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Great update! The video was just so adorable! I do agree with Heather (ilovedisney247) having had both breakfast and dinner at Chef Mickey's that dinner is much better. We found the character interaction to be better then as well. Congrats on the credit from your airline. Looking forward to more.
What a fun time at Chef Mickey's! Seeing your pics, I'm kind of sad we're not eating there this time.
Sorry your going to miss out on Chef Mickey's this time! I'm sure you've got some great meals planned, and there's always next time for CMs, right?
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Great meal at Chef Mickey's! We've had both breakfast and dinner here, but we prefer the dinner.
The food was all good, no complaints there, but I think I just prefer to have my buffets at breakfast
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More cute pics! I'm with you, I prefer breakfast buffets in general . And now I'm hungry for CM's breakfast (especially some waffles!). LOL!
Mmmm, waffles!! Now I'm hungry too
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Looks like a great time at Chef Mickey's! I love the video with the dancing Duffys and dancing Donald. The girls look like they were having such fun.
Thanks, Laurie! They were having an absolute ball!
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Fun time at Chef Mickey's and the towel bunny is cute!
Thanks
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Great updates! What a fun time you all are having!
It was a great first day!
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Chef Mickeys looks like a lot of fun! That was very nice of Kaeli to share her find with her sister. What a great find!
Score with your airline credits! Very nice!
Can't wait to hear about tomorrow.
We love Chef Mickey's, it's always a lot of fun there!
Hopefully I'll have the next days update soon
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So glad I found this TR. So far you are off to a fun and magical start!
Welcome aboard and thanks for reading!
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Great pics from CMs!!
Thanks
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Great meal at Chef Mickeys! I have to say I've had both breakfast and dinner there and I like dinner better!
Dinner was delicious, I think maybe I was missing the Mickey waffles just a little bit
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Great update! The video was just so adorable! I do agree with Heather (ilovedisney247) having had both breakfast and dinner at Chef Mickey's that dinner is much better. We found the character interaction to be better then as well. Congrats on the credit from your airline. Looking forward to more.
Thanks!!
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We love Chef Mickey's! Looks like you guys had a fun time. Congrats on the airline credits!
Isisn't so nice when your kids do something so sweet - like share money - and you don't even have to fight about it. It makes you feel like you are doing something right as a parent.
I prefer breaksfast buffets too. Not sure why, but I do. What a nice sisterly thing that was to do, and without any coaching from mom and dad. And any app that saves you money is a pretty awesome app.
Had to catch up! Looks like you all are having a GREAT time! Love all the pics!
Congrats on the flight credits!
Thanks
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What a great day the new Dumbo tent looks so pretty! You got some great photos at MK
Thanks! The new areas are themed so great
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boy you did get a lot done in the MK.
I think I like Breakfast better at CM too.
Isisn't so nice when your kids do something so sweet - like share money - and you don't even have to fight about it. It makes you feel like you are doing something right as a parent.
Aren't those moments the best? My girls are no angels, but when they do something good on there own you can't help but pat yourself on the back!
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I prefer breaksfast buffets too. Not sure why, but I do. What a nice sisterly thing that was to do, and without any coaching from mom and dad. And any app that saves you money is a pretty awesome app.
Breakfast is my favorite meal, especially out, but I can never decide what I want. Do I want savory like eggs or bacon, or do I go sweet with pancakes or french toast?? Too many decisions Breakfast buffets are the best for that, then I can just pile up my plate with everything
Our 6AM wake up call rolled around way too quickly, but it didn’t take us too long to get up and out of bed. Isn’t it funny how getting up that early is different at Disney? At home we definitely would have been hitting the snooze button a few times! Anyway, we all got ourselves dressed and had a quick breakfast of cereal before we left the room around 7:20. It was still dark out!
I still look half asleep in this one!
We waited for about 10 minutes for a bus to DHS, but we were there and through bag check by 7:45. The lines at the turnstiles were pretty long, so once they opened it took us a while to get through, but when we did we made a bee line right over to TSMM. When we got there the wait time was already showing 45 minutes, and it was only 8:15!! I hopped on the line, which was snaking back out the entrance past the FP machines, while Chris went to grab us some FP. I think our return time was 9:40 am for those. The line finally started moving, and didn’t really stop once we were through the entrance.
Soon enough we were boarding our ride vehicle. The wait was more like 20 minutes, not the 45 that was posted.
