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Sounds like a great trip so far. Loved Park fare for breakfast. Alice and the Mad Hatter were a riot. It's great fun to be at WDW on someone's birthday!
Ok, so far I have discoverd that we are doing MNSSHP on different nights, so that won't work. I'll keep watching for more of your schedule.
I hope something will eventually match up.
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Sounds like a great trip so far. Loved Park fare for breakfast. Alice and the Mad Hatter were a riot. It's great fun to be at WDW on someone's birthday!
This is a first for us and I can't wait to enjoy breakfast here.
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Well, I am so far behind in reading trip reports!
I am so happy for you and Luke!!! I think this is such a great way to de-stress from school!!!
It was wonderful to hear that excitement in your voice when you called!
Your plans look great! As usual!
I can't wait to see you!!!!
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Well, I am so far behind in reading trip reports!
I am so happy for you and Luke!!! I think this is such a great way to de-stress from school!!!
It was wonderful to hear that excitement in your voice when you called!
Your plans look great! As usual!
I can't wait to see you!!!!
I saw "fall break" and got so excited. But nope...we'll miss you again. Someday I'll get to hug you instead of all the virtual hugs
But, I am so happy to see you excited about this trip
I saw "fall break" and got so excited. But nope...we'll miss you again. Someday I'll get to hug you instead of all the virtual hugs
But, I am so happy to see you excited about this trip
I had checked on your trip days when I realized we were heading down, but then they didn't overlap. We will meet one of these days!
So glad you are able to work in this trip! I'm sure it will be loads of fun. One of these days I will make it to the F&WF.
You know I am a big Allegiant Air fan, but the drive from Sanford can be loooong. And our return flight is always really early. Like leaving WDW at 5:30am early. Ugh! Hope they work well for you. I love having a direct flight to Florida! The only other flight from our city is to Clearwater, and I'll be taking that for the first time in October. I wish we could fly to Las Vegas from our city (Allegiant's other hub), but so far no dice!
Can't wait to read more!
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I used Allegient in Dec 2008 and decided then NEVER again. Too long a drive on both ends and the cost savings went away when their addons were added. They also have a very limited schedule between NC and FL. I couldn't get any deals on rental cars in Sanford (at least not as good as I was used to in Orlando.) Hope it works out for you.
Getting caught up.. great plans!! Can I just say how extremely jealous I am. My absolute FAVORITE time to go to WDW is October & I adore the F&WF.. but with the kids being in the marching band these past 6+ years we haven't been able to go.. I miss it!
I hope you'll let me live vicariously through your TR.. & please have a watermelon ice in Mexico for me!!
So glad you are able to work in this trip! I'm sure it will be loads of fun. One of these days I will make it to the F&WF.
You know I am a big Allegiant Air fan, but the drive from Sanford can be loooong. And our return flight is always really early. Like leaving WDW at 5:30am early. Ugh! Hope they work well for you. I love having a direct flight to Florida! The only other flight from our city is to Clearwater, and I'll be taking that for the first time in October. I wish we could fly to Las Vegas from our city (Allegiant's other hub), but so far no dice!
Can't wait to read more!
We have a leave WDW at 5:30 early flight home, too, but we'll have most of Saturday and Sunday to rest up before work.
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I used Allegient in Dec 2008 and decided then NEVER again. Too long a drive on both ends and the cost savings went away when their addons were added. They also have a very limited schedule between NC and FL. I couldn't get any deals on rental cars in Sanford (at least not as good as I was used to in Orlando.) Hope it works out for you.
We have never used them before because of the limited flights out and back. But it worked for us this year so we decided to try it.
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Getting caught up.. great plans!! Can I just say how extremely jealous I am. My absolute FAVORITE time to go to WDW is October & I adore the F&WF.. but with the kids being in the marching band these past 6+ years we haven't been able to go.. I miss it!
I hope you'll let me live vicariously through your TR.. & please have a watermelon ice in Mexico for me!!
You are more than welcome to live vicariously through this TR.
I'm so happy for you & Luke! I think this will be a great getaway for the two of you.
CBR is a great choice! Mike's parents stay there pretty much all the time (except for when they go with us). I'd happily stay there too.
You'll love 1900 PF - it's got Mary Poppins for goodness sake!
I'm so happy for you & Luke! I think this will be a great getaway for the two of you.
CBR is a great choice! Mike's parents stay there pretty much all the time (except for when they go with us). I'd happily stay there too.
You'll love 1900 PF - it's got Mary Poppins for goodness sake!
I'm very excited that I'll get to visit with Mary while dining at 1900 PF. She is still one of favorite things about visiting WDW.
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