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Since we had time, I led DD over to Monsters Inc., she did not remember this ride from 2009.
We liked the theme-ing.
We left Monsters and headed to visit Heimlich in Bugs Land. He always makes me smile. On the way we saw a display for Once Upon a Time (tv show) and DD loved this dress and insisted we take a photo.
A bug's land speaker
Waiting for the ride to start.
Watermelon, yum! My favorite fruit.
As we were leaving Bug's land we discovered these guys hiding in the bushes.
We headed toward Cars Land and this met us on the way.
We were getting hungry and decided to have brunch and try Flo's.
Here's DD's.
and mine.
There weren't too many people here so it was quiet.
We finished and headed for RSR since our FP's were ready.
Here we are. The previous photo they put in our account with Karen was not us but at least this one was correct.
DD even figured out where the camera was and posed.
Up Next: Sitting on a porch and a visit with Walt.
Great time in DL with some great attractions and a good meal at Flo's!
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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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I just got all caught up with your TR! Sounds like a wonderful trip so far (except for the squabbling chaperones and your back problems). I just got back last week from WDW and my DDs HS band marched in the parade at MK, and they also did a backstage workshop in Epcot that sounds very similar to what your DD did. I was not a chaperone, but I did make the trip. There were 183 people in DDs group, including band, chorus, orchestra, directors, and chaperones. Luckily, they were very organized.
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Great time in DL with some great attractions and a good meal at Flo's!
It was!
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Originally Posted by pamcarey
I just got all caught up with your TR! Sounds like a wonderful trip so far (except for the squabbling chaperones and your back problems). I just got back last week from WDW and my DDs HS band marched in the parade at MK, and they also did a backstage workshop in Epcot that sounds very similar to what your DD did. I was not a chaperone, but I did make the trip. There were 183 people in DDs group, including band, chorus, orchestra, directors, and chaperones. Luckily, they were very organized.
Thanks for reading. 183? Wow! I thought our 28 was a handful. That's amazing!
I'm curious about the random Matterhorn photo! I'm enjoying your tr. Your dd has a lot of personality, that's clear from the photo. Love that she wants to take care of mom!
It was almost like we weren't with a school group.
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Originally Posted by KimmyAnn1147
I'm curious about the random Matterhorn photo! I'm enjoying your tr. Your dd has a lot of personality, that's clear from the photo. Love that she wants to take care of mom!
That''s weird. I thought it was a picture from over by RSR! Thanks for reading. DD does have a fun personality and a big heart
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Originally Posted by xwewhisper
So glad you were able to find a bench and then take it slow to let your back rest up! Looks like a great start to the morning!
Sitting on a porch and a visit with Walt. Friday Part 3
We meandered our way towards DL. I stopped at a ticket booth because we had extended our flight back to Sunday and we coming back tomorrow, Saturday just us. Well, the CM insisted we both had to upgrade our ticket (because we got a really good deal apparently), than add on Saturday. I should have just waited and purchased 2 one day tickets. We probably would have only spent half the amount we ended up spending but I didn't think about it then.
Anyway, back to the TR. I needed to sit for a bit and that's what we were looking for as we came into Main street except we found the goodie store first
Doesn't this look deliscious? DD got a big lollipop (lasts longer) and I got a brownie or fudge I'm sure. Almost across from the desert store was a porch with 2 chairs so we snagged them. I snapped this pic as we crossed Main.
You can see the sky, it was not friendly.
Here is the view from 'our' porch and DD's lollipop.
after sitting for a bit, maybe 45 minutes - people watching. We saw quite a few people who were dressed up almost like a Disney character but in their own clothes, not a costume. DD calls it Disney Bounding. I decided we should do something since we still had some time prior to meeting the choir. I talked DD into standing here for a pic.
So DD said I had to - too, I didn't mind.
We had been watching characters around main st. but decided to check out the Walt museum. So that's up next
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Sitting on a porch and a visit with Walt. Friday Part 4
Since I lost my original notes, I don't remember what this place in called. It's on the right side as you walk into DL. I took several pics.
Love old books and magazines
Congress was informed about the Magic Kingdom? Amazing!
Thought these guys were so cute
I love this painting, I would like it hanging in my house!
We went to meet the choir group, walked back to the hotel and picked up luggage and waited outside for the bus. Once they were all on, DD and I waved goodbye. I heard later and still today ( a year later) that people wished they knew that they could have stayed longer because they would have and others were jealous because we stayed.
We were changing hotels and began the walk to find our new one. On the way we found a convience store and I picked up something to drink and foam inserts for DD to give her feet a little padding. I spotted the Disney discount store but didn't want to stop while dragging a suitcase, even if it was only a carry-on and our personal item. We found the hotel but our room wasn't ready yet. It was around 1:00 at this point so we asked about storing our luggage which they did, once we got that squared away we went back to the Disney store and although the selection was not large they had amazing prices!
Up next, shopping, lunch, photopass problems solved,
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Thanks for reading. DD does have a fun personality and a big heart
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