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What a fun meal and a lovely variety of characters - so rare to find these days.
I know, we really enjoyed the characters here.
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We loved that character breakfast too! Soooo many fun celebrities to meet
Definitely!
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That is an interesting mix of characters - many that rare or not even out at all n in WDW. Definitely a worthwhile meal with regards to the number of characters.
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Although I would not normally paid that much for breakfast but the characters made it totally worth it.
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Looked like a good brunch at the Plaza with plenty of great interaction with the characters!
It was!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
Wow! That is a lot of character interaction at one meal!
For sure!
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Originally Posted by KimmyAnn1147
Yes, that is really a fantastic assortment of characters. So glad you were able to fall into the magic with Dale and Max!
I am already feeling sad that your trip is close to an end!!!
I had never met either and they were hammin' it up. It was a meet to remember. I feel sort of sad too...but in August I'll be starting my Europe trip and there will be a Disneyland Paris segment.
There certainly was. After a great morning and then this character meal was outstanding, you can see why we thought it was the best day we've ever had in a Disney Park.
I know I'm almost done with this TR. I hope to finish it up before we leave for Europe next Thursday. DD graduated! All family's gone home, packed up and moved most of stuff this past weekend, now after work am unpacking and trying to put house together. Should have home internet up today.
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Thanks, I don't think she's wrapped her mind around the fact yet that there's no more high school. She made me laugh when after the grad ceremony she was talking about having to go to school the next day and was quite insistent until I told her that if she went to school she'd have to sign in as a visitor.
I'm so sorry I didn't get to finish this before I left. I have been so swamped with everything going on. I just finished packing for my Europe trip at midnight and was making a list of things to take care of while I'm gone and thought I'd do a quick post before I'm off to bed, hopefully before 1AM, for a nap because the alarm set to ring at 4AM. Hope everyone's having a wonderful summer.
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Hello all! I am determined to complete this TR. I know it has drug on so long...which I apologize for . I was nearly ready to start my Europe trip but told myself I was not allowed to start it until I finished this one! So here I am again, of course since photo bucket went wonko, most of previous photos cannot be seen and I could not get Flickr to share here no matter what I tried so I had to find another site. I did find one that is extremely easy to use and so far am happy with.
When I had left off, the choir had left yesterday and it was just DD and I. I had rented a scooter due to back issues but would not have been able to do much today without it. This morning we had already ridden a few rides and I found out that if I went to the exit of rides the CM would give us a return time and we could go in the exits to get on the ride without having to wait in long lines which was amazing especially since it was quite crowded today. We and met Peter Pan , Genie, Jasmine & Aladen, then had breakfast at the Plaza with a wonderful set of characters, in fact the picture above is the selfie that DD took, I finally found it!
If you've followed along this TR , you might remember that I lost my notes and although DD and I pieced some notes together...in the move I've misplaced those so that means I am using what pictures and my old memory to complete this. I do not remember specific order but I do know we went on BTMR twice, on HM, POTC, IASW, and Winnie the Pooh. Here are pics from our day
Both DD and I like flowers
DD takes interesting photos, here's a few of hers
That's all folks, for this post anyway. I will wrap up The Best Day Ever in the next post; hope you'll join me for the finish.
That is the nice thing at DL - the return time for rides if you have a scooter or wheelchair. Especially on the Fantasyland rides as it gets so crowded back there. We used that on our last trip to DL.
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. I know it has drug on so long...which I apologize for 
. I was nearly ready to start my Europe trip but told myself I was not allowed to start it until I finished this one! So here I am again, of course since photo bucket went wonko, most of previous photos cannot be seen and I could not get Flickr to share here no matter what I tried so I had to find another site. I did find one that is extremely easy to use and so far am happy with
to complete this. I do not remember specific order but I do know we went on BTMR twice, on HM, POTC, IASW, and Winnie the Pooh. Here are pics from our day
Which site did you find to use?
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