Finally catching up here! Sorry again for falling so far behind. This is a mini novel of my thoughts while reading what I had missed.
No worries... I'm still plugging along with this thing. I'm almost to the title day.
You and Em cleaned up nice for your dinner at Yachtman. Just kidding, you two girls always look nice but look especially stunning in black and white!
Thank you!
It seems like you and Kathy were traveling together the whole trip!
It was great to keep running into her and Mark. I don't mind anyone mistaking us for traveling companions.
(Your dinner at Yachtsman was on my DH's birthday. We had steaks at home that night here, haha)
Aha so your hubby is an August birthday. How very nice that we were dining in a similar manner.
I love your Disney connections, that's so awesome you get awesome servers on the repeat! The postcard was a nice touch!
Ricardo is a sweet man and very thoughtful. He welcomed us with a postcard this last time as well.
What is Florida water? (oh wait do you just mean tap water?)
Yep, you got it.
Oh my goodness the food looks and sounds AMAZING!
My photos were not so good but yes, it really was tasty!
Sorry the noise woke you up. That's no fun, especially on vacation!
What a beautiful view!
I suppose the saying there's no sleeping in Disney is true. They just didn't tell me that it's due to the landscaping guys.
The YC CL lounge looks very nice but I feel like when we stayed at AKL there were more breakfast options? Everything still looks good though!
I think overall there do tend to be more breakfast options. Between the breads/pastries, eggs, fruit, oatmeal, and yogurt compared to a few hot apps and cheese/crackers. It's all good though.
I admit to always ignoring Bo! Is there a story with that dude?
There's no story, just Bo admiration since he's become a regular part of my TRs... kinda like a DHS mascot for us. Seriously, now that I write that it sounds really silly. I may have to ditch Bo for a serious relationship.
Aah wardrobe malfunction! I love your facial expressions in the cropped version.
If I'd known what was showing I may have had a different expression. 
Ooh 50s PT! We ate there on our honeymoon and can't wait to go back. We didn't have a TV table or a waiter that played along but the food and atmosphere was still fun!
You can always ask for a TV table when you check in. We've gotten them without asking for a party of 2 so I'm sure it's random. I love the atmosphere too.
What a steal lunch was. You can't even eat counter service for less than $20! I didn't know that you could order off the kids menus. That's awesome, I don't always have a huge appetite on vacation for every meal.
Wasn't that such a bargain. A hot meal at a TS restaurant for less than $20.
All I can say is WOW about that past HBD experience! That is one place I absolutely cannot wait to eat at. We've always been on the
DDP though and since it's 2 credits we've skipped it. Now I'm wondering if it's ever going to be worth the OOP cost, holy crap!
I would go back to HBD.... Em not so much. We've had good experiences as well. Just because of that one server and furry critter it didn't ruin it for me.
Awesome use of FP+! A beaver seems like a random prize. What would one do with a beaver?
Seriously huh?
Em looks so cute coloring with the little kids. That's an awesome way to keep kids entertained while one of the 'rents waits in line!
I just added the 'which character are you' to our Disney bucket list. Somehow every trip I forget to do it!
We did the animation class once. I am not artistic at all but it was still fun! My eeyore didn't turn out half bad. Daniel's however more closely resembled
Em had a great time coloring - it's her thing. It really is a great option for the kids. So simple but fun.
Check out the characters interaction. It's a lot of fun. Especially if you like to eat nice people for lunch rather than have lunch with nice people.
Bullseye
The dinglehopper brush is really cute, but I agree - $15?!
Yep. So instead she spent .51 on something that she'll never us. It was just $14.49 cheaper.
Your time with Em in the Writers Shop sounds priceless
It was one of the best afternoons!
I hope you had a great trip in December, looking forward to reading about that trip as well!
Thanks Melissa. It was a great trip!
I had to laugh at your $45 worth of rain proofing purchases that went un-used. That stinks! The only two umbrellas we own were purchased in Disney World. The first one when it rained, and the second one on a later trip because we didn't bring the first one with us.
See? It happens to other people as well! How many people own multiple Disney umbrellas and ponchos?? More than a few.
Haha did Phillippe remember you?
I was surprised but yes he did. We saw him again a few weeks ago. It's getting to be a habit.
Wow lots of bread options. Hopefully they were better then those little balls of nothing!
I don't think we've dined anywhere where there were so many choices - all good mind you.
That was very nice of him to bring you and Em a drink!
It was. He even produced cocktails for our entire table this last trip. Very nice indeed.
I've heard you mention truffle mashed potatoes before. What exactly are they? when I think of truffle I think of chocolate, but chocolate and potatoes - that doesn't sound right. It's going to be something fancy that I don't know about. Your dinners looked yummy and fancy! For a $13 chocolate bar it better have gold on it, haha. Wow, Phillippe pulled out all the stops to win you back! That's so cool you got a mini tour. I really think you are a Disney World VIP! What a great picture with him. Sounds like a great meal!
Truffle is a plant that is like a mushroom I believe with a distinctive flavor. Very earthy. Unlike a chocolate truffle. That would be a bad thing to confuse those two!
I rather think Philippe was playing nice but also proud of his restaurant.
It must have been nice to stroll through an empty World Showcase!
I love the squirrel picture. I wonder why the water was drained out of there? It looks weird and desert-y for sure!
That little critter was definitely up to something I just don't know what. He looked like he was playing freeze tag.
I love Soarin, it's gotta be my favorite ride. Do you prefer it in WDW or at DL? I also love Living with the Land. I have never seen a line, it always seems to be a walk on.
I prefer DL only because the queue is much better
I've never stopped at the character spot surprisingly, but who meets there - just mickey or minnie? and oh my goodness have to tell Daniel about Donald and no pants, that would be so fun to ask (can't wait to read what happens) haha cute!
It used to be Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto. Now just Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto.
Yay the hole in the wall!
I finally get that! It will always be a reminder of how I wasn't paying attention to the ride.
Merry Christmas to you!
I love how you so eloquently state things in such a humorous way, you crack me up! 
If I had been there I would have lost it, I probably wouldn't have been able to stop laughing to take the picture. 
Definitely did not help in the heat but maybe they were preventing people from jumping in 
Definitely he needed some wardrobe help that day. 
Yeah Jess is in a whole different TR stratosphere and will likely be even with her TR concluded.
