Walking in a Disney Wonderland, December 8-15, 2009 - COMPLETE!! 5/7 - Page 41 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Sorry to hear you weren't feeling well. That stinks when you get sick on vacation I love those ham & cheese croissants from France! Great pics of dinner!
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Not feeling well is bad, but worse when it's at Disney! I love the picture of Dylan captioned Hey Mamaw! Precious! Garden Grill is a big favorite of Stefanie's. I'll never forget the year we didn't eat there. She was not a happy camper. The character interaction there has always been so good for us.
Let me tell you how much I the mickey dylan picture *LOL* how cute is he with the chocolate mouth just laughing with the big mickey ears !!!! love it!
I hate feeling bad on vacation. I'm sorry you didn't feel well but glad you were able to take a break!
I love me some ham and cheese croissant from France...totally worth eating everytime!
I really do hate he didn't get to meet Lou I was disappointed for him! maybe next time right???
Love the hat too you are totally a hat person
Now shopping till you drop is something I completely understand at disney! cant wait!
Sorry to hear you weren't feeling well. That stinks when you get sick on vacation I love those ham & cheese croissants from France! Great pics of dinner!
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Sorry you weren't feeling well that day.
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Great pictures! Sorry you weren't feeling well!
Thanks everyone. I'm pretty sure I was better the next day. I always get an upset stomach on vacation - never seems to fail.
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Not feeling well is bad, but worse when it's at Disney! I love the picture of Dylan captioned Hey Mamaw! Precious! Garden Grill is a big favorite of Stefanie's. I'll never forget the year we didn't eat there. She was not a happy camper. The character interaction there has always been so good for us.
Dylan was playing the the garden maze (I guess that's what we can call it) back in the UK with FiL and that shot was him yelling just that - Hey Mawmaw!
Stefanie has good choices in restaraunts. Mike wants to go back to Garden Grill when we go back in 2011.
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Let me tell you how much I the mickey dylan picture *LOL* how cute is he with the chocolate mouth just laughing with the big mickey ears !!!! love it!
I hate feeling bad on vacation. I'm sorry you didn't feel well but glad you were able to take a break!
I love me some ham and cheese croissant from France...totally worth eating everytime!
I really do hate he didn't get to meet Lou I was disappointed for him! maybe next time right???
Love the hat too you are totally a hat person
Now shopping till you drop is something I completely understand at disney! cant wait!
Hopefully we'll be at WDW when Lou has one of his monthly meets sometime.
Thanks on the hat!! I used to wear baseball hats a lot and then when I got my hair cut short they didn't look right anymore. I liked this hat because it has a shorter bill and didn't make me look as strange as I do with a baseball hat now.
Love shopping at Disney!! - I just realized I still have a $20 gift card Mike gave me for Christmas. Now the thing will be if I can wait until we get to Disney or if I'll buy something on-line before then. (I did see a cute watch on-line the other day.)
love the pic of dylan with the chocolate mouth! what dates were you there again, that you got to take advantage of that shopping discount? I am assuming that was part of the special shopping days for dvc members? We ate at garden grill years ago and didn't really care for it, but maybe we need to give it another try soon!
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congratulations on your wonderful news!!!!! I'm sure that dylan in time will get into the idea of a new baby.
Thank you! And I'm sure he will too - he'll have to.
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love the pic of dylan with the chocolate mouth! what dates were you there again, that you got to take advantage of that shopping discount? I am assuming that was part of the special shopping days for dvc members? We ate at garden grill years ago and didn't really care for it, but maybe we need to give it another try soon!
We were there Dec 8-15. Shopping day was that Saturday, the 12th. I think they also had an AP sale the weekend before and actually the day we were there they were also offering the AP discount.
Well don;t I feel stupid that I missed your annoucement in an earlier post! Life is just so nutty at the Brown house right now I'm having a tough time keeping my head on straight but anyway ... CONGRATULATIONS!!! I had a sneaking suspicion that might be it. I'm very happy for you and wish you a healthy pregnancy!
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I love the picture of Dylan captioned Hey Mamaw! Precious! 
Garden Grill is a big favorite of Stefanie's. I'll never forget the year we didn't eat there. She was not a happy camper. 
you are totally a hat person
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