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Thank you for sharing such a lovely brunch with us Tara! I would love to splurge and do that one day!
It is totally worth it!!
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Wow, both those sound fabulous! Party for the Senses, and brunch. I’d love to do both sometime (but not the same day!). And how fun to do the Minnie Van! I think those are so cute.
They were both amazing and the Minnie Van is so fun!!
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Such two amazing culinary experiences you had in less than a day! The PFTS event looks absolutely amazing and looks like you all enjoyed it so much. It's done so well in a first class way. With the amount they charge for this I think the wine view lounge is the way to go. The other classes of reservations don't give you the privacy you get with this as you're thrown in with the masses and don't have reserved seating, which would be a hassle considering the price tag. Great food offerings and all the little things like the private bar, cheese cart and great servers make this special. Will have to do this one day, even though so expensive, but not as expensive as Victoria & Albert's.
Your Cali brunch looked amazing as well and glad the four of you enjoyed it so much! I loved this when I did this last year and a great way to start my MK day. The buffet was amazing with all the choices, mimosas and of course the bloody Mary bar, which I took advantage of for a custom one. They were so good. Glad you also enjoyed using the Minnie Vans for the first time. Are these available now from all the resorts? I thought they were just from certain resorts.
They were both favbulous meals and experiences!! The Minnie Van was available at all of the resorts we stayed at and went to!!
It's just as well I wasn't hungry before reading these couple of updates!
Honestly, you didn't know about the entrance between the UK and Canada? I'm really surprised, only because that's where the Millennium Village was in 1999-2000 that highlighted a number of nations - from memory, Ireland, Brazil and Sweden were amongst them? Since then, they've kept the building for special occasions.
We decided to give the Party for the Senses a miss, as we felt the prices got stupidly expensive. Remind me, are the drinks included? By the way, loved the cow photos!
It sounds like a wonderful brunch at the California Grill, but then again, I'd expect nothing less. We're looking to try out the new Minnie van services in January.
Both experiences were amazing, Cheryl!! I really didn't know about that entrance but that is one of the things i love going back!!
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Now that is one heck of a brunch, the desserts look delicious and what wonderful views.
It was fabulous!!
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I always love to read reviews of the CG brunch and yours did not disappoint.
When I last left off, we were waiting for our Minnie. An to pick us up at the Contemporary to take us to AK. Our ride arrived and we met another awesome CM, Steven!! He told us the funniest story on the way there about when he first moved to Florida and was all excited about seeing an alligator on his very first day here. Unfortunately, it turned out to be an armadillo!
He got us safely to our destination in what seemed like no time at all!!
We walked around Discovery Island and did It’s Tough to Be a Bug:
Then we strolled around some more just enjoying this beautiful park:
Then we made our way to Pandora for FP+ on Na’vi River Journey:
The Adlers loved this ride and I was so glad that we were able to switch things up!! We walked around Pandora some more and realized how thirsty we were so we stoped at Satuli Canteen for a drink.
Great shots of the kangaroos!
I always liked It's tough to be a bug, but no one in my family likes it, so we always skip it.
You got some cool photos in Nav'i River Journey too! The couple that I took turned out blurry.
Sounds like a fun day so far! Is the Minnie Van service through Lyft and, if so, do they charge the same as if it was any Lyft service outside of Disney (if that makes any sense)? The vans are so cute! Glad the Adlers enjoyed the Navi River Journey ride so much.
Great time at AK so far and I always enjoyed ITTBAB, but it's over before you know it. Pandora looks amazing glad you all enjoyed NRJ. Love the theming! Funny story from your driver!
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The Party for the Senses does look like an incredible event. Neat analogy to Cinderella. The Minnie vans are just adorable. Brunch at Cali Grill looked like another success in dining!
What a great start to your day! Brunch looks amazing, and you’re off to a great start at AK!!
It was and we were!!
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Looks like a great time at Animal Kingdom, but those skies do look ominous....
It was a bit overcast and if it rained, it was quick and we missed it!!
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Great shots of the kangaroos!
I always liked It's tough to be a bug, but no one in my family likes it, so we always skip it.
You got some cool photos in Nav'i River Journey too! The couple that I took turned out blurry.
Sounds like a fun day so far! Is the Minnie Van service through Lyft and, if so, do they charge the same as if it was any Lyft service outside of Disney (if that makes any sense)? The vans are so cute! Glad the Adlers enjoyed the Navi River Journey ride so much.
It was so fun!! The Minnie Van service is through Lyft and they charge a flat 20 bucks no matter where you go on property! The drivers are all CM's and the two that we had were so much fun to interact with!!
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Great time at AK so far and I always enjoyed ITTBAB, but it's over before you know it. Pandora looks amazing glad you all enjoyed NRJ. Love the theming! Funny story from your driver!
Pandora is so cool!!!
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The Party for the Senses does look like an incredible event. Neat analogy to Cinderella. The Minnie vans are just adorable. Brunch at Cali Grill looked like another success in dining!
We had such a great time here and the gorillas were so active and funny!! We made our over to KS for our next FP+.
Next we went to see FOTLK:
We all loved the show and when we were done, it was just about time for our dinner at Tiffins. The thing is, we realized that after our huge brunch and huge dinne4 last night, none of us were that hungry. I went up to the podium at Tiffins and asked if we could trade our meal for a light one and a some drinks at the Nomad Lounge. The hostess said that it would be no problem at all. We had the dinner package with ROL booked and we were able to just make our last FP+s for the day for the show, so this worked out great!!
We went onto the Nomad Lounge and ordered some drinks and some appetizers to split which worked out perfectly!! We got a cheese tray and a charcuterie tray and we each got a nice adult beverage. However, it took so long for our stuff to come out that I didn’t take any photos of it. We ate it all so I will say it was very good!! I do have a few pictures from the meal:
Finally, we went to our last FP+ of the day to see ROL!
This show was beautiful and we loved the story!! It was very cool how live performers, floats and projections all came together as well!! We will definitely make a point of seeing this next year and we are so glad we finally got a chance to see ROL!!
We headed towards the park exit and stopped for a PP picture on the way out:
We took the bus back to the Boardwalk and again went right to bed.
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The PFTS event looks absolutely amazing and looks like you all enjoyed it so much. It's done so well in a first class way. With the amount they charge for this I think the wine view lounge is the way to go. 
The Minnie Van was available at all of the resorts we stayed at and went to!!
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Funny story from your driver!
The Minnie vans are just adorable. Brunch at Cali Grill looked like another success in dining! 
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