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Old 11-13-2007, 08:50 AM   #16
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People just need to learn to trust Passporters, maybe if you send them a picture they will then believe you know what your talking about. Have a great trip!!!
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Old 11-13-2007, 09:04 AM   #17
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UGH! People like that drive me NUTS!!!! One of my students told me that there were no water parks on Disney property!
O-kay! Whatever!
This one I can understand . . . a child probably didn't do the research and mom and dad may have told your student that there were no water parks because they didn't want to spend the extra money.

However, for the co-worker . . . maybe to be more snarky, say 'no, they only close them when you're there . . . at least one water park is open for everyone else'
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Old 11-13-2007, 09:18 AM   #18
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We must really all think alike, because my first thought was take lots af pictures and be sure to show them around at work!
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its one thing if you know what you are talking about..... its completly another when you DONt know what you are talking about but you think you do..... (did that make sense?...its early)

my mom tells me my priorities are wrong evrey time i say i wanna go back. i tihnk my sanity deserves a high priority darnit!!! and getting away from my reality helps to save it. so THERE!!!

we will take pictures of our kids playing in the pool and send it back to them
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Hey I have that same co-worker here in my Office

She swears up and down that all the water rides, pools and water parks close during the winter, to which I promptly told her : they don't, the pools are all heated. She is also the one that told me too bad you won't be able to go on the submarine ride(20K) it will also be closed because it is winter. excuse me but that ride has been closed for years...... No we just rode it in 2003 Yes she lives in her on little Dizzy World
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I hope she's not in charge of anything important at your work, like research or something. Because obviously, she's not too bright!!!
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: thank goodness

She also says they had dinner with Aladdin at his show
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You guys are great-you've given me LOTS of ideas of things to do when we come back!!

I knew I was going to bring pictures back.....I'll make sure I leave one of us by the Typhoon Lagoon sign just for her!!


I also forgot to add she goes "well did you all know that nowadays they will MAKE YOU UP to be a princess for a small sum of 200??!! You HAVE to get all made up (costume and all).....UGH! I didn't say a word to this either....she had the IDEA right....but you don't have to do the whole package!! <sheesh>!
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Oh I am going to suggest that you find a Photopass Photographer at TL to take the picture as you come off the water slide. I have a really great one of DGS (4) on the water slide at TL .......
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A picture is definitely worth a thousand words...
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