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Loved the Chef Mickey's Pics - since your PC is new, I'm assuming you have Windows Vista. If you have MS Office installed, The easiest way to resize photos on Vista is to:
Double Click the photo to open it in Windows Photo Gallery.
At the menu on the top, click on Open, Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
Click Edit Pictures on the Top
Click on Resize on the right.
Click on the radio button for Predefined Width and Height.
Select Web Small From the Drop down list
Click on File at the Top
Click On Save As – Change the name / location so you don’t overwrite the original file with a smaller picture.
If you don’t have MS Office installed. You can use the Email option under Windows Photo Gallery, select Smaller as the template, then email it to you self as a smaller file. (You will need to have an email account setup on the PC first though.)
sounds like Chef Mickey made up for anything that happened earlier. Sounds good. We had Chef Mickey's for breakfast and I gotta say it was disappointing. It sounds like dinner was great there though. Keep it coming.
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sounds like Chef Mickey made up for anything that happened earlier. Sounds good. We had Chef Mickey's for breakfast and I gotta say it was disappointing. It sounds like dinner was great there though. Keep it coming.
We had Chef Mickeys for breakfast the last day. I will detail that meal later but I will say it was very disappointing.
We woke up really early, 530am and it was cold. We got ready and ate a bit in the room, we brought breakfast snackes from home. Then we went the 6 mins to the bus stop to go to Epcot for EMHM.
Once at Epcot we made a dash for Soarin. Got fastpasses and went to the standby line. I love Soarin it's my favorite ride. Dsis loved it too. She wanted to ride it several times but we waited for our fastpasses to kick in and while we waited we headed over to Test Track. The wait was what seemed like forever. The sign posted said 20 mins but it was at least 30. Then we get on the ride and it stops. We got stuck right before it hits the open track. We sat there for about 10 mins and the whole time this woman behind us in the same car was gripping about the computer software and that's why we were stuck. I was about ready to turn around and smack her. Sis and I were getting tired of her complaining. Anyway after about 10 mins we finally got to go around the track. After the ride sis said she didn't like it. I said it would have been better if we wouldn't have stopped and got stuck on it. But neither of us wanted to wait another 30 mins or more to ride it again. We still had some time before our Soarin fastpasses kicked in so we went over to Mousegear and looked around a bit. Then headed back over to the land and rode Living With the Land.
By that time it was time for Soarin. After Soarin we headed over to Cantina de San Angel for lunch. I had the combo platter, and sis had tacos. We both got churros. Everything was tasty. The churros are huge.
After lunch we walked, more like ran around world showcase. It was so cold we about froze to death. We stopped and took a few pics across the lagoon.
If you can't tell from the photos it was really windy and really cold. We did stop and rode Maelstome. Sis didn't like it. I just wanted to ride it to get out of the cold. After running around World Showcase we headed to the front and had somemore pics taken.
We then went back to the hotel for a bit. Recharge our phones and camera batteries and ourselves. We then headed to Coral Reef for dinner.
Up next Coral Reef
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After rechargeing our batteries and ourselves we headed to Epcot for our dinner at Coral Reef. We got there and only waited about 10 mins for our table. We got seated and I had personalized menus and a diver set up for my sister. They give the personalized menus and regular menus. Sis opens the personalized menus and has this strange look on her face. I said "what's wrong?" She says "how they heck did you get these done?" I just laughed and said I had them done.
We were sitting there and here comes the diver. Well it wasn't exactly right. Infact it was wrong. It was suppose to say Heather, I hope your having a magical time. Love Teresa. What it said was Heather, I hope your having a magical time. Love Heather. We both just looked at and looked at each other. Sis says is that suppose to be for me? I said um yes. Oh well she got the idea. I was a bit upset and didn't even bother to take a picture of it.
Dinner was wonderful. We both had the New York Strip Steak. Which came with watercrest,whatever that is we didn't eat it, about 5 baby potatoes and a couple grape tomatoes. The food was good but not worth the $89.93 that it would have cost us if we weren't on the dining plan.
I also had a virgin strawberry daquari (spelling) which was available with the dining plan. It was good but I should have never gotten it. I'm allergic to strawberries and by the time I finished it I looked like a strawberry.
For desert we had the chocolate wave. YUMMY!!!! It was so good.
We were just finishing dinner when from behind me I hear, Teresa? I said yes. It was Sam aka bluecinderellaeyes. I was in shock. I said how did you know it was me? She said well I saw you two sitting here and took a chance that it was you. We chatted for a minute. It was cool to meet another passporter. I wish we would have caught up again later but things happen. Anyway dinner was wonderful but I don't know that I would eat there again. Like I said $89.93 is way more then I would ever spend for what we ate. Good thing for the dining plan.
After dinner we were going to watch Illuminations but decided it was way to cold and went back to our resort. Sis had stopped off to smoke and I went on to our room. As I was walking I hear this noise behind me. Like loud footsteps in high heels. I turned around and I saw what appeared to be an armadillo. Is that what it was? Are there armadillos in Florida? I've never seen one in person, we don't have those in Missouri, but it sure scared me. He was about 3 feet infront of me just scurring into the woods. After watching this creature I went back to the room and went to bed.
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