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Old 03-03-2011, 05:25 AM   #61
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What a great trip. Thank you for sharing
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Old 03-03-2011, 08:10 AM   #62
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Great finish... and I'm on the edge of my computer chair waiting to see if a PTR comes to precede the PTR for the holidays...
Lol me too! We shall have to see.......tee hee
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Wow. I just read your TR from start to finish. I love your writing style. I think it's the best decision to buy into DVC nice and early. DH and I didn't buy until after our fifth trip as a family...can you imagine how much that would have saved us had we bought earlier? Alas, it was not in the cards so I don't look back. We love LTT and WCC also. How sweet that you managed the "move" to GF after your experience at AK. We are off to AKLV Kidani this summer, a request of my DS. We shall see how we like it! Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Looking forward to your next TR!
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What a great trip! Hope you get to start planning your next one real soon!
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Take a peek at my PTR as I plan away again.

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Great TR! I must admit that this was the first TR I have ever read... and I'm hooked! As I was reading, I imagined myself there... smelling the aromas, feeling the thrills, seeing everything... Gosh, I miss WDW! Thanks for sharing!
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Oh I am honored to be the first TR you read! I loved writing it for just that reason too! I love reliving the experience.
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Hi - I just read your TR. It sounds like you had a great time. My DH and I spent our honeymoon (after 14 years of marriage) at AKL last Nov. We loved it! But it is far away and not for everyone. And we did practically the same thing - we bought into the DVC at BLT too! DH bought a DVC jacket from the gift shop at ALK after our tour and it was then that I knew we would be buying! The CM asked how long we were members and my husband said "1 day". I'll keep an eye out for your next TR. We will be going in Nov 2011 - maybe I can figure out these boards enough to post a TR myself!
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Hi - I just read your TR. It sounds like you had a great time. My DH and I spent our honeymoon (after 14 years of marriage) at AKL last Nov. We loved it! But it is far away and not for everyone. And we did practically the same thing - we bought into the DVC at BLT too! DH bought a DVC jacket from the gift shop at ALK after our tour and it was then that I knew we would be buying! The CM asked how long we were members and my husband said "1 day". I'll keep an eye out for your next TR. We will be going in Nov 2011 - maybe I can figure out these boards enough to post a TR myself!
Oh that is awesome! Hey our honeymoon was actually a month after we got married because I had to finish nursing school. But it was fun because it was like the magic of our wedding was stretched out.
Oh that is so neat that you bought DVC at BLT too! We actually turned around and got luggage tags for DVC and used it as part of our surprise gift for my family. So it was neat. And when we tricked our way to seeing a room at VWL we laughed and told them we were just members.
And the link to my PTR is in my signature! (I cannot figure out how to make it the name of my PTR and not the ugly link. But either way it should send you there )
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Too funny! I've been a nurse for 20 years!!!! That's great that you could surprise your family like that. We were gifted the use of the DVC at AKL for our honeymoon. A nurse I work with was going to lose her points so she asked if I wanted to go. I asked "How much" and she said "Nothing. I just don't want to let them go to waste" Talk about WOW! It was awesome and totally wonderful of her! When she did get to go in December with her family, we sent a Mickey Christmas stocking from Disney Floral to her. (It can never equal what she gave us but. . .)
As far as the magic being stretched out - yay!!
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Too funny! I've been a nurse for 20 years!!!! That's great that you could surprise your family like that. We were gifted the use of the DVC at AKL for our honeymoon. A nurse I work with was going to lose her points so she asked if I wanted to go. I asked "How much" and she said "Nothing. I just don't want to let them go to waste" Talk about WOW! It was awesome and totally wonderful of her! When she did get to go in December with her family, we sent a Mickey Christmas stocking from Disney Floral to her. (It can never equal what she gave us but. . .)
As far as the magic being stretched out - yay!!
Oh wow that is neat! I love meeting another nurse. And that is a wonderful gift! Disney magic is everywhere, even way at home.
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