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Oh yes, Dylan rode Pirates - and Haunted Mansion. He pretty much rode everything he could (height wise). He really didn't get scared at anything - not even fireworks.
Amuck, amuck, amuck! Sorry – tangent to SJP in Hocus Pocus.
HI-LARIOUS My Mother and I say that all the time!! I cracked up when I saw it because as soon as I saw the first Amuck... I was already in my head saying "Amuck, Amuck, Amuck" and then I saw you did to!! LOVE that movie!
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ohhhh i'm wondering about TREX and if the Duh duh duh about DTD is very intriguing! I hope you update before I leave. I know every time I wait on a bus for DTD we end up waiting for nearly 45mins. I"m so glad we have DTD boat service from POFQ and BTW love hocus pocus anddddd that tink shirt you were wearing! that rocks!
great update! I'm glad you didn't wilt from the heat...
Just barely. I don't think it's ever been so hot while we've been there - and we've gone later in June before.
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Can't wait to hear more. Glad that Dylan has been enjoying so many rides.
He did enjoy most things he got to ride on, which was nice. We're hoping he can do Barnstormer in December!
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Originally Posted by dsteiny23
HI-LARIOUS My Mother and I say that all the time!! I cracked up when I saw it because as soon as I saw the first Amuck... I was already in my head saying "Amuck, Amuck, Amuck" and then I saw you did to!! LOVE that movie!
It makes me thinkof my Dad - he always refers to that line when anything about SJP is said.
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Great update! Can't wait to see what is going at DTD???
Thanks. I hope to get to it soon - so I can get it over with.
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Another great update!
Thanks Marnie!
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Thats great! I hope I can get my kids to try some of the more adult rides, but they can be hit or miss on stuff that looks scary.
He really didn't say much or make any noise - just pretty much went with the flow. I guess if we didn't make a big deal out of it he didn't mind.
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Great update on the fun at MK! I'm going to have to watch Hocus Pocus.
Hocus Pocus is great! You & Stefanie will it!
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Can't wait to read about your DTD "adventure" and your dining experience. We haven't done any of the DTD restaurants except Earl!
And here we've done a few but haven't made it to Earl yet.
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Another great update.
Thanks!
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ohhhh i'm wondering about TREX and if the Duh duh duh about DTD is very intriguing! I hope you update before I leave. I know every time I wait on a bus for DTD we end up waiting for nearly 45mins. I"m so glad we have DTD boat service from POFQ and BTW love hocus pocus anddddd that tink shirt you were wearing! that rocks!
I'll see if I can get the story about the journey in to DTD this afternoon, which you may or may not see. I'll just say right now that the buses weren't the problem. : Yes, Hocus Pocus is great! Thanks on the shirt - I'm pretty sure I got it at Wal-Mart for like $5. I think the back says 'Feisty'.
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Sounds like a great morning.
It was a pretty good morning - that is, until we decided to leave....
OK, so I had a bit to tell the story of the journey to DTD. Sorry no pics.
6/10/09 – (cont.)
So we left MK to head to DTD. I can’t remember how I said to get there – probably a bus to a resort. Anyway I’m almost 100% positive Mike suggested taking the Monorail to the TTC because a bus should be there that goes to DTD. I stated (several times) that I didn’t think that was true. He persisted so we hopped on the monorail and got off at TTC and headed to the bus stop. No signs for DTD here. So now what to do….we could go back and walk to the Poly to grab a bus from there, but we didn’t really want to risk that either since we weren’t sure how far of a walk it was – and we were getting hotter and hungrier by the minute.
So we decided to grab a bus to AK – especially since it was sitting right there and ready to leave. So once off the bus at AK we saw a bus to SSR getting ready to leave so we hopped on it quickly figuring it was close to DTD and we could walk. Mike decided we should get off at the Paddock – I thought we should have stayed on longer.
We get off at the Paddock and somehow we put Dylan back in the stroller thinking we were going to walk. Mike says no we’ll wait for a bus – well why did you put Dylan back in the stroller then – we’ll just have to get him back out once a bus arrives. At that point I said ‘I’m walking’ and took off with Dylan in the stroller. Meanwhile Becki was getting blisters and I had given her some Blister-Block so she couldn’t keep up with my anger filled walk to DTD from the Paddock at SSR, but later she said as long as she could still see me she was fine – she knew to just let me be. I kind of just listened to make sure they were still behind me.
Does anyone know how long of a walk it is from the Paddock to DTD??!!!??? I’m not sure the distance, but it took F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!!! I think we ended up being over an hour late for our ressie at T-Rex, but they still took us and we got seated rather quickly. I think we sat in silence for quite sometime. Everyone was so hot and tired.
I wish I would have had my PP with me at the moment (it was back in the room) how to get to DTD from the get go.
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that tink shirt you were wearing! that rocks!
: Yes, Hocus Pocus is great! Thanks on the shirt - I'm pretty sure I got it at Wal-Mart for like $5. I think the back says 'Feisty'. 
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