Where are the kids? At home with their Dads! TR April 13-19, 2010 - Page 38 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Loved the crazy pics with Stitch and Mickey. We have never tried Ohana's for breakfast. I gave up on dinner because it is always so crazy and we always have to wait so long.
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Great pics from 'Ohana! I so want to try breakfast there, but we have yet to get it done. We've done dinner several times, but for some reason I never manage to squeeze breakfast into our schedule. Hopefully soon! Looks like you ladies had a blast. So sorry about the rain... but, as I like to say, a rainy day at Disney is way better than a sunny day at home!
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We finally meet up at DHS. The plan was to take a drop on the ToT. But the Norris girls decided to pass on that idea. So we all headed over to do the Animation Academy. Here's a picture of all of us together!
We all voted on who to draw and ended up picking Ray from The Princess and the Frog. He was fun to draw and really cute too!
After our art lesson I got a call from Hugmonster. We were to meet up for ToT. I had been texting her a bit and she and her hubby were there waiting for us when we came out. They are both so very nice. I feel so bad b/c I didn't get one picture with them. We decided to part ways with the Norris' for a bit and we headed to ToT for our last drop of the trip.
I did have a pic of us that Sheri took. We were all excited to take that drop on the ToT. And it was fun!!!! After our drop Hugmonster and her hubby said their goodbyes as they had lots to do. It was nice meeting another passporter friend.
We met up again with Matt, Allie and Lindsey. We headed back to Muppets 3D. I had a little girl at home who was requesting an Animal t-shirt. So all the way to the back of DHS we go. By the time we got back there it was starting to rain. By the time we got out of the show it was pouring down rain. It was like the skies opened up and buckets of rain were coming down. Matt and the girls decided to make a run for it. I loved meeting them. I just wish I would have had more time to hang out with them. Next time for sure!
We browsed the muppet store and they did have a cute pink shirt with Animal on it. Isabelle absolutely loved it! Score one for the mom team! Howvever the rain was not going to let up anytime soon. So we began our trip to the front of the park. This is us preparing to get really really wet. Don't ask me why we are smiling. We had our umbrellas up and ready. But they really didn't help to much. I had my flip flops on and could barely walk in them. The funny thing was that we would go so far and then wait a minute. Then we would say okay, let's make it to over there. We did that the whole way and it was so funny! We were soaking wet! It was a miserable feeling. But hey, we still had fun.
We headed back to the room and Sheri made it back to her room as well. Heather and I decided to take a little siesta so that we could stay up late for extra magic hours at the magic kingdom that night.
UP NEXT: Wishes dessert party and last night of fun
Sounds like a great day. I hear the Norris gang is a blast to hang out with. Glad you got the opportunity. Sorry the rain put a little damper on your exit. By the way great score on the shirt.
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They caught us all smiling and looking at the camera!!!
After a nice long nap I felt much better. We got our stuff together(including ponchos) and headed over to the Magic Kingdom. We did some shopping at the Emporium. And then Heather and I used a counter service credit to get some corndog nuggets at Casey's. Mmmmmmm!
After that we headed toward tomorrowland. We went to the Laugh Floor which is always a good time. After that it was time to meet up with Sheri and get ready for the Dessert party. We saw Sheri and got in line with her. Got our wristbands and were taken to our table just shortly after that. We had a table right up front. It was perfect! Be ready for the pictures. Here they come:
here's a couple I borrowed from facebook
I have to admit that this was one of the most special events that I have ever done at WDW. Just having that table to be able to sit and not worry about the crowds was so awesome!!! And the desserts weren't to shabby either. Those chocolate covered strawberries were soooo gooood! What made it really special was having my good friends there to share it with me. It was a great ending to a wonderful trip!
Well now you've created a dilemma for me...I wanted to try to do the dessert party if it's available next year, and then decided against it. I am not a sweets eater though my DH and DD totally are!
Now with your pics I am like...hmmmm, maybe we should......
Great update, more please...
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So we all headed over to do the Animation Academy. 
We decided to part ways with the Norris' for a bit and we headed to ToT for our last drop of the trip. 
I did have a pic of us that Sheri took. We were all excited to take that drop on the ToT. And it was fun!!!! 
This is us preparing to get really really wet. Don't ask me why we are smiling. 
We had our umbrellas up and ready. But they really didn't help to much. I had my flip flops on and could barely walk in them. The funny thing was that we would go so far and then wait a minute. Then we would say okay, let's make it to over there. We did that the whole way and it was so funny! We were soaking wet! It was a miserable feeling. But hey, we still had fun. 
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) and headed over to the Magic Kingdom. We did some shopping at the Emporium. And then Heather and I used a counter service credit to get some corndog nuggets at Casey's. Mmmmmmm! 
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