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I'm so glad you had a wonderful trip!! Reading all your thoughts and feelings about DLR remind me of the same exact feelings I had the first time I went to DLR after over 15 trips to WDW!!
Can't wait to read the full fledged TR because these tidbits sound so great! Except I think the heat would get me. Chuck even asked me "Have you read about Cam and Luke's trip on fb? Man does it sound HOT!" Just more reason for ICE CREAM!!! Glad you had a great time.
I kept thinking it had to be so hot, even for you, from Kentucky. I am glad you had a good, full trip. Safe travels today!
It was hot but we did manage well in spite of it.
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I am so happy that Disneyland has far exceeded your expectations! Even though it is smaller that WDW, quite a few of the attractions are larger and more detailed. So glad that you're having such a wonderful time PP friends too!
We were amazed with everything.
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So glad that the parks lived up to your expectations, and I KNEW you would feel Walt's presence - we loved it there so much last year, and our "once in a lifetime" visit has made us want to go back again too!
Have a safe journey home.
We have fallen under the same spell. I'm already plotting what we'll do when we go back.
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Hoping for safe and easy travels today!
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Safe and easy travels home, Cam & Luke!
, Pris and Colleen! We have safely arrived home
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Glad you had a great time in CA! Can't wait to hear all the details and see all the pictures!
I have a huge task editing photos, but I can't wait to show them off.
I hope you have a safe flight home. I will be ready for your TR, as soon as you are able to begin.!!!!!!
We are home and I'll be getting photos and notes ready for the start of the official report.
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Safe travels!! Can't wait to hear all about your trip!!
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Safe travels! Can't wait to here all about it!
, Kathy and Mayra. We had a long, but safe travel day.
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So glad you had a great time! I can't wait to read all about it.
:thnaks:
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Originally Posted by sunshinetaradise
I'm so glad you had a wonderful trip!! Reading all your thoughts and feelings about DLR remind me of the same exact feelings I had the first time I went to DLR after over 15 trips to WDW!!
:thanks I think a lot of us seasoned WDW fans are also won over by DLR.
Can't wait to read the full fledged TR because these tidbits sound so great! Except I think the heat would get me. Chuck even asked me "Have you read about Cam and Luke's trip on fb? Man does it sound HOT!" Just more reason for ICE CREAM!!! Glad you had a great time.
We did have a few occasions to cool off with ice cream. We had a very hot start to September here at home, so maybe that was preparation for California.
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Hope your trip home on Southwest didn't rob you of all your post vacation bliss. Looking forward to hearing about DL!
It was a long travel day, but no bliss was stolen.
We safely made it home just after midnight this morning. Within thirty minutes we had both crashed in bed and were sound asleep. I spent the whole morning unpacking and photographing our purchases. Then I began to feel a bit light headed, exhausted, and even chilled. So after catching up on e-mails, I took a long nap. A little before 4:00 Luke and I went for our usual walk, then we cleaned up to take Luke's mom out for dinner. I haven't begun photo editing yet, but I'm going to do that a little at a time, working on those I'll need for each update. I have complete notes for our travel day, but that is where the notes end. So I've got to get busy writing soon before I forget anything.
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