lurkyloo
The Attic was just perfect!
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After brunch Nathan & Jensey took me to the Celebration post office to meet their extraordinary postman, who remembers every little detail of every customers life and has an unusual interest in guessing what theyre mailing. We wanted to see if he would remember when he held up the line so he could try to guess what was in the package they mailed me last Christmas, and then theyd introduce me so he would know one more detail about their lives. (So I see this letter is going to your large pale friend who lives in Los Angeles and likes to stalk Disney weddings
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The great thing about hanging out with Nathan & Jensey is they take such flattering photos of you
This phrase has never been uttered before ever in the history of mankind: Cute post office!
When we arrived, their postman was not there.
Maybe he was in the back brushing up on his Root trivia ?
I decided to buy a stamp so I could send my pal Spanky a postcard from Disney World on her birthday, then dropped it into my wallet and forgot all about it until a week later (sorry Spanky!!!). Nathan & Jensey tried to buy something too but they totally broke the computer and then the line backed up behind us and Nathan was laughing nervously and telling anyone who glowered in our direction, Just something with their computer totally not our fault Im not really sure, but I think this Drobo thing had something to do with it.
Finally, the lady helping us called for someone to open another register, and who should it be but the Roots snoopy postman hooray! As they had suspected, he did indeed remember my Christmas package (prolly cuz he never did figure out what was inside). And you can be dang sure hes gonna remember me (So hows your friend who bought a stamp to mail her friend a birthday card and then totally blew it?)
Eventually, we were no longer in the post office.
We decided to split up and caravan to Downtown Disney so we could try out the new Flights of Wonder balloon ride.
Waiting in my car for the caravan to begin
Oh boy! Here they come!
The switch for the video function on my camera is irritatingly located between the shoot and review modes, so I am constantly accidentally taking random, boring mini movies instead of pictures. If you would like to see what seven seconds of driving through Celebration in a Ford Focus looks like (and you are not prone to motion sickness) here it is:
On the way back to Walt Disney World, the Roots led me past the REAL offices of Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings. This was very exciting for me, and snapping pix with one hand as I drove felt like the pinnacle of my stalking activities for the trip. I dunno why Im so interested I guess cuz its like seeing backstage. I imagine all the wedding planners toiling away in their third-floor cubes, hollering into their phones things like I said ORGANZA you nitwit the bride must have organza!!! and What do you mean you dont want a DJ? Whos going to lead the Chicken Dance?!
Fake Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings office
Real Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings office!
I wonder whats in these other buildings
Maybe this one is where Disney dreams up new ways to part us from our money!
At last, our journey took us back to those hallowed gates
Up Next: My second-ever daytime trip to Downtown Disney!... Hmmm not very compelling, is it?
The great thing about hanging out with Nathan & Jensey is they take such flattering photos of you
This phrase has never been uttered before ever in the history of mankind: Cute post office!
When we arrived, their postman was not there.
Maybe he was in the back brushing up on his Root trivia ?
I decided to buy a stamp so I could send my pal Spanky a postcard from Disney World on her birthday, then dropped it into my wallet and forgot all about it until a week later (sorry Spanky!!!). Nathan & Jensey tried to buy something too but they totally broke the computer and then the line backed up behind us and Nathan was laughing nervously and telling anyone who glowered in our direction, Just something with their computer totally not our fault Im not really sure, but I think this Drobo thing had something to do with it.
Finally, the lady helping us called for someone to open another register, and who should it be but the Roots snoopy postman hooray! As they had suspected, he did indeed remember my Christmas package (prolly cuz he never did figure out what was inside). And you can be dang sure hes gonna remember me (So hows your friend who bought a stamp to mail her friend a birthday card and then totally blew it?)
Eventually, we were no longer in the post office.
We decided to split up and caravan to Downtown Disney so we could try out the new Flights of Wonder balloon ride.
Waiting in my car for the caravan to begin
Oh boy! Here they come!
The switch for the video function on my camera is irritatingly located between the shoot and review modes, so I am constantly accidentally taking random, boring mini movies instead of pictures. If you would like to see what seven seconds of driving through Celebration in a Ford Focus looks like (and you are not prone to motion sickness) here it is:
On the way back to Walt Disney World, the Roots led me past the REAL offices of Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings. This was very exciting for me, and snapping pix with one hand as I drove felt like the pinnacle of my stalking activities for the trip. I dunno why Im so interested I guess cuz its like seeing backstage. I imagine all the wedding planners toiling away in their third-floor cubes, hollering into their phones things like I said ORGANZA you nitwit the bride must have organza!!! and What do you mean you dont want a DJ? Whos going to lead the Chicken Dance?!
Fake Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings office
Real Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings office!
I wonder whats in these other buildings
Maybe this one is where Disney dreams up new ways to part us from our money!
At last, our journey took us back to those hallowed gates
Up Next: My second-ever daytime trip to Downtown Disney!... Hmmm not very compelling, is it?
Love the pics of Celebration. Must get there someday.
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Thank you.
Thanks for starting my day out with a laugh. My mom and dad came over at o'dark thirty today so I could take them to the airport BEFORE COFFEE so I started out really grouchy - now I can take on the day! Loved the pics at DHS - I can't believe you got such good ones on your phone!
I too love seeing backstage and reading about the behind the scenes type stuff, so I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the real DFTW offices! I'm guessing the other buildings are the offices for customer service reps... like reservations and what not! People we talk to on the phone but never see in the parks!!
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I was going to have my MIL make the straps smaller but I never did...wonder what I did with them?? 
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You are so sweet! I do know of Bill Bryson and I'm flattered that you think I could do something like what he does. It sure would be fun.... I just wish I could figure a way to do the "scrolling down through text + pictures" format of the DIS in a book. This is what's keeping me from turning my trip reports into Blurb or LuLu books... 
