on said scrap/smash book.)The page size was about 8x12 and she did take up that whole page with her signature and some bubbles.I’ll try to remember to take a picture of it and share it on here.
It was nearing Hallowishes time to I suggested we stake out a place near the Tomorrowland Terrace where the hold the dessert party as I thought we could sit and still have a great view.Sure enough I was right!!We pulled chair right up to the railing and enjoyed the show.
Next we staked a spot out for the parade along Main Street.I thought we’d done good since there was a family parked on the curb and we set up behind them – remember this.While waiting for the parade to start, my boys fell asleep but Dylan assured me to wake him in time for the parade.Melissa took Hope to see if they could get on Space Mountain.I went to Starbucks for PSLs for Chad & I.Plus I went to peek at Jack & Sally – boy was there line long!I did get the special Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom card Mike had wanted though.Everyone made it back before the parade and I got Dylan awake.Then as the headless horseman came through that family on the curb stood up!UGH!Dylan could at least stand on the stroller to see and I had an opening to take pictures.Lukas slept through the whole thing. Hard to see, but the moon was bright and the sky sloudy so it made it perfect for MNSSHP!
After the parade we had time for a few things if we were quick.Of course those things were Pirates & Haunted Mansion – it wouldn’t have been MNSSHP without doing them!As we were leaving HM, there wasn’t a soul around (or was there J) and we made our way out of the park. This is the ONLY group photo we got and the PP photographer didn't even zoom in! The PP pic was the same!
Melissa can take a good group photo!
It was nice to stroll back to BLT and not have to wait for a bus, but we were sure tired!I was so glad we got to have a little park time after the cruise and even better than it was MNSSHP (as I LOVE Halloween) and that we got to spend it with Melissa & her family too!It had been a perfect night!!
The haul from tonight!
Favorites from today:
Mike – MNSSHP
Kelly – Hallowishes and Boo to You parade
Dylan – Trick or Treating
Lukas – riding the monorail
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