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Nice photos and I hope you eventually find your notes!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
That was a pain about the student losing her ticket, but it looks as if the morning is going well. You have World of Color Fastpasses and a couple of great character meets already in the bag.
Nice photos and I hope you eventually find your notes!
Since we are moving in a few months I expect it will turn up eventually!
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That was a pain about the student losing her ticket, but it looks as if the morning is going well. You have World of Color Fastpasses and a couple of great character meets already in the bag.
Yeah, I checked with all my group to make sure we were good to go but apparently other chaperones didn't think to do so. The character meets were great.
Oswald [emoji2] great unexpected meet.
Chip & Dale interaction looked like so much fun. I love when they do the unexpected and it turns out like that.
Glad you found your way to the FP. And, I hope you eventually find your notes but after several moves I have found out some things stay gone.
Sounds like the unexpected wait also had some unexpected perks!
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It did!
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Oswald [emoji2] great unexpected meet.
Chip & Dale interaction looked like so much fun. I love when they do the unexpected and it turns out like that.
Glad you found your way to the FP. And, I hope you eventually find your notes but after several moves I have found out some things stay gone.
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It was the first time I'd seen Oswald, Chip & Dale were so much fun. Usually things turn up for me when I least expect them in the oddest places.
What an ordeal starting this day! But then you also got in to great character meets because of it. We love meeting Chip and Dale as they are always full of fun.
What an ordeal starting this day! But then you also got in to great character meets because of it. We love meeting Chip and Dale as they are always full of fun.
I suppose with 28 people we were lucky it was only 1 student who forgot their ticket. I was surprise how much Chip & Dale made me laugh, great character meet.
After meeting Chip and Dale we made our why to Paradise Pier we got in line for TSM. I love this ride but with no FP's here it was important to get there early. Of course there was a line but it wasn't too bad maybe just under 20 minutes. The ride was as fun as I remembered. When we got off Karen was interested in California Screamin and asked if we wanted to go. My body can't handle coasters but we encouraged her to go, especially since there was no line to speak of, I took a few pictures and DD sat and enjoyed the atmosphere.
As you can see from the pictures it is cloudy today. I only had one more goal before the girls had to meet the CM to prepare for their performance and that was to get FP's for RSR. The trick was to get a time that we could make. It took a minute to figure out exactly where the machines were but I spotted people in this tree area, but the time was still a little early so we waited about 10 minutes then got out FPs. This would be a first time ride for us.
With everything checked off my mental list of what I had wanted to do this morning we headed over to Toontown to meet the CM. I wanted to go backstage this morning but no one from yesterday was willing to trade with me. I should have thought about this before the trip so that any chaperone who went would have a chance to experience it too. I didn't want to cause a big scene but I was disappointed.
Looks like a nice beginning to your day with some character meets and a few attractions! Glad you were able to get FPs for RSR!
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but we encouraged her to go, especially since there was no line to speak of, I took a few pictures and DD sat and enjoyed the atmosphere.
. I should have thought about this before the trip so that any chaperone who went would have a chance to experience it too. I didn't want to cause a big scene but I was disappointed.
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