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I just wanted to tell you guys that the Dream is paid off, my AP is paid off and my USF AP is paid off!! Muffin tried really hard to talk me out of the Dream to go on the Symphony for four nights instead as we were offered a free cruise but I was having none of it!!
I like our plans as they are and we are going on the Symphony anyway in January! When he saw that I was serious, he backed right off!! A girl needs her Disney Christmas fix even if she isn't staying on property!!
I am more than sure that this is not the last I'll hear of this but he would need to come up with an awesome replacement plan for the Symphony in January for me to trade this out!!
Well done with paying all these things off! I'm sure your casino winnings on your recent cruise helped with this!
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Great news on everything being paid off! Now the best of both worlds would be to keep the Dream cruise AND THEN take the free Symphony cruise back to back!
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Well done with paying all these things off! I'm sure your casino winnings on your recent cruise helped with this!
They sure did, Dave!!
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Congrats on PIF!
Thanks, Cam!
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Great job paying everything off, and holding onto the Dream!
Thanks, Marnie! But we'll see what happens with that......
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Glad that for now, at least, you’ve hung on to the Dream!
You know me too well, Colleen!
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Yay for PIF! Glad you’re able to hold onto the Dream
Thanks, Julie!!
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Congrats on paying off everything and I'm glad you were able to keep the Dream.
Thanks, Cheryl!!
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It’s such a nice feeling having things all paid for.
It sure is!!
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Congrats on getting things paid off!
Thanks, Donna!!
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Great news on everything being paid off! Now the best of both worlds would be to keep the Dream cruise AND THEN take the free Symphony cruise back to back!
So remember when I said that Muffin would have to come up with an awesome replacement plan for the Symphony in January for me to change any plans???????
That isn't exactly what happened but something sure did!!
Okay! First of all, yesterday was just spectacular weather wise!! Muffin and I got up and showered by 9 AM and took off for the zoo! We got there around 9:45 AM and stayed until around 11:30 AM. I tried out two new lenses on my Canon and I was very pleased with both of them, but especially the wide zoom. These guys came with my camera when I bought it but I was too chicken to use them until today!
Here are just a few of the pictures I took:
The above picture is of Zia. She’s new at the Zoo and is 4 years old. She was brought in to mate with the male leopard who is kind of a big deal around these parts. Zia has been here for about 4 months and has not even met her mate yet! She came from another zoo and it has taken this long just to acclimate her. I think she’s beautiful:
Eventually I had to move on but I honestly could have stayed there watching Zia for an hour!!
We debated eating lunch at the zoo but decided instead to eat at Bahama Breeze and do some food shopping on the way home.
We had a delicious lunch!! We each got a cup of tortilla soup and then shared appetizers including ahi tuna, a crab stack and guacamole and chips:
After our perfect morning and delicious lunch we went to Wegman’s to get groceries for the week. We love Wegman's but it is one of those stores that we go in to buy some specific things and come out with far more than we went in to get!! Anyway!
On the way home, Muffin said to me straight out of nowhere, “Listen, you got an AP for WDW, right? I’d like to propose a slightly different plan.” I thought, ‘Oh boy! What now???’ But being the good wife that I am, I dutifully listened.........
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Muffin tried really hard to talk me out of the Dream to go on the Symphony for four nights instead as we were offered a free cruise but I was having none of it!! 
I'm sure your casino winnings on your recent cruise helped with this! 
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She came from another zoo and it has taken this long just to acclimate her. I think she’s beautiful:
Anyway!
You can't stop there... 
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