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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 18:32

LabCowboy

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Hello! New and Excited!

Hi guys!
So glad that I found this site while doing some "googling." I love all of the great posts i've seen and cant wait to contribute to this awesome fan site! Everyone seems so friendly, and full of great information! My family is planning a trip for my dad's 60th bday in November and I cant wait to ask questions about planning, and any new information we may need. We have been going to Disney before I could and just about every 2-3 years after that. This will be the first time that I am doing most of the planning, and this will be my fiance's first time to Disney World!
Nice to meet everyone!

p.s. My username is from my love of Labradors (I have a 1yr old Lab Brandy) and my Dallas Cowboys fandom.

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 18:47

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Hi and welcome to the group! I'm visiting in November this year for thanksgiving, though I'm dreading the crowds I'm looking forward to seeing all of the Christmas decorations

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 19:04

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Hello, fellow newbie! Isn't this a great site? They are honest about being enablers!! LOL Congratulations on your trip and good luck with the planning.

We were there the week before Christmas and it was wonderful. Crowded, slightly hectic, but wonderful. I wish we had spent more time in Epcot and experienced the various Christmas Celebrations from around the world. Also, it was so magical to sit and listen to the Candle Light Processional from a nearby bench. My little ones wouldn't sit through the entire performance, but we did catch a bit of the caroling that just really put us all in the Christmas spirit. Definitely an extra magical time to visit!

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 19:48

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to the site! You are going to love it here!

What are some of your favorite things about Disney??

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 19:54

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RobynPrincess: thank you! We are going the first week in November, so I dont think the crowds will be too bad. We went once for Thanksgiving and it was the only time that i got truly frustrated in the parks! ankles can only be hit so many times by strollers!

Jmed: My list of what I 'DON'T' like would be smaller! I love pretty much everything in the parks. The great stories, and of course the movies. I actually just finished Big Hero 6 an hour ago and I loved it!

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 19:59

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LabCowboy wrote:

Jmed: My list of what I 'DON'T' like would be smaller! I love pretty much everything in the parks. The great stories, and of course the movies. I actually just finished Big Hero 6 an hour ago and I loved it!

I totally understand, I am pretty much the same way!

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 20:04

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 20:25

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Hi and Can't wait to hear about the big trip! And don't be shy, ask away when you want any help or have any questions with planning!

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 21:45

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Hello and welcome! I had this vision of you in cowboy boots lassoing a bunch of beakers. Glad you cleared that up at the end!! Haha.

Tue, 03/10/2015 - 22:18

LabCowboy

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JeffC wrote:

Hello and welcome! I had this vision of you in cowboy boots lassoing a bunch of beakers. Glad you cleared that up at the end!! Haha.

Although I do like chemistry.. I am not the quickest test tube slinger!

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 23:42

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Welcome! Can't wait to hear more about your trip

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 00:21

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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 01:13

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Hello and Glad you joined our great group.

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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 04:50

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LabCowboy wrote:

RobynPrincess: thank you! We are going the first week in November, so I dont think the crowds will be too bad. We went once for Thanksgiving and it was the only time that i got truly frustrated in the parks! ankles can only be hit so many times by strollers!

Awesome! I'll be there Nov. 6-13, so maybe we'll overlap! There are already a few other folks who will be in the parks starting November 4.

I know what you mean about the strollers. We did Magic Kingdom on NYE during our honeymoon. I used to say that the reason that we don't have kids is from my husband's PTSD - Post traumatic stroller disorder. If someone had written a novel about that trip, a great opening line would have been, "They stumbled out the front gate of the park, her ears still ringing from the shrill squeal of the noisemakers, his ankles bruised and bloodied courtesy of the parents who had weaponized their strollers." I'd probably do it again, but I don't think that DH would!

Oh and by the way---Welcome!!

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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 10:00

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Welcome, welcome welcome! So glad to have you. November is a great time to be in the world. We've been going the week after Thanksgiving and it has been great. Low crowds and lots of stuff to see holiday wise.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 11:39

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Welcome! Glad to have another Disney fan on the forum. I love to know about favorite places to eat so you will have to give us your picks.

Wed, 03/11/2015 - 16:22

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Welcome!!!

I will be there with my family until November 3rd! It is a great time to go!

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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 20:36

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Welcome to our gang

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Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:15

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Welcome!

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Thu, 03/12/2015 - 20:05

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Great to have you here!

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Fri, 03/13/2015 - 12:12

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Welcome! Can't wait to hear more about your trip. Any restaurants you're dying to try?

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Fri, 03/13/2015 - 13:49

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Kris1971 wrote:

Welcome! Can't wait to hear more about your trip. Any restaurants you're dying to try?

I have always wanted to try whispering canyon. I am a huge BBQ fan and it looks spectacular. I would also love to try some of the DTD restaurants, I've had Earl and the other QS but never ate at any of the sit-down restaurants there.

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Sat, 03/14/2015 - 13:47

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Welcome. Glad you joined us.

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Sun, 03/15/2015 - 01:06

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Welcome! I have family in Dallas, so I've been there many times- but never got to see a game

Downtown Disney has some terrific food choices...we just went to Fulton's for lunch
and it was incredible! (pictures in my Disneymoon trip report link below).