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We were bound and determined to make our last day a great one so of course we went to the Magic Kingdom again.

 

Waiting for the opening ceremony:

 

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Did everyone see Dave's mistress?

 

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There is Mary.  She is probably thinking, "Look at all those men who have no idea about my rule, just like this idiot standing next to me."

 

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First up after "rope drop", another Pachyderm ride:

 

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Barnstormer from the top of the Flying Pachyderms:

 

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Next up, Mr. Pan's Flight:

 

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After Peter Pan, DD decided she wanted her picture taken in front of the limited time magic:

 

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It was now time for another Un-birthday party:

 

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Continued in next post.............

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I'm going to whip my iPad out in Gettysburg and block stuff just so everyone feels like they are in Disney :) I may bring Adam's stroller and ram it into people too!

Aaron, remind me when we meet in person someday to whack you over the head with an iPad.

I was going to ask the same question! LOL. Looking forward to Date Night Pood Forn. As much as I agree with you on the Boneyard...Anna says we are both wrong and that the place rocks.

Next we rode the Carousel.....

 

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After we got off, we milled about for a minute and look who said they were going to ride:

 

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They were going to ride Cindy's ride and weren't sopping for pics so we moved on to Mickey's Philharmagic:

 

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Next up a few Tommorowland attractions:

 

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Next we headed for the hub because DD wanted to see the castle show.  We picked our spot and then DS and I took a short walk while waiting for the show to start:

 

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That my FIends is a cinnamon funnel cake and it was delicious.

 

Okay now that the main event was out of the way......we can watch the show:

 

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After the show.....here comes the street party:

 

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After the street party we head for Adventureland to meet Mr. Sparrow.....

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and here we are at POTC:

 

DS had a meeting planned with a Captain:

 

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After the Pirate Tutorial, DS and DW went to Jungle Cruise while DD and I went to the Treehouse.

 

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The water wheel was being worked on:

 

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After the Treehouse, DD and I needed something to do while we waited:

 

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Tangent.

 

During our trip, I noticed Drew Brees was everywhere. 

 

Apparently, when the natives flee Louisiana during Mardi Gras, you are required to pack a Drew Brees Jersey.

 

I was telling DW, I could have made an awesome TR just by taking pictures of Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints Quarterback) as he made the rounds at WDW.

 

That being said, I was sort of mad at myself for not recording this information and taking zillions of Drew Brees pics.

 

So.

 

While waiting for DW and DS to return, I decided to people watch and see how long it took to capture Drew Brees on camera.

 

It took exactly 45 seconds:

 

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Did you see that?!!!!!!

 

Three Drew Brees's!!!

 

I waited about a second and:

 

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Now there are 4 or 5 of them!!!!

 

Drew Brees spawns by himself!!!

 

Holy Crap!!!

 

Then I noticed Mr. Tebow saunter by:

 

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Do you think he is jealous that he doesn't multiply like a Gremlin that just jumped in a swimming pool?

 

Just then DW and DS arrived and DS needed his fix:

 

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I couldn't resist so I had to get myself a little something also:

 

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We took off for the exits so we could get the truck packed up so we wouldn't need to worry about it later that night or in the morning.......

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We went back to MK after dinner and it was pouring rain......

 

We went and saw Mickey again to stay under cover and then walked through the stores on Main Street......where I was struck not once but twice by idiot stroller guy:

 

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That's him in the gray t-shirt.

 

I felt something hit my ankle once, but it was so crowded I could not move.  A few seconds went by and I felt my ankle rammed by something again.

 

I turned and looked at him and he just stared at me.

 

So, just when you thought there would be no more DBs in this TR.........

 

DBs were running amuck on this trip and I had enough.

 

So I turned all the way around and just stared back at him.

 

He threw up his hands and moved down to another aisleway and stormed off in disgust.

 

"How dare that guy who was surrounded by people not move after I rammed him in the ankle twice with my baby!"

 

Idiot.

 

We soon made it down to Caseys:

 

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and decided to fast-hoof it to Hall of Presidents.  We watched HOP again and then fast-hoofed it to Haunted Mansion:

 

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Then we fast-hoofed it to IASW.  After that the rain had eased a bit and we went to the Carousel:

 

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Then it was time to see Buzz for one last time:

 

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We thought we had the "that guy" routine figured out so we went into the Laugh Floor one last time.  The guy directly behind me was picked to be "that guy."  FAIL.

 

We will try again, but not on this trip.

 

I grabbed some snacks on the way out for us to enjoy back at our room:

 

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It was time to lay our heads down in WDW for the last time this trip.  In the morning, we had to take the long trip back to the snow blanketed frozen tundra.

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2-15-13

 

We woke up, jumped in the 4-wheel drive sleigh and headed north.

 

A few pics from our trip home:

 

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Atlanta's tribute to the Golden Domers:

 

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We also followed Captain America for awhile on I-75:

 

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That's it.

 

We left WDW at 0600 and were home 17 hours or so later.

 

What a brutal drive.

 

We planned to stop somewhere in Kentucky or Ohio, but once we got to Ohio, I just wanted to sleep in my own bed and so we pushed on and drove straight though.

 

I don't know if I ever want to do that again but my back was killing me and stopping in Ohio would have just put off the inevitable. 

 

So we made it home and crashed.

 

I hope you all enjoyed reading along.

 

I am hoping to have another TR for you soon.

 

This one will be quite unique I think.

