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Old 07-27-2005, 07:53 PM   #1
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Pictures from the 17th!

Okay, let's see if this not so digitally experienced person can do this...

Getting our Golden Ears at the entrance!


The view down Main Street at 10am!


Our view of the big presentations...the jumbotron with a teeny tiny bit of the castle in the background!


Closer up to the castle


Mr. Toad gold ride vehicle, man that guy is a crazy driver!


Okay, I'm a little bit of a crazy driver, too!


Goodbyes from the cast members after a long, memorable day.
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Thanks so much for sharing the photos! It looked very fun in spite of the crowds!
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Wonderful photos!! Tahnks for sharing!
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Wow...look at those crowds!!! Thanks for sharing your pictures!
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I love those golden ride cars! I got my picture on all but the Mr. Toad's. Funny, I found myself scanning your crowd shots for a glimpse of my folks...wouldn't that be weird to see them in your picture?
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I your photos! It looks you guys were having so much fun!
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What great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing those photos – those crowds look just mad, but at least you were able to enjoy the golden vehicles later on. How
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Thanks for sharing your pictures!!! There are certainly a lot of people there!!
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WOW!!! That's sure a lot of people stuffed in there!!!

We didn't get a chance to take photos in the gold ride vehicles in June because there were LINES of people waiting to take photos of them!!! I also noticed a couple of times that we walked by the golden teacup and there were people sitting in it relaxing as if it were a bench or something. Crazy people!
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Dopey Girl! We saw the same thing!!! No lines, but we actually saw a family of four sitting in the teacup EATING LUNCH! And another couple that was sitting on the Peter Pan Boat talking on their cell phones.
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