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Yes!! Pinkie swear We had way too many so-close-and-yet-so-far misses last year. We will fix that And I'm drooling over penne vodka for the second time reading this TR.
Love animation academy I'd love to draw someone non-fab five this trip.
Great plans so far! We just changed our reservation from Beach Club to POR Royal rooms so we will be checking in the day you check out!
Can't wait to hear more plans!
Sounds like a great day! I hope you and Dawn connect on this trip. MSEP is my favorite night-time parade.
Me too! I just love that parade! It brings me right back to being a little girl watching on my Dad's shoulders everytime I see it
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Great plans for Saturday!
Thanks
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Check ALLEARS.net for the water parade times.
we tried this exact thing in october - watching Hallowishes from the Poly and the water parade. They do not pip in the music by the beach at the pool. I believe they do on the beaches away from the pool. However in october 2011 they had the water parade come and perform at the Poly at the Same time of HalloWishes. I quess they don't adjust the times from the "normal" schedule to account for the change in fireworks during MNSSHP.
Good to know! I'll check allears.net for the schedule, thanks
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Great plans! Good luck with Kaeli and the rides! I showed Abniel you tube videos of TOT, RnRC and EE, but he still refuses to ride them. He's only agreed to try EE.
Well, I think she'll try them, she's turning into a little daredevil now that she's a little older. So strange to me, since when she was younger she was afraid of everything! Our church is having their annual carnival this week, so we took the girls over one night. The first ride they want to go on is this really high "Free Fall" type ride, so we let them. Abby did not like it all, but Kaeli came off screaming, "That was awesome!!". Definitely not what I was expecting!
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Your plans for DHS look great. I can't wait to experience animation academy, I missed it last time, so hopefully I can get there this time around. I MM, my mouth is watering just thinking about it, I hope you and Dawn get to meet up this trip, that's so funny how they were in your pictures last year.
Animation academy is so fun, I hope you get to do it! Now I'm really excited about MM
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It doesn't matter how many times I've seen this film, I always cry when Ray gets his send off, I can't help it We got most of our ADRs thanks, only Le Cellier for lunch is causing us hassle. Great plans
That's great! I hope you are able to make Le Cellier work!
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I love POR! Your ADR's are great. love the countdown calendars! It sounds like you have some great plans coming together.
Thanks!
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Great plans!
Thanks!
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Yes!! Pinkie swear We had way too many so-close-and-yet-so-far misses last year. We will fix that And I'm drooling over penne vodka for the second time reading this TR.
Love animation academy I'd love to draw someone non-fab five this trip.
Yes, we will!
Funny, because we've never drawn one of the fab five in all of our trips to the AA We always seem to get obscure or less popular characters, and I'm like all I want to do is draw Mickey!!
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Great plans so far! We just changed our reservation from Beach Club to POR Royal rooms so we will be checking in the day you check out!
Can't wait to hear more plans!
I saw your post a little while ago about changing your reservation, I hope you really like the Royal Rooms! We leave really late on Saturday night, so we'll probably be meandering around POR that day, say hello if you see us!
On Sunday we will spend a full day at the MK, starting off with breakfast at CRT. Before our last trip was even over Kaeli had asked if we could eat in the castle again on our next trip We had eaten breakfast at CRT in 2009 and enjoyed it very much, so I has happy to oblige her request this time around. I snagged an 8:05 am timeslot, I can't wait to get some great shots in front of the castle in the early morning hours.
Now, I am expecting the worst and hoping for the best on this one, but if the new Fantasyland is up and running by the time our trip comes around, I think we will head over to the new section first thing after breakfast. After that I'm sure we will hit some of our favorites, including BTMRR, Splash Mountain, the Peoplemover and hopefully Kaeli will conquer SM!
We will see how the afternoon goes, but possibly we will take a break around lunch time and make our way back to POR. It depends, as we have a 4:30 dinner planned at CP and I don't want to be rushing back to make it on time. Although, this dinner may get canceled if Be Our Guest happens to open and I can snag a reservation there instead! I will try and push the time back a little, but right now there are no availabilities to do that at CP.
