Reconstructing the Magic with Cam and Luke UPDATED: 12/23 Christmas Present and Our Final Day - Page 27 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Yay!!!! Great start to what I know is a magical and fun day! You guys got some really great photos of the divas and characters - as well as the ones w/you and the characters. That was a yummy breakfast - and glad we could enjoy it together. I'm also really glad you could meet my mom, sister, Crystal and her mom - Becky! Can't wait for more!!!!
What a great breakfast! One of these years, we'll go to breakfast there. Looking forward to reading about your MK fun!
This was our first time ever to eat breakfast at 1900 Park Fare and we were quite pleased with the food and the characters.
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Great morning so far!
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Originally Posted by lauriep
That was a horrible dream! Glad when you woke it was to fun with friends and a yummy breakfast. Nice to see the photos from the boat dock. Looks like it was a beautiful day.
I was really glad look took off on his little photography adventure. These photos are going to make a wonderful scrapbook spread.
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What a fun breakfast and PP meet!
We had a great start to our morning!
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Great pics. Looks like a lot of fun at breakfast. Wondering about the monorails meeting nose to nose...A game of chicken?? LOL
Luke actually had to work very hard to time that photo.
Yay!!!! Great start to what I know is a magical and fun day! You guys got some really great photos of the divas and characters - as well as the ones w/you and the characters. That was a yummy breakfast - and glad we could enjoy it together. I'm also really glad you could meet my mom, sister, Crystal and her mom - Becky! Can't wait for more!!!!
Luke and I truly appreciated you, and Ann, and all the Divas allowing us to join you for breakfast and most of the day. Being with friends makes us stronger.
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That is one buffet we would like to try. All the Character interaction was great. Enjoyed all the pic.
Both the food and character interaction make this one to try!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
What a great breakfast! Love the pics!!
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Love PF breakfast! Looks like a good start to the day (after shaking off the bad dream)!
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That looks like a great breakfast, and i love your pictures of the monorail. The MK, monorail and associated resorts are by far my favorite part of the world.
What a great breakfast! I'm so glad you got to spend time with the Divas! Hope the rest of the day was just as good!
This day turned out to be quiet long, but we enjoyed every minute of it.
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Originally Posted by chezp
What a fun breakfast!
The characters here are definitely fun! :0
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Originally Posted by lfredsbo
sounds like a great start to the day!!!
That photo of you and Mad Hater!!! His face!!!
The Mad Hatter was hilarious!
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That looks like a great breakfast, and i love your pictures of the monorail. The MK, monorail and associated resorts are by far my favorite part of the world.
I can't wait for the DVC villas to open up at the Grand Floridian.
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PF breakfast looks like a great meal. The lineup of characters is really good. I like the lucky shot of the monorails meeting.
As I've said before, the food and characters at 1900 Park Fare are outstanding.
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Have to say Breakfast looks like a good one
And it was!
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Great breakfast, beautiful day! The characters at breakfast looked like so much fun - I have to meet the Mad Hatter!
The Mad Hatter has been a blast every time we've been lucky enough to meet him.
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