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Love all the pics of BTMRR!
The HM queue.
You are gonna have a great time with your Dd. I have taken
mine (now 4) twice alone. WE had a great time!
More please!
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Cool. I was hoping that you guys were still going. My 4yoDD would love to have a mommy and me day. I was planning on taking at least a 1/2 day with each of my girls while we are there. My other DD is 8 going to be 9 in mid January.
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Yay for pictures of Columbia Harbor House!! Love eating upstairs there (we're simple folk with simple tastes), but have never remembered to take a photo of it for the scrapbook..!
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Having never been on the Liberty Belle (she's been down for refurb. each time we've been ), I had no idea what it was all about! Love those photos!! It'll be a must-do next trip.
Can't wait to hear more about your mommy-and-me adventure.
I found my copy of Hidden Mickeys, but it is a 2nd edition. If I take it with me, how outdated would it be? (Based on the 3rd edition.)
I'm really not sure. You know, I wonder if Steve would answer that question himself. Check to see if there's a "contact us" link on his hiddenmickeysguide.com website. I got the 3rd edition weeks before the 4th edition came out but found plenty to find in the parks so you'd probably be fine, but it might be worth asking!
Yay for pictures of Columbia Harbor House!! Love eating upstairs there (we're simple folk with simple tastes), but have never remembered to take a photo of it for the scrapbook..!
We love CHH too! I have several really cool photos of that restaurant because it's a different view on all sides. Every time I go by there, I see a new angle! Glad you liked the pics!
Count us in as another family that loves CHH. It's a "must-do" for us every trip, with eating on "the bridge" an absolute must!
Thanks for letting us tagalong on your HM Hunt!
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I promised you a HM and here it is! You can see this one from the riverboat as well as Tom Sawyer Island. Clue 67, page 30
So I was down to about 3 hours left before I had to head back to Pop to catch the DME bus. My trip on the Liberty Belle finished up around 12:45, and I stopped in the Heritage House store in LS to pick up a 2009 Mickey Mouse pin. At about 1 pm I was headed to Adventureland!
I'd really finished just about everything that I'd had on my to-do list, and wanted to spend some time walking around Adventureland while listening to Lou Mongello's Audio Guide. (If you haven't heard these, they're really fun and very informative! He's got one for Main St USA, Adventureland and a brand-new Fantasyland guide.) It's fun to listen to them at home, but I was anxious to try it out while I was looking at the things he was talking about! I'll try to add some of the tidbits I learned from the audio guide. Because these steer can be seen from both Adventureland and Frontierland, they had to look like Asian water buffalo and Texas longhorn cattle!
The straw on the roof is actually sheet metal, to keep the building safe from Florida's frequent lightning storms!
Across from the Aloha Isle, there is a seating area made of lava rocks and benches made up of man-made elements taken from the wreckage of the Swiss Family Robinson's ship!
Boy, did I get a lot of strange looks as I took those pictures!
The leaves are fake, but the Spanish moss is real!
The only non-American flag to be flown outside a Walt Disney attraction. (Wish I'd gotten a better photo!)
The weather was looking a bit threatening, so I spent some time in a couple of the Adventureland shops. Lots of treasure to find here!
It was hot and humid, so I grabbed a raspberry lemonade from the Sunshine Tree Terrace. It was much better than the root beer float I had the day before!
This is a tribute to a store that used to be here.
The camels here were originally part of Aladdin's Royal Caravan Parade at the Studios in 1994.
This is the Adventureland side of the walkway between Adventureland and Frontierland.
This is the Frontierland side! Love that they look completely different!
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Love eating upstairs there (we're simple folk with simple tastes), but have never remembered to take a photo of it for the scrapbook..!
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I'll try to add some of the tidbits I learned from the audio guide.
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