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What a great AK night! You really had some pixie dust sprinkled on you for the shows! Great timing and excellent seats for both FOTLK and ROL!
Pandora looks amazing! Especially the nighttime shot.
What a great AK night! You really had some pixie dust sprinkled on you for the shows! Great timing and excellent seats for both FOTLK and ROL!
Pandora looks amazing! Especially the nighttime shot.
We really did. Pandora is amazing at night!
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What a great night, you lucked out with the shows and rides. More wonderful pictures, really like the ones of the guys at Epcot.
We did have a great night! The guys had a lot of fun at Epcot.
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Wow!! What an awesome evening!! I love your pictures in AK at night. It really does transform!!
Pandora is breathtaking at night!
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Loved your front row seats for FotLK! Sadly, I wasn't able to see it this trip.
Love all those MM photos!! Preston's senior photos are amazing!
Thank you. I was really happy with how his photos turned out. I have a feeling the Lion King show isn't going anywhere, thankfully. I haven't gotten to it on all of my trips either.
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What a great evening in the AK as all of you enjoyed it so much! I can't believe Preston waited 90 minutes for FOP! As amazing as I've heard that attraction to be, I wouldn't wait that long for any attraction! Just so much you could be doing!
That's funny with the CMs commenting about your boys being twins as I think you said they're two years apart and are close in height. Caden's a big kid obviously!
Did you enjoy ROL as I plan on seeing it in October?
Great last senior photo of Preston as possibly the best one you shared with that caption to the right!
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What a great evening in the AK as all of you enjoyed it so much! I can't believe Preston waited 90 minutes for FOP! As amazing as I've heard that attraction to be, I wouldn't wait that long for any attraction! Just so much you could be doing!
That's funny with the CMs commenting about your boys being twins as I think you said they're two years apart and are close in height. Caden's a big kid obviously!
Did you enjoy ROL as I plan on seeing it in October?
Great last senior photo of Preston as possibly the best one you shared with that caption to the right!
Actually the boys are four years apart, so yes, the fact that Caden is taller than Preston doesn't always sit well with Preston. Caden has inherited the Viking genes from his father.
Since it was Extra Magic Hours at AK and only Pandora was open, there really wasn't much else to do. It wouldn't wait for any ride that long except maybe that one. It is truly amazing, but that's coming in a bit.
Rivers of Light was a beautiful show. I'm glad I saw it. I'm glad we didn't use a dining package for it. I might Fastpass it if I had the opportunity, but it kind of falls in the Fantasmic category. I thought it was great, but there are other shows that are more of a priority.
I agree that the last senior picture is my favorite.
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You did luck out with the shows. So forgive my ignorance, but if you can't fit into the test seat, is that it - you can't ride?
Sorry! Forgot to specify that. There is a test seat in front of Flight of Passage, since that seems to be the only ride that people over a certain height or build have difficulty riding. My husband is a big, barrel chested guy who had just had a large meal at Yak and Yeti. He wasn't fitting. That poor cast member that has to help people with that! It's a miserable job. You and Mark will be fine. Now, our friend that is almost 7 feet tall, he had issues. He has size 16 shoes, and those alone did not want to fit, let alone bending his legs to fit. You mount on the machine like a shorter motorcycle, and your legs have a bar that come up behind. He did make it, but not without it being uncomfortable to him.
On another note, you know what a chicken I am and how I get motion sick. I had absolutely no problem on this ride. It was amazing. But that's a story for the next day.
Truly wonderful photos! From Preston's senior pictures to Photopass to the ones that you captured of Pandora. I'm so excited to see Pandora now - never really interested me - but the more I read and see, it sounds amazing.
Sorry! Forgot to specify that. There is a test seat in front of Flight of Passage, since that seems to be the only ride that people over a certain height or build have difficulty riding.
Ah right - I'm with you now.
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My husband is a big, barrel chested guy who had just had a large meal at Yak and Yeti. He wasn't fitting.
That's what concerned me, as I looked at your photos and thought "he's not that big"...
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That poor cast member that has to help people with that! It's a miserable job.
Ugh, that's surely got to be the job you give to people you don't like. What an awful thing to have to do.
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You and Mark will be fine. Now, our friend that is almost 7 feet tall, he had issues. He has size 16 shoes, and those alone did not want to fit, let alone bending his legs to fit. You mount on the machine like a shorter motorcycle, and your legs have a bar that come up behind. He did make it, but not without it being uncomfortable to him.
On another note, you know what a chicken I am and how I get motion sick. I had absolutely no problem on this ride. It was amazing. But that's a story for the next day.
Oh thank you, that is so much help to me. I was pretty much decided that we would do this, but that is good to know.
Truly wonderful photos! From Preston's senior pictures to Photopass to the ones that you captured of Pandora. I'm so excited to see Pandora now - never really interested me - but the more I read and see, it sounds amazing.
I wasn't excited either really but this is worth it!
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Ah right - I'm with you now.
That's what concerned me, as I looked at your photos and thought "he's not that big"...
Ugh, that's surely got to be the job you give to people you don't like. What an awful thing to have to do.
Oh thank you, that is so much help to me. I was pretty much decided that we would do this, but that is good to know.
My husband actually is a big guy, right on the edge of those who couldn't fit. I'm glad it could help. You won't regret it!
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I love your pictures in AK at night. It really does transform!!
What a great evening in the AK as all of you enjoyed it so much! 
I can't believe Preston waited 90 minutes for FOP! 
As amazing as I've heard that attraction to be, I wouldn't wait that long for any attraction! 
Just so much you could be doing! 
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