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The parrot room is where Luke and I were seated when we ate at Skipper's Canteen, and it was my favorite area, too. Once at the women's restroom down from Sanaa at Kidani Village, I experienced a toilet that flushed and flushed itself over and over. Kind of weird!
catching back up again!
Your memorial evening was just fantastic. What a great way to celebrate Bill's life.
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We had all planned to go to Skippers last Feb when I went down with my agency and then the menu came out. I literally didn't see anything I liked. I heard they were going to tweak it but I haven't looked at it again to see if it would be worth us going. Claire is so picky too that if they didn't have something she liked as well it would be a waste for us unfortunately.
Catching up - I loved that butterfly room. If we would ever eat at Skippers, I would definitely want to be back there. Was Mark's chicken boneless? Couldn't really tell. What did the others try? Did they enjoy it?
Unfortunately, as it's so long ago now, Mark really doesn't recall. I honestly don't remember what the others tried, but everyone seemed very happy with what they had.
Friday 23 September – part nine: Carousel of Progress is open…. or not…
From the Skipper Canteen, we said our goodbyes to the others, as they were off to get their costumes. I didn’t see them again, but I know Mark spotted them in the line for the seven dwarves later. We made our way over to the hub…
… and this Cast Member asked Mark to sign his name by Jafar.
Apparently this is something the Cast Members do – they have a list of characters, and they tick them off once they’ve seen them. She said loads of other people would ask him for his autograph, but no-one did. Mark said he saw quite a few people ticking something off, presumably the fact they’d seen Jafar. It’s neat and I had no idea they did that.
We headed towards Tomorrowland, which had a stunning sky behind it:
We got a number of Photopass shots done here:
Our first ride of the night was Buzz Lightyear…
…. which was a dead loss for me again. I think Mark got 145,000 and I got about 30,000 – my worst ever. I don’t know what he was doing right and what I was doing wrong. Instead I took a few photos of the ride… Ok, maybe that was why I did so badly!
When we came out, we saw a massive line for Carousel of Progress, or so we thought, and we both thought we’d go and see that, as we hadn’t seen it in forever. However, about halfway through the line, we realised it was actually the treat line. Ok, that won’t work for us then, so we ducked out and headed for the People Mover instead…
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I know he's reading this and will appreciate the compliment, so thank you on his behalf!
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I always do horribly at Buzz. I don't even come close to hitting the 100,000. I can't even explain why. Frustrates me to no end.
I've come to the conclusion you're either good at it or you're not, and if you're not, there's not much you can do about it. If there is, someone needs to let us both know!
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Sounds like you had a nice dinner at Skipper Canteen. That was really creepy about the sink and paper towel dispenser going off by themselves! Looks like the Halloween Party was off to a great start!
Glad you had a good dinner at Skipper's Canteen. I had lunch here on my Fall trip and you'll find my take on it in due time. I do like all the various rooms. Nice start to your evening in the MK and love Mark's hat!
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Glad you had a good dinner at Skipper's Canteen. I had lunch here on my Fall trip and you'll find my take on it in due time. I do like all the various rooms.
Mark's gonna have to bring that hat on every WDW trip now. So awesome! I had no idea the CM's would even do such a thing. Very cool!
The clouds were really neat. Looks really cool in the backdrop of the photos. Thanks Bill.
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Once at the women's restroom down from Sanaa at Kidani Village, I experienced a toilet that flushed and flushed itself over and over. Kind of weird!
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I don’t know what he was doing right and what I was doing wrong. 
Instead I took a few photos of the ride… Ok, maybe that was why I did so badly! 
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