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Old 08-11-2011, 07:26 PM   #16
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Sounds fun. Im glad you like Le Cellier. DH and I are going to try it for the first time in May. Its good to hear a good review of it now. Looking forward to hearing more.
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Old 08-11-2011, 07:54 PM   #17
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It looks like your first and second day was fun. Nice places you picked to eat. Glad you had a great time!!!!
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Glad you had another great day and I am happy to read that you had a great experience at Teppan Edo as we will be eating there for the first time in Nov.
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Day 3: Blizzard Beach and AK

We woke up about 8:30 and ate breakfast at BOMA. It was Delicious as this was

our 2nd time eating there. The Juice is Amazing. We then went to Blizzard Beach

and rode the family ride and one of the smaller slides. We then changed and went

and Played our Mini Golf Voucher at Winter Summerland. That was fun and and

the Theme was soo cute. We went back to AKL and went to Hottub while we had a

drink in our Mugs. We then went to AK and did the Safari for the First time. To

our Surprise the wait was only 20 mins. We enjoyed it and it was very

educational. We then headed to EE. On our way to Safari, We got pics taken in

front of the TREE OF LIFE. The wait at EE, was 30mins. and we waited about 20.

It moved really quick. After EE, we then moved on to looking at some of the Animals.

My DH's feet were hurting so on way out we stopped to look at the Tigers and

Deer. then we headed out to catch the Tram to our car. We went back to hotel and

got ready for dinner at Narcoossees. we headed to MK and caught the Black

Monorail over to the GF. The views were Amazing on the way over to the

restaurant. Again the food was incredible. We were surprised with our own

customized menus for Our Honeymoon. "BEST WISHES FROM NARCOSSEES TO

BRIDGET AND NICK ON THEIR HONEYMOON." It had Cinderella on the top.

We both had the Surf and Turf meal with some Chocolate for dessert. I had the

MAGICAL STAR drink with a Glowing Cube along with my dessert. It was really

good and got a lil buzz lol. It then started Raining so we headed back to

AKL and just watched TV for rest of the evening.

Coming up: day 4 MK
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Another great day topped off by a magical dinner at Narcoosee's!
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DAY 4: MK

We decided to go to MK on our 4th day. We headed oved towards Pirates and we

stopped for some FLOATS first. DH had Pineapple and i had Coke. Really good

and it cooled us off. The wait for Pirates was like 10 mins. So it went really

quick. We then rode BTTMR and Haunted Mansion. BTTMR was a 30 mins wait

and HM was about 5 mins. it was just way to hot so we went back to hotel and

went swimming. we had dinner later that evening at Cali grill and that was thet

TOP meal that we had all week. Sushi Chef is ranked #3 in the WORLD and the

Steak has got top awards 4 yrs in a row. The views were amazing.
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Sounds like you guys are having a great Disneymoon!
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Wow what a great idea to honeymoon with the mouse. Thank you for sharing your vacation with us. Sounds like a good time already. Great food so far.
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Day 5: DHS

We started our day with coffee at the Club. We then went to DHS. We did Star

Tours in 3D which was really awesome. We headed over to TOT and RNRC. Then

my Dh started not feeling good so we headed back to the hotel and got

directions to an ER. We went to Celebration Health. He had some tests done and it

didnt do much. He was having constipation and felt he couldnt eat. So we had

to cancel our ressie at Artist Point. The hostpital didnt much at all. they said

they were gonna admit him for the night, so i went ahead and went back to the

Hotel and packed since we were leaving the next day. I went to MK EMH and did

Space ranger spin. I also managed to find our bride and groom hats. Then he

called me and said come get him. we had the night together after all. It was no

fun riding rides w/o him.

Day 6: we checked out and got some snacks in the club before we hit the road.

We did a lil shopping at the hotel shop before we left. Took a few last pics and

headed home. That was about 12 noon fl time. We got home about 8:30pm CST

even with a few rest stops and one fillup.


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Sorry to hear your DH was sick on your Disneymoon. My DH was sick on our trip in April 2010 and it was tough on our kids. Glad you had some good food and fun while you could and congratulations on the Disneymoon.
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