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I love MVMCP, I hope you guys enjoy it too! I love Christmas and all the decorations. I am a little sad that it was so cold last Dec when we were there, that I didn't really get to enjoy the atmosphere as much as I would have liked.
5 days and you will be in the bubble!
Hey the Disney store has some really cute Mickey christmas shirts and sweatshirts out right now. Perfect for let's say a christmas card photo taken right in front of the castle. Have to throw on a nice red scarf too.....love scarfs, who cares if it's going to be 80 degrees.
We loved MVMCP! I hope you guys do too. What's not to love right?
I so badly want to do a KP mission too, that seems like so much fun, next year!!
Arnaud's favorite part of Rockin Rollercoaster is the launch, he love's watching people's faces in the cars as well as watching the poeple's faces in line watching the people shoot off. I have yet to experience this nonsense
Just catching back up! Love your plans for AK and Epcot! I'm hoping to do the Behind the Seeds tour next June, so I'll be anxious to hear what you all think about it. I'm hoping it will keep Stefanie's attention for the 1 hour.
I'm so excited for you!!! Your countdown says "1 week until Back to the Beach Club".....:the wave:
Great plans!! We really love LTT and hope to get back there again someday!
It says less than that now!! We leave in 5 days!!!
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Have fun at the Anniversary dance! And good luck with getting the costumes done!!
Your Epcot day sounds great, I'd love to do the Behind the Seeds Tour someday MVMCP is going to be a blast! Sure, a little strange to be celebrating Christmas already, but fun none the least! I'm a little worried about the crowds too, you'll have to let me know how they are since will be at the party the day after yours.
Oh, I emailed special diets about the cookies at the party and they said that the Main Street Bakery will have allergy friendly snacks on hand. It said they would have prepackaged cookies by Divvies and French Meadow. Maybe one of those will be safe for the boys.
The costumes are finally done. I finished them yesterday at about 11:30pm because they needed them for a town Halloween party today. I'll post pictures after tomorrow.
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Hope the dance was fun! I decided not to do the Christmas party this year. The early parties are usually not as crowded, so you should be fine. And I forgot to mention after your Sunday plans post that the Daylight Savings time change is overnight Saturday, so you'll all get an extra hour of sleep! That should make getting up for CMC much easier. I just love getting an extra hour of vacation! When I was working the overnight shift I always had an extra hour of work, which was not so nice.
I am hoping the crowds stay low. Although, the only other parties we've been to have bee MNSSHP 'on' Halloween which I imagine are the busiest of all of the Halloween parties, so maybe the crowds won't seem big to us anyway.
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Your plans sound fabulous! I can't wait to hear how the MVMCP is and see the photos! That's definitely on my list for next year!
I am so excited about the party!! Love new things
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You'll soon be there!
I know!!! I'm so excited!!
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Into the final countdown cant wait to see pics of your son in his goggles
The goggle picture...if he actually goes on...should be a great one!
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I love MVMCP, I hope you guys enjoy it too! I love Christmas and all the decorations. I am a little sad that it was so cold last Dec when we were there, that I didn't really get to enjoy the atmosphere as much as I would have liked.
5 days and you will be in the bubble!
Christmas is my favorite holiday and I love all the decorations. I think I'm looking forward to the castle lights the most.
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Subscribing so I can follow along when I have time (which will probably be Christmas!)
I hear you!! LOL
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Hey the Disney store has some really cute Mickey christmas shirts and sweatshirts out right now. Perfect for let's say a christmas card photo taken right in front of the castle. Have to throw on a nice red scarf too.....love scarfs, who cares if it's going to be 80 degrees.
We loved MVMCP! I hope you guys do too. What's not to love right?
I so badly want to do a KP mission too, that seems like so much fun, next year!!
Arnaud's favorite part of Rockin Rollercoaster is the launch, he love's watching people's faces in the cars as well as watching the poeple's faces in line watching the people shoot off. I have yet to experience this nonsense
OK, this time next week...................YEAH!!!
I'll have to stop in the Disney store tomorrow. I have a great green scarf...maybe I'll ge me a red t-shirt and wear that. I Love scarves too! We had so much fun doing the KP missions. We did two of them which is good so we've got some new ones to try this time.
This time next week we'll be coming back from our ride on Splash (with goggles)
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More great plans!!! Hope you enjoy MVMCP!!
