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Holy photos, Batman! I can't believe how different DCA looks now. I couldn't picture just where things were on Buena Vista St. until you had that photo where the monorail goes through. Wow! That one shot at RSR looks especially like it could be out west somewhere - with that red color from the sunrise. Awesome!
Mmm, that turkey looked delicious! And yes, what is with the foam?
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l love seeing all your photos from DCA. I didn't expect to like that park and I loved it. Cars Land is absolutely incredible. Even the merchandise was great! I loved that they had t-shirts and magnets that looked like they were from locations in a real Radiator Springs, not from a theme park.
I was excited about BL at DL when I heard that you can pick up the guns. Well, guess what? I did worse than I did at WDW where you can't pick them up - lol! Now I just stick to Toy Story.
Well, I am now seriously pricing out DL vacations for next year instead of WDW. I wish we could swing both. How many days would you recommend to really have a good amount of time at both parks? We usually take an afternoon break each day and would stay at one of the DL resorts.
I really like your comparisons of the rides at DLR vs. WDW. I know someday I'll eventually be able to try them all myself, but for now it's nice to know that DLR does do some things better...I'm always so jealous when I hear about all the amazing things at WDW!
That turkey meal at Flo's looks yummy! I've only had breakfast there, but now I'm going to have try lunch!
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Awesome photos of Carsland....where the heck was everyone...on line for RSR I imagine?
What a great surprise the F! Dessert Party was....we have done it as well and stayed afterwards for the FW. Sadly, we also had issues with an allergy friendly dessert plate for Izzy. I felt so bad...I couldn't eat mine while sitting next to her and her sad plate of grapes and strawberries...
Kudos to Zack for an awesome crane prize...what an extra special birthday surprise!
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Love love love your pictures! I got the same song and dance about GF desserts at Fantasmic! in April. I still think it was worth it for the seat and awesome view! I am curious about where Eileen had GF troubles at DLR. Zoie and I were treated like princesses (other than the $80 fruit ). Carsland is so immersive and well done. The imagineers really outdid themselves. We also had Radiator Springs Racers down first thing in the morning. The people who had early entry waited forever. We did Luigis while two of our party waited in the 40 minute Fastpass line. Then we rode Luigis again all together. We hit the single rider line after that and waited about 30 minutes. The poor people riding with us had come in for early entry and waited two and half hours. We used our Fastpasses for a ride at night. which is now my favorite way to ride. Can't wait to read more!
I am so with you - some of those photos, you'd never believe were taken in a theme park. The theming is just amazing. I'm also now really excited by the new entrance to the park - that looks so much better than I thought it would from the artists' designs we saw last time we were there.
I am curious about where Eileen had GF troubles at DLR.
For the most part, I was always able to get something GF to eat. The difference (IMHO) between WDW and DLR is with the number of options available. At WDW, I had three or four things to choose from. At DLR, it was more "here's the item that's GF." For example, at Carthay Circle, there was nothing chocolate for dessert. Nothing. My only option was fruit. At this point, I was so sick of fruit, I would rather have had nothing. (And this was their premiere restaurant!) That said, they baked me an entire loaf of tasty GF bread. I ate that whole freakin' basket of bread... by myself!!
Luckily, the thing offered for the entree was almost always what I would've ordered if I didn't have Celiac disease, so it was all good in the end.
And a shout out needs to go to the lovely chef at Minnie's -- he made me a TERRIFIC omelette for breakfast. YUMM-O!
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How many days would you recommend to really have a good amount of time at both parks? We usually take an afternoon break each day and would stay at one of the DL resorts.
looks so delicious!
). Carsland is so immersive and well done. The imagineers really outdid themselves. We also had Radiator Springs Racers down first thing in the morning. The people who had early entry waited forever. We did Luigis while two of our party waited in the 40 minute 
Fastpass line. Then we rode Luigis again all together. We hit the single rider line after that and waited about 30 minutes. The poor people riding with us had come in for early entry and waited two and half hours. We used our Fastpasses for a ride at night. 
which is now my favorite way to ride. Can't wait to read more!
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The theming is just amazing. 
I'm also now really excited by the new entrance to the park - that looks so much better than I thought it would from the artists' designs we saw last time we were there.
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