At some point while we were on line I got a text from Dawn (DSteiny23) that they had arrived and were also on line for TSMM. They were not too far behind us, so after our ride we waited outside for her and the rest of her clan. My girls, of course, were shy and hid behind Chris or I when anyone tried to talk to them. But, it was so nice to finally meet the rest of her family after reading about them and seeing so many pictures of them in her TRs.
We decided to head over to RNRC, Kaeli was excited to try this out for the first time and Dawn’s son Jason was itching to see whether or not he was finally tall enough for this one. He was just so excited, I really hoped that he made the mark because he would be so disappointed if he didn’t! Well, he was just thrilled when we got there and saw that he was indeed tall enough. Even though she was tall enough, Abby didn’t want to ride, so I sat out with her while Chris and Kaeli joined Dawn and her family for a ride with Aerosmith. I grabbed a cup of coffee for myself and a cookie for Abby and we sat on the ledge outside the exit just enjoying our snacks and the beautiful morning. There were quite a few kids coming out that obviously did not like the ride, many of them with tears and red faces, and I was really hoping that this was not going to be the case for Kaeli!
Abby and I finished up our snacks and headed inside the store to do a little browsing, here’s my little model showing off a cute hat
And, as it turns out, my worries were for nothing. Kaeli absolutely LOVED RNRC!!
Notice her little thumbs up??
A group of young girls had asked Dawn to take a pic of them, so of course we had them trade the favor and get a group shot of our families!
The shadows are really bad, but I’m hoping that maybe they got a better shot with Dawn’s camera.
We said goodbye here , as they were going to ride ToT next, but we wanted to head back to TSMM since our FPs had ripened up. Before leaving though, we grabbed some FPs for ToT and stopped for a few Photopass pics
So back across the park we went for another spin on TSMM where Chris thoroughly kicked our butts again! The girls were itching for a snack when we were done, so we stopped at Hey Howdy Take Away for some Mickey bars before trecking back across the park to use our ToT FPs. What a workout we were getting this morning!
Abby wanted nothing to do with ToT, and I was just as happy to sit out with her again so we did a little browsing in the shops while Chris and Kaeli took off for the Twilight Zone.
Unfortunately, Kaeli did not enjoy ToT at all! Chris said that she didn’t scream or cry or act scared at all during the drop sequence, but just said as they were exiting that she would NEVER ride that again, lol! (Though, she has since changed her mind and has told me that she wants to try it again next time ) So, Chris gave away the two other FPs and came to meet Abby and I in the shop. We decided to go and give the Animation Academy a try, but by the time we got there the corral was full and the standby line was out the door. I knew there was no way we’d make it into the next show, so we decided to leave and head through Pixar Place towards the Streets of America. We noticed that Mike and Sully had no line, so we stopped to say hi to them.
And then did a little browsing in the shop right outside of their meet. The girls thought it was time to use some of their souvenir money, Kaeli chose a cute little stuffed Baby Boo and Abby got a stuffed Sully. Purchases in hand we strolled through the Streets of America
And then we stopped for a quick picture with Lightening McQueen and Tow Mater.
Phinneas and Ferb were not out yet, so we headed over towards Mama Melrose even though we were about 30 minutes early for our 12 pm ADR.
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I do agree with Heather (ilovedisney247) having had both breakfast and dinner at Chef Mickey's that dinner is much better. We found the character interaction to be better then as well. Congrats on the credit from your airline. Looking forward to more. 
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Seeing your pics, I'm kind of sad we're not eating there this time. 
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Anyway, we all got ourselves dressed and had a quick breakfast of cereal before we left the room around 7:20. It was still dark out! 
But, it was so nice to finally meet the rest of her family after reading about them and seeing so many pictures of them in her TRs. 
, as they were going to ride ToT next, but we wanted to head back to TSMM since our FPs had ripened up. Before leaving though, we grabbed some FPs for ToT and stopped for a few Photopass pics
The girls were itching for a snack when we were done, so we stopped at Hey Howdy Take Away for some Mickey bars before trecking back across the park to use our ToT FPs. What a workout we were getting this morning! 
Chris said that she didn’t scream or cry or act scared at all during the drop sequence, but just said as they were exiting that she would NEVER ride that again, lol! (Though, she has since changed her mind and has told me that she wants to try it again next time 
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