The Promise of Spring: Flower & Garden Festival 4.0 -- A Cam and Luke TR COMPLETED 8/27 - Page 40 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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River of Lights at AK looks amazing!! You captured some great pictures. I love the Tree of Life lit up with all the different colors. Sorry you missed Sharon, but at least you missed the rain.
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Glad the rain broke the heat - even if it's only for that day.
That IS a gorgeous yellow flower!
Too bad you missed Sharon, but seems like you needed the rest (and Luke needed some clothes!)
Yes, Luke needed some clothes. Thank goodness I had time for some laundry today as he didn't tell me until only one pair of shorts was left.
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Too bad the torrential rains changed your plans and weren't able to meet up with Sharon! Unless it was a thunderstorm I would have probably headed out to the parks and grabbed my poncho! But then again the two of you were quite tired from such a long and active day yesterday in the AK which is understandable. There's always a recoup day we all need in "The Bubble". Only so much you can do and it catches up with you!
Too funny with your Coke incident! At least you weren't asked to mop the floor! Glad you were able to do some reworking with the FP+s. I haven't ridden Frozen yet but my guess is I'll take Soarin' over it as I just love the new version and glad I got to experience this last October a few times!
It may not have been raining at Epcot, but I think our need for rest made us not want to get out in the raining at AKL. I really like Frozen Ever After, but I love Soarin'.
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Shame you missed seeing Sharon, but I completely understand. I'm sure we've all seen torrential rain like that in Florida and it's no fun to be out in.
We still had plenty of days left so it just didn't seem necessary to get out in the rain.
Love the picture of the sea horse you captured it so beautifully.
Thanks! Sea horses have always fascinated me.
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Sorry that you had to miss seeing Sharon but it was a good move to get your laundry done and to stay dry as that rain did come down that morning. We enjoyed staying in our room until about 11:00 am. The sticky coke spill must have been quite the mess. Did you take a picture of your t-shirt and wooden animals purchase at the gift shop? I enjoy seeing all your purchases at WDW. BTW, I think this day was May 2nd.
Oops! I guess my brain was thinking day 6 and kept the 6 for the date as well. I've got it corrected now. I do have photos of both the t-shirt and the animals. I'll upload them to Photobucket tomorrow and add them in.
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Just got caught up. Oh my, that fish! Was it hard to eat? I'm glad you enjoyed ROL. I think it's a nice addition to AK. Rain at Disney is no fun, but at least you got the laundry done and were able to relax a little,
Luke did find the fish hard to eat, but I would never have gotten my brain ready for that. This would be the only day that we ended up with time for laundry so I'm glad I could take care of that for Luke.
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Stunning pictures of RoL! Amazing! Thanks for the rundown of the storyline. Sorry the rain affected your plans with Sharon. It looks like a nice relaxing start to your day at Epcot!!
Thank you! I can't wait to see RoL again!
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The Florida Rain is always around, but changing the schedule is sometimes a necessary thing. I do enjoy being flexible. All the aquarium photos are great.
We are getting more and more flexible in our plans once at the world.
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River of Lights at AK looks amazing!! You captured some great pictures. I love the Tree of Life lit up with all the different colors. Sorry you missed Sharon, but at least you missed the rain.
Rivers of Light was very, very amazing. I love the nighttime show on the Tree of Life, so beautiful.
Great souvies! I love all the giraffes on your bathroom shelf.
Sorry you missed Sharon, but it sounds like it was just meant for you and Luke to hang out at the resort that morning. I'm guessing the rain ended pretty quickly? Was it humid at all afterwards?
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I love all your beautiful wooden animals along with the soapstone elephant! You display them so perfectly. I love your Animal Kingdom Lodge T-shirt too. Thanks for sharing.
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I love those giraffes on the display shelf in your bath! Very well done!
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I don't blame you for taking some time in the resort instead of heading out in the rain. We are never that smart and usually end up soggy & declaring "we will NEVER do that again!" Then we do it the very next trip because, well, we just aren't that smart!
Great souvies! I love all the giraffes on your bathroom shelf.
Sorry you missed Sharon, but it sounds like it was just meant for you and Luke to hang out at the resort that morning. I'm guessing the rain ended pretty quickly? Was it humid at all afterwards?
Thanks! The rain was gone by the time our laundry was done, and it did get somewhat humid afterwards, but still the day was milder than our previous days.
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I love your little animals!!!! Did they all come from WDW? What a cool idea to have a Savanna in your bathroom!! . The t-shirt is cool too!!
Thanks! All the little ones have come from Disney. Some of the larger animals on the shelves came from Disney, Pier 1, or were gifts.
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I love all your beautiful wooden animals along with the soapstone elephant! You display them so perfectly. I love your Animal Kingdom Lodge T-shirt too. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Every couple of years I figure I need a new AKL shirt.
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Thank goodness I had time for some laundry today as he didn't tell me until only one pair of shorts was left. 
Unless it was a thunderstorm I would have probably headed out to the parks and grabbed my poncho! 
Glad you were able to do some reworking with the FP+s. 
I do have photos of both the t-shirt and the animals. I'll upload them to Photobucket tomorrow and add them in. 
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