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Oh, Stacey, I have a love/hate with her. She's OK, sort of, but her outfit when she is just in the studio shooting really bothers me. It makes her look stumpy, right? Just a bad stylist and really, could we change it up?? It's the same video every time we are down there...........OK, enough Stacey bashing
I have told Arnaud about your mousse cake and he got mad at me for not letting him know about it before. Whoops Looks delish, and I'm sure we will have to try it.
LOVE the pics of Hope in front of the garden, and how amazing to hear the giraffes right outside your window. So amazing!
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I am truly sorry that you were feeling ill as I've been there when Luke felt that way and it's such a struggle to have fun for those you are with. Congrats to Hope on being tall enough for Soarin'! Hope looks so adorable in that cute little hat!
Love Hope's face with Soarin'! Fantastic!
Dinner sounds delish........just sorry you ended up with a few duds for company.
Okay, you got me even more EXCITED for my July trip with our stay at AKL.......sigh..........ah, I hope I get to hear the Giraffes breathing! Think I might sleep on the balcony!
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Love Hope measuring up for Soarin'!
TE sounds yummy, but sorry you had some duds at your table.
Lousy that you're feeling so yucky. Did the Casablanca coffee have alcohol, or just spices?
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We love TE too! I think last trip was the only time we didn't eat there.
That chocolate mousse looked too die for.
Glad Hope is tall enough for Soarin', hopefully you got to go on it before you left. I guess I will see!
Sorry you weren't feeling good. That happened to me on one of our trips. The next to last day, it just smacked me in the face. We had a ADR at Yak & Yeti and I cancelled it because I just couldn't trek across AK to go eat. We ended up eating at the resort (OKW) at Olivia's and it was delish. Hope it got better and not worse.
Being sick on vacation is awful, and it seems like it's happening more and more to me lately. Maybe my immune system is getting crappier as I get older...who knows.
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Gotta love Hop's face in the "I'm tall enough to ride Soarin" pic!!
Beautiful pics of Hope by the tank too. I love a giraffe and that must have been so great outside your room. We saw them at night up close when we stayed there for the race, but from the observation deck and not our room.
Those hats are adorable
Sorry you were sick and that coffee didn't help :P
I'm glad you like the pics of her by the tank because once I uploaded them to the computer, I kept thinking of how crappy they turned out. I edited them the best I could, but at least one person liked what I was going for. We had seen the giraffes on the overlook before too, but if you ever get the chance to stay on the savannah, you have to do it! Amazing!!!
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I'm glad you enjoyed TE. I didn't, but I wouldn't cross it off my list entirely. Bummer on the coffee.
I just love AKL at Christmas and that HUGE tree!
Sounds like an amazing experience with the giraffes.
And I see our friend Dawn is currently viewing this thread too. Now, where's Linny?
You were the reason why I was a little unsure about making the ADRs for TE. It is a lot of food, but maybe because she hadn't eaten much the day before she was extra hungry that night. I was just happy she ate everything! And I love AKL decorated for Christmas more than I like it in it's regular state. It just gives the place a more cozier feel.
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I absolutely love Hope's face when she found out she was tall enough to ride Soarin'! How cool that you got to see the Christmas tree up at Animal Kingdom Lodge as well.
Sorry you weren't feeling well - I'm sure the weather probably didn't help on that count.
When we walked into AKL the first day, I was so disappointed that the tree wasn't up yet. But waking up one morning and being surprised by all the decorations was like waking up on Christmas morning.
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Sorry that coffee made your throat even worse. Hope looks so excited that she can ride Soarin, I hope you can't the chance!
That coffee was just awful. Maybe it would have been better if my throat wasn't already hurting. I won't be trying it again to find out though.
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I am so sorry you were feeling so bad. You couldn't have picked a better shirt color for DD to have on for her pictures taken in front of Nemo
I didn't even think anything about the shirt, but now that you mention it...
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I'm so sorry that the cold came on strong and you felt so bad! You held out for quite a while, though, and managed to get in a great meal. Lots of wonderful photos of Hope, too, especially the funny "thumbs up" one! She looks so cute in jeans. I hope you wake up feeling a bit better, but once a cold grabs hold like that they don't usually just go away. Hearing the animals eat at night is the best thing about staying at AKL. What a cool thing that is.
I don't know what it is with Disney and catching colds, but it seems like every single trip I've taken lately, it's happened. I wish they could supply night vision goggles to all of the savannah rooms as well. How cool would that be?
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Oh, Stacey, I have a love/hate with her. She's OK, sort of, but her outfit when she is just in the studio shooting really bothers me. It makes her look stumpy, right? Just a bad stylist and really, could we change it up?? It's the same video every time we are down there...........OK, enough Stacey bashing
I have told Arnaud about your mousse cake and he got mad at me for not letting him know about it before. Whoops Looks delish, and I'm sure we will have to try it.
LOVE the pics of Hope in front of the garden, and how amazing to hear the giraffes right outside your window. So amazing!
I feel the exact same way about Stacey. I don't know who styled that girl, but she/he needs to be fired! Plus, she can be just a bit annoying at times. When she tones it down, she's bearable, but that's not very often. And yeah, it's always the same video. They really need to change it up a bit.
Well, now that Arnaud knows about the chocolate mousse cake, you're definitely going to have to give it a try. Now I just hope it lives up to expectations.
