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That tour sounds so interesting. Maybe I can talk my daughter into taking it with me next time I'm down there.
Liz
I hope you get to do the tour someday!
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what an interesting tour! I will have to add it to our TO DO list!
Your photos are wonderful! I'm sorry it was so miserably hot though!
It definitely is worth doing! But, yes, the heat really took a lot out of me!
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Looks like a great tour with so much information and facts you probably never knew! Seems worth doing from yours and Cheryl's experiences. I hope to do this on my next trip. It may have been better if you had a smaller group, but otherwise all was good!
I hope you get to do the tour someday Dave. Definitely worth it!
The group size didn’t matter too much to us as with the headset we could hear whether we were in the front or back of the group.
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Such an interesting tour with so many tidbits of information!
It really was quite interesting!
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Wow! This tour sounds amazing! Definitely something I'd like to do. You got some incredible photos around WS.
I enjoyed zooming in on some of the small details!
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After lunch, we toured UK, learning about the different time periods of the buildings and architecture of each era.
Modeled after the house in Alice in Wonderland…
Then we moved on to Canada where Robert talked a bit about the totems
We spent some time on the “guest” side of the pavilion, and then we moved to the backstage area.
A maple leaf design…
It was interesting to see the back of the "mountain". And then, in the opposite direction, we could see the building used for Soarin’. And while we were on the subject of Soarin’ Robert told us that he had put FPs for Soarin’ on all of our MB to use anytime that day!
Then we passed by the event building back in between Canada and UK as we finished up the tour. Robert gave us all a pin and collected the headsets and we said our thank yous and good byes. It was a very enjoyable, informative tour!
It was incredibly hot, and we were so tired, but we had FP for Test Track so we decided to head over there and use them.
Then, as long as we were in FW, we thought we may as well use our FP that Robert had given us for Soarin’.
We got to the FP entrance, and when we scanned our bands…no green Mickey. We told the CM that we’d just done the tour, so he said we could go in. But he also told us that one screen was down and the FP wait would be about 20 minutes. I was wilting by this time so we decided to head back to Boardwalk without riding Soarin’.
Jeff took some photos on the way back.
This is some new landscaping behind France, across from the IG.
And a wedding at the gazebo
And here’s a photo showing the location of our room. Look at the first floor in the “Crest O’ The Wave” building. The open door to the extreme left is the DVC model room or office…whatever…it had a DVC sign outside the door. Our room was two doors down from that room, the one with the hedges covering half of the patio.
As for me…The walk back to BWV was awful! I barely made it back to the room. But, once in the room, the AC felt wonderful! We rested for a while and I took a shower. Then I sat on the veranda while Jeff took a nap.
The view from our room actually looks a little better in the daylight.
That was a terrific tour!! I am sorry it was so stinkin' hot because I am more than sure that it would be perfect it cooler weather. Your TT car ROCKS!!!! Good idea to head back after that. it sure sounded like you guys needed a break. I am loving your new lens!!
Oh what a shame they changed the ending of the tour from when we took it - we did Soarin' as a group and I think, judging by your experience, that worked much better than putting Fastpasses on to the MagicBands, which then didn't work.
Judging by your description, the weather that day sounds awful. I don't think we'd have dealt with it half as well as you guys did.
That was a terrific tour!! I am sorry it was so stinkin' hot because I am more than sure that it would be perfect it cooler weather. Your TT car ROCKS!!!! Good idea to head back after that. it sure sounded like you guys needed a break. I am loving your new lens!!
P.S. The hedge isn't so bad.
It really was a wonderful tour! But you're right, in cooler weather it would have been a much more pleasant walk around WS.
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Oh what a shame they changed the ending of the tour from when we took it - we did Soarin' as a group and I think, judging by your experience, that worked much better than putting Fastpasses on to the MagicBands, which then didn't work.
Judging by your description, the weather that day sounds awful. I don't think we'd have dealt with it half as well as you guys did.
I thought I remembered that from your TR! It sure would have been nice to ride as a group.
Wow, what a great tour! I'm definitely putting it on our to do list!
That heat was just killer for you guys! So sorry it was so bad.
Your lens is great! I'm looking at getting Dave a new lens for Christmas, but I haven't decided which yet.
One of the advantages of the tour was that it really got us into each of the countries. On some trips, we go around WS, but don’t necessarily wander in to every country. This was a great way to do that, and to learn some interesting facts about them as well.
Cam has a similar lens and that’s what got me thinking I’d like to get one for our camera. It eliminates switching back and forth to the telephoto lens because it does both wide angle and zoom, all in one!
A nice ending to your tour and looks like it was so worth doing! Too bad the FPs didn't work on your MBs! Glad you got a good ride on TT. I'm sure getting back to your AC room was so welcomed!
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Glad I'm not too far behind! I hear you about the heat and humidity. I was not expecting that in the middle of October, but Orlando seems to be stuck in that mode right now. The heat is energy zapping. I really want to do this tour, but I'm wondering if they will continue the backstage portion for the new nighttime show. After reading Cheryl's TR and now yours, I'd really like to do this one.
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Seems worth doing from yours and Cheryl's experiences. I hope to do this on my next trip. It may have been better if you had a smaller group, but otherwise all was good!
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