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It was super crowded that morning--for no apparent reason. And Hot! Funny--my hair is already a different color. The blond looked washed out to me so now it's really dark red--very nearly purple.
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Wow!!! I don't think in any of our trips I've seen AK that crowded! That's insane!
Love the pictures of the lesser flamingoes...they are so cute! Morgan takes wonderful photos and that last one with Tink....awwww, that is a PRICELESS photo!!!
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It was real busy that day there. To bad we didn't get a chance to meet up that day. We did get to meet up with Heather as she walked us over to a ride, thanks again Heather,right as it started raining AGAIN
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Love all the photos, but especially the ones with Morgan and Tink .
ETA: You got some borders that we didn't see, and our trip was April . Wonder if they were add ons for the photopass plus, or maybe you got photos in a different area to trigger them
Oh Morgan and Tinkerbell! I love her face in the last one. That was quite a crowd for AK!
I loved her face in the last one, too!
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I too love the picture of Morgan w/ Tinkerbell. So sweet. The crowd getting into AK is crazy. I have never seen it like that either. WOW I hope we don't have crowds like that in a couple weeks.
We've never had a crowd this size before on visits to AK, and I've no idea what brought everyone here this day.
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WOW, AK was very crowded. I really love all the PP pics. Morgan with Tink is awesome. Really enjoy seeing all the smiles.
AK is probably my favorite park (though Epcot is a very close second), and it was fun that Morgan enjoyed stopping to see the animals as much as I do.
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Great pictures! I have never seen AK so crowded and I have been there at Christmas time! Wow!!
We hadn't either and we were there around Thanksgiving time a few years back.
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Wow, can't believe the crowds at AK! I am loving all the pics!
Once inside though I didn't feel too cramped by all the people.
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I love the pictures of Morgan with Tink. She looks beautiful! I can't believe how crowded AK was. Looking forward to more pictures.
We had quite a few magic shots with Tink, and all reminded my of my own Tinker Bell.
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Wow! Can't believe the crowds!
Love the pictures of Morgan with Tinkerbell!
I think we all three stopped dead in our tracks with mouths opens when we first realized how crowded it was.
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All caught up! Sounds like you had a wonderful time with Kelly and her family for dinner. You can tell in the pictures how much Dylan loved Morgan. So cute!!! Holy Cow, I've never seen a crowd at AK like that before!!
Needless to say, there were no truly short lines for bag check, but Morgan and I did find one that was moving more efficiently than the others right around it.
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WOW... That's alot of folks!!!
Love the photopass pics.
Where did Luke get his shirt & what does it say on the side? I love that color green.
We got Luke's shirt at the Disney Store. It just says The Lion King down the side of the graphic.
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Those are some big AK crowds... yowsa! More beautiful pictures... Morgan looks so happy!
Morgan truly enjoyed all the animals here this day!
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Great pictures! That is crazy busy!!! No thank you.
We never thought of turning around and I'm glad as we didn't really have much trouble all day doing what we wanted to. But it was scary at the entrance.
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The "Where Dreams Come True" Picture of Morgan could be an advertisement! She is so photogenic! Great pics!!
Her Dad is a photographer and don't know if that helps, but she definitely knows what makes a good picture. Besides that she is just so darn cute!
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WOW, that's super crowded for Ak! I've never seen it that busy there either.
The last picture of Morgan and Tink is my favorite
That one is my favorite, too! She got the expression perfect.
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It was super crowded that morning--for no apparent reason. And Hot! Funny--my hair is already a different color. The blond looked washed out to me so now it's really dark red--very nearly purple.
I need to see a picture of the new color. I got mine highlighted again last week and told my stylist that right before a new highlight it seems yellow to me, rather than blond. So now I have a purple shampoo to use once a week. Stefanie would have thought that was hilarious, but cool since she loved purple.
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It did look super crowed! The photopass pics and boarders are great!
I was really glad they kept some of the old AK borders that I already liked, but I really like all of the new ones, too, especially The Lion King as it's my favorite movie.
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Wow!!! I don't think in any of our trips I've seen AK that crowded! That's insane!
Love the pictures of the lesser flamingoes...they are so cute! Morgan takes wonderful photos and that last one with Tink....awwww, that is a PRICELESS photo!!!
Insane is a great description of the crowd! We loved watching the flamingos sleep, and twitch, and argue. I'm thinking Disney needs to use that last one with Tink in ads. Perfect!
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What a crowd! I just love the Tinkerbell photopass pics with Morgan. I really like the magic shots, and Tinkerbell is one of my favorites.
Tinker Bell is a favorite with us, too!
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It was real busy that day there. To bad we didn't get a chance to meet up that day. We did get to meet up with Heather as she walked us over to a ride, thanks again Heather,right as it started raining AGAIN
I'm sorry we never got to meet back up. The rain though was a bit of a blessing as it cleared out some of the crowd.
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Yikes that was crowded!!!
Love all the photos, but especially the ones with Morgan and Tink .
ETA: You got some borders that we didn't see, and our trip was April . Wonder if they were add ons for the photopass plus, or maybe you got photos in a different area to trigger them
That is interesting about the borders. I don't know if they were summer additions or part of PhotoPass Plus. But I really liked them.
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Great photos. Thanks for sharing.
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Could she be any cuter?? She could be on a billboard for Disney.
I have to agree!
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Uber crowded Batman! I've got Luke's shirt! (I also have the Minnie bow shirt that you have too!) Love, Love, Love AK!
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Looks like you had a great morning at AK despite the crowds. I love that Morgan took the time to check out all the animals! The sleeping one is the babirusa--I can't really see it well, but I recognize the habitat! I'll join the crowd loving the Tink photos!
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Yikes that was crowded!!!
Once inside though I didn't feel too cramped by all the people. 
the pictures of Morgan with Tink. She looks beautiful! I can't believe how crowded AK was. Looking forward to more pictures.
The rain though was a bit of a blessing as it cleared out some of the crowd. 
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I can't believe how many people were at the entrance. 
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