Thank you...and I can't imagine we won't.
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Just catching back up! Love your plans for AK and Epcot! I'm hoping to do the Behind the Seeds tour next June, so I'll be anxious to hear what you all think about it. I'm hoping it will keep Stefanie's attention for the 1 hour.
Believe me when I tell you that the 1 hour timeframe made it doable for us. Jason has the attention span of a flea. But if there are ladybugs involved, we should be able to get him focused...at least for that part.
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Today will be our second DHS day…the first for Zach…so we want to make sure he gets on TSMM, RcRC and Tot, which are three of his favorites. So, again we will try to aim for getting there as close to RD as possible. And if the boys haven’t done Jedi yet, we can try for today. Of course I’ll try to drag everyone back to AA for another picture for our collection. And maybe we’ll try the backlot tour today. Haven’t done that in ages and ages. Also, the boys are excited to see Lightening McQueen in the new LMA show, so we’ll try to make that as well.
We have lunch plans today at 50’s Prime Time. I just love the meatloaf there and the chocolate shakes are fabulous!! Plus the little TVs help with keeping ansty little boys occupied during the meal.
Later on we plan on hitting Epcot for evening EMH…sticking mostly to the FW rides…and seeing Illuminations. Then of course we’ll take that wonderful walk back to our hotel. I’m excited for Zach to walk to Epcot for the first time.
On the to-do list front, I did get a couple of thing crossed off today. I booked Craig's rental car for when he goes to get Zach. It's so great that he only has to walk over to the Dolphin to pick it up. I pre-ordered our photo pass CD and I also placed our Garden Grocer order. I need to make sure I've got some things I'm sure Jason can eat for breakfast and snack on in the room. I also emailed the BC and asked for a special room cleaning which they will do for medical conditions such as asthma.
I also finally finished the boys Halloween costumes and we attended the town party today. Thank goodness we did, because school has been cancelled tomorrow because of the SNOW!! Well, actually becasue of the downed trees and powerlines and the traffic lights that are out all over town. They can't run the bus routes so, a snow day on Halloween! Who would have thought?? Yeah, we drove home yesterday from getting new luggage at the mall in a blizzard!! Anyway, it actually works for me because the boys will go to my mother's and then after work I can maybe get my toiletries shopping done and maybe a mani-pedi.
Trivia:
- Storm-a-long Bay holds 750,000 gallons of water making it the largest sand bottom pool in the world. (And we can’t wait to swim there)
This snow is crazy! I'm just glad it came this weekend instead of holding off for flying out on Friday. Never thought I'd have to worry about snow problems for a trip at this time of year. You really checked a lot off the list!
50's PT is definitely on my list of places to eat. We're going to hit DHS next time, because I think Meri is ready for ToT... she's mastered BTMRR and Splash Mtn, and I think she'll be able to handle ToT by the time we go back... lol! So that said, we'll hit Sci Fi for lunch and 50's PT for dinner!
I'm really excited to read your TR - you guys have some great things going on during your trip! And if Jason gets antsy during the Behind the Seeds tour, text me, and I'll just continually text him photos of Meri doing random silly things or whatever. That'll keep him amused, if nothing else. LOL! Seriously, though, I can't wait for your review so I can see how he does. If he can do it, I'll attempt it with Meri, because mom would LOVE it!
Can't believe you have a snow day on Halloween AND that you're leaving in just a few short days!!!
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Love 50's PT!! We still haven't done the Backlot Tour. 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!You leave in 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!! I am so excited for you! And snow in Oct....!
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. Have to throw on a nice red scarf too.....love scarfs, who cares if it's going to be 80 degrees.
I have a great green scarf...maybe I'll ge me a red t-shirt and wear that. I Love scarves too! We had so much fun doing the KP missions. We did two of them which is good so we've got some new ones to try this time.
And if the boys haven’t done Jedi yet, we can try for today. Of course I’ll try to drag everyone back to AA for another picture for our collection. 
Plus the little TVs help with keeping ansty little boys occupied during the meal. 
Who would have thought?? Yeah, we drove home yesterday from getting new luggage at the mall in a blizzard!! Anyway, it actually works for me because the boys will go to my mother's and then after work I can maybe get my toiletries shopping done and maybe a mani-pedi. 
At least you made the best of it and got lots done. 
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