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Your parade pictures are great. I never have any luck taking parade pictures. The Halloween party is something I never miss. We don't do the trick or treat trails either as we don't eat much candy and there are so many other things to do.
I think there's so much going on that it's truly great value for money.
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It's the same with my back, Chez - walking is always better than standing. Glad you didn't have to wait too long for a cab, although how weird that you got one before the other people... Maybe they needed to go further, maybe to Orlando, and therefore needed a different cab?
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Don't get me wrong, you know me - we love the States, but there are just some things you guys can't do and one of them is chocolate. I take it you've never tried Cadbury's? If not, you really must.
I actually have had Cadbury's before, and there is nothing that compares!! I found a website that sells the Cadbury chocolate, so now I can stock up!
It's the same with my back, Chez - walking is always better than standing. Glad you didn't have to wait too long for a cab, although how weird that you got one before the other people... Maybe they needed to go further, maybe to Orlando, and therefore needed a different cab?
That's certainly possible. I hadn't thought of that.
Saturday 2 November – part one: they said there would be showers today…
Unsurprisingly, we were up late, after our late night last night. We surfaced just after 7:00am, which was in fairness still pretty early, although we got going very slowly. We both ended up using the whirlpool bath to soothe our aching bodies, followed by a shower – now this is the life, as this is not something we’d do at home!
In the end, we headed out just before 10:00am, with the weather forecast confidently telling us that there would be showers today. Ok, that I can live with. However, it was tipping down with rain when we left the Beach Club Villas, and that situation didn’t improve as we drove towards Downtown Disney, and in fact, things were still just as bad when we got there.
Fortunately, we were able to get a parking space relatively close to World of Disney, and off we went.
We headed inside, and set about shopping, with the main emphasis on presents for our nieces and nephew. We didn’t do badly, but equally we didn’t do as well as I’d hoped. We managed to get jigsaws for one niece, so that was good, but the other likes Sofia the First, who we’d never heard of. Well, it seems Disney aren’t that keen on her either, as trust me, there wasn’t much for her, just some dolls and are we the only ones who think the dolls Disney do look a bit, well weird? We ended up getting her a plush Minnie, as she likes Minnie, dressed up as Tink, as she used to like Tinkerbell. I know, she’s a fickle one…
Mark got this T-shirt
Once we were done in there, we braved the tipping rain…
…. and headed to the LEGO store, where we battled past the idiots in ponchos who were standing undercover. For goodness sake you jokers, you have ponchos on, so you are not really going to get wet. We had an umbrella – well I did, it’s Eeyore, so Mark won’t be seen dead under it and he only had his cap on, so by comparison, we fare much worse, but we’re out in the rain. Honestly!
We went in there, and struggled to find something for our nephew, as he’s kind of an in between age, where a lot of things are a bit simple for him, but the next things up are a bit too tough. AJ helped us in there, and without him, I don’t think we’d have made a purchase, but he pointed us in the right direction, and we found something aimed at 7-10 year olds. Perfect! Another one marked off the Christmas list.
That done, we headed back to the car in the still pouring rain, and drove over to the Magic Kingdom in the still pouring rain. Are you getting the picture of how the day was shaping up weather wise?
We headed over to the Polynesian, and valet parked, and headed inside.
We caught a monorail almost straight away, and the rain continued throughout our ride over to the Magic Kingdom…
When we got there, the park was pretty empty – can’t think why…
We headed into the Emporium, and walked through the shop. I have to say I’ve never noticed this before, but my goodness, the floor in here is dangerous when it’s wet. It was really slippery and we both had to tread very carefully. Not what I expect from Disney.
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I take it you've never tried Cadbury's? If not, you really must. 
We ended up getting her a plush Minnie, as she likes Minnie, dressed up as Tink, as she used to like Tinkerbell. I know, she’s a fickle one… 
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