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This is awesome! Great reports...good to hear CSR is so accommodating - I'll be there soon!! Look forward to hearing more and I hope the rest of your trip stays magical!!
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Great report...it is so cool that you are sitting in your room right now and we are getting live reports (we can live through you adventures, even with the room snafu, it sounds better then my day here at work )
I haven't been able to see the pictures either but I will check back later, O am anxious to see them, glad you had such a wonderful day at the MK yesterday....
Looking forward to hearing more, going to check out your post in the food forum now.
Love the TR - we are thinking of trying CS sometime in the future so like hearing about it. Can I ask a question about the Photopass that came with your Daughter's birthday card? Our son will be turning 8 at the POFQ this fall so he'll be getting a card as well - does it include a number of free pix? I've never had a Photopass before, so forgive me if this is a stupid question.
Keep having fun and I have my fingers crossed for good naps!
Love the TR - we are thinking of trying CS sometime in the future so like hearing about it. Can I ask a question about the Photopass that came with your Daughter's birthday card? Our son will be turning 8 at the POFQ this fall so he'll be getting a card as well - does it include a number of free pix? I've never had a Photopass before, so forgive me if this is a stupid question.
Keep having fun and I have my fingers crossed for good naps!
It's not a dumb question at all! I don't "think" that it comes with anything free. At least they didn't mention anything about any free stuff...
We had great naps. As a matter of fact, 2 hours later, mom and DD are still sleeping, so I called and canceled our ADR for afternoon tea at the GF (sniffle) because really they do need to sleep more than they need tea. So we're debating going over to Captain Cooks at the Poly to eat there... but I'm not sure... mom mentioned Kona Cafe, but I'm not sure we could get in there. Possibly at 430pm or something, a random off-hour... but we might just stick to CS, to keep it simple. Decisions Decisions!
I'm uploading pictures now to post, and they SHOULD work from here on out. I'll update the original links in this thread, too.
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I know the photos are big - forgive me. Are they above the limit for what I'm allowed to post? I sure hope not! I'm sure someone will tell me, though, if they are. (ETA I resized them b/c I figured out they WERE too big, so now they're right sized!)
Here's a couple from the Cape May Cafe this morning...
So that's pretty much up to date, photo-wise, I think. Phew!
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Your dd is adorable!
I love reading your live updates!
I am sorry about the room change - but it sounds like you have a wonderful view at the new room!
This afternoon we ended up being total slugs... we napped for nearly 3 hours today (the last few days just caught up with us finally). Then we went to the Pepper Market for an early dinner. The food was fine, but incredibly overpriced in my opinion. I knew that going in, so I wasn't in shock, but I did think that for what you got, it was too much money. The food was good, so again it was fine, but... I'm not sure we'll be going out of our way to go back there.
Then we shopped a while, where I got talked into buying a tote bag, lol. It was one of those "buy $30 worth of stuff and get the tote bag for $10" things. So I bought it. I'm an easy sell when it comes to bags. I LOVE bags.
Then we came back to the room where we've been vegging ever since. We considered going to DTD for a while, but just finally decided we were just too tired.
Tomorrow is EPCOT all day and then MK for SpectroMagic and Wishes... so it's going to be a long day (but such a fun one).
So not much to report today. We were admittedly slugs. But I feel energized and ready for tomorrow. I'm considering ordering some room service (they've got a tuna salad I'm interested in)... and then we're going to watch Lost tonight (my favorite show EVER) and then it's early to bed. Gotta be at the gate at 9am tmw to meet my friend! So tomorrow's update will be a lot more fun.
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