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Great intros! I never knew you were a cougar! Lol! It's great that you two are enjoying your retirement together. I'm with you on warm, sunny weather and 1 month of snow. December only. Snow for Christmas then 70's!
I too must hang my head that I have yet to see Cinderella.
Less than a week now!
Cinderella was wonderful! Did you hear they're doing a live action Beauty & the Beast? I heard Emma Thompson will be Mrs. Potts as they didn't think people would believe Angela Lansbury was young enough to be Chip's mom.
I fell so far behind on this PTR! But I was awake early this morning and got all caught up. All your plans look amazing. I also love the train room. My husband would love that as well. I can't wait to hear more and you are so close now!
Oh, I don't think you will be disappointed in F&G at all. It's just that some of the topiaries are not there, just not quite as many as in the past. To be fair, I didn't do much F&G stuff at all during my March trip as DH just isn't into it, and I knew I was returning with DD. Epcot is her favorite park and she is really excited about the F&G festival and food options. We will spend several days or partial days in Epcot, starting TOMORROW!! I printed boarding passes this morning and am waiting for the dryer to go off so I can get to packing. And---about this time next week we might just be meeting the real Cam & Luke. See ya real soon!
Yesterday morning Luke was checking his e-mail and saw one from Groupon. Listed in the e-mail was an offer for a train room at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. A little back story will be helpful. Luke has loved trains forever and lived for many years with an L&N railroad track behind his family home. When we began planning our honeymoon thirty-four years ago, Luke suggested that we spend our first night at the then Chattanooga Choo Choo Hilton, specifically in a train car. The price for a single night was well over our budget. We kept discussing it, trying to figure out how to make it work. By the time we decided to go ahead and book it, there were no train rooms available. Instead, we settled for a regular room, which was quite nice. It just wasn’t in an antique train car. Back to the present, Luke suggested we book a night at the Groupon rate for a train room for us to stay in on our way back home at the end of the May trip since we won’t be heading back until mid-afternoon. Finally 34 years later, we’re going to stay in a train room!
I live in Chattanooga. Just wanted to suggest that you could actually eat at the Big River Grille in downtown Chattanooga for dinner that night since you're missing out on your visit there while in WDW. But the restaurant near the Chattanooga Choo Choo called The Terminal is a really, really cool place that I would recommend over BRG And for dessert you must, must, MUST visit the Hot Chocolatier across the street.
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It's great that you two are enjoying your retirement together. I'm with you on warm, sunny weather and 1 month of snow. December only. Snow for Christmas then 70's! 
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