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Feel free to use any of ours. I can even send you the list from last time. I would this year but the menus aren't complete yet.
We did a 4 night on the Dream for our first.
I might take you up on that. Although I might need to include a lot of the Star Wars movies as it is a Star Wars cruise.
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Just joining in and loving this so far. How old are Dylan & Lucas? Themed movie nights sound so awesome. Maybe I could do a watered down version before our first family trip in Fall 2016 (son & Daddy's 1st trip to WDW). Sounds like a great way to immerse them with Disney without being over the top. Can't wait to hear more from you re your trip. Sounds awesome already.
Just joining in and loving this so far. How old are Dylan & Lucas? Themed movie nights sound so awesome. Maybe I could do a watered down version before our first family trip in Fall 2016 (son & Daddy's 1st trip to WDW). Sounds like a great way to immerse them with Disney without being over the top. Can't wait to hear more from you re your trip. Sounds awesome already.
Thanks for joining! Dylan is 7.5 and Lukas is 4.5. They love movie night. Dylan asked today if we were having one this weekend.
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I love your dinner and a movie themed countdowns! So creative!
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Oh, what fun! I just love the themed movie nights with dinner! The Magic is my favorite ship - looking forward to your adventures from Miami and also my fave resort AKL
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I'm so excited you're doing this countdown again!!!! I loved your FB posts with the countdowns.
I'm going to be borrowing a few of your ideas - we're going to begin our July countdown in June once our school year and spring sports wrap up and we can breath. Right now, our only "family" meal on a weekly basis is breakfast.
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I loved your dinner and a movie countdown last time and I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this countdown!
Thanks Aimee!!
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Oh, what fun! I just love the themed movie nights with dinner! The Magic is my favorite ship - looking forward to your adventures from Miami and also my fave resort AKL
So glad to hear you like the Magic so much. We've only sailed the Dream before and loved it. I think the boys will love the new Avenger themed kid's club! We love AKL too, that's why it's our 'other home'.
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I'm so excited you're doing this countdown again!!!! I loved your FB posts with the countdowns.
I'm going to be borrowing a few of your ideas - we're going to begin our July countdown in June once our school year and spring sports wrap up and we can breath. Right now, our only "family" meal on a weekly basis is breakfast.
Yeah, since I'm never on FB anymore, you'll have to come here - maybe Instagram if I decide to share there.
Borrow away!
For a breakfast idea, I've seen the leaning tower of tires from Cars as a stack of mini chocolate donuts, but not sure if that will work for allergies or not.
Movie night is scheduled for tomorrow early evening. Dylan is supposed to have a soccer game at 2:45pm, but they're calling for rain tonight and most of tomorrow.
Anyone want to take a stab at the movie before I post it? I'd say this one fits the theme of cruising.
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