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Love ending the day in Epcot! Looks like you guys had a really lovely day and of course it's always hard to leave the MK! You got some beautiful shots of the parks today!
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Sounds like a very nice relaxing tour style for today. Starting off with a great morning in MK and then ending the day in Epcot with all the yummy food!
A great time in the MK and over at Epcot. I can't believe how much you got in from the two pars during your day and evening! The food and drink sound like some great choices at the F&W Fest and I am looking so forward to my first experience there in October!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Sounds like such a fun day!!! You certainly got a lot done in MK before your lunch at BOG. Sorry about the rude people in France, I think the movie is beautiful! I love the gelato there too Love all your night pics of Epcot.
Nice relaxing day! I love riding the monorail through Epcot! You got some nice photos from up there!
How rude of those people in the France movie! Though it's probably a good thing they left. They probably would have been disruptive throughout the whole thing!
Me too we don't ride it often through EPCOT but I loved this view! Seriously I am glad they left like you said probably for the best!
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Love ending the day in Epcot! Looks like you guys had a really lovely day and of course it's always hard to leave the MK! You got some beautiful shots of the parks today!
We always love ending with this park, for some reason, maybe just better dinner options.
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I liked your relaxed touring this day, and eating around the F&WF booths is always delicious.
It was so good! I love eating that way!
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What a great, albeit long, day! You certainly packed a lot in.
I cannot believe how much of a trooper we were during this day, it was long now that I look back at it but I swear we always wear ourselves out and keep going!
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My gosh, a loooong day. I don't understand why people have to be so rude. All they had to do was leave without commenting.
Ya know I didn't realize how long it was till I looked back at it but that time of year its easy to do because of some of the reduced waits and lower crowds. But we were so worn out for sure!
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What a great day at MK and Epcot! You had some yummy eats today, especially eating around the world! Love the pictures!
Thank you!
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What a great day! You sure did a lot.
We did but it felt so relaxed which was nice!
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Sounds like a very nice relaxing tour style for today. Starting off with a great morning in MK and then ending the day in Epcot with all the yummy food!
It was a really great day weather, food and parks!
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A great time in the MK and over at Epcot. I can't believe how much you got in from the two pars during your day and evening! The food and drink sound like some great choices at the F&W Fest and I am looking so forward to my first experience there in October!
I cannot believe it either!! I swear we must have more endurance than I thought LOL sersiouly though we fell into bed and I'm not sure I move a lot when Im at Disney at night because we are so exhausted LOL
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Sounds like such a fun day!!! You certainly got a lot done in MK before your lunch at BOG. Sorry about the rude people in France, I think the movie is beautiful! I love the gelato there too Love all your night pics of Epcot.
I so love the move and the gelato! I am never sure why people can be so rude but there's always once in the bunch right??
Good Monday Morning all! Sorry I've been remiss on here but I went home to care for my mom that had surgery for a week, then visited family in florida, went home to TN for the fourth and this past weekend my husband had a four day weekend so we did a lot around the house. It left me little time to update but I plan on finishing this trip up for sure! I should be able to get an update in this week by Friday and then finish the trip report this weekend! I hope you guys are doing swell! And having an awesome summer!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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You certainly packed a lot in. 
The food and drink sound like some great choices at the F&W Fest and I am looking so forward to my first experience there in October! 
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