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RIP our sweet Magic (09/27/10)
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Well, Katie is home, but she's not well. She's always been good at self-diagnosing strep throat. Seems that's what she's got (she really needs to have her tonsils taken out, but with college and travel, it's tough to schedule). Chris is taking her to a minor medical today.
I have a home visit for our golden retriever rescue group. I'll get Harry all brushed out and pretty and take him with me for the interview at 3.
Looked for Mickey Mail today, but there wasn't any in yesterday's mail. It will probably come while we're in Memphis for Thanksgiving.
I was a little disappointed to read yesterday that MVMCP for Dec 18 (our day) is completely sold out. That means the crowds will be off the chain. I am glad we're not going for the characters really. We'll definitely see the last parade.
Today's trivia:
27 days until Disney (26) Between France and Morocco in Epcot there is something different about the pavement. What is it?
a.) It is a different color.
b.) It is made of cobblestone.
c.) It is filled with hidden Mickeys.
d.) It is a wooden bridge.
And today's photo:
Yesterday's trivia:
Points: Tammie - 1 point for all of the details, although it seems the answer is incorrect.
, 1 point for the photo. I almost feel like I'm there, reading your description.
This is Katie in 2008 at sunset on the balcony outside the California Grill at the Contemporary Hotel. She is pretending to hold up Cinderella's Castle in the palm of her hand. This was while we were waiting for our table for a magnificent meal!
Points: Tammie - 1 each for Katie, balcony, California Grill, Contemporary, pretending to hold the castle - total 5
Point tally:
Tammie - 57
Ann - 49
Ashley - 16
tankgirl - 17
Amy - 10
brandanobash - 1
I have a home visit for our golden retriever rescue group. I'll get Harry all brushed out and pretty and take him with me for the interview at 3.
Looked for Mickey Mail today, but there wasn't any in yesterday's mail. It will probably come while we're in Memphis for Thanksgiving.
I was a little disappointed to read yesterday that MVMCP for Dec 18 (our day) is completely sold out. That means the crowds will be off the chain. I am glad we're not going for the characters really. We'll definitely see the last parade.
Today's trivia:
27 days until Disney (26) Between France and Morocco in Epcot there is something different about the pavement. What is it?
a.) It is a different color.
b.) It is made of cobblestone.
c.) It is filled with hidden Mickeys.
d.) It is a wooden bridge.
And today's photo:
Yesterday's trivia:
Answer: b. Your tour of The Haunted Mansion begins in an eight-sided room, where you see paintings of some of the Mansion's former guests in their "corruptible, mortal state." Soon you notice that the room appears to be stretching upwards, to reveal the true extent of the pictures on the walls. So, is the haunted room actually stretching, or is it your imagination, hmmm? Well, if you are in the WDW Haunted Mansion, the ceiling of both of its two "stretching rooms" moves upwards. However, if you visit the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, the room is actually a large elevator that takes you down one level. Why the difference? This effect was originally created out of necessity. When the original Haunted Mansion was being built in Disneyland back in 1963, the empty building it was going into had been constructed years earlier and was too small to fit everything the Imagineers wanted inside. So, they dug a "basement" to the mansion and connected it (by a tunnel that can't be seen by Guests) to a separate attraction building - which, thanks to Disneyland's limited space had to be built literally on the other side of the existing Disneyland Railroad tracks. The imagineers designed the "stretching room" to take guests down one level, under the tracks, and over to the attraction building. That wasn't necessary in the WDW Haunted Mansion where, thanks to the lack of space constraints, Guests can exit directly into the attraction building. But the effect was so popular in Disneyland that the Imagineers decided to include it in the WDW Mansion.
Points: Tammie - 1 point for all of the details, although it seems the answer is incorrect.
, 1 point for the photo. I almost feel like I'm there, reading your description.
This is Katie in 2008 at sunset on the balcony outside the California Grill at the Contemporary Hotel. She is pretending to hold up Cinderella's Castle in the palm of her hand. This was while we were waiting for our table for a magnificent meal!
Points: Tammie - 1 each for Katie, balcony, California Grill, Contemporary, pretending to hold the castle - total 5
Point tally:
Tammie - 57
Ann - 49
Ashley - 16
tankgirl - 17
Amy - 10
brandanobash - 1
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I want to wish you well early since I know that the next couple weeks for me will be very hectic and... I will have already left for WDW and be without internet (I don't have a data plan) on your birthday. So I do hope you have a relaxed and special one! Especially in the midst of all you have planned to get done before the trip! 
