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Looks like you had fun at AK despite the cold! Great pictures too, and I love Goofy's tree. So colorful as you said. More please!!
Those little trees in Camp Minnie Mickey were too cute! If you get a chance to see them some day, it's definately worth the walk back there. Some of them were harder to distiguish then others, but they all had at least one thing on them that gave it away. Like on Chip and Dale's tree-it was covered with acorns and strung popcorn and up near the top was a little bird house with their names over the door. Very cute! Thanks for reading!
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Another great update. Sounds like fun.
We had a great time on this trip. We really enjoyed WDW at Christmastime. It might just be my new favorite season! Thanks for reading my TR!
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great update. I just love RR!! AK looked fun, despite the cold.
50 min wait for dino I love that ride too though.
We were bummed that we didn't get on Dinosaur. But we'll have to get on it next time. RR is our favorite restaurant to eat at when we go to WDW. We aren't big TS people, but this restaurant is our one exception. Thanks for reading!
Sounds like a pretty good day at AK even with the colder temps and crowds. I'll have to check out those character trees when we go in December. I don't like the sounds of what's coming up.
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What a fun day, even though it was soooo cold! We arrived on the night of the 23rd....I can't believe how much it warmed up in a matter of days! Looking forward to more!!
Sounds like a pretty good day at AK even with the colder temps and crowds. I'll have to check out those character trees when we go in December. I don't like the sounds of what's coming up.
Definately give yourself some time to go through Camp Minnie Mickey. There are probably a dozen trees or so. They are all very cute! Make sure to check back soon to read the end of my TR! Thanks for reading!
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What a fun day, even though it was soooo cold! We arrived on the night of the 23rd....I can't believe how much it warmed up in a matter of days! Looking forward to more!!
DH and I followed the weather after we returned home and were so at how nice it got down there after we left...figures! But it was definately better then the weather we would have had up here! At lease we were surrounded by Disney magic! Hope you had a great time while you were down there!
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Those little trees in Camp Minnie Mickey were too cute! If you get a chance to see them some day, it's definately worth the walk back there. Some of them were harder to distiguish then others, but they all had at least one thing on them that gave it away. Like on Chip and Dale's tree-it was covered with acorns and strung popcorn and up near the top was a little bird house with their names over the door. Very cute! Thanks for reading!
I will get the chance to see them in December when I go. I'm so excited! I love reading all the TR's from the holidays because I'm learning all these little tidbits. Thanks for posting about Camp Minnie Mickey because I probably would have never gone back there.
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I was on the fence about MVMCP until I saw your pictures. We are definately going on our date night !
Yah! I'm really glad my TR could help someone out! You will MVMCP! We're big character hunters..err..fans! And, we had a great time! The hard part now is waiting!
OMG! Has it really been a month since I last updated this TR? I need to finish it already! But I was gone on a trip to WDW for my birthday during this past month!! to me! Anyway, here is the last installment of our very merry Kindschi Christmas TR! Enjoy!
Day 5: DTD and MK- Our last day
We were up early to get every last minute out of our visit as we could. We headed to DTD to do a little shopping. We had a couple of specific things we were looking for and then headed off to MK to enjoy the day. Again, I was in with all the lamp post decorations for the holidays. I just had to take pics! DH thought I had gone a bit crazy!
We enjoyed Main Street, ate lunch at Casey's (our fav ) and enjoyed the parade. We hadn't watched it the night of MVMCP so we wanted to make sure we saw it on this day! I loved it! It was, by far, one of my favorite things in all of WDW, from all of my trips! Here are a few of my fav pics from the parade:
I think after the parade we headed over to Tomorrowland and enjoyed Buzz Lightyear and TTA. Then we headed back to MTTF to check in on the fairies. The line only said the wait was 35 mins so we decided to wait. Of course, we waited almost 1hr15mins! I was a little disappointed with the "approach" to Tink and her friends, I think I was expecting more fanfare when you get "shrunken" but I think by this point I was just ready to see Tink! Anyway, we got in and found Silvermist, Tinkerbell and Fawn. We really enjoyed talking to Tinkerbell. She said "Wis-cOn-sin" perfectly! I also really liked how Pixie Hollow was decorated: strings of pearls draped, coins that were larger than me, and dewdrops that looked like waterfalls!
After spending quite a bit of time in line for Tink, we found ourselves with little time left in the park. So, we headed over to POTC for one last trip over the edge of the earth with Davy Jones, a late dinner at Pecos Bill's and then stopped by Aloha Isle for some Dole Whip! We spent quite a bit of time on Main Street, enjoying the shops and the snow. We all decided we liked the snow here better than in Wisconsin! This was the last pic I took down Main Street before we left.
The next morning we were headed back to the snow and cold early. We left MCO at 7:30 and flew to Charlotte...and proceeded to sit..and wait...and sit...and wait. After our original departure time from Charlotte of 9:50 was blown to smitherines (sp?), we finally boarded a plane for Chicago at 4 p.m. and arrived at snowy, cold ORD at 7:50 that night. At least we didn't get stuck in the airport on Christmas Eve! Wow! What a trip!
Up Next: TR from my 30th Birthday Celebration at MK!
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I love that ride too though.
If you get a chance to see them some day, it's definately worth the walk back there. Some of them were harder to distiguish then others, but they all had at least one thing on them that gave it away. Like on Chip and Dale's tree-it was covered with acorns and strung popcorn and up near the top was a little bird house with their names over the door. Very cute! 
But we'll have to get on it next time. RR is our favorite restaurant to eat at when we go to WDW. We aren't big TS people, but this restaurant is our one exception. 
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Thanks for reading! 
at how nice it got down there after we left...figures! But it was definately better then the weather we would have had up here! At lease we were surrounded by Disney magic! 
Hope you had a great time while you were down there!
to me! Anyway, here is the last installment of our very merry Kindschi Christmas TR! Enjoy! 
Of course, we waited almost 1hr15mins! 
I was a little disappointed with the "approach" to Tink and her friends, I think I was expecting more fanfare when you get "shrunken" but I think by this point I was just ready to see Tink! 
I also really liked how Pixie Hollow was decorated: strings of pearls draped, coins that were larger than me, and dewdrops that looked like waterfalls!
to hear you had to wait so long to see Tink! Looking forward to hearing about the birthday celebration
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