tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86090238966018881332024-03-14T00:56:49.213-07:00The Mouse In Our HouseEverything WDW From My Perspective.Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-72207378291947635472015-06-24T19:20:00.003-07:002015-06-24T19:20:33.721-07:00A Review of "Inside Out"<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unfortunately, I can’t say either. I really wanted to love this movie. I really, really did. But, it didn’t really work out that way. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">However, I did like one of the characters – Disgust. No, I wasn’t disgusted with this movie, so please don’t start sending me hate messages. I just thought that she was sassy, bold, acerbic, and quite smart as it turns out – no spoilers though! In fact, I think she actually saved the day, although it may not seem that way initially. But, she actually made it possible. Now, you might ask, if I didn’t like the movie, why was I paying such close attention to who saved the day? The answer to that would be obvious – because it meant the end was finally approaching! Yes!!!</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So, what, you ask, was so awful about this movie? Where to start, where to start…</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Riley is born and lives in Minnesota with her parents. Her emotions – Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger – come to life and pretty much manipulate her thoughts and actions through a control console inside her brain, or Headquarters. Her memories are contained in spheres which are sent into storage when she goes to sleep, and her most important ones, or her “core memories” are contained in a hub in Headquarters which controls the five “islands” which mirror the different facets of her personality and which eventually crumble. Joy directs Riley’s emotions to keep her in a happy state, manipulating all of her other emotions to fall in line with how she wants Riley to feel. That’s where this movie started to lose me – Joy was annoying, way too perky, and overbearing. Obviously, I’m not her biggest fan, to say the least.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Riley turns eleven, her father gets a new job, and the family relocates to San Francisco. And so it begins.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On her first day of school, Riley’s memories are inadvertently controlled by Sadness, and she cries in front of her class and chaos takes over Headquarters, as Riley begins to act out as a result of her turbulent emotions. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I don’t want to give away the full storyline, but will focus more on what I didn’t like about it. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s my big problem with Riley’s parents – they move to a big city which is unfamiliar to their 11-year-old daughter. That being said, they allow their daughter to walk to school through dark alleyways in a strange city. That was just insane! And that’s not the only thing. Dad becomes completely immersed in his new job as soon as they arrive at their new home, and spends most of the movie on his cell phone, disengaged from his family until an outburst from Riley finally makes him react. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As the chaos ensues in Headquarters, the movie becomes boring and slow in my opinion. Joy and Sadness become the key to getting Riley back on track, and their adventures seem to be interminable. They encounter various characters along the way, including Bing Bong, who I really wanted to like, but just couldn’t bring myself to. Is it bad that I wasn’t tearing up over him? I will admit I almost did tear up – when the Train of Thought derailed. After all, that signaled that the movie wasn’t anywhere near done. I think it was around that time that Disgust found favor with me. I’m sorry – I just couldn’t help it at that point. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But, she really earned her place as my favorite emotion when she outsmarted Anger and precipitated the beginning of the end of this movie. Finally! Ninety-four minutes never seemed so long…</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t get me wrong – not everything about this movie was awful. Joy manipulates Riley’s memories, and I’ll admit I enjoyed watching them, especially the ones of her growing up and with her parents. Those were very touching and fun and brought back many of our own family memories.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Of course, my less than favorable emotions about this movie doesn’t mean I won’t allow my daughter to have her Inside Out themed birthday party that she’s been raving about for the last month while she counted down the days for the movie premiere. I’ll just grit my teeth and bear it with a smile on my face. I can’t promise I won’t want to throw any Joy-related items out, but I promise not to. I’ll just look over at Disgust and remember how she saved the day.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you watched Inside Out? What are your thoughts about the movie? </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Until next time, remember to keep the Mouse in <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">your</em> house.</span></div>
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Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-86088987282045189462015-06-24T06:20:00.001-07:002015-06-24T06:20:14.488-07:00Taking A Bite Out of Disney: Disney Recipes You Can Make At Home<br />
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One way to get rid of the Disney blues after your trip is to keep a little bit of Disney in your own home every day. One of the best (and tastiest) ways to do so is to cook up some of your favorite Disney meals.</div>
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I invite you to join me on this cooking tour of Walt Disney World presented to you in this series I am currently writing for <a href="http://www.resortloop.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #9f9f9f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">www.resortloop.com</a>, <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">T</em><i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">aking a Bite Out of Disney. </i>So, if you love (and miss) Disney food and enjoy cooking, here we go!</div>
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AUNT LIZ’S GOLDEN FRIED CHICKEN (50’s Prime Time Café)<br /><a href="http://resortloop.com/tab50s/%C2%A0" style="border: 0px; color: #9f9f9f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Aunt Liz's Golden Fried Chicken">http://resortloop.com/tab50s/ </a></div>
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BBQ RUB AND SAUCE (Flame Tree Barbecue)<br /><a href="http://resortloop.com/rl2779/" style="border: 0px; color: #9f9f9f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="BBQ Rub and Sauce">http://resortloop.com/rl2779/</a></div>
