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Great start! I have a feeling my 4 year old is going to go nuts over Duffy when we are there in September!
If they're anything like my girls, I'd count on it!
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Great Start Beth!! Can't wait to read more.
I should have an update this afternoon.
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Great start Beth! Cant wait for more!
Thanks!
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Great start, Beth!
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Great start and I love the Duffy bears. Good thing my DD 8 didn't realize he had all kinds of different outfits or we would have been in trouble!
It seems like they're everywhere! I'm surprised you were able to keep them under wraps!
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I did find Duffy for my DD this past weekend on my trip - and brought him home in the middle of the night and set him on her desk.......she was so excited when she woke and saw him!!!
I'm sorry I didn't see your last message. I'd kind of been avoiding PP while I readjusted to life! That's great that you surprised DD with her Duffy!
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What a great start Beth - too funny how she just threw the bag to the side. I am sure that you were over the edge with excitement by then...glad that Duffy was coming along, I am sure he had a lot to share with the litle one when he returned Can't wait to hear more.
That's actually pretty typical of DD. If it doesn't directly involve her - or she is under the impression that it doesn't - she doesn't pay any attention to it!
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Great start!
Thanks!
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Great start
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Oh I am so excited you started your trip report! I cannot wait to hear more. And I definately cannot wait to see the pictures.
Surprisingly, I didn't take as many geeky details pictures as I usually do, but I do have some really good ones of Duffy!
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Great start!
Thanks for reading!
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Great start for your trip--can't believe your daughter just tossed the bag in the back seat!
I should have set it up better. "Hey, what's that bag on your seat?"
Oh yay!!! I can't wait to read all the details now... You're such a sneaky mom, I love how you surprised her!
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So, the surprise was revealed, we hugged and kissed the members of our family not lucky enough to be traveling with us, and made the very short trip to the airport, arriving at the quick park location about 10 minutes later. We parked, a bus pulled right up to our car (DD thought that was very ), and we were off to the airport on an otherwise empty bus.
We got to the airport and through security with relative ease and had a bit of time to kill while we waited for boarding. We debated going to the other end of the terminal to hit the Earl of Sandwich location there, but figured we'd hit it at Downtown Disney. (Spoiler alert: we didn't.) DD got a smoothie from McDonalds, and I was still stuffed from the big breakfast we'd just had, so I believe I may have gotten a bottle of Pepsi to take on the plane.
We headed to our gate, where we found out that the flight was full, and they were encouraging people to check their carryon bags. Well, we had a connecting flight through Atlanta, and I didn't really trust Airtran to get my bag to me with a stop in between, so I consolidated our four bags into three and figured we were all set. (And we were!)
Duffy was nice and comfy while we waited to go on our adventure!
The first leg of the journey was the longer one, and DD (and Duffy) did fine. She had a little trouble with her ears, and I don't know if it's because they don't go up as high when it's such a short flight, but mine hurt quite a bit.
I was glad to see that when we arrived in Atlanta, our next gate was in the same terminal, and we didn't have to go to the next one over, like my research had indicated. We found the gate with no problem, and I was able to check into a brand new state on Gowalla! (If you're not familiar with Gowalla, it's an app that you can check in wherever you go and earn cool badges. They've partnered with Disney, so I was very excited to use it at WDW. This won't be the last time you'll hear me talk about Gowalla!)
DD called my mother-in-law to tell her the news, and worked on the Disney World travel journal that I'd made up, so the time passed quickly. Duffy watched a little "Tangled" on my iPod.
We took off again, landed again and were on our way to the Alamo kiosk to get a car. I'd gotten a great deal ($41!) at the last minute, and I figured we'd be able to cram just a tiny bit more in if we were the queens of our own transportation, so I went for it. There were two cars in the compact row, and one was occupied, so we went for the other one. When we opened up the doors, an overwhelming odor of cigarette smoke greeted us.
I flagged down one of the attendants, and explained our situation. He pointed us in the direct of a free upgrade! I gave DD the choice, and after quite a bit of contemplation, we chose a Nissan Cube because it was the most unique car on the lot and we'd be sure to find it in a crowd!
We have never arrived at WDW at night, so it was a bit of a challenge to find our way in the dark. Before too long, we saw this beautiful sight:
We made it to Pop and went to get our folder from the online checkin desk. We'd been given 80s, where we'd stayed the last time we were here. I would have been concerned if we hadn't rented a car, but I didn't see us using the food court all that often, so I figured we'd be okay.
We dropped our bags in our room and headed back to the food court, where we grabbed our refillable mugs, courtesy of the QSDP, and split a pizza while watching a bit of Suite Life on Deck. It was about 9 pm by this time, and we did have rope drop plans, so after a little bit of swimming in the Computer Pool...
...and got ready for bed. I had one more surprise up my sleeve, though. DD had been looking for a full-sized Tramp to go with his full-sized Lady and her miniature Lady and Scamp for a quite a while. A while back, Disney Store had a buy-one-get-one-free plush sale, and we'd picked up a Sorcerer Mickey for me and a Tramp for DD! I'd hidden it in her suitcase and she was so very excited to see him! He and Duffy got along very well!
DD and I discussed our options, and we decided to go to the Studios in the morning and Blizzard Beach in the afternoon. The alarm was set for 7:45 and we both went to sleep fairly quickly!
Up next: would our day turn out as we'd planned? And would Duffy enjoy himself?
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Love all the Duffy pictures so far. Stefanie is reading your report with me as we are huddled in the hallway due to a tornado warning. She is happier because I've said we can look for a Duffy and some outfits when we get there in a couple of weeks. I love the idea of hiding a present in the suitcase. I'm going to borrow that idea.
Love all the Duffy pictures so far. Stefanie is reading your report with me as we are huddled in the hallway due to a tornado warning. She is happier because I've said we can look for a Duffy and some outfits when we get there in a couple of weeks. I love the idea of hiding a present in the suitcase. I'm going to borrow that idea.
Cam, I'm praying that those tornados pass you right by!
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That's great that you surprised DD with her Duffy!
You're such a sneaky mom, I love how you surprised her!
Unfortunately, DD11 was about 15 minutes late for her babysitting class.
I gave DD the choice, and after quite a bit of contemplation, we chose a Nissan Cube because it was the most unique car on the lot and we'd be sure to find it in a crowd!
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