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Josie is so sweet ! Love that she woke up early and was content to look at the castle.
Great of you to sprinkle some magic of your own by giving up your ADR so early in the day!
What a lovely way to wake up, with Josie's sweet comment about the castle. Great morning at MK. The dance party sounds like fun! So cute that Andre really clung to Arnaud on this trip, and they both obviously loved every moment making up for lost time. I hope Andre didn't have a hard time when you returned home and Daddy went back to work.
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I couldn't help but smile at Josie's comment about the castle. Looks and sounds like you had a great morning at AK. Glad Josie enjoyed HM after not wanting to ride it. I've always enjoyed Kona Cafe too, glad you had a great lunch!
What a great day so far! We love Kona Cafe! Never had lunch there, only bfast and dinner and never any complaints!! I am amazed too that you can pretty much always get adr's there even at the last minute, especially since it is so convenient if you are in MK or on the monorail.
Love how Josie was sitting behind the curtains looking at the castle! So sweet!
35 lbs! Andre is only 5 lbs lighter than Sam who is 44 inches tall! Your baby boy is growing up fast!
Love the pics of the kids with the princesses, looks like Andre was doing a little flirting!
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Do you have any pro's and con's yet for the dates you chose, or has everything been great so far? It seems great reading your TR but I am just wondering since we are planning on the week of Sept 14th next year and its been a while since we have done September. I know it will be warm and probably a bit more humid than Oct-Dec, maybe a few more afternoon showers but crowd wise it seems like you are doing great?
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Great morning - especially the way it started with cute Josie and the early morning castle viewing.
Haven't eaten at KC yet, but it's on my short list!
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I wanted to throw this little mini update in on the GF construction of the DVC Villas. As you know we are also big lovers of the GF and didn’t mind about booking our trip there while the DVC construction was going on, but then when we heard of all the other construction going on in the main part of GF that is when I had to move this reservation.
I have been trying to keep up with news going on at the GF and I was reading one thread about how people were all upset about the new DVC area and how it is an eyesore. Maybe looking at construction of that size is an eyesore, but it’s hardly what I would call it. I know when it is finished it will look amazing. I will say that I feel like that area does look crowded now though. It looks like it is starting to get crammed over there and if they ever decide to put in DVC at the Poly, I read that that also would be over in that direction too. I’m sure Disney has a great plan in place and I wouldn’t worry about it so much, but until it’s finished no one can really say how it will look, but at the moment, I thought it looked crowded.
I did see the new water play feature from going by on the monorail, I tried to get pics of it but that area looks completely adorable.
What a great day so far! I absolutely love Josie's comment about the castle!
It started a trend actually, with looking at the castle in the early AM. I'll get to that very soon
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What a great morning at MK! Love the pictures! Lunch sounds delish!
It WAS delish!!
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I have to come back and read the newest entry, but I wanted to tell you the way I was told seating is assigned.
I was told that you pick your tier, and your seat is not assigned at that time. It is assigned when they print out your tickets. Basically, when you pick the tickets up, you get the next best seat in the house in your tier. Which would make sense in the way of, you picked yours up right before you went.
The only time I have done a dinner show, I picked up the tickets as soon as we arrived at the resort. We had awesome seats.
Not sure if this is how it really is done or not, considering everyone seems to have been told alternate things, but it's what I was told.
Well that could make sense I guess, I'll have to remember that in future trips.
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Josie is so sweet ! Love that she woke up early and was content to look at the castle.
Great of you to sprinkle some magic of your own by giving up your ADR so early in the day!
I thought of it like that too, some random family maybe walking up to get a last minute ressie, I hope that happened for someone!
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I can not wait to read more. Are you and your fmaily going back in June again? We will be there the end of May begining of June.
Aww, we are going the first week of May
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What a great morning in MK. I've never tried Kona Cafe, but I'll put it down as one to try on the next trip.
YES, do so. I have never eaten there for breakfast but have for dinner twice and lunch twice. Breakfast to me is a wash meal, doesn't do a whole lot for me I guess.
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What a lovely way to wake up, with Josie's sweet comment about the castle. Great morning at MK. The dance party sounds like fun! So cute that Andre really clung to Arnaud on this trip, and they both obviously loved every moment making up for lost time. I hope Andre didn't have a hard time when you returned home and Daddy went back to work.
He was super cranky when Daddy went back to work, and I was thrown back into reality as well. It was sweet though to see baby duck following daddy duck all around though
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I couldn't help but smile at Josie's comment about the castle. Looks and sounds like you had a great morning at AK. Glad Josie enjoyed HM after not wanting to ride it. I've always enjoyed Kona Cafe too, glad you had a great lunch!
She wanted to ride that again and again, wch I'll get to in another update
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What a great day so far! We love Kona Cafe! Never had lunch there, only bfast and dinner and never any complaints!! I am amazed too that you can pretty much always get adr's there even at the last minute, especially since it is so convenient if you are in MK or on the monorail.
Love how Josie was sitting behind the curtains looking at the castle! So sweet!
35 lbs! Andre is only 5 lbs lighter than Sam who is 44 inches tall! Your baby boy is growing up fast!
Love the pics of the kids with the princesses, looks like Andre was doing a little flirting!
Yeah, there is nothing small about him, never was. I have never in my life had back pain before, but I do now with having to hold him down when he is kicking and screaming over getting his diaper changed. I'm thinking I'm gonna have to go in potty training mode real soon with him, for many reasons
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Do you have any pro's and con's yet for the dates you chose, or has everything been great so far? It seems great reading your TR but I am just wondering since we are planning on the week of Sept 14th next year and its been a while since we have done September. I know it will be warm and probably a bit more humid than Oct-Dec, maybe a few more afternoon showers but crowd wise it seems like you are doing great?
I have always had good luck with Sep, it's hot but not humid at all. I think though that the week before we went is a really slow week. Read Kelly's ( Oh Toodles) TR because she said it was crazy slow. At times I felt like the park was crowded, but it never made for a huge wait in line. I have heard that this time of year is starting to get more popular, but could never be likt the summer corowds I'm sure.
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Oh! Josie's comment warmed my heart - so sweet! I like that you had a nice, relaxed morning at MK.
It was so sweet, and wait till you hear waht hapened on another early morning
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Great morning - especially the way it started with cute Josie and the early morning castle viewing.
Haven't eaten at KC yet, but it's on my short list!
Well put it at the TOP of that short list, and do't waste it on breakfast....for sure try lunch or dinner. My choice would be lunch though
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Josie in the morning - ! Dylan asks us to go to the bathroom - always has and I can't seem to break him of that at home either, so we get woken.
Love those princess pics! Andre looked like he was having fun! I hear you on the heavy kid! Lukas isn't quite that heavy but he's close. I think a few weeks ago he was at 27 pounds and Dylan was only 10 more.
We've always had breakfast at Kona and love it! We'll have to try lunch in the future.
I'm so excited about DVC @ GF - it's how we'll finally get to stay there! That pool area looks so cool! Alice themed? I mean come on!
And September is a good time to go - we had no troubles. It is still hot though.
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I absolutely love Josie's comment about the castle! 
. It was sweet though to see baby duck following daddy duck all around though
! Dylan asks us to go to the bathroom - always has and I can't seem to break him of that at home either, so we get woken.
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