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This does sound about right, I know everytime we watch any party fireworks there, we see the parade either right before or right after.
I found the actual times for this once before on some website.....I'm sure someone can chime in on where to find it.
I'm off to Google to try and find that website!
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Love the calendars!
Thank you!
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I love the calendars! We did a paper chain last time, but I think I may use your idea and switch it up for our next trip.
I thought of doing a paper chain, but quickly changed my mind after I realized I would need to cut and put together 176 links for that chain The calendars were easy peasy!
the calendars, I have never done a countdown before, cause I am not that creative, those are a great idea.
I am so not creative either, I totally stole the calendar idea off of the internet Just Google "Disney Countdown Calendar" and you will be amazed at how many things show up!
Just catching up on your PTR....love the plans. We love POR, it is one of our favorite resorts. Great ADR choices....will keep my fingers crossed that free dining comes through for you.
Okay, I am finally caught up!! You know I'm so glad that you all are staying on property this time. And you're right...you won't be going back to the Marriott after you stay on property
Love the dining reservations!mi read Mama Melrose and thought of the penne vodka right away
I too am hoping for free dining. I'll keep my fingers crossed with you
YES!! Hallowishes from the Poly beach!! I'm with Linny on that one, it's a must
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Just catching up on your PTR....love the plans. We love POR, it is one of our favorite resorts. Great ADR choices....will keep my fingers crossed that free dining comes through for you.
Thanks, Meg! I have heard nothing but good things about POR, I am so excited
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Okay, I am finally caught up!! You know I'm so glad that you all are staying on property this time. And you're right...you won't be going back to the Marriott after you stay on property
Love the dining reservations!mi read Mama Melrose and thought of the penne vodka right away
I too am hoping for free dining. I'll keep my fingers crossed with you
YES!! Hallowishes from the Poly beach!! I'm with Linny on that one, it's a must
I am so glad we are staying on property too Bye bye Marriott
After reading about the penne vodka in your TR, I knew that was what I would be getting as soon as I planned lunch at MM. Yum!
Saturday will be an early morning for us, DHS will be having morning EMH from 8 -9. I'm hoping that we'll be able to get a few rides in on TSMM, as well as ToT and R&RC. Kaeli has watched tons of You Tube ride videos and really wants to try ToT, we'll see how that goes Some other things we'll be sure to see are the Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Playhouse Disney, HISTK playground and of course the animation academy (a favorite of Kaeli's!).
We plan to have lunch at Mama Melrose at noon, a first for us, and I'm really looking forward to it! Dawn (DSteiny23) and her family have a 1pm ADR at MM (I think!), so hopefully we can say hello and make up for our lack of a PP meet on our last trip! Last November we both had breakfast at CMC on the same morning, but never saw each other It wasn't until she saw in my TR that we were so close that day, the back of her DH's head was in the background of some of my photos , but somehow we still missed them Several of our days overlap this time, so we will make up for it!! Pinky swear
At some point in the afternoon I think we will head back to POR for a little rest, then back to MK in the evening for some dinner and MSEP (my all time fave! ). I plan on seeing Wishes later in the week, so maybe we'll hit some rides after the parade, while everyone is watching the show.
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We've never spent a lot of time at CR, so after dinner I think we will spend some time exploring the resort. Depending on how we feel, we might head over to the Poly to watch Hallowishes from the beach. Does anyone know if they pipe in the music for the party fireworks over there too? My BFF and her family arrive this evening, so they may join us for the fireworks too
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I don't think we could skip the pool, even if I wanted to! The girls will not stop talking about it I totally forgot about the electric water parade, thanks for reminding me! What time does that usually run? I'm assuming the party fireworks will be at 9:30 like usual, so maybe it will be around 9.
Check ALLEARS.net for the water parade times.
we tried this exact thing in october - watching Hallowishes from the Poly and the water parade. They do not pip in the music by the beach at the pool. I believe they do on the beaches away from the pool. However in october 2011 they had the water parade come and perform at the Poly at the Same time of HalloWishes. I quess they don't adjust the times from the "normal" schedule to account for the change in fireworks during MNSSHP.
Great plans! Good luck with Kaeli and the rides! I showed Abniel you tube videos of TOT, RnRC and EE, but he still refuses to ride them. He's only agreed to try EE.
Your plans for DHS look great. I can't wait to experience animation academy, I missed it last time, so hopefully I can get there this time around. I MM, my mouth is watering just thinking about it, I hope you and Dawn get to meet up this trip, that's so funny how they were in your pictures last year.
We love Ray! We were so sad with the way things ended for him, but Disney made up for it by letting him sit beside his Evangeline in the night sky I hope you got all of your ADRs on Saturday!!
It doesn't matter how many times I've seen this film, I always cry when Ray gets his send off, I can't help it We got most of our ADRs thanks, only Le Cellier for lunch is causing us hassle. Great plans
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The calendars were easy peasy!
Just Google "Disney Countdown Calendar" and you will be amazed at how many things show up!
Some other things we'll be sure to see are the Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Playhouse Disney, HISTK playground and of course the animation academy (a favorite of Kaeli's!). 
It wasn't until she saw in my TR that we were so close that day, the back of her DH's head was in the background of some of my photos 
, but somehow we still missed them 
Several of our days overlap this time, so we will make up for it!! Pinky swear 
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just thinking about it, I hope you and Dawn get to meet up this trip, that's so funny how they were in your pictures last year.
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