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FLANK STEAK MARINADE (Liberty Tree Tavern)<br /><a href="http://resortloop.com/rl2930/" style="border: 0px; color: #9f9f9f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://resortloop.com/rl2930/</a></div>
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BEIGNETS (Port Orleans French Quater)<br /><a href="http://resortloop.com/rl3105/" style="border: 0px; color: #9f9f9f; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://resortloop.com/rl3105/</a></div>
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Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-6952519675588841662015-06-24T06:14:00.002-07:002015-06-24T06:18:12.726-07:00The 1, 2, 3's Of Planning A Disney Trip<div data-mce-style="text-align: justify;" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem; text-align: justify;">
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So, you’ve decided to go on a Disney trip, and you’re starting to feel overwhelmed with everything there is to do. But, don't worry. I’m going to walk you through it one step at a time.</div>
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I invite you to join me as I help you get ready for your Disney trip in this series I am currently writing for <a data-mce-href="http://www.resortloop.com" href="http://www.resortloop.com/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;">www.resortloop.com</a>, The <em>1, 2, 3's Of Planning A Disney Trip</em><i>. </i></div>
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So...let's get started.</div>
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<strong>Step 1:</strong> <em>Do It Yourself Or Use A Travel Agent? </em><a data-mce-href="http://resortloop.com/rl123p/" href="http://resortloop.com/rl123p/" style="color: #21759b; line-height: 1.714285714; outline: none;" title="Step 1: Do It Yourself Or Use A Travel Agent?">http://resortloop.com/rl123p/</a></div>
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<em> </em><strong style="line-height: 1.714285714;">Step 2:</strong><span style="line-height: 1.714285714;"> </span><em style="line-height: 1.714285714;">Deciding When To Travel... </em><em style="line-height: 1.714285714;"><a data-mce-href="http://resortloop.com/rl1232/" href="http://resortloop.com/rl1232/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;" title="Step 2: Deciding When To Travel">http://resortloop.com/rl1232/</a></em></div>
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<strong>Step 3: </strong><em>On Property Or Off? <a data-mce-href="http://resortloop.com/rl12132/" href="http://resortloop.com/rl12132/" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;">http://resortloop.com/rl12132/</a></em></div>
Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-10616061322338771462015-06-24T05:51:00.005-07:002015-06-24T05:51:47.255-07:00Disneyland From A Teen’s Point Of View<br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Today, I will be telling you about my favorite rides from Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In July 2013, I got to go to California for my summer trip. I was really excited when we got there.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I would like to share my experience from Disneyland in California. My favorite ride from Disneyland Park is the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage. It is a ride where you sit in a submarine while the captain maneuvers the submarine. You see fish and other sea creatures. Then, you go into a dark section where you go on a voyage with Nemo and his friends. While I was on the ride, it took me back as if I was in the movie. I feel that all ages are appropriate for this ride.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At Disney California Adventure Park, I have two favorite rides. I can’t pick which one I like best, so I will be talking about both of them. My two favorite rides are Grizzly River Run and Radiator Springs Racers.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Grizzly River Run is a ride where you raft down the roaring waters of the California River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. You will get wet and will experience the roaring sounds of the water. My favorite part of this ride was speeding down. I recommend this ride from ages 6 and up.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Radiator Springs Racers is a ride in the form of a car from the movie Cars and goes up and down super fast. They also take a picture while you are on the ride. My favorite part is zooming through the desert landscape because it takes you back to the movie Cars. I recommend this ride from ages 6 and up.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One day, I would like to go to Disneyland in Tokyo and Paris. I will always remember the memories I made in Disneyland California.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Until next time!</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~Allisa</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope you enjoyed this latest entry! </em><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Great job, Allisa!</em><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope to visit Disneyland for myself someday.</em><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope you get to experience Disney World Paris and Tokyo someday soon! And blog about it for The Mouse In Our House, of course!… </em><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></em></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Until next, remember to keep the Mouse in your house…</em><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~ Monica</em></span></div>
Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-7825006929256507112015-06-24T05:48:00.005-07:002015-06-24T05:49:56.271-07:00Celebrating At Walt Disney World!<br />
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I recently started blogging for www.resortloop.com!</div>
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Traveling to Walt Disney World is a celebration! Every single time…</div>
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Disney helps you to celebrate every trip.</div>
