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Lunch looked great! You all do so well scoring front row on Soarin'. Disney announced today on the Disney Blogs that a new screen is being added and the old ones will be refurbished for both screens and projection.
The food at CC was delicious! Soarin' is Peter's favorite & there is just something about getting in that front row! Thanks for the refurb news!
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Your lunch at Captain Cook's looks delicious! how can you not have fun on TT and Soarin'?!. I seriously wish they would make Soarin' Florida-ish. I don't get it. BUT! It's still a fabulous ride!



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Day #8 - Thursday February 12 2015 (part two)

We went back to Epcot and walked over to Beach Club for our dinner ADR at Cape May Cafe'. This is always Peter's first dinner choice when planning our vacation. I love it too!






$80.92 or 2 TS credits + cash tip


After dinner, we walked back over to Epcot and stopped near Rose & Crown to watch Illuminations.





















Another great day in Disney!!!
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Each day, we would would say "this has been the best day"....they pretty much all were as we got to do many of our favorite things!!


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We've got Cape May on our list for September! Looks yummy!

Illuminations was a great way to top off the night!
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What a great non-park day! I miss my other home, AKL! You got in some good meals and had a great view of Illuminations!
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Great dinner at CMC and watching IllumiNations!

CMC never disappoints and we love that we can walk back to Epcot for Illuminations afterwards.

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What a great non-park day! I miss my other home, AKL! You got in some good meals and had a great view of Illuminations!
We had a wonderful trip and the non-park day was a highlight! AKL is a beautiful resort- we love seeing all the resorts (since we probably will never stay at most!).
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Day #9 - Friday Febrauary 13 2015 (part one)

I talked with Mom this morning and it was 18 degrees at home. This was our last day in Disney and reality was sinking in....we would head back to COLD weather very soon (and little did we know that The Big Freeze of 2015 was on it's way!!!).
After going to the front desk and adding the night to our stay, we were off to Magic Kingdom for our last park day.

We went over to Fantasy Land to check out the wait time for Seven Dwarfs, but it was 100 minutes... thanks! We actually never got the chance to ride it this trip since we changed our park plans from Wednesday and couldn't get a FP today. It went on the to-do list for next year. Mickey's Philharmagic was a walk on, so we did that next. We always love this 3D show! It was already after 11:00 and since we hadn't had breakfast, we decided to get some lunch. The Pinocchio Village Haus is next door and we love their food, so we stopped in for lunch. I love the new outdoor seating area (and it was warm enough for lunch outside today).






We shared the Caprese Flatbread and the Chicken Breast Nuggets - 8 pcs. served with french fries and a large Diet Coke. The sweetest CM noticed my birthday pin and chatted with me a little, then gave me a piece of chocolate birthday cake. We were paying OOP today for meals and this lunch was $23.72. It was delish as usual.




We had some fast passes coming up, but had a little time before our first one, so we hopped on the Riverboat and took a ride. We caught a little of the parade as we passed, but got to see it from a better view later today.



















Now, it was time for our FP for the Magic Carpet Ride......




....then on to Frontierland to catch the train around the park. I spotted a Woody & Jessie meet and greet along the way.


We made the complete loop around the park and got off back in Frontierland just in time for our BTMRR fast pass.



We had a little time before our last fast pass, so we headed over to Main Street for an ice cream break at Plaza Ice Cream Parlor.........


Peter got the All-American Sundae - old-fashioned vanilla and chocolate ice cream with hot fudge, peanut butter drizzle, whipped cream and a cherry and I got The "Plaza" Ice Cream Sundae - 2 scoops (mint chip & butter pecan) with whipped cream and a cherry served in a freshly made waffle bowl = $11.49 or 2 SC (our last 2 credits). We found a bench and took a break.




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It can't be your last park day, yet!! It looks like another beautiful day and that ice cream looks delicious!! I can't wait to hear about the second part of your day!


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