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I finally caught up with the parts of your report I missed. I loved all of the pics of Illuminations and especially the pics of the Boardwalk since I was just there
Well, all of us will be back there together again in April 2011...
Next year I will have even more issues with vacation time because the South Pacific trip is in July and will be as long or longer than the Greece trip.
However, my recollection is that y'all will be at WDW around my Birthday, AND I will have to use my 2011 points somehow, so it is tempting. [I am also in the middle of ROFR for a purchase of add-on DVC points.]
Perhaps you or Wendy would PM me with the dates? Just in case.
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Next year I will have even more issues with vacation time because the South Pacific trip is in July and will be as long or longer than the Greece trip.
However, my recollection is that y'all will be at WDW around my Birthday, AND I will have to use my 2011 points somehow, so it is tempting. [I am also in the middle of ROFR for a purchase of add-on DVC points.]
Perhaps you or Wendy would PM me with the dates? Just in case.
Great photos of Illuminations! I know how hard it is to say goodbye to good friends, but it's easier when you know when you'll see them again. Speaking of that, I may have to do some planning for April 2011 myself, since I have no idea when I'll see you again.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
Great update, Cheryl! I've only seen IllumiNations once so far and I kept getting distracted because the couple next to my hubby and me kept talking to us I hope to see it again this March so I can fully appreciate this show for once
How annoying. It is definitely a show to be appreciated and enjoyed - hope you get to do that in March.
I did NOT want to read the end of this update as it meant me leaving you all over again........
HOWEVER the prospect of planning 4/11 helped us both say Roll On April(with me think of Alabama Roll on highway, roll on a long, roll on mama till we get back home...) with less tears than ever before. I think our men were dreading what kind of blubberfest they'd have to endure. But we didn't embarrass them at all!
I am looking forward to your upcoming updates. Except pictures of the EMPTY lights meet at DHS the next day! You don't have to put those in. It's like pouring salt in the wound.
Oh don't, you'll start me off as well. I was proud of not blubbering that night - and now it's so nice to be talking about "April NEXT year" - that makes it seem so much closer.
Great photos by both of you, as always... And, as with all Passporter meets, good times were had by all!!!
The one thing I noticed about Osborne Lights this year is that they stopped the lights on the back street and routed everyone back onto the main street.
In past years, they had lights set up all the way back to the Muppet Store and you could get back into the park, or to the front gates, without having to go against the flow of bodies.
We chose to go with the flow when we got back into it and then headed out by Toy Story Mania instead of fighting the crowd, especially with the stroller (even though we had a heavy duty jogging "combat type" stroller)
Now you say it and I think about it, you're right about that. That could explain why they did things that way...
Next year I will have even more issues with vacation time because the South Pacific trip is in July and will be as long or longer than the Greece trip.
However, my recollection is that y'all will be at WDW around my Birthday, AND I will have to use my 2011 points somehow, so it is tempting. [I am also in the middle of ROFR for a purchase of add-on DVC points.]
Perhaps you or Wendy would PM me with the dates? Just in case.
Glad to hear Wendy's PMd you with the details. I'll send you our dates as they stand at the moment at as well. And with adding on more points - those point are addictive, aren't they?
Glad to hear Wendy's PMd you with the details. I'll send you our dates as they stand at the moment at as well. And with adding on more points - those point are addictive, aren't they?
And just think, neither he, nor Bob were DVC members as of Decade of Dreams last year. AMAZING! Yet both have added on!
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Speaking of that, I may have to do some planning for April 2011 myself, since I have no idea when I'll see you again.
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I hope to see it again this March so I can fully appreciate this show for once 
It is definitely a show to be appreciated and enjoyed - hope you get to do that in March. 
I was proud of not blubbering that night - and now it's so nice to be talking about "April NEXT year" - that makes it seem so much closer. 
with adding on more points - those point are addictive, aren't they? 
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