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Sounds like it all coming together, rain stopped, tummy full, room ready, groceries and suitcases delivered. But know your track record with Hollywood Studios I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the rain stays away.
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Glad the rain had stopped! Love eating at Sanaa, so very yummy in my tummy! Cant wait to read about DHS!!
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Glad the rain stopped!! Lunch looked really good
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Glad the rain stopped so you could walk over to Sanaa! Your anniversary dessert looks so good, but chocolate cake is my favorite. I am wondering with your track record at DHS if the rain stays away or not.
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Great pics of the room! Glad you had a great lunch at Sanaa!
Sanaa is always good! Even if I did find some of the dishes spicier than I remember.
Yay! Rain stopped that is a good thing. Sounds like a nice lunch.
It was a nice lunch and a gret way to kick off the vacation!
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Sounds like you had a nice lunch. Is it just me or are ALL the rooms at AKL really dark? I've seen many pictures in TRs of AKL and they're always just dark looking to me. I know I've read people complain about it a bit, but is it just that they don't have lighting or is there anything that can be done about it? I'd like to try AKL at some point, but I'm not sure I'd like it if all their rooms are that way.
They are darker than most I would say. I think the lighting is less and all the dark wood and furnishings adds to that. I still love my 'home' though.
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Glad you didn't get rained out. Looks like a great meal and a nice view.
Dylan kept getting up to stand at the window for a better look.
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You had me with "raspberry"! But, Kelly... there's not enough there to share!
Going through the WDW gates always make me smile. Your room looks nice.
Mango margarita... well... it's a margarita so it can't be all bad!
Chocolate & raspberry is a great combo! I was pretty full from lunch so we each had a bit or two. If you like mangos and margaritas then you's love a mango margarita. It's DELICIOUS! (Right Linny?!)
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Glad that the rain stopped! Lunch looked delicious!
Yummy indeed!
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So happy the rain stopped for you guys. So far so good...room ready, groceries delivered, one suitcase has arrived and most important of them all you've already had your first margarita!
That last one was on top of my priority list!
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Glad the rain stopped for you - the room looks great, as does lunch.
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Glad to hear that the walking path between Jambo House and Kidani is nicer as the foliage grows more. Your meal sounds fantastic. I love the animal viewing at Sanaa.
It was a much nicer walk than I remember. I'm thinking the patch maybe even changed?? I thought early on we had to go through the parking lot at one point. We did have to cross and walk by the bus stops, but that was ok.
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Great pics of your room! Glad the rain stopped!
It made the walk so much nicer since it wasn't raining.
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Finally have had a few minutes to get caught up! LOVE the smile on your son - reminds me of many pictures of Patrick. We're lucky if we can get Cullen to even look at the camera. Food looks delish! I can't believe Dylan was tall enough for Barnstormer at 2...Patrick was 2 1/2 on our last trip and was nowhere close to tall enough. He was just measured at the doc's yeterday and is finally 39 inches at almost 5. The youngest will be three in August and is currently measuring 34 1/2 inches...think he'll grow another 1/2 inch in a few short weeks?
Looking forward to reading more. I had to laugh at your DHS = rain comment. We had ONE rain shower our entire week on our previous trip and it happened at DHS. We came out from Sci-Fi to find puddles on our stroller seats and it pretty much "sun-rained" the rest of our touring time at that park.
Measure Cullen with shoes on and he just might make it. Lukas was 34.5" at the doctor last week (he'll be 2 in 3 months), but he doesn't seem that tall when standing up - maybe he doesn't 'stand tall'. What is it with rain & DHS?
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Dessert looks so yummy!
It was really good. I'm assuming it was the "Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Mint Sorbet" which is listed on AllEars. I didn't taste mint though.
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Great start so far - just finished lunch and already have your luggage and groceries? I'd take that!
A definite nice surprise.
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Glad to hear it started so well!
Once we got on the plane we didn't have to many glitches - yet. I mean with 2 litle ones it's bound to happen right?
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I have to agree that even on a rainy day, seeing those gates is always a great sight!!
IDK what you mean by that value studio room being smaller than a regular room, it looks bigger than the room we had, Maybe it's just the layou or not having 2 beds in there. I like what you had there.
Dylan was a champ taking that long walk. I am so curious to hear your take on the 2 strollers. I'm guessing on this little segment, you just took one for Lukas? The mango rita!!!!! That's my girl
Lunch looked and sounded delish. We need to get there, for real this time.
Once I have unpacked and put things away, including the suitcases, that is when I truly feel like I am on vacation!!!!