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Great plans for day 3! Be Our Guest sounds amazing, I may have to consider it, hope its open and you get an ADR. Hope Kaeli conquers SM, my boys did last year and loved it, me not so much.
Love the plans so far, we are trying MM for the first time this trip - for some reason we just never made it over there but after reading so many wonderful reviews in TRs I knew we had to get it on the list for this trip.
Love the early ADR at CRT, something so magical about walking in to an empty MK. I am hoping that Be Our Guest will be open as well, I will be there for a few days that weekend for some business so I am hoping to be able to snag an ADR (of course the girls will kill me for trying it without them but mommy needs to have some fun as well )
CRT isn't big on the boys lists of places to eat . But I'm hoping too that Be Our Guest opens as well and we can snag an ADR there.
Totally stealing your idea about watching one of the party night fireworks from the Poly beach. I mentioned it to Craig and apparently he's been keeping up here on the boards...although stealthily...and said "didn't your friend Jenn say they were going to do that" So I got caught But, it's a great idea!
I love the countdown calendar! So cute and creative. If I was not planning a surprise, I would totally borrow that idea from you for my kids' next trip! The plans sound great so far. They are giving me some great ideas!!
Great plans for Day 3! I really hope Be Our Guest is open by your trip, it is on our list for dinner next year.
Thanks! I really hope we get to eat there this year!
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Great plans for day 3! Be Our Guest sounds amazing, I may have to consider it, hope its open and you get an ADR. Hope Kaeli conquers SM, my boys did last year and loved it, me not so much.
I'm glad Chris likes SM, he can go on with Kaeli if she wants I can't do that ride anymore, and I hate that she would have to be in a seat alone. I know I'd be a wreck worrying about her.
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Love the plans so far, we are trying MM for the first time this trip - for some reason we just never made it over there but after reading so many wonderful reviews in TRs I knew we had to get it on the list for this trip.
Love the early ADR at CRT, something so magical about walking in to an empty MK. I am hoping that Be Our Guest will be open as well, I will be there for a few days that weekend for some business so I am hoping to be able to snag an ADR (of course the girls will kill me for trying it without them but mommy needs to have some fun as well )
I really wish Disney would firm up the opening dates, instead of just saying "holidays 2012", when the heck is that?!?! I totally agree, you deserve some fun as well! If you get there without the girls, just tell them you were trying it out to make sure they would like it
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Great plans for day 3!
Thanks!
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Glad you got the breakfast ADR! That walk down an empty Main St is the best reason for an early character breakfast.
I can't wait!
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Great plans for MK!
Thank you!
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with the FL expansion and the plans that are the "what if"
Thanks! I'm hoping Disney will firm up the opening dates sometime this summer
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CRT isn't big on the boys lists of places to eat . But I'm hoping too that Be Our Guest opens as well and we can snag an ADR there.
Totally stealing your idea about watching one of the party night fireworks from the Poly beach. I mentioned it to Craig and apparently he's been keeping up here on the boards...although stealthily...and said "didn't your friend Jenn say they were going to do that" So I got caught But, it's a great idea!
Oh, man, busted! But, you have good reason to have fallen behind I hope everything is going smoothly with your new venture!
You can always ditch the boys and join us at CRT that morning
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Originally Posted by jlhill4444
I love the countdown calendar! So cute and creative. If I was not planning a surprise, I would totally borrow that idea from you for my kids' next trip! The plans sound great so far. They are giving me some great ideas!!
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We had way too many so-close-and-yet-so-far misses last year. We will fix that 
just thinking about it, I hope you and Dawn get to meet up this trip, that's so funny how they were in your pictures last year.
We always seem to get obscure or less popular characters, and I'm like all I want to do is draw Mickey!! 
with the FL expansion and the plans that are the "what if"
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. But I'm hoping too that Be Our Guest opens as well and we can snag an ADR there. 
But, it's a great idea! 
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