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Glad things went well with Abby's hearing. How nice that you will be spending time with Kate and maybe Ginger.
It will be an incredible summer for you!
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Those are some excellent additions! Sounds like it was meant to be as you said! How else do you get Plaza ADRs for two weeks from now? Sounds like some great fun PPer meets ahead!
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Thank You Darlene! Yeah I am so Rude! I can't take any credit as to the idea since it was Lenny that 1st put the idea into my brain...I just sat on it just a tad bit...because I am such a Procrastinator... lol
And really I am not making you change your plans at all... maybe except adding an ADR, which turned out to be meant to be... just saying!
And not to jump on YOUR PTR...but I am also hoping to meet up with Ginger too.
It's a Reunion & Passporter's Meet rolled into ONE trip... and ONE weekend! Yeah as Darlene said, "It is going to be an Incredible Summer"- who knew that was going to be a Good omen....
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Plans look great an how nice that Kate will be able to join you for a few days with the parks and some good ADRs! And those with Ginger too!
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I think it's wonderful that Kate is going to be able to join you for several days. It sounds like you will have a great day together. Also fun to meet up with Ginger. PP meet and greets are always fun.
You're right, PPer meets are always fun and I'm glad Kate can join us. We really are looking forward to seeing her agian.
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Glad things went well with Abby's hearing. How nice that you will be spending time with Kate and maybe Ginger.
It will be an incredible summer for you!
Thanks. Yes, it is going to be and Incredible Summer. It started with just us and the trip, now we're going to spend time with two people during it. One we've already met (Kate) and one new person (Ginger) but it's just adding to the Incredible theme IMO.
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How exciting to add the meets with Kate and Ginger to your plans at the last minute! And lucky that you were able to get the ADRs too.
It really is. Only fellow PPer's get how exciting it is to be able to do that. I was really surprised by how easy it was for the ADR's too - very lucky indeed.
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Those are some excellent additions! Sounds like it was meant to be as you said! How else do you get Plaza ADRs for two weeks from now? Sounds like some great fun PPer meets ahead!
Thanks - they are and I do think it was meant to be. The Plaza is so small to begin with that like I said, it was only after the fact that I realized how easy it was to get the ADR for it.
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Thank You Darlene! Yeah I am so Rude! I can't take any credit as to the idea since it was Lenny that 1st put the idea into my brain...I just sat on it just a tad bit...because I am such a Procrastinator... lol
And really I am not making you change your plans at all... maybe except adding an ADR, which turned out to be meant to be... just saying!
And not to jump on YOUR PTR...but I am also hoping to meet up with Ginger too.
It's a Reunion & Passporter's Meet rolled into ONE trip... and ONE weekend! Yeah as Darlene said, "It is going to be an Incredible Summer"- who knew that was going to be a Good omen....
Jump on and enjoy the ride Kate.
No, you are not making me make any changes to my trip. You made the suggestion, I liked it and luck was on our side. If it wasn't meant to be, we would never have gotten the ADR on such short notice. I'm actually looking forward to eating there again. I know Abby is too after seeing the picture of your lunch from there.
Plans look great an how nice that Kate will be able to join you for a few days with the parks and some good ADRs! And those with Ginger too!
Thanks. It is really nice that Kate and Ginger will be joining us on the trip. I don't know if it will work out but it's fine by me if we see both at the same time too. Poor Lenny would be outnumbered by females but he's looking forward to seeing everyone himself. And as Kate said, he is the one who made the original comment months ago.
I'm looking forward to hearing about your trip. I've read your past trip reports and I have been amazed at how well you handle the heat, a scooter, and the potential for meltdowns on such little sleep. You're making me believe a summer trip would be possible for our family. I've always sworn it off with it being just so hot in Florida in summer. But as my kids get closer to high school, I know it may not be possible to take them out of school for a week plus. I can't wait to hear about your Incredible Adventure!
I just finished reading your PTR. You have some great plans going on and some great places to eat too. Can't wait to read all about your trip, as I always enjoy your trip reports.
Haven't been on this site for a couple of weeks and just saw this. We are going to be there from 8/12 through 8/18. Hopefully, we will see you while we are there. I will make sure we say HI!
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