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keep drinking that water. It will help! Hope your Mom enjoys Universal - I'm really looking forward to her reaction from FJ!!
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This is great so far! I just love it! I'm sorry you're wilting down there, though! I'm enjoying your little updates! Looking forward to your next update!
Thanks for the fun TR!! I will be joining you not only on this thread, but I'll be in the World while you are too!! Maybe we'll run into each other too!! Can't wait for more live updates!!
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I know the heat you talk of. I've been to Florida at this time of year before, and taking a break is the best way to beat the heat. I always thought, if it's this hot in September, how do people handle it in the summer time!
Besides the heat it sounds like you are covering a lot of ground. Keep cool.
i just typed up all of my notes from the last two days (i didn't take any today) and yes, i am covering a lot of ground. so that's good! but i'm also causing my mom to become exhausted!
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UGH! I remember the heat that you're talking about! I was in Disney this week last year, and sometimes I felt like my brain was boiling! (I'm not helping, am I???? )
Stay cool and thanks for taking us on the trip with you!!!
boiling brain--yes, that sounds just about right. though i think i fixed 20% of the problem--i bought sunglasses. for the FOURTH time in 10 months i've flown to florida without bringing a pair! and so for the second time in four months, i've spent wayyyyy too much money on a pair at universal! the squinting was KILLING me. the other 80% of the problem is the heat and humidity, but i think i can deal with that as long as i don't give myself a headache from trying to see!
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Hope you have a restful night after the heat today!
i actually had a terrible stress dream last night! it was very easily interpret-able (i dreamed i was 6 months pregnant and suddenly freaked out about having a baby. interpretation: i know that i'm doing what i want to do, but it is suddenly overwhelming!) hopefully i'll get a better night's sleep tonight. we're not planning on making rope drop tomorrow, so i may not even set an alarm!
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Sleep well! Sorry you're wilting out there, but I hope Universal is a success tomorrow!
it went VERY well. update to come...after i finish making dinner. we're having...soup. why soup? it's 100 degrees out there...stupid, stupid....
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keep drinking that water. It will help! Hope your Mom enjoys Universal - I'm really looking forward to her reaction from FJ!!
while i will share the details of today in a later post, i'll ask her right now what she thought so that i can post it...ok...asking...
mom: (first she asked me 'which one was that'!) 'i thought it was the best 'in the movie' ride as one could imagine. nothing about it was fake--it was exactly like the movie. i was in the movie. (smile)
she also really liked the simpsons ride.
ok--she's still talking. she also really liked all of hogsmeade.
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Thanks for the fun TR!! I will be joining you not only on this thread, but I'll be in the World while you are too!! Maybe we'll run into each other too!! Can't wait for more live updates!!
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I know the heat you talk of. I've been to Florida at this time of year before, and taking a break is the best way to beat the heat. I always thought, if it's this hot in September, how do people handle it in the summer time!
i wondered that when i visited in may! i actually texted a florida friend to ask 'how do you live here in august???' her response--i run from AC to AC!
Yay!! THanks for asking your mom about FJ. I'm so excited for that trip I could just scream! I think my DD can handle it if your mom could. And my DD loves the movies... loves, loves, loves them! Awesome, thanks.
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Yay!! THanks for asking your mom about FJ. I'm so excited for that trip I could just scream! I think my DD can handle it if your mom could. And my DD loves the movies... loves, loves, loves them! Awesome, thanks.
oh! i forgot that i told you i'd report back with extreme details re: how intense she thought it was. well, i can tell you that she was totally freaked out for ride #1...but then she got right back on and rode it again. i will ask her right now to comment on how scary it was....asking....
her response: (she first asked how old your DD is, and i didn't remember so i couldn't tell her) if your daughter is rational enough (read: old enough) to fully understand (when you tell her) that it's 'just a movie' and that she's 'not really flying through space' AND if she's old enough to listen to you when you say 'keep your head back against the head rest', she'll be fine. if not, she might be scared. the scariest part for my mom was that you actually think you're going to hit something (or something is going to hit you) but you're not. (which is why she thinks it is important for your daughter to understand all she explained above.)
today's highlight: having my mom actually ask me to take a photo of her in the wizarding world. usually she's warding off my camera with crossed fingers! she really liked universal--but her heart still belongs to disney.
tomorrow--the magic kingdom! i know it is strange, but even though i've been here for three full days now--and spent two of them in disney parks--i don't really feel like i'm here yet...because i've not seen the castle. i guess i'm one of 'those people'?
Great update! We were there in 2009 late-Sept to early -Oct, and it was 100 degrees by 11:00 a.m. Of course people in FL can't imagine living through a blizzard, so they think we're even. I'll take a couple days of shoveling snow over that heat and humidity any time!
Not to rub it in, but it's been a gorgeous 72 all weekend in MA - DH and I keep winking at each other because our secret trip in late November should be pretty close to this weather. We might even need a hoodie!
Take a nice deep breath when you see the castle - it'll make it all real, now!
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Great update! We were there in 2009 late-Sept to early -Oct, and it was 100 degrees by 11:00 a.m. Of course people in FL can't imagine living through a blizzard, so they think we're even. I'll take a couple days of shoveling snow over that heat and humidity any time!
Not to rub it in, but it's been a gorgeous 72 all weekend in MA - DH and I keep winking at each other because our secret trip in late November should be pretty close to this weather. We might even need a hoodie!
Take a nice deep breath when you see the castle - it'll make it all real, now!
72!?! aww man...i think i completely missed 72 this year. we spent most of the summer in canada (where it didn't go above 65, and 50 was more common) and then came here, to the world of 91 being 'a nice day' according to the weather man! i'll get back to PA just in time for the cold! ooops!
but, for the record, i hope you have a great trip in november! we were there (er, here) mid-november last year, and the weather was PERFECT (a bit cool at night, but we did swim one day--possibly 72!)
Sounds like you're having a great time so far! Sorry about the heat...I don't think I would've done much the last few days there...I'd probably have just walked around every AC shop I could find! Hope the weather calms down for the rest of the trip!
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Glad mom loved FJ, and all of WWoHP. Hope its a little cooler today for MK, and if not, perfect for lots of rides on Splash Mtn - my absolute FAVORITE!!
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