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Things are progressing well on that front. Another camper and I have taken the lead on organizing it The Membership Committee representative has announced his plans so a date of 5Jan for lunch has been set. Hosting duties will likely fall to us (We need the extra points for our application) and exact number of attendee's will take a bit to finalize but there is time.
Sounds like things are coming together for the meets!
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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!
Sounds like things are coming together for the meets!
Things are all falling into place for that group to meet each other with the added bonus that we will likely be joined a guest of honor a long term Ft W CM that has help many of the attendees in the past.
These all sound like great plans! I'm especially looking forward to the new Star Wars movie, as they did some filming right near one of the places I stayed in Ireland last summer!
These all sound like great plans! I'm especially looking forward to the new Star Wars movie, as they did some filming right near one of the places I stayed in Ireland last summer!
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would that be anywhere near Crough Patrick in lovely County of Mayo. UP MAYO
Sunday we were channel surfing the listings page of our provider and found a new program on Animal Planet Channel regarding Animal Kingdom, while they highlighted a number of the attractions we all know so well they did dedicate a fair amount of time to Pandora and the newer after dark additions. Will have to tap my inner Tara O and make some changes. The evening Safari looks fantastic. Rivers of light is high our list as a FP selection and Pandora after dark just looks so breath taking we will dedicate an entire evening to just exploring what it has to offer.
Jan. 2 will see us back in DS with lunch at Homecoming. So much is new here it will likely be a multi visit location for us. Odds are will head back to Ft W early as friends from another board will be arriving that day. Their one dog looks like our WookieBear and we are all really looking forward to meeting up
Jan 3 is an Animal Kingdom day and right now we are looking at making it a mid day early evening trip in order to enjoy the holiday decorations still up and enjoy some of our favorite stops here. Dinner will likely be back at the Coach but we are checking out some of the CS options in AKP to take the edge off as tour. We are hoping to have a preliminary meeting with the rep for the membership committee as he is scheduled to arrive that afternoon ( Have to butter him up all I can)
Jan 4 is a day dedicated to the girls and the Fort. I expect more than 1 load of laundry will get done ( Washer dryer option for coach is a must for us even if they can really only handle like 2 days worth of clothing per load) We will also clean up our site and make sure it is sufficiently decorated for the Pot Luck luncheon we are hosting the next day
My goodness, those are some great plans, Mike!! Muffin and I are so looking forward to Pandora!!. I love how you and Lucille mix it up between parks and chilling out!!
For anyone interested in seeing what or current cast of characters looks like let me refer you all to Disboards.com The CAMPING AT DISNEY WORLD forum Sub-forum THE CAMPING COMMUNITY thread SKY AND KATIE"S FIRST TIME ADVENTURING. I post over there under the name FtW Mike . I spend time there as they have a foru dedicated to camping at DISNEY and Camping in general. They have a photo posting option I will explain in DMA's thread Anyone get these messages from Photobucket.
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My goodness, those are some great plans, Mike!! Muffin and I are so looking forward to Pandora!!. I love how you and Lucille mix it up between parks and chilling out!!
Tara as this trip will be a stay of nearly 30 days we have plenty of time to tour and chill. Considering the crowds we anticipate for the holidays we are planning less park time and more resort and resort hopping days. Sky and Katie will still be "Puppy's " so they will need more supervision and play time so touring for Mom and Dad will need to be planned accordingly ie Mid morning to early evening or mid afternoon to early evening.
We're looking forward to Pandora, too. Luke has been reading and watching the progress there since the day it was announced. Flame Tree BBQ at AK is always a great meal and it really is reasonably priced for the size of the plates. I usually get the 1/2 chicken plate.
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Plans look good Mike and those are some quite active days for the clan!
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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!
We're looking forward to Pandora, too. Luke has been reading and watching the progress there since the day it was announced. Flame Tree BBQ at AK is always a great meal and it really is reasonably priced for the size of the plates. I usually get the 1/2 chicken plate.
I think we have all been looking for info on PANDORA considering how long and the number of news items and rumors surrounding it. That show was worth the time as it did highlight an wide segment of old faves and newer options at AK. Thanks for heads up on Flame Tree BBQ but as Lucille is so allergic to most pork products we avoid places that have that much of it the menu Me on the other hand are liking them ribs
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Plans look good Mike and those are some quite active days for the clan!
Thanks Dave Our days a have a plan of what we want to do but do provide plenty of leeway to just go with where the day leads us.
Jan 5 This day will be dedicated to our Meet and Greet with fellow campers. We have decided that lunch time works best for the runners among us. So we will spend most of the day in The Fort. If things break up early enough we may head over to MK for the evening if not hopefully the Movie showing in the Meadows complex will be something we will enjoy
6 Jan today is up in the air. Based on when the race (1/2 Marathon) ends and where we might go to cheer on some of those we met over the last few days . Most likely if we decide to do any touring we will head over to AK as we both love going there
7 Jan Today we are at long last going to Chef Mickey's. I don't know why years ago I never went and in more recent trips Lucille has been reluctant. But now with a Brunch menu we both figure why not give it a try. Worst thing that can happen we don't like it . I suspect we will head back to the coach and the girls for a trip to wagging Tails before we head off to MK for the evening where we will likely have a late dinner at The Plaza
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Muffin and I are so looking forward to Pandora!!
. I love how you and Lucille mix it up between parks and chilling out!!
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