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Love the gray shirt w/ the crystal snowflakes! You could wear that all winter rather than just til Christmas. Liked the red jacket w/ the fleecy hood, too.
Side-topic: have you seen the Groot Chia pet? I've seen the TV commercial several times. It's so cute!!!
I haven't seen the Groot Chia pet.
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Sorry to hear you guys aren't so great!! We bought two of those Mickey throws and them!!!! We also saw Coco and loved it!!!!! Go see it when you feel better!!!! It's wonderful!!!!
I'm sitting under my Mickey throw right now.
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Glad you were able to get some antibiotics which hopefully will have you feeling better soon! Looks like a fun day at DHS! Pete has to do the single rider line for RNRC without me now too. I usually shop also when he's on the ride.
I've never ridden RNRC because of the upside down parts. Once would have me very sick. After3 times, I'm be done for a week.
Hope you’re both feeling better by now!
I was looking forward to Coco before our trip to WDW in November but then when we saw the extended preview I was more excited. I’ll just say the movie does not disappoint - it was WONDERFUL! Hope you’re able to see it in the theaters.
I hope you're both feeling better soon! I love all of the pictures of the Christmas merchandise! I'm taking my very first Christmas-time trip to WDW tomorrow, and I can't wait!
Hope you’re both feeling better by now!
I was looking forward to Coco before our trip to WDW in November but then when we saw the extended preview I was more excited. I’ll just say the movie does not disappoint - it was WONDERFUL! Hope you’re able to see it in the theaters.
I'm thinking we might still get a chance to see Coco next week. My fingers are crossed.
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I hope you're both feeling better soon! I love all of the pictures of the Christmas merchandise! I'm taking my very first Christmas-time trip to WDW tomorrow, and I can't wait!
Hope your first ever Christmas trip is full of magic!
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Hope you're better by Friday! We're going to see The Last Jedi that day too (playing hooky from work!)
Oh my lord with the GOTG Chia Pet! Some people like these but so tacky and one of the worst gifts you can receive for Christmas! Too funny with this!
Over the years, we've all heard the things about the worst Christmas gifts you can receive and the Chia Pet is always near the top. The funny part was that you could always find these in ample supply in your local Kmart or Walmart! The other gift and at the top is the horrible fruit cake. I'm not talking about the homemade one with fresh ingredients, which can be quite good but the prepackaged garbage dependent on preservatives. As bad as food (if you want to call it that?) can get! Just so gross and will last through many nuclear wars!
Seriously, do not read the ingredients or nutritional info for one of these door blocks as it is the only use for this crap and not made for human consumption!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Hope you both are feeling better. I am loving your trip report and all the great pictures. Looks like Luke enjoyed his ride on Rock 'n Roller Coaster. That is a great ride photo! Hope you get to see Coco. It really was a cute and touching movie.
Hope you both are feeling better. I am loving your trip report and all the great pictures. Looks like Luke enjoyed his ride on Rock 'n Roller Coaster. That is a great ride photo! Hope you get to see Coco. It really was a cute and touching movie.
We're playing on seeing Coco on Christmas Eve now. We've done a movie as a part of our Christmas Eve since 1983. I think this will be a great one for that day.
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Hope you’re both feeling better!
I'm much less congested though my body is still a bit achy. I am better though. Luke has gotten much more congested, but hopefully, he is going to start feeling better, too.
So much amazing Christmas merchandise. I love all the scale models of upcoming attractions at WDW. Groot is too cute.
Hope you and Luke are feeling better now that you are on antibiotics.
Before we went, I was wondering just how Walt Disney Presents would compare with One Man's Dream. After seeing it myself, I really did like it all, especially the scale models.
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Sorry to hear that you're both feeling under the weather still Cam. I hope you're both feeling more like yourselves by Christmas.
This crud we both have is really struggling to hang on. We'll feel better for a while and then miserable for a while. At least we're still on the antibiotic.
Day 2 Part 4 – Monday, November 6 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Health Recap: Both Luke and I are still not 100% yet, but we are feeling better so that is progress. We enjoyed a huge family gathering with the Matthews on Saturday, which led to a very lazy Sunday as we were both exhausted after a full day with family.
Back to Studios: From Walt Disney Presents, we headed to Star Wars Launch Bay with a plan to visit both Chewbacca and BB-8. Chewie’s wait time was posted at 20 minutes, and that was precisely what we waited. I got my Porg out when we neared the front of the line. Soon the large doors were moving back and we were entering a hallway to await our meet and greet. Chewie immediately saw Porg as I came around the corner, motioning me to come over so he could get a closer look at the little critter. Porg and I got a big ‘ole furry hug. Stefanie was the pro at character interaction, but Luke and I still like meeting the characters. It seems to help me if I have a prop. So much fun!
From our visit with Chewie, we entered the queue to meet BB-8. I didn’t note how long it took, but I think it was only around 10 minutes. Definitely, a faster line than Chewbacca’s. That is probably because interaction is less with the sweet little droid. I do love that he responses with beeps and whistle to everything we say.
