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And it's rope drop day at Magic Kingdom, everybody is excited!!!!

 

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Well, most of us are.  We are normally  NOT the early morning family who is out the door and on schedule, but on this particular day we are killing it. On the boat by 7:15 and in line for rope drop by 7:30 ish.

 

We work our way up to the front right area to give us a good view of the show and have a shorter path to 7DMT.  

 

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Awesome view of the show.

 

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Reese is starting to wake up by now.

 

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Just to pause for a second and get a little sentimental.   The next pic is the reason we come to disney...these shots make all the fuss, blood, pain, etc worth every second.

 

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Rylee is pumped and ready for 7DMT

 

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So here is the goal for today (remember, i am the planner)

 

Ride/Do the following and make it to our BOG ressies at 10:30

 

-7DMT

-Peter Pan

-Splash Mtn

-Thunder RR

-Barnstormer

-Enchanted Tales w Belle

 

Reeeeadyyy...go!

 

 

Another cool MM picture...everybody is awake and loving it!

 

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We all are pumped up and really enjoying 7DMT

 

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Wait, upon further review....Reese is having an emotion shift..

 

"What the Fort" she must be thinking

 

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OK Reese, let's go to something a little slower since it's early

 

but by the look on her face, i think some of the trust is gone

 

more of a cautious stare now...

 

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We didn't get any pics of her on BTMR, but her Expedition Everest face is priceless.

 

Now to meet Belle...both girls got in on the action

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No memory maker pics for this one...had to use my camera phone, not too shabby

 

 

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Well we did make our ressies...like right at 10:25

 

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No food pics, sorry.  But the food wasn't bad and the girls loved theirs which is saying a ton!

 

Now on to part B of the MK Day plan...back to the camper to relax for several hours before coming back to 

MK tonight for dinner and fireworks.

 

Reese didn't partake in the rest part but instead headed straight out to play.  Rylee and Mom napped while 

I helped watched Frank fix our sink.  Less than 5 minutes and we finally had water at the campsite...whew

 

 

Left the Fort around 4:30 back to MK...the weather this week could not have been better...just awesome

 

This pic was a big deal

 

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As was this one 

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Even Mom got in on the action.

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Dinner was great at Liberty Tree Tavern...Our first time trying it and wow!!  it may become a staple

 

We had fastpasses to see the fireworks...great spot minus the big freakin lamp post

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Love this one

 

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And after a long day we are heading back to the fort...remember the whole "rest" thing that Reese completely ignored earlier?

 

And I'm "didn't take a nap" Reese...and I have cable.

 

 

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Everyone slept wonderfully this night....

 

Tomorrow's a Fort day...and we were soooo ready for it

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Sorry to hear about the broken arm but happy you are continuing your TR!

 

It was imperfectly timed for sure...beginning of summer broken arm is blast

 

Broken arm...bummer! No more Turtle Talk, so sad....gotta love Nemo though! Super cute pics :) 90...wow!

 

Very very hot every day...felt just like when we normally go in september

 

What is this about broken arms, I had one- a fall, my son had one- car accident, 2 friends children- fall on monkey bars and 1 broken leg all in the past 3 months and now you get in on the action. Sound like an epidemic to me.

 

Yikes, I am very careful when l do anything now.  

 

This is a fun report. I'm all psyched to finish reading!

 

Thank you...summer is busy!!!!

 

It's ok-- it doesn't matter that you take your time with the TR, just as long as you keep swimming ,... er I mean just keep posting, just keep posting :)

Your daughters are adorable!!

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Thank you, they both look exactly like the misses

 

Got to meet these fine folks recently camping at Anchor Down! Makes these pics all that much better!!!

 

Brother Rob it was a pleasure to meet you guys at Anchor Down!  And i can't wait to see you all again next month.

 

I'm here and in. Sorry about the trouble at the start.

 

Seems like there are always a few things that go wrong...could've been much much worse.

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Ahhhhhhhh...Fort Days!  These are the best days of our vacation by far.  Not much picture taking on this day.

 

But relax, relax and relax.  And we finally got to take a shower in our camper today.  No more mandatory shower trips to the

comfort station thanks to Frank's.

 

We had a late breakfast at Kona, it was a nice relaxing ride over...relax is the name of the game today

 

Tonga Toast was awesome

 

Back to the fort and we did some looping...found this site that we liked

 

713 has made it on our list of sites to stay in

 

very shady

 

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So has 624.  As a matter of fact this is the site our inlaws requested for Spring Break 2016...

 

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The 600 loop is a boom or bust loop IMO...there are about 5 really good spots and the others have zero shade.

