An Animal Kingdom State of Being with Cam and Fam COMPLETED 9/18 - Page 104 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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There are other changes as well.
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We go on to the joy and through the tears
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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Glad you got to visit with your sister and BIL. Great pictures of the animals -- what an amazing thing to walk out of your villa and have all that right there! The more I read this, the more I think we may someday have to use our points over at AKL!
Great visit with your sister, and glad she took the news about not attending the wedding well.
It is funny to see Luke in that Aliens shirt, though, as my DD has the same shirt that she uses as a nightgown!! I saw the picture and wondered WHAT Luke was doing wearing an 11 year old's pajamas!?!?!?!
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Great animal pics! Isn't it funny how you just can never get enough of them. We find our savannah rooms totally enchanting... we could just look at those animals all day and night, if it weren't for the parks! Glad you finally got to Rainforrest Cafe. We've never made it there, always rationalizing that there is one about a half hour from our house so why go there at Disney. Looks like you had fun!
Great update - how nice to sleep in and have a visit with family. Is this your sister whom came for a day last year? - Is she catching the Disney bug??
Great pics Cam! Your room view is just fantastic! Don't you just love it when several different animals "hang" together! Although the ornery giraffe doesn't know that "everybody has to play nice".
Catching up! Love the giraffe statues. We lived in Africa when I was very young for a little over a year (my brother was actually born in Ethiopia). And, my mother brought home some beautiful things. I clearly remember a wooden carved elephant and giraffe, as well as masks, porcupine quill s&p shakers and some kind of monkey rug. Unfortunately, my mother gave a lot of them away as gifts when people commented on them not realizing she'd regret it later on. Or that her daughter would become a giraffe nut. I do have a small wooden giraffe that my friend brought back 3 years ago from her African safari. I think I'll have to hit up the AK gift shop when we go for dinner at Jiko in November.
I was hoping for a good picture of the orange Mickey giraffe t-shirt. Love the scrapbook story and the picture of Stef having her 'meltdown'. I have various pics of my boys during meltdowns...good fodder for when they bring home their first girlfriends.
I love the swirly head Mickey. I got that in 2008. I'm looking forward to picking out a new charm this trip.
Love Disney for the kitchen and I love that you post pictures of all your purchases!! (Craig might not like it as much )
Ahhh caught up WHEW ... Awww Cam such WONDERFUL Pictures !
1. My favorite pic of Steph is when she is kissing chip on the errrr CHIP hehe
2. I love the pics out on your balcony of the animals !
3. I am so glad you guys had a good time !
4. MICKEY CORN COB HOLDERS !!!!!!! Kenzie ( DD) loves to eat corn on the cob! I actually carry a set with me always because she is a picky eater and she will eat corn on the cob if the resturant has it !
Glad to have you join in! Stefanie doesn't like corn on the cob, so I have to cut it off for her, but Luke and I are loving the new holders.
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Originally Posted by ilovedisney247
Sounds like a great morning, including the little sleep in you had! I really like RFC, but don't get there nearly enough.
Stefanie has told me we shouldn't wait so long to eat there again. Everything was very delicious.
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Originally Posted by MikeL
Cam I agree with Stephanie you SHOULD do the parade again next year She has invited him to move in with you and you'll be providing him with free cheese as well Not to mention you'll prob end up covering his travel cost and hotel. So I don't think a ride on the back of a truck once in a while is really asking too much
We've got our fingers crossed for another magical parade moment!
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