Robin's 1st Time West of Chicago and DL Girls Trip!! *Updated 3/26* - Page 7 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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It does seem a bit odd that Rudy/Pedro could not re-arrange his schedule for a few hours. His loss ! I am reading all of the DL trip reports every night and I get more jealous every evening !
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I'm sorry - Rudy's loss, anyone who thinks Disney is "weird" is not someone you want to be spending a lot of time with! :
I'm ROTFLMBO at this! My DH and my own father think my Disney thing is weird for a grown woman. You get over that for love!
Honestly, Mr. Toad sounds a bit too grabby to suit me. I found myself gritting my teeth just reading about him. You deserve to be treated better than that, Robin!
Great update, Robin, and your pictures are terrific as usual. I agree with everyone else about Juan/Pedro/Rudy - it's his loss! Ready for more, please!
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Rudy's loss Robin! Anyone who thinks it's weird to like Disney that much isn't someone you'd want to be with! I think it's a prerequiste to any relationship. Glad you had such a smooth flight there and your pics were beautiful. Can't wait for more.
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Okay, this is killing me with the dueling TR reports. Y'all should have done one BIG trip report and then we can all keep up trying to find the incriminating photos of y'all!
Thanks for the Trip update.. can't wait for more. Sorry the Rudy/pedro guy turned out to be a TOad. He should have been willing to see you more & maybe found out that there is more to you than what he thought. Hey... if he was a prince he would have been willing to make time for you instead of make "it" with you. Hope this did not damper your adventures too much. Can't wait for more news of the trip & all
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Sorry it took so long...had to get all my photos straight here is more:
Day 2: Part 1: What did you say….no hopping?
I slept well which kind of surprised me since I usually don’t sleep very well the first night in a new place. It is also hard for me to sleep without a 40 lb lump on my bed (i.e. Belle). Even though the alarm was not due to go off until 7 I had to get up at 6:30. I NEVER sleep in at home so sleeping until 9:30 Eastern time is sleeping in! Cindy got up first and I packed my bag for the day. I take a camera bag and throw everything in it (camera, wallet, cell phone, extra batteries). We were both ready and out the door by 8:00. We walked over to Downtown Disney and got in line at the bakery. Someone in front of us said my name and I looked up. It was Liz she was right in front of us (yeah that is me with out a cup of coffee in the morning) UGH! Everything looked so good but I didn’t want anything that would feel like a brick in my stomach. They had two types of yogurt parfaits. One had bananas and strewberries and the other had berries and granola. I decided on the berry & granola parfait and a vanilla cappuccino . We found a table for 3 outside and laughed and ate our breakfast. A lady was going around turning on the heaters (come on people it is 50 degrees!! ) Liz was wearing her pin lanyard and I saw she had a Mickey Mouse baseball pin. “Here you can have it.” She said. “I thought of you when I found it.” Aaaahhh wasn’t that sweet. As soon as I found my lanyard Baseball Mickey found a spot right on it! Liz!!
Breakfast…YUMMY!!
Liz went right to the gate and Cindy and I went to get out tickets right after breakfast. When Cindy was done I gave the CM my driver’s license and let him know I had Disney Store CM tickets waiting for me. He checked and found my name on the list. “Now these are not hopper tickets he explained.” This was me Ugh Disney had changed their policy in less then 2 weeks…DS CM tickets WERE hopper tickets but they are not anymore. I was NOT happy! Because they were free tickets I could not pay to upgrade to a hopper. I would either have to buy new tickets or just NOT hop. I took the gates and was let in. I checked in for the tour and ordered my lunch. I think I was a bit late (opps). Our tour guide was very impressed with our shirts (more on that later).
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You get over that for love! 
Glad you had such a smooth flight there and your pics were beautiful. Can't wait for more.
Cindy got up first and I packed my bag for the day. I take a camera bag and throw everything in it (camera, wallet, cell phone, extra batteries). We were both ready and out the door by 8:00. We walked over to Downtown Disney and got in line at the bakery. Someone in front of us said my name and I looked up. It was Liz she was right in front of us (yeah that is me with out a cup of coffee in the morning) UGH! Everything looked so good but I didn’t want anything that would feel like a brick in my stomach. They had two types of yogurt parfaits. One had bananas and strewberries and the other had berries and granola. I decided on the berry & granola parfait and a vanilla cappuccino 
. We found a table for 3 outside and laughed and ate our breakfast. A lady was going around turning on the heaters (come on people it is 50 degrees!! 
Liz!!
I took the gates and was let in. I checked in for the tour and ordered my lunch. I think I was a bit late (opps). Our tour guide was very impressed with our shirts (more on that later). 
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