 

HDDR for dinner!!!  Love this for two reasons

*beer included

*boss paid for it

 

Side note:  I work for a really good local company still family owned...the owner is the son of the founder..Thank you buddy's!

 

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The beauties and me...they loved getting all dolled up for dinner, especially after a relaxing campground day

 

here are the types of canned pics you get with the memory maker...meh

 

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Fort day was, as usual, a success.   A lazy day for us is a must.  We wandered over to the meadows and saw a pretty good movie

 

alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

 

10:30 and the entire bunch was asleep...Tomorrow is AK day and we were kinda getting sad at this point.  You know, the time of the trip when you get close to leaving, kind of sad.

 

Days always seem hotter at AK, or is it just me?

 

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The photographer told us to do this...

 

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and not one special little effect...silly guy

 

 

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There, that's better

 

Nice little shot of EE in the background...Get ready Reese!!!

 

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But first this happened.  As we were walking around a corner, Pocahontas came out of some special door and we almost literally ran into her.

 

She grabbed the girls hands and walked them to her autograph spot.  Made for some nice photos.

 

I was not allowed to hold hands with her and walk, however.   -_-

 

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This was really cool.

 

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OK, so back to reality and on to Everest.

 

And for the record, Reese really does enjoy coasters.  Well, she claims to enjoy them.

 

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Let's zoom in a bit

 

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Sheer...Terror...

 

We only spend a half day here so let's go get the obligatory Tree of Life photo.

 

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Back to the Fort in the PM for more rest and relaxation.  Tomorrow is our final full day then it's back to the grind.

 

We drove to our final ADR to have breakfast at Boma.  This was our first time at animal kingdom lodge and we really

liked it.  

 

The wife liked this little get-up in the gift shop, till she saw the price...Vera Bradley+Disney=$%$

 

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Leaving Day:

 

Not a fan of this day whatsoever, but we had a wonderful trip and can't wait to get back here!

 

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The End

 

GB

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You did it!

 

Great job!

 

I'm glad that you came back to finish your report.  The photos in the last updates were great.   I love the big smiles on your girls' faces when the were meeting Anna and Elsa.  And 3/4 of you seem to really love the thrill rides.

 

Poor Reese.

 

TCD

 

Yay! And just a shade under 5 months later.  Thank you and the smiles are definitely what make it all worth it.

 

Great TR!

 

If I ever went on the thrill rides, my face would look like Reese's too.

 

We still pull those pics up and laugh...bless her heart, she is a good sport

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Ok, first off, you are correct....the Karamel Shop absolutely puts crack in all of their caramel.  

 

Secondly, good call on the Tonga Toast.  That's some good stuff. 

 

Third....what is it about that Pocahontas that seems so familiar?  Her face looks more like some college girl selfie in Instagram than a Native American princess.  

 

And finally.....this is a beautiful picture.  

 

 

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Ok, first off, you are correct....the Karamel Shop absolutely puts crack in all of their caramel.  

 

Secondly, good call on the Tonga Toast.  That's some good stuff. 

 

Third....what is it about that Pocahontas that seems so familiar?  Her face looks more like some college girl selfie in Instagram than a Native American princess.  

 

And finally.....this is a beautiful picture.  

 

Thank you DIT...and yes, she had a familiar face to say the least.  She had dark hair, does that count as Native American now?

 

And this is less real than a mouse suit?   :lmao1:

 

lol...much less

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Just caught the end of this!  Great trip!!

 

Yes... AK DOES seem hotter than any other park; we think that every time we're there!

 

Your youngest on the coasters... bless her heart.  Those are some priceless pictures :)

 

Yep... packing up is such a sad, sad day.  I'm already dreading it and we don't get back "home" for another couple of months!

 

Thanks for the report... great job!! :)

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Reese on EE with the white knuckles shot for the win.

 

Glad you finished the TR. 

 

Glad I got to read it.  Reese is a very brave little girl.  Good going kiddo!

 

She is a good sport too (thankfully) as she is able to laugh at herself just as much as we did.  To hear her say "that was awesome" from the walk off the coaster to the pictures and then see the pictures...That!!!

 

 

 

Just caught the end of this!  Great trip!!

 

Yes... AK DOES seem hotter than any other park; we think that every time we're there!

 

Your youngest on the coasters... bless her heart.  Those are some priceless pictures :)

 

Yep... packing up is such a sad, sad day.  I'm already dreading it and we don't get back "home" for another couple of months!

 

Thanks for the report... great job!! :)

 

Ugggg, yea the packing up. Not a good thing at all.

 

We are in beach trip mode right now and the only good thing about packing up after that trip is that the next 3 Fort trips are booked

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