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Old 07-11-2011, 10:06 PM   #736
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Great finish. I have already read your new PTR as well. From the way you pop in and out of WDW, one would think you live right outside the main gate.
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Old 07-12-2011, 12:02 PM   #737
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Nice last day Heather! And I can't believe you're already back there! You're turning into Sharon.
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Great finish, Heather! Now I'm off to read your other TR.
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Old 07-12-2011, 09:50 PM   #739
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Just finishing up and now you're off again!

Great wrap-up. Thank you for sharing the photos and thoughts about Lorie and Glenn's Illuminations Meet. I'm glad I waited and read it from you (yes, I'm still a bit sad...)

Your Illuminations photos were outstanding!!! I love the HDR (or is that HRD?) setting. I'm going to have to go back through your TR and see what camera you have.

Love your last morning - what fun! I'll admit, I skimmed through the iasw photos because I'm afraid of dolls - and the ride! Well, not all dolls - just those dolls. I know, weird...!

And thanks for finding your Mermaid photo - I loved it! I think you would be the Tinkerbell of Mermaids - sassy, opinionated, confident, cute.

Can't wait to see what happens on this next trip...and then, October!!!
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Great wrap-up! I always enjoy your TR's!
Thanks! I truly appreciate that someone is reading!

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Great report, Heather! And the next one is already started...
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Great finish! I hope you have just as good of a quickie trip these next 2 days. Thanks for sharing!
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I wish I lived outside the main gate! However, I talked to a bartender at the Outer Rim yesterday who told me he works two jobs and commutes an hour to get to his WDW job!

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Just finishing up and now you're off again!

Great wrap-up. Thank you for sharing the photos and thoughts about Lorie and Glenn's Illuminations Meet. I'm glad I waited and read it from you (yes, I'm still a bit sad...)

Your Illuminations photos were outstanding!!! I love the HDR (or is that HRD?) setting. I'm going to have to go back through your TR and see what camera you have.

Love your last morning - what fun! I'll admit, I skimmed through the iasw photos because I'm afraid of dolls - and the ride! Well, not all dolls - just those dolls. I know, weird...!

And thanks for finding your Mermaid photo - I loved it! I think you would be the Tinkerbell of Mermaids - sassy, opinionated, confident, cute.

Can't wait to see what happens on this next trip...and then, October!!!
Thanks! It is HDR--High Density Resolution! I have a Canon S95. It was designed by Canon to be for serious photographers that don't always want to carry their SLR camera. I'm never going to own an SLR camera--I don't want to work that hard or carry that much weight. The S95 was a great alternative! It has all of the specialty lenses that you would buy for a SLR built in, as well as the ability to go into manual or specific choice shots-whether the focus or the shutter speed is more important. I still have not figured out all the tricks!

As to my mermaid--thanks! I'm always opinionated and sassy, but I'm not always confident and I appreciate that you think I'm cute!
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are you going to tack on your new TR onto this one? I want to make sure I continue to follow. Love reading along. We will be going at the end of Oct for the Food and wine Festival.
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Another great wrap up, thanks for sharing another wonderful trip with us.
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Great wrap up Heather. I really enjoyed following along on this TR. Especially the food porn and the 'cage picture'. Thank you!!
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Did we ever find out what happened when Brandon returned the phone call??? I want to know if he has a new job or not!
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Good point - I don't think we did.
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Just getting caught up Heather! Glad you and Brandon had such a great trip, with so many great eats! Your pictures were fantastic! Thanks so much for taking us along for the ride!
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Finally found time to finish! And, yes....I did sing IASW in my head....

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