The Trip that Almost had No Memories! Nov. at WL! - Page 12 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Just finished reading your trip report. Thanks for sharing.
I would have been very upset loosing my camera. I'm glad that you could go to Wal-Mart and get a new one. I love looking at all my old pictures and can't imagine not having any.
Hey I like to meet up with you guys in November. I'll be across the street from the poly from 11/27-12/05/09. I'm planing on be at the MK the day after I land. Let do a Passporter group picture.
Just getting caught up on your Trip Report! I am loving it :-)
The camera loss is a sad thing...I understand because I lost mine our 1st day @ DW...Had all our pics from breakfast @ CP :-( and our MVMCP......I was SOOOOOO upset....Went to lost @ found....Have called lost @ found since Dec 07....No Luck...I too had to buy a new camera the very next day!
Tell us more!!!!
That makes me sad for you too! The only saving grace of us losing our camera was that all that was on there was a few pics from my DD's first plane ride. I'm soooo sorry you never recovered your camera!
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Hey I like to meet up with you guys in November. I'll be across the street from the poly from 11/27-12/05/09. I'm planing on be at the MK the day after I land. Let do a Passporter group picture.
Yeah, definitely! Keep in touch beforehand and we'll work out the details! You're coming at a great time. Wish I could come about that time, but I feel fortunate that I get the whole week off from school (I teach) for Thanksgiving which is also a great time to go (albeit a bit busy later in the week). Much better than the hot summer!
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Yeah, definitely! Keep in touch beforehand and we'll work out the details! You're coming at a great time. Wish I could come about that time, but I feel fortunate that I get the whole week off from school (I teach) for Thanksgiving which is also a great time to go (albeit a bit busy later in the week). Much better than the hot summer!
I'll be there at the same time as you, just leaving a couple of days earlier. We are going then for the same reason, I teach and we have the whole week off for Thanksgiving. I would love to try to meet up with other PP if possible.
Yeah, definitely! Keep in touch beforehand and we'll work out the details! You're coming at a great time. Wish I could come about that time, but I feel fortunate that I get the whole week off from school (I teach) for Thanksgiving which is also a great time to go (albeit a bit busy later in the week). Much better than the hot summer!
I'm an teacher aide volunteer full time for second grade so I get to sneak away for a week as well. I always get pencils for the kids when I'm there. Did you say your leaving the 28? I alway do a hotel run the first night I'm there after I get settle in and had dinner. So that be a cool night to meet up I'm locking down my planing and calling ant the end of August (B-day month) so I will make contact with you as well But keep you posted as well. This going to be fun meeting others from here.
Since I got a pin offer in email, we have now changed our plans to a split stay. We'll be staying the first 4 nights at POFQ (with the dining plan) and our next 4 nights at the Poly (room only ressie). I'm excited to see both hotels and that we were able to get the dining plan for at least part of our trip. I'll be knocking out all character meals in the beginning! We may need to start a new thread about a Thanksgiving PP meet!
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Even my skeptical husband who didn’t really know if he would like such a commercialized, money sucking tourist trap had fallen in love with the Disney spirit and was thinking about when we could return.
That is exactly what happened to us, he said I used to aggravate him talking about Disney so much, now he talks about it just as much.
It seems you had a great time. You shoudl do the tea at the GF with Auroa and Rose Petal my DD loved it. It is truley a one in a life time experience!!!
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