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I am going to guess you are a planner ? I think you wing it well though too. You have to to travel as much as you do and enjoy it. Spaceship Earth is one of our favorite rides. Tim didn't know it was a ride, though he'd been there before. He just thought it was a giant decoration. I was happy to show him otherwise.
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Watermelon juice sounds a bit weird to me... I'd think it'd be pretty tasteless on its own so maybe that's why they decided to add something to it that you tasted?
Hmm, we also had the watermelon juice that day, and it was exactly how I expected. Cool, light, refreshing, and just tasted like watermelon to us. Although DH isn't a big fan of watermelon, so he wasn't keen on it. I couldn't detect anything else in there? We must have different taste buds!
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Again I was around 15 or so pages behind. I need to keep caught up.
About the new afternoon parade...I have seen one of the floats from a source who cannot be named....and it looks so cool and so much better than those refitted ones they constantly use over and over. I am excited to see the new parade.
Cali Grill looked like a fun evening.
Akerhus is such an expensive meal. I looked at it for 2011 when we stayed offsite and were paying out of pocket for everything and holy cow!!!! Even breakfast was just too much for me to justify for that trip. I know part of the price is because you get the picture too, but really for what the food is, it is not a good value at all. I have only done dinner there (on the dining plan) but I would like to try breakfast some day.
Another beautiful start to the day! I love the photo of the two chairs on the beach. That's a keeper! We had watermelon juice while in Mexico once and it tasted exactlly like a watermelon. I can imagine that if it didn't, it would not be that good.
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So nice that Heather held one of your cases while you were in Hawaii. Not only convenient for you, but guarantees that you'll see her again when you get back to WDW!
I think you wing it well though too. You have to to travel as much as you do and enjoy it.
Oh thank you! I wouldn't say I wing it well though! I don't like it when things go to my plan - just ask Mark!
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Spaceship Earth is one of our favorite rides. Tim didn't know it was a ride, though he'd been there before. He just thought it was a giant decoration. I was happy to show him otherwise.
Oh wow - I bet that was a heck of a surprise for him!
Watermelon juice sounds a bit weird to me... I'd think it'd be pretty tasteless on its own so maybe that's why they decided to add something to it that you tasted?
Hmm, we also had the watermelon juice that day, and it was exactly how I expected. Cool, light, refreshing, and just tasted like watermelon to us. Although DH isn't a big fan of watermelon, so he wasn't keen on it. I couldn't detect anything else in there? We must have different taste buds!
We must! Let's face it, that's what makes life fun, the fact we're all different.
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Again I was around 15 or so pages behind. I need to keep caught up.
About the new afternoon parade...I have seen one of the floats from a source who cannot be named....and it looks so cool and so much better than those refitted ones they constantly use over and over. I am excited to see the new parade.
Oooh... that sounds very exciting!
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Cali Grill looked like a fun evening.
It certainly was.
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Akerhus is such an expensive meal. I looked at it for 2011 when we stayed offsite and were paying out of pocket for everything and holy cow!!!! Even breakfast was just too much for me to justify for that trip. I know part of the price is because you get the picture too, but really for what the food is, it is not a good value at all. I have only done dinner there (on the dining plan) but I would like to try breakfast some day.
I'd agree with you about it not being good value for money. Don't get me wrong, we enjoyed the meal and the experience, but good grief, the price was just obscene.
So nice that Heather held one of your cases while you were in Hawaii. Not only convenient for you, but guarantees that you'll see her again when you get back to WDW!
Do you know what? That's what was at the back of my mind when I said to her kind offer.
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I think you wing it well though too. You have to to travel as much as you do and enjoy it. Spaceship Earth is one of our favorite rides. Tim didn't know it was a ride, though he'd been there before. He just thought it was a giant decoration. I was happy to show him otherwise.
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I can imagine that if it didn't, it would not be that good.
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I don't like it when things go to my plan - just ask Mark! 
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