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I know that someday one of our trips will be at the same time as yours! I can't wait to meet you! I can't wait to read about your trip.
Thanks so much Heather. I hope one day our trips will overlap (and actually if you do go back in July for your Birthday, I will have to have some major convincing on Erick that we need to go inJuly for Skyler's too, even if it is later in July, or certainly a F&WF trip for sure, although I am dying for the Holidays in WDW too; Skyler's Birthday would take us winningthe Lottery though to go for 4th of July Weekend). We certainly have a trip planned with the in-laws I believe in a few years for New Orleans, so one way or another we certainly have to meet, and if it is in NOLA, Erick knows we need to go to the Bar you work at and have a drink or two made by you! It would certainly be wonderful to meet up with you though.
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I can tell you that for sure we're not doing July again anytime soon--it was hot and crowded--we will continue doing the F&WF every year as far as I can tell--its our favorite event at WDW! We've started planning our trips to coincide with other travelers as we love getting together with our disney friends! Our next trips, aside from the one we leave for on Monday, are in April and June!
I can tell you that for sure we're not doing July again anytime soon--it was hot and crowded--we will continue doing the F&WF every year as far as I can tell--its our favorite event at WDW! We've started planning our trips to coincide with other travelers as we love getting together with our disney friends! Our next trips, aside from the one we leave for on Monday, are in April and June!
Thanks or the heads up on July. I hope you have a wonderful next trip in a few days Heather. We will certainly have to plan a future or future trips to Disney so we're able to meet up with you and other PPers at the same time. Besides the savings F&WF is certainly on my list for an Adults Only trip. I found it a little too difficult this trip to even have one FAB with Skyler around(maybe I'm glad I told my mom to keep the two bottles of wine at home, but I couldn't drink it due to allergies too). Hopefully I can convince Erick for us to go at a time you'll be there too.
Thank you Cheryl & Dawn. I had to include the Ears picture. There are more ears pictures to come! Actually some from our day at AK with the ears may make you crack up, as I am weiring all 3 of our Leis from Breakfast at 'Ohana (mom's and mine around my neck and Skyler's in my hair) and my traditional Mickey Ears. Mom didn't want to keep her's & Skyler didn't want to wear his at all.
Did you see the Kermit ears they had?! I was thinking of picking them up for you but wasnt sure if we'd get to meet
Stephanie, no I didn't see the Kermit ears. Thanks for thinking of us. Now that I know they have them, I may have to order a pair for Erick with his name embroidered on the back, since he loves Kermit. I completely forgot to get 2 more pair of Infant Ears for my twin nephews too, so theirs will be ordered together.
Too cute with the ears, I still remember my first set of ears, traditional with the Mickey Mouse round logo and my name embroidered on them!
Thank you so much Cassie. I did get Skyler & I each a pair of traditional Black ears with our names embroidered on the back in gold in the traditional stitch style. My mom also bought him a baseball Mickey Ear Hat which he wore the first day at DHS, and I did buy the Bridal Minnie ears on the Headband. These were the first Ears I have bought for us since I had my old Minnie Ears on a hard black headband that got worn so many times at home playing dress up until they broke several years later. If there was one souvanier my mom didn't snicker at during our trip were the Mouse Ears, even the Bridal Pair I bought(but she could understand that with being married it wasn't ridiculous).
Stephanie, no I didn't see the Kermit ears. Thanks for thinking of us. Now that I know they have them, I may have to order a pair for Erick with his name embroidered on the back, since he loves Kermit. I completely forgot to get 2 more pair of Infant Ears for my twin nephews too, so theirs will be ordered together.
The only place I saw them was in the big tent store in Toontown over by the Judge's Tent. Good luck hope you find them@!
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! It would certainly be wonderful to meet up with you though.
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