At this point, we both wanted a snack as lunch had been early. We decided to try out ABC Commissary where we could sit in fairly comfortable chairs and give our feet and backs a break. There is also an AP discount here which was a bonus. We did sidetracked for just a moment when we saw a PhotoPass photographer in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Unfortunately, these are some of my least favorite photos of the trip. The fisheye lens looks cool for abstract objects, but not so much for people. I’m only sharing the least offensive ones as Luke did not appreciate having a teeny tiny head and a large, large body.
We didn’t want much. I got an Olaf cupcake, but as I usually do, I scrapped off most of the icing and just ate the cake. Luke had a strawberry parfait that he really enjoyed. We also got one large and one regular size Coke. We easily found a table since it was 2:22 in the afternoon, and took our time eating our treats and drinking our cokes.
Afterwards, we backtracked to where we had seen Chip and Dale earlier in the day; one of my must dos for this trip was meeting my chipmunk pals. The queue was snaking back around a flowerbed, but I was confused because the two girls in front of us were sitting on the wall and lagging way behind when others moved. They seemed to be with a gentleman and a lady who was on a scooter. It was so bad that at one point a mother and daughter broke line, though I’m positive they never realized the line went back further. The couple with the scooter were so oblivious as they were both on their phones they didn’t even see what had happened. At this point I asked to the two girls if they were in line, and they said they were but didn’t want to crowd the couple. Just as I was about to say something to the out of touch couple, she moved way forward, filling in the gap. But then when they were next in line, she shooed the two girls ahead to meet Chip and Dale. At this point, I heard the lady say they were holding a place in line for someone who wasn’t even there. They hadn’t arrived when the two girls moved on, so Luke and I got to go next.
This time was one of our absolute best interactions with Chip and Dale as I told them that we saw their cousin yesterday in Tennessee (remember so many updates ago when I saw the chipmunk at the rest stop). I mimed how the little chipmunk ran very fast and they imitated the running chipmunk. Then we got lots of hugs and photos. Just before we left, Luke told them I had a pal in my backpack. Immediately, they wanted to see who was with me. They grabbed Porg right out of the bag and motion to the PhotoPass photographer to take their photo with him. They loved my new furry friend.
Just a little complaining here. Disney PhotoPass and Flickr are adding unnecessary obstacles to my trip report writing. PhotoPass downloads my unedited photos even though I click on the ones that I’ve already edited, meaning I have to go back in and download photos a second time and a few times add the borders back in. For example, the Star Lord and Groot photos were suppose to have a Guardians of the Galaxy border, but I just didn’t have the stamina to redo those when I noticed as I inserted photos into the report. I have sense work on those photos again and have the ones with borders downloaded, but I’m not reposting them here. Today I realized that some of the Chip and Dale photos were missing, so I edited those and downloaded to my computer. Again, the edits were missing. Back to PhotoPass and do the work over. Then as I was writing, I note that I don’t have photos for the next character meet and greet. Back to PhotoPass to edit and download. Thankfully, the edits were there this time. In looking ahead to what would be included in the next update, I realized that I misplaced when Luke did Rock ‘n Roller Coaster. The problem now is flickr.com where the photos uploaded out of sequence. When they came up in the middle of our shopping, I thought I had figured out that Luke rode while I shopped. Nope, he was with me the whole time. I should have just asked him. I’ll get to the correct order in the next update, but you’ve already seen the photos. Maybe now that I’m feeling some better, I can get patiently get the photos in where they belong and deal with PhotoPass.
Anyway, on to our last character meet and greet of the day, Olaf. The standby time was posted as 30 minutes, but in reality we were meeting our Frozen friend in 10 minutes. Unfortunately, the character interaction was even more brief. Oh well!
Great day at Studios but with a few obstacles and especially with the photos! With Flikr and since the photos came from Disney's Photopass you should be able to get the photos into order by renumbering on your own as that is how they are sequenced. You camera numbers the photos but through DPP, not sure how they do this by numbering. That was odd with the line as some people are so oblivious with what is going on around them. Glad you enjoyed Launch Pay with the photo ops as it's a great place. I enjoyed it there last year, but couldn't fit it in back in October as I love the Star Wars films and need to catch up on some of these over the last few years!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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them!!!! We also saw Coco and loved it!!!!!
Go see it when you feel better!!!! It's wonderful!!!!
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Too funny with this! 
The other gift and at the top is the horrible fruit cake. I'm not talking about the homemade one with fresh ingredients, which can be quite good but the prepackaged garbage dependent on preservatives. As bad as food (if you want to call it that?) can get!
I hope you're both feeling more like yourselves by Christmas.
They hadn’t arrived when the two girls moved on, so Luke and I got to go next. 
That was odd with the line as some people are so oblivious with what is going on around them. 
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