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Some nice photos at night and glad you got to enjoy the fireworks! Too bad the guy with the iPad made it impossible to get some photos of the fireworks!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Beautiful photos of the Studios at night. Sorry about the guy with the iPad - I wonder whether Disney will ever consider banning those, as they are so irritating.
Some nice photos at night and glad you got to enjoy the fireworks! Too bad the guy with the iPad made it impossible to get some photos of the fireworks!
They were still wonderful to watch
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Ooooo, that last picture of Sleeping Beauty Castle is gorgeous!!! I love when it's lit up at night like that
It's such a beautiful castle!
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Beautiful photos of the Studios at night. Sorry about the guy with the iPad - I wonder whether Disney will ever consider banning those, as they are so irritating.
I wish they could... I don't know how they could get away with it. But then again, I'd never want to carry a bulky iPad around with me for mediocre pictures...
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So pretty! Your castle picture looks like a postcard
Don't even get me started about the ipad thing - it's so selfish
Aww thank you
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The restaurant is so cute! I would have ordered the tofu, it sounded so good on the menu!
Odd pics of you in jeans! Are those the ones from Stitch Fix?! They are adorable!
I'm not a huuuge tofu fan... but no I didn't start Stitch Fix until a little after I got back from the trip. They were either Express or some from Nordstrom but I forget the brand. It's funny you say that because it's "casual summer" at work so we are allowed to wear jeans all week and I still get "Maci are you wearing jeans? You look so weird!"
it's been a while since i was there, so i vaguely remember it, but i remember that i didn't find the magic like they have at Disneyworld or Disneyland, don't know how to explain it. did you find that as well? i guess another reason i didn't enjoy it as much is everytime i was in Florida or California, i went with my daughter, when i was in Paris, i was by myself so it's not so much fun when i couldn't share with her
Signing on a little late. Great updates and pics! . So happy you are doing a TR for your trip to DLP. We are headed there in Sept 2016 and I feel so lost as to where to start with the planning esp. on which hotel to stay at while there. It looks like everything is pretty walkable so that is good.
it's been a while since i was there, so i vaguely remember it, but i remember that i didn't find the magic like they have at Disneyworld or Disneyland, don't know how to explain it. did you find that as well? i guess another reason i didn't enjoy it as much is everytime i was in Florida or California, i went with my daughter, when i was in Paris, i was by myself so it's not so much fun when i couldn't share with her
I thought it had it's own kind of magic. But definitely a different experience!
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Signing on a little late. Great updates and pics! . So happy you are doing a TR for your trip to DLP. We are headed there in Sept 2016 and I feel so lost as to where to start with the planning esp. on which hotel to stay at while there. It looks like everything is pretty walkable so that is good.
Welcome along! Everything is very walkable although it can be a hike at the end of a long day. Let me know if you have any specific questions as you get closer
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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We had picked a early enough time for breakfast that we’d be able to head over to the park for opening, so after getting ready for the day we headed down to try to figure out how they did breakfast. You had a card with a day of the week and time on it and that kind of kept the breakfast area from getting overwhelmed at any given time I think.
We pretty easily found the breakfast restaurant and were led to a table. It was a buffet set up so we were off! Of course ABD had spoiled us previously, but I think they still had a pretty decent selection of cold items.
After our lovely French breakfast we headed off to walk over to Disneyland Paris! In no time we were heading through the gates and into a mostly empty park. It was a bit of a brisk morning so you will notice I’m a little bundled up.
Of course, we had to take the opportunity to take some photos with the beautiful Sleeping Beauty Castle they have here. I just absolutely loved it and I think it might be my favorite one so far.
After a quick photo session we headed off to Tomorrowland to ride Space Mountain and one of my favorites, Buzz Lightyear! The Space Mountain here is definitely more of a thrill coaster but it also really shook you around and gave me a little headache I did love the themeing over here and found it way prettier than our Tomorrowland in Orlando.
By the time we finished up there, the crowds had started to build, August was definitely on the higher end of the crowded spectrum.
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