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All caught up. So glad that you enjoyed the Tour. Sorry your BOG lunch wasn't good. It does make me feel better about encouraging a friend to do dinner instead of lunch.
Loved all your pictures and especially the ones of your dinner at AP.
Yea we got dinner plans there our last night so I'm glad to see dinner appears to be the better option.
Also, I loved the steam train pictures and story. I think I would like to tour, but my DW wouldn't want anything to do with it and would say it's a waste of time.
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All caught up. So glad that you enjoyed the Tour. Sorry your BOG lunch wasn't good. It does make me feel better about encouraging a friend to do dinner instead of lunch.
Loved all your pictures and especially the ones of your dinner at AP.
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Lou enjoyed a plate of Artisanal Cheeses. I need to look it up - does this mean the cheeses were made by Artists? Eaten by Artists? An artistic creation? I dunno, but he quite enjoyed them.
Your meals at AP looked fabulous! This is definitely on my list of restaurants that I need to visit! I cracked up at your comment above!
Somehow I had missed your TR so far but am glad to have caught up!. I really enjoyed your report on the steam tour. I have been questioning whether we would try BoG for lunch and I may pass! Your photos are fabulous! Looking forward to your next post.
Your view from the room is much better than mine was. I had only a little corner of water view if I looked directly to the right and leaned out! I'm so relieved that the AP meal did not disappoint! I love the food there, and I really love the decor and ambiance. You're doing very well fitting things in between the downpours!
We did have a Lake View, but still not what you would consider the classic Lake View. Thank Goodness AP came through - I would have been in the dog house for sure. We are doing ok with the rain
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Whew!!! That was a nice save for the day!!!
Exactly how I looked at it - whew, safe to try another day!
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Just checked the calendar. We will arrive on the 8th and check out on the 22nd. We have not made any plans yet, have you? Perhaps we should try to schedule something together.
We've set some plans, but we can figure something out. We'll be at the Grand Floridian.
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Thank goodnes AP came to the rescue after that miserable experience at BOG for lunch!
I was pretty pleased that AP came through, but not too surprised. It's always been good for us.
Your shots of the Mine Train are AMAZING!
Sorry you had a disappointing experience at lunch! But your dinner looked delicious!
Thanks, Mayra. We lived to tell the tale of BoG, so it wasn't that bad. AP was delicious!
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All caught up. So glad that you enjoyed the Tour. Sorry your BOG lunch wasn't good. It does make me feel better about encouraging a friend to do dinner instead of lunch.
Loved all your pictures and especially the ones of your dinner at AP.
Thanks! Enjoying the kids' PTR. We had a good day for 2 of 3 events.
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Yea we got dinner plans there our last night so I'm glad to see dinner appears to be the better option.
Also, I loved the steam train pictures and story. I think I would like to tour, but my DW wouldn't want anything to do with it and would say it's a waste of time.
Glad you have dinner at BoG. I am not a Train Fanatic, but the opportunity to get into the park so early and to hear about the history with Walt Disney was good for me.
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Glad the meal at Artist Point lived up to expectations! Wow, those clouds were very threatening!
Clouds, clouds, and more clouds - they stayed with us all week.
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Beautiful pictures from the Steam Tour! Sorry BoG was a disappointment! It looks like you had a great meal at AP though!
AP (and the boat ride) made up for everything else. Plus, the Steam Train Tour was a big hit
Dinner looked delicious!
Looks like you had a great view of Wishes from your balcony!
Thanks! The view from the balcony was ok, but I had to squish into the corner Not bad for a Lake View, though.
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Your meals at AP looked fabulous! This is definitely on my list of restaurants that I need to visit! I cracked up at your comment above!
LOL - yeah, but you didn't help me out - I still don't know what "Artisanal" means.
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love the photos! can't wait to see more.
Thank you - more coming up.
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Wonderful pictures!
Thanks!
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all the photos in this update! I would have been surprised if Artist Point disappointed you all. I love that soup.
Oh yes, the soup has never disappointed. I could just have that for a meal. But, I was hungary, and the Filet was also excellent.
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More pictures please!!!!!
Coming up right now
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Somehow I had missed your TR so far but am glad to have caught up!. I really enjoyed your report on the steam tour. I have been questioning whether we would try BoG for lunch and I may pass! Your photos are fabulous! Looking forward to your next post.
Thank you. I hate to have anyone pass on BoG because of our experience, but I've seen others who felt the same. I think Dinner is a superior experience, but Lunch is good if you want to check it out.
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Wow, those clouds were very threatening!
Sorry BoG was a disappointment! 
It looks like you had a great meal at AP though! 
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all the photos in this update! I would have been surprised if Artist Point disappointed you all. 
I love that soup. 
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