 

I have a couple details that need to be worked out first to make it happen.

 

Everyone enjoy your Easter weekend!!!

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Great trip report, looking forward to meeting you at Gettysburg. I was worried about the drive to Gettysburg but after that trip home this will seem like a ride around the block. Have a safe trip and we will have a nice cold Yuengling waiting for your arrival.

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You got so much done on that last day.  What great memories your kids are going to have.  I would call them magical, but I'm not allowed to say that anymore. :(  Being the good girl SMB.

 

Glad you made it home safe and sound.

 

Looking forward to more TRs.

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Great trip report, looking forward to meeting you at Gettysburg. I was worried about the drive to Gettysburg but after that trip home this will seem like a ride around the block. Have a safe trip and we will have a nice cold Yuengling waiting for your arrival.

 

I am still a bit worried about the drive.  I haven't been able to get to PT as much as I would like the last two weeks.

 

I will need a beer by the time we get there! 

 

I may need a hand or two getting the PUP bunks out, etc if my back is really killing me too.  Please and Thank you!

 

You got so much done on that last day.  What great memories your kids are going to have.  I would call them magical, but I'm not allowed to say that anymore. :(  Being the good girl SMB.

 

Glad you made it home safe and sound.

 

Looking forward to more TRs.

 

Thanks for hanging through all of it Annie.  Being good does SMB sometimes.

 

17 straight hours? With kids? WOW!

 

The kids are awesome traveling.  Not many "are we there yets?" and they always wait until we stop for gas to use the restroom.  Of course I would stop if they needed to but so far so good!

 

Leave you alone for a few hours and you finish it....

 

Now I will have more time to add to the shameless thread.  After I get back from Gettysburg and type my mystery trip report....

 

Bravo

 

Thanks!

 

Great report Aaron!!! 

 

Holy cow, how many updates did you write today?  It seems I went to work today and you were half way through the trip, and now you are home.  That was a marathon TR day!

 

Looking forward to your next one.  Sounds intriguing. 

 

I think you will like the new one.  I have some bugs to work out first though.  I hope I can make it happen.

 

Awesome Trip Aaron!!!!

 

Thanks Carol!!

 

:bravo:  :bravo:  :bravo: 

 

Thanks TJ!

 

Great report, Aaron. Looks like you guys had a great time, but I think I'd need a vacation after that!

 

Thanks Brent.

 

It would be much easier to fly home afterward....except then we wouldn't stay at the Fort and of course airfare is crazy $$ right now.

 

Looking forward to all Fort trip in December and hopefully a couple Fort only days.  We'll see.

 

Great job, Aaron!

 

What a great trip you had.

 

Thanks for sharing it with us!

 

Looking forward to the next one.

 

TCD

 

Thanks for hanging out for the whole thing TCD and you're welcome.

 

I think you will enjoy the next one if I can make it happen.

 

There are some logistics involved with getting the photos.

 

Very mysterious I know.

 

When I get back from Gettysburg next week, I am going to get it figured out.

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Thanks for hanging out for the whole thing TCD and you're welcome.

 

I think you will enjoy the next one if I can make it happen.

 

There are some logistics involved with getting the photos.

 

Very mysterious I know.

 

When I get back from Gettysburg next week, I am going to get it figured out.

 

Yes, very mysterious.  I can't figure out what it might be.

 

You know, we only missed the chance to meet up by a few hours on February 15th.

 

I will try harder to catch you next time.

 

TCD

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Great job Aaron.

It was a real pleasure being able to spend time with you and the family. Your son is a hoot and your daughter, well, they just don't get any cuter than her. And your wife, you did good.

 

When we were at the pizza bash, I looked over at you and said to Gail, does Aaron remind you of anyone?

That's my son. 

 

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Yes, very mysterious.  I can't figure out what it might be.

 

You know, we only missed the chance to meet up by a few hours on February 15th.

 

I will try harder to catch you next time.

 

TCD

 

I am looking forward to meeting you.  Hopefully you can take a day trip or weekend trip in December and we can meet up then.

 

Great job Aaron.

It was a real pleasure being able to spend time with you and the family. Your son is a hoot and your daughter, well, they just don't get any cuter than her. And your wife, you did good.

 

When we were at the pizza bash, I looked over at you and said to Gail, does Aaron remind you of anyone?

That's my son. 

 

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Thanks Lou!

 

I do remember you saying that and we do look a lot alike.

 

So now I have a double working at Lights Motor Action and also have a look alike in Lou's family.

 

Too bad I have a bad back.

 

I could be a stunt double.

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I got behind reading your report with our own trip. 

 

Great job Aaron!  I am still a fan (despite my harsh anti-Michigan words on the other thread).

 

Looking forward to your Gettysburg TR as we could have easily been at that GG instead of the Fort for Easter. So I wonder what it would be like and am trusting you to bring me up to speed on that one!

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I got behind reading your report with our own trip. 

 

Great job Aaron!  I am still a fan (despite my harsh anti-Michigan words on the other thread).

 

Looking forward to your Gettysburg TR as we could have easily been at that GG instead of the Fort for Easter. So I wonder what it would be like and am trusting you to bring me up to speed on that one!

 

Even Buckeyes and Irish/Wolverines can find common ground as long as it's not on the gridiron, basketball court, etc.

 

Thanks for catching up.

 

I am sure there will be a lot to share about Gettysburg.

 

Looking forward to hearing about your Fort trip also!  Have a great time!

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