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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!
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Shopping, lunch and photopass problem solved. Friday Part 5
There are not many pics for this post, sorry about that.
We left the hotel and walked over to the outlet store we saw. They had great prices although not a huge selection. I got gifts for the grandkids, a fridge magnet, some postcards, and DD found a Dumbo that was less than $20. I know it would have been more in the parks. By this time we were getting pretty hungry and since there was a Denny's next store that's where we went. DD got chicken strips and fries and I got nachos which ended up being a little too spicy for me but I ate most of them anyway because I was hungry.
Here's my one pic for this post. DD with Dumbo while we are waiting for lunch.
We made out way back to the hotel and still had to wait 10-15 minutes for our room and then when we got there the maid was just finishing up.
DL's photopass is set up to purchase each day which I didn't like but had no choice. I had purchased Wednesday's. When I checked my account on Thursday some of the photos were missing. So I stopped by the camera shop to explain and ask about the photographers being at stations because I had tried 4 times to find the photographer at the Matterhorn backdrop and no one was ever there. The person I was talking to got the manager and while we were talking he suggested I not purchase photopass until I saw the pictures for each day to decide if I wanted them which was a thought because so far on Thursday there were only 1-2 pictures on the account.
Anyway, the manager recommended I call this number to ask about missing photos and he said they are the ones not only to fix the problem but could combine Wednesdays and Thursday's without extra cost.
While resting at the hotel, I called the number and explained. She immediately asked who I had spoke to, I don't think she was happy. I didn't know his name, just that he was a manager. Even with that she looked at my account and combined all my photos from Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning onto one day that I had already paid for!
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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!
Dumbo was too cute...great price too. What an annoyance regarding the missing photos but glad someone was able to help you and also saved you money along the way too.
Love finding a good deal! How awesome about your photo combo
Deals are awesome.
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Great that you got a deal on combining your photos!
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I was surprised that they gave me all three days and put it under the one day I had paid but very happy.
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Dumbo was too cute...great price too. What an annoyance regarding the missing photos but glad someone was able to help you and also saved you money along the way too.
After our rest, my back had eased some so we made our way back to California Adventure. We had FP's for RSR I managed to get some photos while on the ride.
And after we got off the ride
We had ADR's at Wine County Trattoria so we made our way there. We were a little bit early but it wasn't a problem as they took us right in an upstairs.
We sat in a booth, I liked this painting on the wall.
The one wall had windows without glass so open to outside.
Our menu.
While we waited for our order I went over to the wall openings to get a photo.
Our bread and my iced tea arrived.
I ordered Italian Wedding soup and it was delicious. I wish I had the recipe.
DD got a salad.
DD's main course was spaghetti.
And my was chicken and noodles of some type. This was ok, nothing to write home about.
And then desert arrived!
Now if you remember, I tried the chocolate macaroon Tuesday evening at DTD and wasn't impressed. On our desert plate there was some type of berry flavored one and it was quite good. Much better than the chocolate one.
Now that we were pleasantly full. I had booked here for the WOC package and although I would have liked to see the show again I also knew I needed rest for tomorrow. My back was still out and I was dealing with a lot of pain; in fact we had discussed renting a scooter for tomorrow, which is not something I would normally do, however, if I didn't want to only go to DL for a few hours and end up spending the rest of the day in a small hotel room I might have no other choice. I talked to DD about not staying for WOC. We would have to wait for about an hour before the line even opened and I wanted nothing more than a bath and to lay down for awhile.
DD agreed and so we made our way back to the hotel, I got a bath, DD watched a little TV and we made an early night of it.
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Sorry about your back and it's a shame you weren't able to see World of Color again, but then again, it sounds like the next day was wonderful. Can't wait to hear all about that.
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