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| Zach (yellow shirt) at the beginning of the line into Magic Kingdom. |
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Starting off the day with Splash Mountain! The Noels joined us on this trip:
(front to back) David, Zach, Matthew
Nicholas, Mike, Gabe
Kali, Kimberly, Eric
Kate, Brooke, Ashley |
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| Mike and Gabe on Dumbo |
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| Watching The Muppets do a street show (up in the window) |
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| First Mickey Bar of the trip. |
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| Dinner at Crystal Palace with Brooke, Winnie the Pooh, David, and Zach |
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| Ashley, Piglet, Brooke, David, Nicholas, and Zach |
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| 7 Dwarfs Mine Train Ride |
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| Arrrr! Being pirates. |
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| David |
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| Lion King Show in Animal Kingdom |
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| Kali River Rapids |
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| Route 66 in Hollywood Studios |
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| "Freezing in the snow" at Expedition Everest |
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Expedition Everest
Matthew, Nicholas, Kali, me, David, Mike |
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| Tinker Bell! |
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| Staying at Pop Century like we did on our first trip, and recreating the pose. |
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At Epcot
Eric, Kimberly, Kate, Gabe, Mike, Zach, Nicholas
Brooke, David, Matthew, Kali, Ashley |
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| Ashley, Brooke, and Kali meeting Elsa |
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| And Anna |
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| With Sleeping Beauty at Akershaus |
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| Ariel and Nicholas |
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| Cinderella and Gabe |
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| Nicholas and Snow White |
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| Greeting Belle |
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| IllumiNations Night Show at Epcot |
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| Hollywood Studios - Gabe has the force! Good thing because he is about to fight Darth Vader. |
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Star Tours!
David, Zach, Kali, Brooke |
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| Nicholas made a Jedi remark to the stormtroopers as they passed by and they came over and asked to see his identification. |
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And then arrested him and took him away!
It was pretty funny! |
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| Nicholas is lifting Mike with The Force! |
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| Star Wars show on the stage. |
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| Star Tours with Zach and a Kimberly photobomb! |
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| Splitting a snack with David |
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| Mike and Zach getting serious about Toy Story ride. Seriously their favorite ride. Ask them. |
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Everyone striking a pose.
Kimberly was mocking the princesses the whole trip about the way they put their hand at their collarbone, so we posed that way while taking a selfie. |
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| Ellen and Carolyn joined us for 1/2 of Disney World and then the cruise. |
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Fantasmic night show.
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| Frozen ride. |
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| Frozen Ride with our whole group. (minus Brooke) |
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| Mike and Nicholas (and Tinker Bell) at Epcot |
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| Zach with Gramma and Auntie Carolyn |
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| Eric, Kimberly, Kate, Mike |
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| Chef Mickey's buffet restaurant |
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| Chef Mickey |
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| The Anties! at "Tough to be a Bug" |
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| At the Coral Reef restaurant |
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| Star Wars show |
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| Mike and Gabe watching the Star Wars show |
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| Magic Kingdom! |
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| Carolyn and David on Dumbo |
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| Gabe and Matthew on Tea Cups. Our 3rd trip and 1st time ever on this ride. |
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7 Dwarfs Mine Train Roller Coaster
(almost all 14 of us) |
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| Splash Mountain |
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| Dinner at Cinderella's Castle |
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| Dinner at Cinderella's Castle |
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| Love the lit-up castle |
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Awesome fireworks!
Goodbye Disney World! |
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| 17,565 steps on the first day! The rest of the week was pretty close to the same. Way more than I normally get. |
Straight from Disney World, we got on the Disney "Dream" cruise ship. It was 4 nights, stopping
in Nassau, Bahamas, and Castaway Cay (Disney's private island).
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| The first thing we do once getting on the ship, is check out the Kids' Clubs. We try to get Brooke, David, and Gabe excited about their clubs because they are really cool, and we want them to have fun doing their own thing. This is the only time parents are allowed in the clubs. |
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| It's Andy's room! With all the fun toys from Toy Story. |
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| David on Rex |
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| And lots of video games. |
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| Then to the Sail Away party! Music and dancing as the ship pulls out of port. |
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| Trying out foosball on the top deck. |
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| First dinner, Mickey bar for an appetizer. Bring on the Roy Rogers and Shirley Temples! |
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| Pulling into Nassau. Our ship is actually doing a U-turn to back into the spot next to the other ships. |
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| We got off the boat for a short time to check out Nassau. |
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| But weren't too impressed. So we went back to the boat. |
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| The kids enjoyed the water slide on the boat. |
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| Belle, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Cinderella greeting kids in the lobby. The piano player is providing music and Sophia is also greeting kids on the balcony. |
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| We splurged on a veranda this time. Quite relaxing to sit and read a book on your private deck. |
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| Looking down from our veranda - it's Carolyn and Nicholas playing Shuffleboard! |
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| The next day, pulling into Castaway Cay and no other cruise ships in sight. The island to ourselves! |
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| Brooke with Carolyn and Ellen |
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| Pluto and Mickey just walking by! |
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| A very relaxing day. |
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| Zach and I parasailing. |
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| The driver would slow down and dip us into the water. |
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| David ready for pirate night. |
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| Donald Duck, the lobby mascot. |
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| Brooke got a couple braids put in her hair on the ship. |
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| Saying goodbye to all the characters and entertainment crew. |
