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Thanks for sharing your adventure with Sharon! I loved hearing about the foods at the F&W Festival and all the goodies that your DM loved eating. It's so nice to see a mother and daughter enjoy being together as much as you two do. How wonderful that you have an Adventure by Disney trip planned for you and your DM next year. I can't wait to hear about that one. Do you have any plans for going to WDW this December? I'll be there 12/6-10 and would love to meet up if your there at that time.
Thanks for bringing us along another one of your fantastic trips! It really was a great eye-opener to the wonderful F&WF. I really have to plan to go sometime - but with someone to share the food!! You had great weather, short lines, and easy access to everything. Sounds like it could be in one of your top 5 trips??!!!! Totally looking forward to the California vacation!!!!
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Thanks for sharing yet another fun trip with us. So sad that it has come to an end, but very, very happy we have another TR to look forward to very soon.
Thanks for sharing another wonderful trip with us! I think it's awesome that you and your Mom have so much fun together . I can't wait now to read your next adventure!
Thanks for a great TR Sharon! I can't wait to head over to the PTR as soon as I am done this!! You & your Mom are so much fun~ hiding the candy in the safe & the Yeti stories had me !!! I'm actually hoping that DH gets his wish & our Dec 2009 trip turns into a Fall 2009 trip just so we can be there for F&WF & the MNSSHP! TFS!
It wasn’t until I was uploading this picture for the TR that I realized that the person sitting right in front of me looked an awful lot like Angie (poohsgirl). I PM’d her about it to see if it actually was her. If it is, I’m amazed that she was three feet in front of me and I didn’t know it. I would’ve loved to hang out with her a bit (and we could’ve used her help with the F&WF offerings ).
That was me! And I had also stopped for the Boston Crab cake before going in to see the VOL! I can't believe we didn't spot eachother. I had been so sad that I hadn't been able to see you at all on this trip, too! I had wanted to try the cream puffs from Italy but was so stuffed from everything else that I just couldn't bring myself to buy one. Look what I missed by not turning my dang head
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It wasn’t until I was uploading this picture for the TR that I realized that the person sitting right in front of me looked an awful lot like Angie (poohsgirl). I PM’d her about it to see if it actually was her. If it is, I’m amazed that she was three feet in front of me and I didn’t know it. I would’ve loved to hang out with her a bit (and we could’ve used her help with the F&WF offerings ).
That was me! And I had also stopped for the Boston Crab cake before going in to see the VOL! I can't believe we didn't spot eachother. I had been so sad that I hadn't been able to see you at all on this trip, too! I had wanted to try the cream puffs from Italy but was so stuffed from everything else that I just couldn't bring myself to buy one. Look what I missed by not turning my dang head
Hey, I usually find Angie hanging out at Off Kilter, not VOL! Just another proof that
(Let's all sing!) "It's a Small World After All" Sorry you didn't get to connect.
Thanks for another great TR our Princess Sharon! I hope to someday do a mother/daughter trip with my DD.
If we have half as much fun as you two do it will make us very happy!
Congrats on the next Mom/Daughter trip. I can't wait to hear all about the plans and
the adventure!
Great TR Sharon!! I hope my daughter and I have as much fun on our mother/daughter trip when we're both grown-ups..... oh wait..... we are both grown-ups!! NAH! Doesn't count yet! She's still a teenager, so I get to still be SIX!
Looking forward to your next report!
Well, since we're both grown-ups, we both got to be six!
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Thanks for sharing your adventure with Sharon! I loved hearing about the foods at the F&W Festival and all the goodies that your DM loved eating. It's so nice to see a mother and daughter enjoy being together as much as you two do. How wonderful that you have an Adventure by Disney trip planned for you and your DM next year. I can't wait to hear about that one. Do you have any plans for going to WDW this December? I'll be there 12/6-10 and would love to meet up if your there at that time.
I'll just miss you.
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Thanks for bringing us along another one of your fantastic trips! It really was a great eye-opener to the wonderful F&WF. I really have to plan to go sometime - but with someone to share the food!! You had great weather, short lines, and easy access to everything. Sounds like it could be in one of your top 5 trips??!!!! Totally looking forward to the California vacation!!!!
Unless you have LOTS of time, you really need someone (or several someones) to share with. And I'd definitely say it was one of my top 5 trips (but I probably always say that about every trip I take).
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Originally Posted by mpwife153
Thanks for a great TR Sharon! I can't wait to head over to the PTR as soon as I am done this!! You & your Mom are so much fun~ hiding the candy in the safe & the Yeti stories had me !!! I'm actually hoping that DH gets his wish & our Dec 2009 trip turns into a Fall 2009 trip just so we can be there for F&WF & the MNSSHP! TFS!
Either way, you'll have fun. December is a very close second (very close) for my favorite time to visit.
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It wasn’t until I was uploading this picture for the TR that I realized that the person sitting right in front of me looked an awful lot like Angie (poohsgirl). I PM’d her about it to see if it actually was her. If it is, I’m amazed that she was three feet in front of me and I didn’t know it. I would’ve loved to hang out with her a bit (and we could’ve used her help with the F&WF offerings ).
That was me! And I had also stopped for the Boston Crab cake before going in to see the VOL! I can't believe we didn't spot eachother. I had been so sad that I hadn't been able to see you at all on this trip, too! I had wanted to try the cream puffs from Italy but was so stuffed from everything else that I just couldn't bring myself to buy one. Look what I missed by not turning my dang head
I can't believe I didn't notice you sitting there until I looked at the photo. I'm so bummed. We could've spent our last moments at WDW together.
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BTW, do you have another trip coming up or something? I must have missed the link to the pre-trip report!
I posted a link to it, but it was easy to miss. Here it is again!
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How wonderful that you have an Adventure by Disney trip planned for you and your DM next year. I can't wait to hear about that one. Do you have any plans for going to WDW this December? I'll be there 12/6-10 and would love to meet up if your there at that time.
!!! I'm actually hoping that DH gets his wish & our Dec 2009 trip turns into a Fall 2009 trip just so we can be there for F&WF & the MNSSHP! TFS! 
I PM’d her about it to see if it actually was her. If it is, I’m amazed that she was three feet in front of me and I didn’t know it. I would’ve loved to hang out with her a bit (and we could’ve used her help with the F&WF offerings 
).
And I had also stopped for the Boston Crab cake before going in to see the VOL! I can't believe we didn't spot eachother. I had been so sad that I hadn't been able to see you at all on this trip, too! I had wanted to try the cream puffs from Italy but was so stuffed from everything else that I just couldn't bring myself to buy one. 
Look what I missed by not turning my dang head
Angie
We could've spent our last moments at WDW together.
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