Well once the sofa was pulled out to a bed and the pack n play was between that and the bed it was much more cramped. I just had enough room to get by the pack n play to get into bed. Apparently the 'value' studios are about 3 feet shorter (316 sq ft) in the living room area than non-value studios. But for not using as many points it was manageable. Yes, on this segment we just took Lukas in the stroller as my intention was to leave Dylan's in the room in the am and only bring it back at night after our break in the room. This was a test and clearly we needed the stroller at all times. We never buckled him in though - he just hopped in and out. I did think of you while I sipped that marg!
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Yummy lunch, I think that is the meal I am most looking forward to. We are doing it on our first real day at WDW, we did that last year too and I was so tempted to eat there one more time before we left. I just love the food there.
I love that place too and not just for the food. It's relaxing too. I love the atomsphere and we've always had great servers there too.
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Sounds like it all coming together, rain stopped, tummy full, room ready, groceries and suitcases delivered. But know your track record with Hollywood Studios I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the rain stays away.
I wish you would've had them crossed and sent some pixies while we were there, but more on that later.
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Getting caught up...I was so excited to see your food pics...and then so disappointed to learn there would not be many more . I have appreciated food pics so much that I have tried to remember to take my own at WDW.
I just LOVE when resorts greet you y name at checkin. We have only been twice so far and that only happened at BC. I wondered if it was a Deluxe thing...
Getting caught up...I was so excited to see your food pics...and then so disappointed to learn there would not be many more . I have appreciated food pics so much that I have tried to remember to take my own at WDW.
I just LOVE when resorts greet you y name at checkin. We have only been twice so far and that only happened at BC. I wondered if it was a Deluxe thing...
Sorry about the food pics! I'll try harder on the next trip when we'll have 2 extra sets of hands to keep the boys occupied.
I'm not sure if it's a deluxe thing or not. I'm assuming it has to do with DME &/or on-line check-in since they know more when you'll arrive.
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ahhhh...............I feel in love with Sanaa last year.............and that mango rita!!! i'm drooling now!!!
I could go for one of those ritas about now. And today I came across a groupon for a place I'd never heard of and it appears they offer a lot of the same choices as Sanaa. So I think we'll be trying it out.
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Sounds like you're off to a great start! I love Sanaa!
Since I haven't worked on another update I figured I'd share some pictures from Father's Day weekend - those on FB have seen these already, but you can look again.
Saturday we went to my parent's "farm". I say "farm" because there are no crops. It's more of a hunting lodge. Anyway, my Dad loves it so we usually try to go for Father's Day at the very least. There's a pond to fish in too and that's what we planned on doing plus shooting the BB gun Dylan got from Santa, but apparently 'Santa' forgot to buy BBs. So, just fishing it was.
Dylan's 1st catch
Dylan's 2nd catch
Lukas and my brother Kevin
My Dad & the boys
Mike's catch. I just used the zoom on this. If we were watching we'd never even know if he'd caught anything because he never made a peep.
Lukas & Becki (SiL)
Gotta check out the tractor.
Monkey see, monkey do
All that fishing took it out of him
We also celebrated my brother's 30th, which is Sunday. (He's also getting a surprise party, so he probably thought this was lame.)
Dylan introducing himself to his baby cousin-to-be
Sunday we went to Mike's parents and had a late lunch and then swam in the pool.
Making waves with Uncle Ryan & Aunt Laura
Dylan & Laura (Mike's sister)
Lukas & my MiL
Dylan thought he could swim all by himself. He quickly decided he still needed his flotation device.
Lukas & FiL
me & Lukas
PawPaw showing off his Father's Day present (from MiL) to the boys. Both my in-laws got Disney gift cards for Mother's & Father's day as on our next trip I booked them dinner at Flying Fish and the gift cards are for that meal.
bubbles!
I think it's funny that Dylan already looks like he's been hit with the ball.
Fishin', swimmin', and playin' ball! Can't think of a better way to spend Father's Day weekend. Funny thing about them BB guns... without the BBs they just blow a lot of hot air... hmmmm, that's what my DW says about me!!
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We did have to cross and walk by the bus stops, but that was ok.
. Food looks delish! I can't believe Dylan was tall enough for Barnstormer at 2...Patrick was 2 1/2 on our last trip and was nowhere close to tall enough. He was just measured at the doc's yeterday and is finally 39 inches at almost 5. The youngest will be three in August and is currently measuring 34 1/2 inches...think he'll grow another 1/2 inch in a few short weeks?
), but he doesn't seem that tall when standing up - maybe he doesn't 'stand tall'. 
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. I have appreciated food pics so much that I have tried to remember to take my own at WDW. 
So, just fishing it was.
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