Where are the kids? At home with their Dads! TR April 13-19, 2010 - Page 28 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I probably won't have an update until Monday. DH is about to go away for his 2 week AT (annual training) with the Guard so we are spending lots of time together this weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all my fellow Mommy friends!
y'all are slackers,,,,,,man oh man! lemme see...you only told us about the first day...ha ha ha...maybe by the next time i see you, this TR will be finished. i think alma needs to give you break time to complete this at work...he he he....
I love reading your TR so far!! We just came back from our first family trip in April and I can't wait to go back!
I just started planning a girls trip for me and my sister for a long weekend in November. She wasn't sure if we would have a good time or not - I sent her the link to your trip report and now she can't wait to go either
Thanks for the Mother's Day wishes! Madeline's birthday party was alot of fun. I will post a couple pics here soon. Just a busy weekend. Why do weekends go by so fast?
I had to work today and I agree that Alma should give me some time off to work on this TR! LOL! YEAH RIGHT! I will try to give you all another update soon. Thanks for being so patient. I will not leave you all hangin' I promise!
I think we are at day two right? We didn't get to far did we! I know we all got up fairly early this morning. Alma and Judy were going on the backstage tour all day. So Heather and I headed to Epcot. We actually got there for park opening. Which is a big deal for me, because I never make it to park openings. It was absolutely hilarious how everyone made a big swarm to Soarin' I had never seen anything like it! Actually I thought it was pretty fun! I wish I had video footage of it! I remember that for next time. Oh, I won't make park opening again for awhile! LOL! So we score our FP for soarin and then hightail it over to Test Track. Yeah, I got my exercise in today for sure.
Wait time was... 10 minutes! But really it was less than that. It was a walk on and we didn't even have to watch the silly movie. YES! Heather and I were in the front seat while a Dad and his little boy (first time rider) were in the back. We had a fun ride!
After that we headed to the fairy garden and Tiana's bayou.
This is me pretending to be in Princess Tiana's wedding
Then the fairy gardens. I have lots of pics from here and I know Heather does too.
Here's a few from the butterfly house
Then one more fairy
After the fairies we hightailed it back over to ride Soarin'. I told you I got my work out!
A quick photo before Soarin' We had a fabulous ride! Headed over to see Nemo and friends. Fish are friends not food! We checked in on our Manatee friends. And also noticed that they were working with the dolphin that day as well. That was pretty
After that we headed back to the World Showcase. We were getting a bit hungry and wanted to check out more of the Flower and Garden Festival.
Well this was just a quick update to keep you all hanging in there with me! I promise to be back with more soon!
UP NEXT: More Flower and Garden Festival and Why friends don't let friends eat the Mongolian Beef!
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I will try to give you all another update soon. Thanks for being so patient. 
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It was absolutely hilarious how everyone made a big swarm to Soarin'
I had never seen anything like it! Actually I thought it was pretty fun! I wish I had video footage of it! I remember that for next time. Oh, I won't make park opening again for awhile! LOL!
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