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Your dinners looked wonderful and how great that you got to share it with PP friends! Looking forward to hearing about your check in at the Poly bungalows!!!
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I do appreciate that Disney don't want to announce dates and then disappoint people (need I mention Rivers of Light? ) but it is so frustrating to be getting really close to your trip and not having a clue whether somewhere will be open or not.
I agree totally. I did see on the Disney Food Blog, in a article about things opening in Disney Springs, that said January 2017 for Paddlefish. However I have not seen any sign of that happening whatsoever.
How weird to Jane no printed menu for dessert - especially when you could find it all online?! And is it just me, or does it also seem strange that an Asian restaurant would have CHURROS as an option?!
Well I thought the same too...
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I've made sesame balls with red bean paste. They're quite delicious, but apparently funny for a group whose mind is in the gutter!
All I'm going to say about the dessert at Mori Moto's is - Tee Hee Hee! It made for an interesting ending to a very interesting and delightful dinner!!!
Your selections at Morimoto look very appealing and quite a variety of flavors! That was quite odd with the dessert ordeal! I would agree also from my experience there that the noise level is quite high!
It's a shame, isn't it, as I was hoping for slightly lower noise levels in there.
I think Eric might need some retraining because we've been given a printed dessert menu each time.
Ok... I just assumed they were being fancy and not bothering with the dessert menu. Obviously not then....
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Your server really wasn't much help at all. I love the tempura Oreos more the first time I had them than the second time. Not sure what changed but they were quite as delicious.
Your dinners looked wonderful and how great that you got to share it with PP friends! Looking forward to hearing about your check in at the Poly bungalows!!!
I agree totally. I did see on the Disney Food Blog, in a article about things opening in Disney Springs, that said January 2017 for Paddlefish. However I have not seen any sign of that happening whatsoever.
Definitely not! It's February in just over a week and a half's time...
Thursday 22 September – part one: he’s looking down on us
This morning dawned early, before it was light, and I headed out into the living area to work on the trip report. I kept half an eye out on the savannah to see what the sunrise would be like. Today marked the one year anniversary of Bill’s death but he was obviously looking down, with a spectacular start to the day.
Now with this shot, look very carefully at the structure to the right of the shot. When I zoomed in on it, both Mark and I recognised it – it’s Summit Plummit at Blizzard Beach!
I confess to standing on the balcony of our room, taking these photos, crying my eyes out, remembering our beloved Bagman. I couldn’t help but wonder what he’d think of us all turning up here to honour his memory. I hope he’s proud, as he should be. It’s a great legacy that so many of his friends have come together to ensure his name lives on.
We got ready, and packed up the cases for our move, with me frankly fretting that four cases wouldn’t be enough with everything we’d bought yesterday. Mark was like “well, we haven’t packed it well” – I was like “I’m worried about this”… We’ll see who’s right.
He ended up going down to get the car, as we’d parked some distance away from the lobby last night, while I waited for bell services to come and get our luggage. I got some final shots of the action out on the savannah before we left…
I got a few final shots as we headed out through the lobby…
… then the car was loaded, and we were on our way over to the Polynesian Village and a waterfront bungalow that we knew awaited us and was ready to check in, having enquired last night!
Oh, my!! Bill certainly sent a stunning sunrise to you. I believe it was his love and reassurance that he was ok. It looks like it was going to be a glorious day, albeit hot.
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Looking forward to hearing about your check in at the Poly bungalows!!!
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) but it is so frustrating to be getting really close to your trip and not having a clue whether somewhere will be open or not.
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We had a lovely time.
I would agree also from my experience there that the noise level is quite high!
It's February in just over a week and a half's time...
We’ll see who’s right. 
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