[JustaT]

Originally Posted by toomuchinfo

What beautiful girls you have..very photogenic. Regarding Shamu, I have
a friend who is a vet there and she says he is very old..considered a bull
and that is what happens to a males fin and tail as they get older. But I feel
sorry for him also being in that tank but because he was born and raised
at Sea World maybe he doesn't know any better.

Thank you!

Thank you too for the info on Shamu. I am glad it is just because he is old. It was pretty clear that the other Orka's were much younger (just by size alone). He was SOOOO much bigger than they were.

[MickeyMcFizzle]

Originally Posted by JustaT

Next up we decided to go on this attraction

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MIL and Lillian stayed outside (Lillian was still napping) and Avery, DH and I decided to check it out (we have never done this on past visits).

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I ended up falling asleep on the ride....excellent nap opportunity for mom Avery enjoyed the Dinosaur part and John was bored to tears.

All in all, I was happy we did it just to have a little shut eye

Agree, totally nap time!!!

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DAY 7, Magic Kingdom- our final park day

We started our day in the POFQ food court for breakfast. Then off to MK for our final day at WDW. We were pretty excited because we missed quite a bit our first day at MK.

Our goals for the day:
1. HAVE FUN!
2. Haunted Mansion
3. Pirates
4. Dreams come true Parade
5. HAVE MORE FUN!!!!

As soon as we walked in Avery spotted Daisy

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Boy I love this sight. Does it EVER get old?

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Avery's favorite is the stage show. We got there just in time.

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Next up.....TEA CUPS! DH, DMiL & DD2 all skipped this one. Avery and I were ALL IN


here are the bystanders (DH, DMiL & DD2) being silly



WEEEEEEeeeeeeee!



Ok...stop with the spinning now mom


We did it twice with no lines. It was WILD how low the crowd level was on this day. This would be our first time in a park when it wasn't SUPER crowded. It was a nice way to spend our last day.

[LuvMyLittleNoah]

Ok I am only on pg 4 of your TR, but I wanted to let you know that I am enjoying it so much. A little late I know, I'm sorry I have been out of the MB loop for a while. Your girls are just precious.

Back to reading....

[packerbeth]

Glad you're sharing the rest of your trip with us! Thanks!

[JustaT]

Originally Posted by LuvMyLittleNoah

Ok I am only on pg 4 of your TR, but I wanted to let you know that I am enjoying it so much. A little late I know, I'm sorry I have been out of the MB loop for a while. Your girls are just precious.

Back to reading....

Thanks! I know....the holidays took me out of it for a while. I am catching up on everyones TR's right now. Thanks for hanging in there....I'll finish up shortly.

[JustaT]

Originally Posted by packerbeth

Glad you're sharing the rest of your trip with us! Thanks!

I am glad to share it! I am just glad your reading it

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Originally Posted by LuvMyLittleNoah

Ok I am only on pg 4 of your TR, but I wanted to let you know that I am enjoying it so much. A little late I know, I'm sorry I have been out of the MB loop for a while. Your girls are just precious.

Back to reading....

By the way, (yes, I am threadjacking my own TR)....your TR really helped me gear up for our trip with our little ones. Thanks for that!

[packerbeth]

Originally Posted by JustaT

I am glad to share it! I am just glad your reading it

Just doing my job!

Hurry back with more! You're getting ME ready for traveling with kids again!

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After the Tea Cups we wandered around a bit looking for some fruit (I knew I had seen some bananas earlier in the day). We found a fruit cart and a very unfortunate little guy working the stand. His line was so long and he just couldn't keep up.

Anyhoo....we decided to go into Haunted Mansion....there was a 5 minute wait so we just couldn't pass it up. I was a bit worried about taking Avery on the ride....I just didn't want to freak her out again like TOUGH TO BE A BUG did. We decided to give it a try and just really talk her through it. I wasn't worried about Lillian because she doesn't really "get" any of that spooky stuff yet. Lillian, DMiL and I were in one buggy and DH & Avery were in the other. Lillian fell asleep as soon as it went dark. I could hear John talking Avery through it and she was really having a great time. We were stopped for about 10 minutes where the breathing doors are....could have been bad. Avery enjoyed the stop and Lillian got an extra 10 minutes on her nap. I loved the changes. HM is definitely one of my favorties from childhood and I was happy that they did a little upkeep.

Here is Avery chasing more birds

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Next up Pirates. We were excited about how empy the park was this day. Even Dumbo only had a 10 minute wait. It was such a departure from the rest of our trip.

No wait for Pirates so we jumped on sooner than we expected. We had just grabbed some ice cream and DH got a Turkey Leg. Avery spotted DH's turkey leg while we were in line, threw away her ice cream and grabbed it right out of his hands. It was really funny seeing her waiting for POTC eating this GIANT turkey leg. She LOVED it too.

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Potc....treasure!