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I'm caught up, and just have a few comments. First, you got some wonderful shots of KSC. What a great perspective!
You wait until you see our photos from our day that - I'm hoping it will inspire a few people (you included ) to head over there, as it's well worth a visit now.
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I have been wondering about a stay at THV, and I think I am not in a big hurry. I have stayed at SSR once and enjoyed it, though we were in the Grandstand part and were the first bus stop, which I heartily recommend. I love Bay Lake Tower as you know!
I have to say you did a very good sales job with Bay Lake, not helping when I really need a stay at the Polynesian on our April 2016 trip (that's what we're aiming for right now), as that's the only DVC resort I won't have stayed at.
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I am sorry your visit to the Turf Club wasn't good. I have never eaten there so I was interested in your experience. I know to shy away from anything remotely related to Buffalo wings because in almost all cases I cannot abide bleu cheese.
I certainly can't recommend it, based on our experience there.
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That empty MK was gorgeous. I was surprised to see the construction walls still up as they were all gone when we arrived on March 8, which was the day you headed home. I'm not sure how long they had been down, but everything looked lovely.
Most of them were down by 1 March. They only had one section left to do by then.
What an easy entry to the MK - and terrific people-less shots of Main Street! I've never done one of the vehicles up Main Street, but imagine it to be a lot fun - very VIP feeling!
Wow, I can't believe how many people are saying they've never taken one of the vehicles before - make sure you do, as it's a lot of fun!
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Saturday 21 February – part three: how long is the line for Anna and Elsa?
We walked up through the castle, taking shots with no-one in them, which is always a real treat. The sunlight was casting some beautiful colours on some of the buildings as well…
We made our way into Fantasyland…
For a bit of a laugh more than anything else, I wanted to see how bad the line was for Anna and Elsa, given that it was now 7:40am. The stand-by wait time was just 20 minutes and I did double check with the Cast Member and she told me that was accurate, as she’d recently sent a number of lanyards down.
There was certainly a lot to look at as you wait. You really feel as if you’re going into a beautiful castle and I loved all the portraits of the various princesses on the wall…
A Cast Member very kindly took this for us
We didn’t wait 20 minute sat all. I’d say it was no more than 15 minutes and then we were in hallowed Royal company. We saw Elsa first, who wanted to know if it was cold in our land and I told her sometimes, but it was quite cold here today!
I loved the little details they had in here:
I have to say I did prefer Anna when we saw her. I adored her outfit, there was just so much detail on it and she talked at nine to the dozen. She just didn’t stop the whole time we were with her. She was so much fun and very true to her character!
Of course, we came out into a shop, this being Sir Mickey’s in its latest guise as a Frozen shop. We thought about getting something for Daisy, one of our nieces, who’s mad on Frozen, but to be honest, the choice was a bit overwhelming and I figured there would probably be lots we’d see in the next few days. However, I lucked out, getting an Olaf soft toy and statue, my Valentine’s Day present from Mark.
When they have those extra-early EMH at MK you can do so much! 20-minutes is basically a walk-through for Anna and Elsa. It seems you hear from almost everyone that Elsa speaks very little, but Anna is bubbly, friendly and chatters. Very true to character, I think. Anna's outfit is MUCH nicer to me, but for a lot of little girls, I guess the lack of sparkle says it all.
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Glad to hear you lucked out with the short wait for Elsa and Anna I'm almost afraid to say it but I have yet to watch Frozen Very un-Disney-addict like, I know
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I'm almost afraid to say it but I have yet to watch Frozen 
Very un-Disney-addict like, I know 
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