Land and Sea - Yippee! September 2013 -TR updated 02/11/2014 - Page 10 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Sounded like two great days of relaxing and enjoying Disney in a different way.
Glad the boys like DQ. We are going to do DQ and a water park in May. I can't wait!
Solo shopping? What is that? Having two girls who love to shop, I don't get that often!
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What a nice relaxing time. I love the night-time shots of Downtown Disney.
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Shopping and strolling time to yourself sounds lovely!!
I loved not having to watch little hands touching stuff. It was also nice not having to answer 40 times, "Mom can I get this?"
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Glad the boys finally got to go to Disney Quest and it didn't disappoint. Must have been nice to have some solo time to explore the shops!
I was worried because it doesn't get the best of reviews, but they had a great time!
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Another great day! My boys have been bugging me for years to go to DQ. Their wish will finally come true next June.
If they play any kind of video game, they will like it!
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Glad the boys enjoyed Disney Quest. Great pictures of Downtown Disney!!
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Originally Posted by disneydreamer33
Sounded like two great days of relaxing and enjoying Disney in a different way.
Glad the boys like DQ. We are going to do DQ and a water park in May. I can't wait!
Solo shopping? What is that? Having two girls who love to shop, I don't get that often!
I loved not having to hurry up
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Sounds like a lovely day. Glad you didn't let the rain slow you down much. But don't you hate it when you don't bring your ponchos and it rains?!
It's like Murphy's law or something!
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sounds like a perfect day - send the kids to DQ and then go shopping!
I had a great time!
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Last Day! Saturday Sept 7
(This post will be a flurry of photos because I did not write down a single word in my passporter about it!)
This was our last full day in DW. We had to pack everything and have it ready by morning - they would be by to pick up our bags in the morning. We got a note under the door about what to do, but I had called earlier to make sure. Today we got to go to The Art of Animation. I was really jazzed, because since we bought into DVC, we pretty much would never get to stay there. I had heard reviews of the food court there and I was looking forward to having lunch in the Landscape of Flavors. Just pulling up to the resort in the bus was fun! I just loved how big and colorful everything was I planned to take tons of pictures
We were all hungry so we headed to the food court first, after a trip through the gift shop. It was so much bigger than I thought it would be, and really nice themeing. We muddled around, trying to decide what to get, then finally made our choices.
Warning! If your child is hungry, DON'T get the corndog nugget meal! I think this photo is bigger than his lunch
Pastrami Cheeseburger... I had heard that this was the bomb, but it was really just a dud I totally understand Disney's move towards more healthy food choices, but you just can't put "whole wheat multigrain bread" on a cheeseburger. ANYkind of cheeseburger! The idea of pastrami was totally cool, but the execution didn't work. The pastrami tasted delicious, but was very tough and chewy, with lots of fatty parts I'm glad I got the coleslaw, it was pretty good - light, and not heavy with mayonnaise.
Max got the Mongolian Grill Beef stirfry. I wish I would've taken a picture of his. He had exactly 3 little pieces of beef in his stirfry. Plenty of veggies though . I don't remember what Dh got
After eating, we went outside to check out the pool area and walk around. This place is totally amazing! They were having a pool party and it looked like a lot of fun...
Then we went to the Radiator Springs area - so ! It really felt like we were in that part of the country...
See my boys being "chased" by the Sheriff?
Ramone was their favorite back when the movie came out...
Oh boy...
McQueen is going really fast, get it?
"Peace"
Dark clouds were (once again) brewing and it started to get windy, so it was time to go. We went back through the lobby, which I'll save for part 2...
Great photos of the boys and AoA. I went to the food court in November and was very disappointed in the offerings as well. I'd heard there were many vegetarian options-- NOT!
Great day at DQ for the boys and wandering for you
I am one of those people who always forget the ponchos when it rains....lol
Lunch sounded very yummy at Cookies of Dublin, sorry it was not as good at AoA, but love the pictures and how fun to wander around the resort and soak in the atmosphere, I think it is such a cool looking resort.
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I love the night-time shots of Downtown Disney.
I planned to take tons of pictures 
I totally understand Disney's move towards more healthy food choices, but you just can't put "whole wheat multigrain bread" on a cheeseburger. ANYkind of cheeseburger! The idea of pastrami was totally cool, but the execution didn't work. The pastrami tasted delicious, but was very tough and chewy, with lots of fatty parts 
. I don't remember what Dh got 
They were having a pool party and it looked like a lot of fun...
! It really felt like we were in that part of the country...
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