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What a fantastic day, and such a nice birthday celebration for Megan!
So glad you enjoyed Via Napoli - we love it and I agree, it is just as amazing as what we’ve had in Italy.
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Your breakfast at Garden Grill looked fabulous and it seems like the character interaction there is always so much fun. Glad they made Megan feel so special for her birthday celebration. How great that you got to meet up with Colleen and her family! Your samplings at the F&W Festival looked yummy and I can't believe I missed going to the Festival Center this year to see all the chocolate displays!!! I was there twice this year and totally missed it. Glad you had such a awesome day.
It sounds like you guys had a blast at the Food and Wine Festival - and I'm so glad you got to meet up with Colleen, Mike and Kelsey. We had a great afternoon tea with Colleen and Mike last year - wonderful memories.
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Wow! You guys had a busy day full of food and fun! I love Via Napoli!! My only problem there is that I love their salad to share, but since I usually travel alone, I can't get it for just one person. DD and I had it on my first visit to the restaurant and both loved it.
Amazing day at the Festival. I had that apple margarita too and so good! I had mine not at CDT but at Mexico's F&W booth. Some great eats you had and had the filet last year with the same wine as you may remember from my TR. The pineapple wine is so good in Hawaii! Glad you enjoyed the Boyz 2 Men concert. How did you get reserved seating for this? I had reserved seating for Tiffany last year with my Disney Visa last year but since they are no longer the sponsor of the Festival, I couldn't get one this year. But not anyone I liked that much when I was there last month. Just Dennis De Young from Styx who I saw a bit of last year.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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What a fantastic day, and such a nice birthday celebration for Megan!
So glad you enjoyed Via Napoli - we love it and I agree, it is just as amazing as what we’ve had in Italy.
It was a wonderful day and that pizza rocked!!
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Another great day! You sure did get a lot in. I love all the pictures of you and Megan and your food looks delicious!
Thank you!!!. It was a full and amazing day!!
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Another busy and great day, I love the pizza at Via Napoli. It is so nice you were able to spend time with the girls.
It’s funny; all the times I have been to Italy i have not eaten there before this trip. It will certainly not be my last time now!!
Your breakfast at Garden Grill looked fabulous and it seems like the character interaction there is always so much fun. Glad they made Megan feel so special for her birthday celebration. How great that you got to meet up with Colleen and her family! Your samplings at the F&W Festival looked yummy and I can't believe I missed going to the Festival Center this year to see all the chocolate displays!!! I was there twice this year and totally missed it. Glad you had such a awesome day.
Megan had an awesome birthday!! It was so great meeting Colleen and I can’t believe you didn’t see the chocolate displays either!! They were amazing!!
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It sounds like you guys had a blast at the Food and Wine Festival - and I'm so glad you got to meet up with Colleen, Mike and Kelsey. We had a great afternoon tea with Colleen and Mike last year - wonderful memories.
We really had a great time at Epcot and meeting Colleen was terrific!!
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Sounds like another great day! The F&WF tastes sounded yummy! I love the Mexican pavilion as well!
Wow! You guys had a busy day full of food and fun! I love Via Napoli!! My only problem there is that I love their salad to share, but since I usually travel alone, I can't get it for just one person. DD and I had it on my first visit to the restaurant and both loved it.
I’ll go with you next time!
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Another amazing day! I can't believe you had room for dinner after all the drinks and food you had at the festival! Love the pictures!
We walked so much and everything we got at the F&WF, we shared. Somehow, we found room for that delicious pizza!!
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Amazing day at the Festival. I had that apple margarita too and so good! I had mine not at CDT but at Mexico's F&W booth. Some great eats you had and had the filet last year with the same wine as you may remember from my TR. The pineapple wine is so good in Hawaii! Glad you enjoyed the Boyz 2 Men concert. How did you get reserved seating for this? I had reserved seating for Tiffany last year with my Disney Visa last year but since they are no longer the sponsor of the Festival, I couldn't get one this year. But not anyone I liked that much when I was there last month. Just Dennis De Young from Styx who I saw a bit of last year.
It was an awesome day, Dave!! That margarita was delicious!! We got the Eat to the Beat dinner package for the concert. It was terrific!!
It was an awesome day, Dave!! That margarita was delicious!! We got the Eat to the Beat dinner package for the concert. It was terrific!!
I had forgotten about the ETTB concert dinner packages. May do one next time if there is someone I want to see.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Sounds like a great day at the Food and Wine Festival. Lots of good tastings. I am putting that apple margarita on the must try list for my next visit. Sounds delicious. What a great time you had with your girls!
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How great that you got to meet up with Colleen and her family! Your samplings at the F&W Festival looked yummy and I can't believe I missed going to the Festival Center this year to see all the chocolate displays!!! I was there twice this year and totally missed it.
Glad you had such a awesome day.
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It was so great meeting Colleen and I can’t believe you didn’t see the chocolate displays either!! They were amazing!!
May do one next time if there is someone I want to see. 
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