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Ok so I'm slapping myself now but I actually saw you, I mean I was standing next to you at the TTC on Friday! And I didn't say hi b/c I'm sill! I was literally right next to you hold my baby girl, feeding her then both of our families got on the same monorail. So now I'm saying hiand if it wasn't for the pictures I wouldn't have recognized you! Hope you had a magical trip!
Yay!
Welcome back!
Can't wait to hear all about it!
Thank you I am a little late getting started with this
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welcome back can't wait to hear about your trip.
Thank you
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Welcome back! Can't wait to hear about your trip. We now have less than 3 weeks before we are in the "World"!!! I would love to see some pics from MNSSHP. We will be going on the 30th.
I hope you have a get time on your trip
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Welcome back! I can't wait to hear about your trip and see some of those 1,000 photos.
I am still going through photos
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Welcome back. I can't wait to here all about your trip!
Sorry it took me so long to get started I am still working on the photopass pictures
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Ok so I'm slapping myself now but I actually saw you, I mean I was standing next to you at the TTC on Friday! And I didn't say hi b/c I'm sill! I was literally right next to you hold my baby girl, feeding her then both of our families got on the same monorail. So now I'm saying hiand if it wasn't for the pictures I wouldn't have recognized you! Hope you had a magical trip!
I so remember you. I kept think I knew you from somewhere but wasnt sure where. I thought your baby was a adorable
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I was going to wait until I got my photo pass CD in the mail but I still have to put borders on many of the pictures so I will just have to put those pictures in later. I am going to start this trip report out a little different. I am going to start with the day before we left. If you like a lot of pictures this is the trip report for you because I love to take pictures.
Monday Sept 22
I still need to pack. I had everything gathered up but not pack in any matter what so ever. Therefore, I finally finished packing my suitcases exactly 12 hours before we leave for the airport at 3:45am. We had to take the dog to the kennel & got supper out because lets face it who wants to cook & clean up the night before your vacation. After supper, we had all of the luggage out on the front sidewalk to be loaded.
We took video of loading up my grandma’s Blazer because it the only vehicle that holds the entire luggage. Along with pictures which I am posting.
Since we fly SW we are still allowed 2 suitcases & a carry on. My dad actually packs his medium size suitcase with all of his stuff & puts it inside of his large suitcase so we will have more room for stuff to come back in. After we loaded the Blazer, we gathered up all of the trash to be put out before we left. I thought we would all go to bed early. That was not the case. I think I went into bed around 10:30 but could not fall asleep right away. My parents ended up watching most of CSI so they went to bed late too.
Tuesday Sept 22 My alarm went off at 2:20am I bounced out of bed because I was so excited. I water all of my plants & put out some new air fresheners. I started to get ready & the rest of family was getting up. I check the flight to make sure there was no set backs. Along with the airport security checkpoint. We were supposed to leave at 3:45am but it was a little after 4:00am when we were heading out the drive. We had an uneventful trip to the parking place that we use. We got there at 4:50 am got checked in & headed to the airport. After checking our bags, we went inside & the security line was next to nothing. I could not even believe it. We headed to McDonald’s to get breakfast before we headed to our flight.
We got to our gate at a little after 6:00am I pulled out the laptop to see if I could get on & update a little bit but couldn’t get it to find the wifi. About 6:25 am, we started to load on our Shamu plane.
We had an uneventful flight with 42 people onboard. We did get to see the sunrise from the plane, which was a great experience.
The Florida Coastline
We ended up getting to Orlando 15 mins early. After unloading from the plane & making a pit stop, we headed to DME. Along the way, we ran into a Disney guy who happened to be from a town 15 mins away from where we live. After a little chat with him & giving out our first CM appreciation card, we headed down to check in for DME. There was only 3 other people in line when my mom got in line. We got into the line for Polynesian & were excited.
I cannot wait to get to our hotel. Our bus was only half-full & the Poly was the first stop. We got to the Poly by 10:30am it was so nice. Once we got inside there was two people being waited on & we were next. We stepped up to the front desk & got everything rolling. Our room was not ready yet. We were told that we got our request of 3rd floor in Tokelau so we decided to walk down to the pool area. We sat there for a while. It was so beautiful & we could see the castle from the table we were sitting at.
Shayne actually changed & went swimming it was a beautiful day. It was about 85 out sunny with a nice breeze. We sat around the table with all of our carry-ons & watched Shayne swim in the Volcano pool. It started to spit a few drops & then the sky opened up. We try to gather up everything to head inside. Do you know what Shayne did, you guessed it. He stayed in the pool so here we are arms full of stuff heading inside. Finally, Shayne decided to get out & started to look for us. We checked again to see if our room was ready but of course, it was not. So we decided to head over to Capt Cooks for some lunch & my first Dole Whip of the trip. After lunch, we were heading back over to see if our room was ready & it started to rain again. Now we had gotten wet twice. I went in at about 3:20 & our room was finally ready. I went to find the rest of the family & off we went in search of our room. What was are room like & where was it located?
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I just came across your report. I love the back history and pics of previous trips. Congrats on the weight loss! Your arrival day seems nice, but hope that wasn't a pattern being started with the rain! Can't wait to read more.
Great start!! Sounds like you're off to a smooth start! I how Shayne stayed in the water when the rain came; he was wet anyway! Can't wait to see the room!
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And let me just say... you look GREAATT!!! I can see such a big diff in weight! Congrats!
Ditto on that! I was thinking the same thing, when I saw your face, Amy!! Congratulations!!
What a great start Amy!! Love the pictures!! More please
Thank you
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Awesome photos Amy, especially the sun rise ones! Keep the updates coming I can't wait to read more!
More will be coming
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I just came across your report. I love the back history and pics of previous trips. Congrats on the weight loss! Your arrival day seems nice, but hope that wasn't a pattern being started with the rain! Can't wait to read more.
Don't worry rain was not a problem
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More please! OH, and when is the next trip planned so I can make sure we run in to each other again!
As of right now we are planning a trip for Sept 29 to Oct 10 but who knows it could change.
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Great start!!!
And let me just say... you look GREAATT!!! I can see such a big diff in weight! Congrats!
Thank you I felt so much better this trip about myself
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Great start!! Sounds like you're off to a smooth start! I how Shayne stayed in the water when the rain came; he was wet anyway! Can't wait to see the room!
Ditto on that! I was thinking the same thing, when I saw your face, Amy!! Congratulations!!
Thank you I am very proud of my accomplishments
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Oh Amy I just found your TR. Your really look great - I love the picture of your and your mom!!!
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and if it wasn't for the pictures I wouldn't have recognized you! Hope you had a magical trip!
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You should have said something! Isn't that so odd? Hopefully our next trips we'll cross paths! Can't wait to read your trip report!!
how Shayne stayed in the water when the rain came; he was wet anyway! 
Can't wait to see the room!
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