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I'm so glad they removed the stent. Hope the pieces pass on without rearing their ugly heads again. Krispy Kreme and a lazy day are great ways to spend the day. I know you will enjoy your dinner.
I'm happy that Luke had the stent removed and most seems to be going well for the most part. One of these things with two steps forward and one step back! Just hoping for the best for Luke and the two of you as I've been quite concerned about this! We've never met physically but by corresponding with you fairly regularly we have a connection and being part of the Passporter Family for certain!
I was more than worried when I saw how many pages were there after your initial update today as I felt possibly something could be very wrong but glad all seems to be coming along!
Back to your TR.....great photos as usual and coverage. You made two great choices by skipping JRC as I think once is enough on any trip as only so much you can get out of the jokes! As far as SM goes...I love my thrill rides and in general the ride doesn't give me many problems even though I'm just a bit over 50. It depends on the invidual and depends where you are sitting in the car. The only problem I tend to have is being thrown around a bit around the curves and hills of the ride. It's a great ride and over in about three minutes, I'm guessing and a bit more than most WDW rides.
Will be doing Mickey's Philharmagic and Monsters Inc on my Fall trip as still blank in my WDW repertoire! That's just insane with 11 prior trips. There are also a few others in the three other parks as well!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Luke's health result sure was a welcome birthday/anniversary present. Hope the rest of the debris moves out quickly and easily. Enjoyed your Buzz pictures. I do not remember ever trying to take pictures on that ride.
I'm glad you were able to get your Krispy Kreme doughnuts to start the day off, although I'm sorry it wasn't great news for Luke. I was hoping everything would be over for him by now.
YAY for a Krispy Kreme donut kind of Birthday!!! Glad that Luke was able to get the stent out but boo that there is still some debris. Hoping that he passes it all soon! So good that you've been walking still but I know it's not the same without Luke with you. When I do my daily walk in the morning without Pete, I either listen to talk radio on my radio headset or I download a podcast from Disunplugged and listen to it for the hour, which makes the time go very quickly!
Happy belated bithday to you and Happy belated Anniversary to you and Luke. What better way to celebrate than by getting good news about Luke. Still sending pixies that the debris goes away without incident.
I'm sorry about SM. I feel that way when we go on Star Tours. DH loves it, so I do it for him, but oh boy! Not a happy feeling during and for a while afterwards. I've taken to closing my eyes (which I know they say you shouldn't do) and it helps, but not sure how much longer that will work.
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Sorry, but in my previous post I forgot to wish you a tandem Very Happy Birthday/Anniversary!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I'm happy that Luke had the stent removed and most seems to be going well for the most part. One of these things with two steps forward and one step back! Just hoping for the best for Luke and the two of you as I've been quite concerned about this! We've never met physically but by corresponding with you fairly regularly we have a connection and being part of the Passporter Family for certain!
I was more than worried when I saw how many pages were there after your initial update today as I felt possibly something could be very wrong but glad all seems to be coming along!
Back to your TR.....great photos as usual and coverage. You made two great choices by skipping JRC as I think once is enough on any trip as only so much you can get out of the jokes! As far as SM goes...I love my thrill rides and in general the ride doesn't give me many problems even though I'm just a bit over 50. It depends on the invidual and depends where you are sitting in the car. The only problem I tend to have is being thrown around a bit around the curves and hills of the ride. It's a great ride and over in about three minutes, I'm guessing and a bit more than most WDW rides.
Will be doing Mickey's Philharmagic and Monsters Inc on my Fall trip as still blank in my WDW repertoire! That's just insane with 11 prior trips. There are also a few others in the three other parks as well!
You are very sweet to be concerned for Luke and me, and I agree, we are a family here. You definitely have to rectify those gaps in your attractions list.
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Luke's health result sure was a welcome birthday/anniversary present. Hope the rest of the debris moves out quickly and easily. Enjoyed your Buzz pictures. I do not remember ever trying to take pictures on that ride.
I know I've never even though of taking Buzz photos as I'm so intense into the shooting and scoring, but decided now was the time to give it a try.
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YAY for a Krispy Kreme donut kind of Birthday!!! Glad that Luke was able to get the stent out but boo that there is still some debris. Hoping that he passes it all soon! So good that you've been walking still but I know it's not the same without Luke with you. When I do my daily walk in the morning without Pete, I either listen to talk radio on my radio headset or I download a podcast from Disunplugged and listen to it for the hour, which makes the time go very quickly!
I've thought about doing downloading a podcast but I always forget.
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Just hoping for the best for Luke and the two of you as I've been quite concerned about this! 
We've never met physically but by corresponding with you fairly regularly we have a connection and being part of the Passporter Family for certain! 
That's just insane with 11 prior trips. 
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