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I hope you are still able to enjoy everything on the rain!! Congrats on becoming Annual Passholders!! We loved Anna and Elsa!! Last December was the first time we saw them in their new home and it was just adorable!!
I thought their new home was adorable too. I could stop soaking in all the details.
Looks like you enjoyed Anna and Elsa! Too bad Frozen was broken down as it seems to be a regular thing! I hope you got to ride it later this day. Too bad for the drought breaking on your trip as not what you want! Just need to make the best of it and do a lot of indoor things.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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So glad you've started the TR! Sounds like a rough start, but it's good that the CM at check-in was able to straighten things out for you. We haven't done the Anna and Elsa M&G, but I'm looking forward to doing it this fall with our granddaughter. Anna and Elsa are favorites of hers. It looks very cute!
You started after I logged out yesterday and now I'm two updates behind. But I'm getting there. Sorry the technology mix ups, but it sounds like the CM at check in was wonderful. We've not done the Anna and Elsa meet & greet, so it was nice to see photos of that area.
Great start. I'm sorry your friend doesn't get the way you do Disney but I'm glad you still had a good time despite her and the mishaps with technology and luggage.
Sorry about the rough start! Disney technology can be so frustrating! Hopefully everything looks up from here!
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Disney technology has definitely been more frustrating than usual lately!
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Looks like you enjoyed Anna and Elsa! Too bad Frozen was broken down as it seems to be a regular thing! I hope you got to ride it later this day. Too bad for the drought breaking on your trip as not what you want! Just need to make the best of it and do a lot of indoor things.
We were okay with the drought being over. Our traveling friend not so much.
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So glad you've started the TR! Sounds like a rough start, but it's good that the CM at check-in was able to straighten things out for you. We haven't done the Anna and Elsa M&G, but I'm looking forward to doing it this fall with our granddaughter. Anna and Elsa are favorites of hers. It looks very cute!
It is beautiful in there. They were fun to meet.
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You started after I logged out yesterday and now I'm two updates behind. But I'm getting there. Sorry the technology mix ups, but it sounds like the CM at check in was wonderful. We've not done the Anna and Elsa meet & greet, so it was nice to see photos of that area.
It's did have some amazing details. The CM was very helpful.
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Great start. I'm sorry your friend doesn't get the way you do Disney but I'm glad you still had a good time despite her and the mishaps with technology and luggage.
Thanks. Those mishaps didn't help things, but we were there and happy they turned out in the end.
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Love the pictures of Elsa & Anna's home! My guys don't care for meet & greets (& I'm too chicken to go solo) so I miss those cute little details. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
Sorry for the rough start! Hopefully things got better.
Also, sorry about the difficulties with Connie. That's why I don't like to travel to Disney with other people. We have our way of touring and not everyone understands that.
I always do solo and works for me as I'm the boss of all the planning and the itinerary which works well for me!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I love my friends and have had great memories of weekend getaways with them but I would not want to take a WDW vaca with them. There's a certain point of relaxation you just can't get when you're not alone with your family I find. It's crazy how much rain Florida got that week. My parents sent me a pic of the lake behind their house...they live near WDW...and it was almost empty...fast forward 2 days and the level of the lake went up 6 feet! Wow.
Sorry Frozen was down. At least you got to meet Anna and Elsa.
Is sure does break down a lot. Anna and Elsa were fun!
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I love the Anna and Elsa pictures, it looks beautiful. Can't wait to read more.
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Love the pictures of Elsa & Anna's home! My guys don't care for meet & greets (& I'm too chicken to go solo) so I miss those cute little details. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
I have found that I have more fun with the meet and greets as an adult by myself or with friends than with my kids lol! I also have anxiety. I get it.
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Sorry for the rough start! Hopefully things got better.
Also, sorry about the difficulties with Connie. That's why I don't like to travel to Disney with other people. We have our way of touring and not everyone understands that.
Yes, we figured out pretty quickly that we will never travel like that ever again. It's just hard.
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I always do solo and works for me as I'm the boss of all the planning and the itinerary which works well for me!
Solo trips are the best!
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I love my friends and have had great memories of weekend getaways with them but I would not want to take a WDW vaca with them. There's a certain point of relaxation you just can't get when you're not alone with your family I find. It's crazy how much rain Florida got that week. My parents sent me a pic of the lake behind their house...they live near WDW...and it was almost empty...fast forward 2 days and the level of the lake went up 6 feet! Wow.
I agree. I don't feel like playing host on vacation. And yes, it was just a lot of rain!
We went into Biergarten and we're seated close to the floor with a great view of the stage. We were at a table with a lovely woman and her two sweet girls.
Connie and Tim were having fun already.
Our server was fantastic. Our meal was delicious. And the band Had's the whole restaurant participate in a song wishing us a happy 25th anniversary trip.
Tim stated that this is a must do again. Everyone enjoyed it. When we got out, a monsoon had begun. Like it was raining so hard like that scene in Forrest Gump where it was hitting the puddles and raining up. So we looked in the Christmas shop for a bit. Tim bought a poncho since he was the only one without one. Meanwhile I noticed in the app the Frozen Ever After was up and running again. So what else to do, but head to Norway. Ponchos on, we headed out.
I was too stuffed from dinner to ride anything. So I hung out in the gift shop while everyone else rode. I wasn't feeling to hot. Meanwhile I ran into my buddy Mark, who was also stranded in Norway. Ironically. He waited to meet up with the boys as they came off the ride. He was with friends so he headed off with them and we went and rode Spaceship Earth. Dripping wet. That was a new one. We got stuck on this ride twice. I was a bit worried we'd have to hike down a million stairs at some point but it turned out fine.
We were tired. No surprise there. So we headed back to the resort and caught the Bob Jackson show. Wet and all. We were in good company.
It was a fun show. Connie didn't enjoy it. I'm glad we caught it though. He's an icon. We then headed to our room. Preston's luggage had arrived. I packed up what he would need for his senior pictures the next day and had no problem sleeping that night.
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We loved Anna and Elsa!! Last December was the first time we saw them in their new home and it was just adorable!!
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Too bad Frozen was broken down as it seems to be a regular thing! 
I hope you got to ride it later this day. Too bad for the drought breaking on your trip as not what you want! 
But I'm getting there. Sorry the technology mix ups, but it sounds like the CM at check in was wonderful. We've not done the Anna and Elsa meet & greet, so it was nice to see photos of that area. 
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