A DREAM is a wish your heart makes...Halloween on the High Seas edition - updated 09/14/2014 - Page 41 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Sounded like some great shopping and a fun lunch at T-Rex. I had T-Rex down, but the girls decided the wanted to eat at Sci Fi again instead. So I was finally able to snag a lunch ADR on our second DHS day.
Glad you got to see Melissa and family one last time before heading home!
Oh I'm glad you guys got one final meet in. I love that photo of you altogether.
I love that pic too! That was taken with Melissa's camera and you can definitely tell. I've got a DSLR on my wish list because of this trip!
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Originally Posted by lauriep
A nice day roaming around, with the best part your last get-together with Melissa, Chad and Hope. That's a great photo of you all together. Seeing the EWP from the balcony is definitely a point in favor of BLT!
It was a nice day - totally different than what we're used to, but still nice.
It was neat to see the EWP, but it wasn't enough to make me want to rush back just yet.
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What a great non-park day! Shopping, eating, pool, friends AND fireworks! Can't ask for much better
It really was a great day!
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Originally Posted by disneydreamer33
Sounded like some great shopping and a fun lunch at T-Rex. I had T-Rex down, but the girls decided the wanted to eat at Sci Fi again instead. So I was finally able to snag a lunch ADR on our second DHS day.
Glad you got to see Melissa and family one last time before heading home!
We got up, got ready, and headed out to one last Disney filled breakfast!We took the monorail over to Poly for breakfast with our ‘family’ at Ohana!This was a first for us and I was excited!We had a short wait and when our buzzer went off I was the only one ready as the boys were all in the bathroom.Soon enough they were done and our cousin had fresh birthday buttons for the boys and led us to our table.Food came quickly and I was so happy with the offerings – good juice, fresh fruit, Mickey waffles, fried potatoes & biscuits!YUMMY!I love that it came to the table and we didn’t have to leave or juggle plates.Lilo was first to visit followed by Stitch, Mickey and everyone’s favorite dog Pluto!We loved this breakfast and are doing it again before our drive home this year too.
the only thing that could've been better was crisp bacon, but you never find that at Disney anyway
mmmm....Mickey waffles!
After bellies were full we took the monorail back to BLT, packed up and headed out for the long drive home.We did shave off a few hours on the way home as someone (Lukas) was having potty issues (#2 as usual) and we just wanted to be OUT of the car!At one point we even pulled off and had to have a talk with him.We finally made it home around 1230am and brought the stuff inside and then rested our heads.
Sad to see it end, but I know another trip is soon to start! I think you did a great job of easing the pain of ending the cruise with a couple of days in the bubble but not dashing around in the parks. The farewell breakfast looks wonderful!
The O'hana breakfast looked like so much fun! I wanted to do that one as our last breakfast, but I got outvoted, the girls wanted the Supercalifragilistic breakfast again at 1900 Park Fare. I may have to see if there are any openings and talk them into changing. They love Lilo & Stitch, but they are huge Alice In Wonderland and Mary Poppins fans, so I know that is why they want to go back to 1900 PF.
Sorry you had the little hiccup on the ride home. Glad you made it safe and sound.
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