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I don't know how I missed this TR until now! It sounds like such a wonderful trip for the 3 of you, but oh my goodness your falls! I'm glad none of them were too serious! I hope my daughter wants to do a mom and me trip with me some day! I'm pretty sure she will!
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Sorry you fell for the third time! But you know what, I think you have a record there.
Breakfast at CP looked great! Loved the shot with the castle in the background! And walking up an empty Main St is priceless. So sad this tr is coming to an end but I can still go back and read your old ones.
Really enjoying the TR!! Next trip though your daughters might want to invest in some knee and elbow pads for you..keep you from having to do so much explaining to the DH when you get home how you got so beat up during the trip!! Can't wait to read more!!
I'm sorry you fell again, but am glad you are able to laugh it off and not let it get you down. Good for you! Sounds like your last day is off to a great start with great character interaction, yummy food and good company!
CP is such a fun way to start the day, especially when it's the last day!
I don't know how I missed this TR until now! It sounds like such a wonderful trip for the 3 of you, but oh my goodness your falls! I'm glad none of them were too serious! I hope my daughter wants to do a mom and me trip with me some day! I'm pretty sure she will!
So glad you found my TR! It surely was a great time for the three of us!
Sorry you fell for the third time! But you know what, I think you have a record there.
Breakfast at CP looked great! Loved the shot with the castle in the background! And walking up an empty Main St is priceless. So sad this tr is coming to an end but I can still go back and read your old ones.
It probably is a record!
Glad you've enjoyed following along. Yes, definitely, check out my other TRs!
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Really enjoying the TR!! Next trip though your daughters might want to invest in some knee and elbow pads for you..keep you from having to do so much explaining to the DH when you get home how you got so beat up during the trip!! Can't wait to read more!!
Ah, yes, elbow and knee pads would have been a good thing!
I was giving DH a play by play each time I called.
He usually ended our conversations by saying "Be careful, now!"
Day 7 – part 2: Dreams really do come true at Disney!
We walked back down to the photo shop and explained our predicament with the lost photopass card. I told the CM that I knew the name of the last person to take our picture, but she said unfortunately, with the system at the MK, that would not help. If we’d have been at the Epcot photo shop they have the capability to do that. She assured us she would find our photos; it would just take longer. We started by telling her what time we’d entered Epcot that day and she did a search for photos at the entrance between 4 and 5. As she scrolled through all the photos taken at that time, we stopped her when we saw the pictures of us. Then, when she’d found our account, she had to copy each photo onto a new card for us. It was quite a process, but thankfully, we had not lost all our photos! We walked away from the photo shop saying “Yes, Dreams really do come true at Disney World!”
We then picked up FPs for the Storybook Princess Meet and Greet and then waited in line for pictures with my favorite English nanny…
We decided to head for Fantasyland via the castle tunnel, and stopped for some photos on the way.
We rode Peter Pan’s Flight which was only a 10 minute wait in the stand-by line. Then the carousel with no wait.
And then the tea cups, which were making a very loud banging sound before the ride came to a stop each time.
While I waited for the girls on the tea cups (because I don’t do spinning rides) a photopass photographer came up to us and took their picture, then my picture with the girls in the background.
After the tea cups we had a photo op with Alice and the white Rabbit. Then we checked out the Fairy Tale Garden with Rapunzel. The line was pretty long, so we didn’t wait, but Katie took a few photos from afar.
Then we rode Winnie the Pooh with a 10 minute wait.
Then a few photos with the Fairy Godmother.
And then we headed over to Liberty Square and the Haunted Mansion for another ride in the Doombuggies. On the way I pointed out to the girls that the building you walk under to get from Fantasyland to Liberty Square is Tudor style on the one side and Colonial style on the other. They always get a kick out of my Disney trivia knowledge!
HM was only a 5 minute wait. We skipped the interactive queue this time.
It was almost time to leave, but first we headed back down Main Street for our date with the princesses!
We were the only ones in the FP line and the princesses had just come back from a break, so we were the first to go into the room. First Cinderella.
Then Belle
And then Aurora, who asked us where we were from and when we told her Buffalo, NY, she hollered over to Belle “Belle, Dear, these people are from Buffalo, NY!” Then she said to us, “Belle has good friends who live in Buffalo.”
Up next: DTD for lunch at Wolfgang Puck"s Express!
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I'm pretty sure she will! 
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You all got some more awesome pictures this day, too. Super castle shots, too! 
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