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I am truly sorry that you were feeling ill as I've been there when Luke felt that way and it's such a struggle to have fun for those you are with. Congrats to Hope on being tall enough for Soarin'! Hope looks so adorable in that cute little hat!
Sick+Disney=new normal! Always happens now.
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Love Hope's face with Soarin'! Fantastic!
Dinner sounds delish........just sorry you ended up with a few duds for company.
Okay, you got me even more EXCITED for my July trip with our stay at AKL.......sigh..........ah, I hope I get to hear the Giraffes breathing! Think I might sleep on the balcony!
I really really hope you get to experience the giraffes like we did. There were also other animals that would feed right under our balcony at night, but the giraffes were by far the coolest. We also had a pair of geese (or they at least looked like geese) that would come over each morning and have full blown conversations with each other. Hope named them Donald and Daisy, so if you see them, tell them we said hi.
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Love Hope measuring up for Soarin'!
TE sounds yummy, but sorry you had some duds at your table.
Lousy that you're feeling so yucky. Did the Casablanca coffee have alcohol, or just spices?
Yes, the coffee did have alcohol in it, but it was just vanilla liqueur, and the only spice that was listed was nutmug lightly dusted on top of the whipped cream. Sounded innocent enough to me. Maybe it was just super super strong coffee????
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I have to admit, I didn't know where Teppan Edo either. But I did manage to explore the entire Japan pavilion trying to find it, so that's a plus.
That chocolate cake looks so yummy! I'll definitely have to try it next time.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who was lost in Japan.
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So sorry you are not feeling well Great pics!!! Glad yall got your chocolate cake!!!
Always have time for our chocolate cake!
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Great pictures from Epcot! Glad you had a great meal at TE! Sorry you still weren't feeling well and that the coffee was horrible!
The meal was definitely the highlight of the night. The coffee...not so much.
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I love Hope's little thumbs up in front of Soarin', too cute!
Sorry you were feeling so lousy tonight, and that the coffee you thought would help actually made things worse.
Can't wait to hear more!
Leave it to me to buy coffee to make me feel better, but it ends up making me feel worse. Just my luck.
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Yay for Hope being tall enough for soarin! We tend to get the colds on the disney trips too. I would love some of that chocolate mousse right now!!! And TE is one of our favorites, especially on this last trip. We had the table to ourselves since with the baby we were a party of 8. Sam loves the food there, got the same as Hope. He was asking to go back there each night after! I had the ginger cake and it was actually pretty good. That is really cool that you could hear the giraffe's eating! We have only spent one night at AKL but I do agree, it is beautiful and cozy when its decorated for the holidays!
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AHHHH!!! Thanks a lot Melissa, now I think I have to put TE back on my to do list.
Sounds like a good evening albeit not feeling good. Good idea to just head back to the room and get some rest.
I love the hats, way too cute! I love all the differen ears and now hats they had last year.
Can't wait to hear more!
I really think you should. The hats that they're selling now are ADORABLE!!!
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Yay for Hope being tall enough for soarin! We tend to get the colds on the disney trips too. I would love some of that chocolate mousse right now!!! And TE is one of our favorites, especially on this last trip. We had the table to ourselves since with the baby we were a party of 8. Sam loves the food there, got the same as Hope. He was asking to go back there each night after! I had the ginger cake and it was actually pretty good. That is really cool that you could hear the giraffe's eating! We have only spent one night at AKL but I do agree, it is beautiful and cozy when its decorated for the holidays!
Maybe next time we'll have a table too ourselves, especially if my dad and Chad go. Way to go for being adventurous with the dessert. You a braver soul than I am.
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I'm all caught up. Sorry you did not feel well.
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I'm truly enjoying your TR, especially all of your photos. Great pix in the aquarium. I have similar shots of my kids through the years.
Loved how you went from FAB to chocolate mousse and milk! You're m kind of girl.
Thanks for joining in! I was thinking the same thing when I was writing the TR...a FAB and then milk??? What a great combo.
Well, with the cake, I figured since it had the word Chocolate in it, I would give it a try! lol! Now I can't remember what it even tasted like but it wasn't anything odd. I am not real adventurous with food, so for me to eat it and think it was good, it had to be pretty basic! AND OF COURSE CHOCOLATE!!
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I have a love/hate with her. She's OK, sort of, but her outfit when she is just in the studio shooting really bothers me. It makes her look stumpy, right? Just a bad stylist and really, could we change it up?? It's the same video every time we are down there...........OK, enough Stacey bashing
Looks delish, and I'm sure we will have to try it.
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Hope looks so adorable in that cute little hat! 
Great pics!!! Glad yall got your chocolate cake!!!
Glad you had a great meal at TE! 
Sorry you still weren't feeling well and that the coffee was horrible! 
I edited them the best I could, but at least one person liked what I was going for. 
It is a lot of food, but maybe because she hadn't eaten much the day before she was extra hungry that night. I was just happy she ate everything! And I love AKL decorated for Christmas more than I like it in it's regular state. It just gives the place a more cozier feel. 
I feel the exact same way about Stacey. I don't know who styled that girl, but she/he needs to be fired! Plus, she can be just a bit annoying at times. When she tones it down, she's bearable, but that's not very often. And yeah, it's always the same video. They really need to change it up a bit.
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