Reconstructing the Magic with Cam and Luke UPDATED: 12/23 Christmas Present and Our Final Day - Page 11 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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What a nice relaxing day! Add me to list of those who LOVE your jacket! And I'm amazed that it was only $14.95 each to upgrade to premium annual passes!
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Just signing in... Sounds like quite a successful shopping spree! Love all your goodies (especially the Disney ones)! We just upgraded one of our MYW tickets to the PAP (using the DVC promotion) and made great use of that 20% discount on our recent trip. I think we may have actually spent a little more because of it... so I'm guessing Disney still wound up ahead! Looking forward to hearing about your day at AK.
Another really great shopping day. I love the tops you got, especially the Banana Republic ones-- what a sale! Also a great deal on the upgrade of your passes-- love that 20% savings at the shops.
I'm getting nervous about dealing with Photobucket on my upcoming trip. Bad reports from everyone here!
I have never had as much trouble with Photobucket as recently with this new upgrade.
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I love the jacket. Too much me to wear it but I am sure it looks great on you.
I wore it to school today and my new students loved it.
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Originally Posted by omd
Wow lots of great purchases. I especially your jacket. It's great that you got the 20% discount.
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I love reading about all of your shopping hauls. Luke spoils you, and that is so awesome! I just love CBR, the grounds there are so gorgeous! I can't wait to see all of your Stephanie Giraffe pictures, after reading about your adventures on Facebook.
Luke does spoil me! I'm hoping I can get Photobucket to size the pictures correctly.
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Loved all your shopping ventures. Makes me think I may have to do a one day car rental to take in the malls in March. I usually go to the Premier Outlet on Vineland. Didn't know there was a 2nd one. Did you also go to the Belz outlets near Universal? Was Nova Era the group that used to play in Italy in Epcot? The name sounds so familiar.
We didn't make it to the Belz outlet. Nova Era did play at Italy in the 1990s. Our first family trip was in 1997, but I don't remember seeing them. I found a YouTube video of them from the 90s and they did not use electrical instruments at that time.
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I loved all of this update. But, the JACKET is so nice. I just fell in love with it. Waiting to read more!!!!!!
Luke could tell I really wanted it, so it was sweet that he bought it for me.
What a fun shopping day! Crazy people like that lady in the parking lot scare me too. I love, love, love that jacket! EOS is soooo yummy! I am very anxious to hear about tomorrow!
We truly enjoyed our EoS sandwiches.
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Another great day or great purchases!! Glad the exchanged were easy to make.
I was glad the exchange was easy as I wasn't sure how outlets were about returns.
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
More great purchases today!
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What a great shopping day! You bought quite a lot of stuff! And dinner at EoS, yummy!
We did get some great deals shopping.
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Great day--waiting for more great adventures
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Another great day. I especially your jacket! Cannot wait to hear all the details from Luke's birthday.
I'm working on photos with Photobucket. Hopefully, they will work and I can post an update.
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Love the jacket!!! And I like Nova Era a lot - really cool take on classical music.
I suggested our Fine Arts teacher check out Nova Era to give students a cool way to listen to classical music.
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Fabulous jacket and you have gotten me interested in Nova Era. Glad you have had some great shopping days. I look forward to reading about your meeting with Stefanie Giraffe,
The next update will be special!
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Nice jacket! We were going to EoS twice this trip, but opted instead for Capt. Jacks for clam chowder and found they had a new lobster roll that is so good!!!
That sounds delicious!
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Add me to your list of jacket admirers! It's fabulous! Sounds like a nice low key day
I liked that it was a low key day. We both needed that.
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Nice loot! I love that you guys were just moseying along, getting good deals, and eating good food. I hope you don't run into Angry Lady in the parks!
We never saw Angry Lady again. But we did like a slower pace for our vacation.
What a great shopping day. I can't wait to hear about your meeting with Stefanie giraffe
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What a fantastic day!! Love your jacket!!!
Can't wait to hear about your Monday visit.
The day was quite enjoyable.
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Originally Posted by roaminggnome
Another great of shopping. I LOVE your jacket. Can't wait to hear about meeting Stefanie....and you walking in the parks.
I can't believe I almost didn't buy the jacket.
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Originally Posted by islandgirl
More great purchases!!! Looking forward to reading more...
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What a nice relaxing day! Add me to list of those who LOVE your jacket! And I'm amazed that it was only $14.95 each to upgrade to premium annual passes!
The low price was thanks to the DVC discount.
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I your jacket!!!!! and also your other purchases.
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Originally Posted by mommapants
got some great purchases - like the new jacket
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more please
Soon!
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Originally Posted by lazanya
Sounds like a great shopping day!
It was fun!
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Originally Posted by aprild
Great purchases...love love LOVE that jacket!
Can't wait to read more
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Just signing in... Sounds like quite a successful shopping spree! Love all your goodies (especially the Disney ones)! We just upgraded one of our MYW tickets to the PAP (using the DVC promotion) and made great use of that 20% discount on our recent trip. I think we may have actually spent a little more because of it... so I'm guessing Disney still wound up ahead! Looking forward to hearing about your day at AK.
I had the same thought. We may have spent more on souvenirs since the 20% made everything sound better.
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Sounds like a great day, we have only just recently discovered the fun of Orlando shopping and hope to do more soon.
looking forward to seeing pictures of Stephanie Giraffe
I can't believe it took us this long to take time for the outlets.
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