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All caught up after being away. A couple of great updates Cam! Love all the giraffe pics - I actually thought of you when I bought a giraffe watch on our trip (hope that's not creepy! LOL!) Stef looked so cute while sharing all her Tink treasures with Tinkerbell, and Tinkerbell looked suitably impressed
Anyone who knows me here and doesn't associate me with giraffes has not been paying attention. I'm honored that you thought of me!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
What great pictures from Epcot! Love the Photopass ones! Sorry about having to lug your luggage with you! That's no fun!
The lugging of our luggage was a bit of a chore. Hope the computers are working next year.
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What great pics!!
You know I wonder if the mom telling her son that Epcot was all indoors thought the whole thing was INSIDE Spaceship Earth? I had a friend ask me that once... If all of Epcot was inside the ball!
Luke and I wondered that very thing, but she didn't explain further so I'm not sure.
Great start to your last day. The sequence of photos with Aurora is priceless! I do have to say that your shopping list is making my shopping list longer. I definitely have to stop at Basin to get some Dr Spot (trust me--I really need it--you should see the condition of some of my work shirts) and now I have to go search through Mousegears for the auto magnets! I need to Disneyfi my car!
I have read a few of your trip reports but it wasn't until I saw your last two days that I noticed you guys color coordinated your outfits. Was that on purpose because it is a great idea. It will be so easy to pick scrapbook page colors.
I love your orange T-Shirt from AK. I'm going to look for one when we go.
We have a zoo near us in columbia, SC where there are giraffes that you can feed and when I look at our pics it makes me think of your great encounters at AKL. Your pics are great, hopefully one day we can stay there.
The pics of Stef with Tink are my favorites, she looks so cute. I hope she is adjusting well to getting back to school instead the her lazy days of summer.
You haven't mentioned your DH's feet, how did they do the rest of the week? We have had people get sick at Disney before but never anything broken. My DH is a big baby when it comes to things like that. He would have been a bear. LOL
Of course you do a bazillion updates while I'm away, but I'm all caught up now. Looks like you found a bunch of cute stuff on your shopping trip. The photos of the giraffes are amazing, and I can't believe your trip is coming to an end!
I can't believe we are at the last day I don't want to see it end so feel free to drag this last day out as long as you can, this way I won't feel the loss of my daily "Cam" read.
Sorry for the luggage issue, we had that last year, it was so strange (and not fun) having to wait on line at MCO to chck in our bags...definitely DME spoiled.
Love the character interaction on your last day, so glad Stefanie got to visit with Tink and wonderful shots of her with Marie, Aurora and Belle.
I really love all the pictures you got from the Friendship boat - that is now on the top of my list for next year as we still have never gotten on one yet. It really is such a beautiful view of the WS.
Thanks for the information. I was wondering about the color coordination too. Sorry to see your trip coming to an end. I have enjoyed reading about it and look forward to seeing how the rest turns out.
Great start to your last day. The sequence of photos with Aurora is priceless! I do have to say that your shopping list is making my shopping list longer. I definitely have to stop at Basin to get some Dr Spot (trust me--I really need it--you should see the condition of some of my work shirts) and now I have to go search through Mousegears for the auto magnets! I need to Disneyfi my car!
Dr. Spot is terrific. I've even used it on carpet stains because it gets them up. I have the blue monorail on the back of my Edge and the Peace, Love, Mickey on the side panel that runs between the front and back doors. They make me smile!
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I have read a few of your trip reports but it wasn't until I saw your last two days that I noticed you guys color coordinated your outfits. Was that on purpose because it is a great idea. It will be so easy to pick scrapbook page colors.
I love your orange T-Shirt from AK. I'm going to look for one when we go.
We have a zoo near us in columbia, SC where there are giraffes that you can feed and when I look at our pics it makes me think of your great encounters at AKL. Your pics are great, hopefully one day we can stay there.
The pics of Stef with Tink are my favorites, she looks so cute. I hope she is adjusting well to getting back to school instead the her lazy days of summer.
You haven't mentioned your DH's feet, how did they do the rest of the week? We have had people get sick at Disney before but never anything broken. My DH is a big baby when it comes to things like that. He would have been a bear. LOL
We don't usually dress to match on purpose. We did back in November when we went for Christmas because I wanted great holiday pictures. She still has Tuesdays off which allows her to still spend the day in her pjs. Luke's feet were sore the rest of the week and still hurt him off and on even now. But he doesn't let it stop him at all.
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Wonderful photos Cam! I love the fairy photopass borders!
The fairy PhotoPass borders are some of my favorite along with the ones for Toy Story.
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Yeah....Stefanie got to see Tink finally. That's cute how Tink went 'Psst' from the bushes.
Sorry to hear about the luggage thing. Was it only SWA or all airlines that were having problem with the DME software???
Thanks, C
It was just a problem with SWA, hopefully one that will not happen again in the future.
Of course you do a bazillion updates while I'm away, but I'm all caught up now. Looks like you found a bunch of cute stuff on your shopping trip. The photos of the giraffes are amazing, and I can't believe your trip is coming to an end!
I have to write when I'm off from school because I don't have time otherwise. I did my homework tonight from 6:00 until 8:00, so my time on the boards is limited through the week.
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I can't believe we are at the last day I don't want to see it end so feel free to drag this last day out as long as you can, this way I won't feel the loss of my daily "Cam" read.
Sorry for the luggage issue, we had that last year, it was so strange (and not fun) having to wait on line at MCO to chck in our bags...definitely DME spoiled.
Love the character interaction on your last day, so glad Stefanie got to visit with Tink and wonderful shots of her with Marie, Aurora and Belle.
I really love all the pictures you got from the Friendship boat - that is now on the top of my list for next year as we still have never gotten on one yet. It really is such a beautiful view of the WS.
I keep wondering what I'll do when I've got this trip report done, and it is still 7 or 8 months until the next trip.
The luggage situation did steal some of the DME magic for sure.
You've got to ride the Friendship Boats. They are slow but for Stefanie it is a much faster way to get places at Epcot with its large size.
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I just the Epcot borders. They are sooo adorable! How fun to have Tink checking out Stef's tink goodies!
I was really pleased with the Epcot borders this year. Much more colorful!
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I'm loving everything Cam! Thanks so much for sticking with it, even when school makes life busy!
My plan is to stick with it until I'm done. Hopefully another update will come on Saturday.
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Thanks for the information. I was wondering about the color coordination too. Sorry to see your trip coming to an end. I have enjoyed reading about it and look forward to seeing how the rest turns out.
I guess I didn't even notice we coordinated the last few days. We were down to the last outfits packed, so it's actually amazing that we matched.
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No internet for the past week and I find myself way behind in your report. Your last days in teh parks were very enjoyable reading and the pictures were once again GREAT. Your view out the window of your room is fantastic. I have started plannign our next trip and I am really trying to get into one of the AK resorts. Got to go through RCI and trade our timeshare. Not having much luck with that proposition yet. Everything must be booked up for now.
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Stef looked so cute while sharing all her Tink treasures with Tinkerbell, and Tinkerbell looked suitably impressed 
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