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Wow, that line is crazy to get in through the GC entrance!! I mean really, how difficult is it??
It really was long and it looked slow to me!
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Originally Posted by chezp
we encountered that in Christmas 2012 and headed for the other entrance and got through with no problem.
I had read that from several people.
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Originally Posted by MayraLR
What a crazy line to enter DCA.
It sure was!!!
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Originally Posted by dutchdisneyfamily
I love the little bottle of ketchup. Too cute! Congrats on the new princess. I had heard that about the line too. Much quicker to go the other way.
I loved that bottle too.
I ended up going the other way and it was very fast.
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Originally Posted by lfredsbo
Congrats on the baby!!!!
Thanks
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Originally Posted by mommapants
congrats on the new edition Grandma.
thanks...but I am not fond of the word Grandma yet. LOL...I am much too young....right?
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Originally Posted by FanOfMickey
Congrats on the BAby!!!! I absolutely love the small bottle of ketchup
thanks!
Wasn't it so cute?
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Congrats on a new grand-daughter.
Thanks. you had asked me how the older kids were doing when we were eating and I was hemming hawwing around that subject. LOL. We had not told Claire yet, and at that point, Paige had not yet told my parents, so I just went with general stuff. LOL.
Paige had called me as soon as she took the test. It wasn't an ideal situation, so she was upset, but now things have settled and she is happy.
Cass and I were going to separate. I forget what she planned to do, but she wasn’t going to go to the park. She might’ve just gone back to the room, or shopped a bit. I decided that since the line was so long I would walk around the resort and take some pictures. She did walk with me for a bit before we parted ways.
This obviously is the quick service restaurant there.
I then strolled out by the pool.
I thought the pools were gorgeous here.
I wish we had more time to spend here and enjoy the pools. We never really had any day time to do so and of course the slide closed at 5 here as well.
They have cabanas to rent here and if I remember right, they are quite pricey.
This hot tub was full of foam. The kids were playing in it and it actually looked pretty gross. We were thinking they may have dumped some shampoo in there.
The gate near our building elevator was right there and I believe Cass then left and went back to the room and I kept on.
Holy cow!!! A real lemon tree with lemons on it!!!! I don’t think I have ever seen one up close before.
that foam definitely looks like someone dumped shampoo or something in there
My daughter would be all over that lemon tree! She loves lemons!!
Same with Claire! She eats every lemon we ever get as a side on a entree or out of a drink we ever get. LOL
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The pool area at the GC looks great! Interesting that they have cushions on the lounge chairs. They must have to move those every time it rains.
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I assume that they are weather resistant....and of course by my title, you know "It's Always Sunny in California!" Stacy told me it rarely rains....ever!!!
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Great shots from around the resort. I agree, that hot tub just does not look right!
I hadn’t realized they had this little lounge area.
I then went up to take pictures from the balcony.
I love this fireplace look.
I continued on exploring.
I next headed outside to check out this area I had seen the day before. I had thought the monorail went through the building somewhere, but I knew you couldn’t see it inside…so I basically was on a quest to see where it was.
There it is.
It was pretty over here so I took a lot of pictures.
There goes the monorail!
Those people were trying to go to the park and they thought this was a shortcut, but really it’s a dead end, so they all had to turn around and I told them how to get there. LOL.
Dead end!
I decided now I would head over to California Adventure and see how the Radiator Springs Racer single rider line was.
I went through DTD though. The line was still really long out of the Grand and though I heard it moved fast, I just was not in the mood to mess with it.
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we encountered that in Christmas 2012 and headed for the other entrance and got through with no problem.
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I agree, that hot tub just does not look right! 
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