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    14 Nights at WDW and free dining!

    Hi Squirrel, Enjoying your TR. We are also West Coasters and know how it takes an entire day to get out to WDW. My Daughter has a severe peanut allergy and during both of our trips there the chefs have always been great at accommodating her. 14 days, wow. I'm so jealous! ;) I hope...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    The only reason we came back was to check out the Dr. Seuss area and to ride Spiderman again. We arrived at 11:00 or so and went right to the Dr. Suess area. Frankly, we were done at the park by 1:00. The lines were back and I just didn’t have the patience for another day of the same...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    I’m going to start off with this: I had no preconceived notions that Universal is no Disney, you know. I was giving them a chance. I was excited to experience this place. I got a great deal on park passes and I thought, a great deal on dining. Arriving at Universal, my first impressions...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    He is still hanging in there. I actually try to stay away from McDonalds, all fast food really. More is on the way...!! Thanks myladyisatramp. Thanks BPCooper!
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Again we had breakfast at home. My Mom and Gregg had to leave today. My Mom got a call from a friend of hers who was watching her dog and the friend told her that the dog was not doing well and she was afraid that he wouldn’t make it much longer. My Mom had a feeling this would happen so they...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Today we’re off to Cocoa Beach. My mom fixed us a big breakfast at home and then we took off to the coast. Don’t forget to bring a roll of quarters when you go around Central Florida. The tolls to and from Cocoa Beach are .75 before the airport, .75 after the airport and then a little bit...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Up around 9 and we finished our packing. We checked out and left our bags with bell services and went for a walk to the Riverside part of Port Orleans. I called National Car Rental over at Disney’s Car Care Center and arranged for them to come and get me and take me over to pick up the van I...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Ok, so we got up way too early today…6:00 for EMH at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We’re there for the rope drop and it was actually civilized as we made our way to TOT and RNR. I honestly believed that there would be some pushing and shoving to get there first, but it didn’t happen. Some doof...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Thank you! We did have a great time. The Grand Gathering Safari costs 2 table service dinners for each person. It was worth it though. Here comes some more:
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    We were up earlier today and Gregg, Jerry and I met and discussed the plans for our day. Mom was pretty tired and wanted to sleep in so they would meet us later in the day. So the 8 of us rode over to Magic Kingdom. We had breakfast at the Main St Bakery, I had the cinnamon roll (too big)...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    We started the day at Hollywood Studios to get a FP for Toy Story. As you know this ride is very new and is still a remarkable draw, especially with Brazil tour groups. We got them and were able to ride in a manageable time. We were also able to ride Tower of Terror. We really didn’t stay...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Hi Me&3, good to have you here.:wave2: Hello to you too heaven2dc. I hope you have a great time in December. We're thinking that the next time we go it'll be in late November - Early December. Good luck in March too!:tink: Hello again LuvindisCruiser. The only coasters I know of at...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Thanks! Not a saint, but patient. Until 6 months before and then I was a major clock watcher! It was only ~7.5 because we had already paid for the 8 day PH. Once you get over a threshold, it only costs that little bit to go more! The only tip I have for those night shots..Use a steady...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    We were up early today and we wanted to get an earlier start. We knew we’d have a better chance of riding Expedition Everest with a little wait. I thought AK was opening at 8 this morning but MK had the EMH. We got there at a little after 9 and they had just opened. We took off to Asia...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Thank you. You're going to like the next installment. My son Alex takes you through a narrated trip through the Boma buffet!! I've been working on slimming the video down. I'll hopefully have it up this afternoon. Hi LuvindisCruiser, glad you stopped by. I hope you find some good ideas...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Today we’re off to Epcot. We waited for almost 30 minutes for an Epcot bus at the POFQ bus station. We watched 3 Animal Kingdom / Blizzard Beach busses come through. Just like the last time we were here it was so hot at Epcot, it must be all of the pavement?! We didn’t know what to go...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Thanks to you all. I'm happy to share our trip with you. The next bit will be up shortly. ~Rob
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    We were up earlier today and the first thing we had to do was to go for a swim. The kids were also dying to go down the slide on Scales. After the swim we headed over to the Studios. I’m sure that I don’t need to tell you how hot it was, but it really was! We arrived just in time to see...
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Thanks. I'll get the next bit up here this afternoon. Hi OhMari. I guess they let folks staying at the resort in, but maybe people coming in cars or other buses are turned away. My Mom and Step Dad and one of my sisters and her family joined us after 5 days on our own.
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    The Vacation of a Lifetime - My 1st Trip Report - 1/2 day at IOA and we've had enough

    Well, after such a long night we decided to sleep in. We got up at 10:30 and decided to head over to Blizzard Beach for some fun in the water. I read the sign as the bus pulled in to BB. It read “Closed due to capacity”! :eek: I thought, oh boy, this isn’t going to be much fun. I found...




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