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I'm glad you're doing the TR, Cathy! I can understand how you felt after the trip; I felt the same way after our last family trip. But reliving the trip through the report will help you see that among the grumbles, you really did have a good time!
Tea at GF is something I have never gotten to do. Been taking my Dnephews last few years and they said no. But now that my Dgds are getting old enough to do things like that it looks very interesting. So glad your experience was a great one there after some of the stress. I have had to make lemonade from the lemons that I was handed while on a WDW trip, all the planning I did just couldn't take in account some of the stuff that came along.
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Hey, I wanna have tea at the GF too!!! That looks perfect in just about every way. MUST DO GF TEA, note to self.
OK, so things seem to be going good so far, yes?
It looks like tea was very nice. Did the girls like the tea? My sister is taking my niece to Tea at GF in October so I'll have to direct her over to your trip report for your description.
i remember worrying about y'all on the day you left. i also remembering having the sense that something wasn't "right" when we finally met up at MK. now i think i might know why....
I had a feeling you all could sense that, too, Sheri. It worried me the rest of the trip!
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i love taking afternoon tea, esp. at the GF. you have reminded me to put this on the agenda for my next trip! i am happy you all enjoyed the experience. and BOO for the old maleficent...perhaps it is grandmama maleficent....
I think we're going to have to plan to do that together in the future.
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Beautiful photos of the GF lobby and tea. Your girls look like perfect little ladies! I always order exactly what you had for tea... wish I were there right now! (So funny to have Maleficent try to cut in line. Was she having tea solo?)
No - she was there with her husband. I actually looked through our photos to see if there was one with the two of them in the background, but unfortunately there isn't.
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OMG!! I really have to make it to tea someday. I have this idea in my head to save GF (and any visits there) for a special occasion. Well, I now believe I am putting it on a pedestal and will set the bar to high. SO, perhaps a tea would be loverly!
Oh - don't put it off! Make it a special occasion and go to tea. You will fall in love with GF for sure.
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We cancelled our reservation...wish we wouldn't have now. But we were just wore out and DD had a bit of a break down that day. So glad you enjoyed the tea.
There's always next time...and you'll probably enjoy it even more when you're well rested.
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Tea sounds great. Nice to know it's guy friendly. Sounds like it started off great.
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I so want to try afternoon tea at the GF. I think DH may be up to it. He's not of the "it's to girlie" mindset.
Just tell him they do have the "Prince Edward's Tea" just for the gentlemen.
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It looks like tea was very nice. Did the girls like the tea? My sister is taking my niece to Tea at GF in October so I'll have to direct her over to your trip report for your description.
More please.
The girls loved the tea experience. As for the actual tea, Cory loved hers as she is used to having a cup every once in awhile. Kelley, who had never had any, found it a bit different that she expected, but she sipped hers throughout the entire time. I think she would have liked our variety better, but I guess it's an acquired taste after all.
I am so glad you got to enjoy the tea, I know this has been on your list for awhile. You had the same tea I tried...something about the vanilla and strawberries just sounded so good (and it was pretty good, espeically since I am not a tea fan). My favorite though was the strawberries and cream and I see that it was your choice as well. I think I could come to the tea just for that
Glad that Kevin came for the experience and enjoyed as well - loved his cappacino.
I remembered all that from your TR...which is probably why I ordered what I did!
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Nice shots of the GF lobby! I forgot to take pictures of the lobby this past trip as I had never been inside before and was just in awe soaking it all in.
My DH and I had Tea there for the first time this past trip. I think I got what y'all got as the offerings looked the same and the descriptions sounded the same. It was delicious, especially those strawberries. YUMMY!!
I think the Grand Floridian is one of the most beautiful resorts anywhere! You could spend an entire day there doing a photo shoot and still not see it all.
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Hey, I wanna have tea at the GF too!!! That looks perfect in just about every way. MUST DO GF TEA, note to self.
OK, so things seem to be going good so far, yes?
I can just see your beautiful family having tea there.
Yes, so far, so good...But there's more to come. Guess it's like a book - you have to have some conflict in order for the story to have a beginning, middle and end.
I've been following along on this TR, but just had to comment. We had Afternoon Tea on our trip 7 years ago, and seeing the pictures of your strawberries and cream still makes my mouth water. They are soooo good. It was an enjoyable experience for us too.
As a fellow Star Wars fan, I can't wait to hear what's next. Hopefully you're starting to see more of the good and remember less of the bad. Btw, our wedding also featured Star Wars. Our wedding recessional song was the Throne Room song from A New Hope. The people who knew what it was from thought it was so cool we were using Star Wars music. And those who didn't, just thought it was a nice song.
I'm just catching up Cathy. I'm so sorry that your trip ended up less than magical. I've also had some less than perfect vacations and as you know with time the good memories are the ones you will remember most. I think that we have such high expectations with a Disney vacation that it is sometimes hard for the actual trip to live up to what we've been dreaming and planning about for so long. Especially when your previous trip was such a great one!
I'm so happy that you've decided to share your trip with us and so far aside from getting a bit behind schedule things are going well. Your tea sounded wonderful, I love all the pictures from the GF! We've never had a meal there, but it's on my wish list for the next trip (after this summer's.) I'm looking forward to more!!
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I'm glad you decided to write your TR; I'm really enjoying reading it so far...
I hate that this trip did not live up to it's expectations; but it sounds like you had a safe drive there; despite the late start and your afternoon tea sounds great.
I've been following along on this TR, but just had to comment. We had Afternoon Tea on our trip 7 years ago, and seeing the pictures of your strawberries and cream still makes my mouth water. They are soooo good. It was an enjoyable experience for us too.
As a fellow Star Wars fan, I can't wait to hear what's next. Hopefully you're starting to see more of the good and remember less of the bad. Btw, our wedding also featured Star Wars. Our wedding recessional song was the Throne Room song from A New Hope. The people who knew what it was from thought it was so cool we were using Star Wars music. And those who didn't, just thought it was a nice song.
Love your wedding story!
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I'm just catching up Cathy. I'm so sorry that your trip ended up less than magical. I've also had some less than perfect vacations and as you know with time the good memories are the ones you will remember most. I think that we have such high expectations with a Disney vacation that it is sometimes hard for the actual trip to live up to what we've been dreaming and planning about for so long. Especially when your previous trip was such a great one!
I'm so happy that you've decided to share your trip with us and so far aside from getting a bit behind schedule things are going well. Your tea sounded wonderful, I love all the pictures from the GF! We've never had a meal there, but it's on my wish list for the next trip (after this summer's.) I'm looking forward to more!!
Glad you're following along! Does this mean you have a trip in the works for this summer, too?
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