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Read how…</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26.6666679382324px;">I hope you enjoy this post for The Mouse For Less, where I discuss my favorite Disney Dads. Are these some of your favorites as well?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26.6666679382324px;">I hope you enjoy my first blog post for The Mouse For Less where I bring you along through Walt Disney World and give you my best tip for experiencing the World.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26.6666679382324px;">I hope you enjoy this blog I wrote for The Mouse For Less about Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party which we attended in November 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.714285714;">One of the things our family really enjoys when traveling to the World is meeting the characters and getting their autographs. On our first trip, our then three-year-old daughter was so excited to seek out her favorite characters, talk to them, get their autographs in her </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSWX1LE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BSWX1LE&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=EBBBXMDZOA2VVO2O" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSWX1LE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BSWX1LE&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=EBBBXMDZOA2VVO2O" style="color: #21759b; line-height: 1.714285714; outline: none;">Disney Princess Autographs & Photographs Book</a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=wwwthemousein-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BSWX1LE" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=wwwthemousein-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BSWX1LE" height="1" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 1px 4px; line-height: 1.714285714; max-width: 100%;" width="1" /><span style="line-height: 1.714285714;">, and snap some pictures with them. And it proved to be some of the best experiences we've ever had at Disney World!</span></div>
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Her very first meet and greet was with Mickey and Minnie at Mickey's Toon Town Fair. It was our first day in Orlando. We had literally dropped our bags at our hotel, and off we were to the Magic Kingdom, despite the fact that we were incredibly tired, and our daughter had been up since 3:00 a.m. It was early May and incredibly hot and humid, and the parks were crowded. We waited on line for well over an hour, and the only thing that kept her from completely wilting was her <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CUYQKM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001CUYQKM&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=3A74CAH7ZWCXVCHB" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CUYQKM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001CUYQKM&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=3A74CAH7ZWCXVCHB" style="color: #21759b; outline: none;">misting fan</a><img alt="" border="0" data-mce-src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=wwwthemousein-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001CUYQKM" data-mce-style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=wwwthemousein-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001CUYQKM" height="1" style="border-radius: 3px; border: none !important; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 1px 4px; margin: 0px !important; max-width: 100%;" width="1" />. By the time we got to Mickey and Minnie, she had completely soaked herself, but she was hanging in there.</div>
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Despite all of this, the smile on her little face when she saw Mickey and Minnie was incredible. When they started hugging her and interacting with her, she just lit up. And so did my heart. It is one of my most treasured memories of our trips.</div>
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Besides standing on long lines to meet characters, one thing we love to do is have character meals, and we've had some good ones. On our first trip, Disney ran a promotion for our travel dates and gave us an extremely generous gift card. Added to our Visa Rewards Card earnings, we had A LOT of Disney Dollars to spend. So, my plan was to make it a blowout trip for our daughter.</div>
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Since then, we've met different characters on all of our trips, and we've continued to do character meals for some of our daughter's favorites, including Akershus and Tusker House.</div>
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Our daughter loves meeting the characters, and I must admit we love it too. My favorite memory is of our first trip, during our breakfast at Akershus. Upon entering, our daughter was led to Belle for pictures. When a cast member brought that picture over to our table as a special gift from Belle and the other princesses, the tears came as I saw how incredibly cute and happy she looked holding Belle's hand. To this day, that picture hangs in her room, along with the picture of her first ever meet and greet with Mickey and Minnie.</div>
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Meeting characters is a wonderful part of our Disney trips, and there are still so many left to meet. On our last trip, our daughter was absolutely thrilled to meet Baymax and Hiro from Big Hero Six. On our next trip, we're looking forward to finally meeting the ever popular Gaston, who is fast becoming a fan favorite in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom.</div>
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I'll keep you posted on any new characters we encounter.</div>
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What are some of your favorite characters?</div>
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Until next time, don't forget to keep the Mouse in <em>your</em> house.</div>
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~ Monica</div>
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Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-31426243565246157242015-03-13T18:50:00.003-07:002015-03-13T18:50:33.980-07:00My Disney Experiences (from a Teenager's Point of View) by Allisa R.<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem;">
<span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff;" style="color: blue;"><em><span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">In this latest installment, we bring you a teenager's perspective on her Disney experiences written by my 14-year-old cousin, Allisa. I was able to catch up with Allisa on our most recent trip to the World this past November, and it was so much fun to spend some time with her and her family... </span></em><em><span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></em></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Hi, my name is Allisa, I’m 14 years old, and I live in Florida.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Walt Disney World is my favorite place to go. I’d like to share a little bit about my Disney trips from my point of view.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Our family is annual passholders, so we always go to Disney when I am off of school. I am usually the planner in our family, taking care of all of the FastPasses, our My Disney Experience account, and scheduling our dining reservations. </span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">My favorite park is the Magic Kingdom, and I have ridden every ride in that park. However, my favorite ride is Splash Mountain. We usually start our day at Starbucks on Main Street. My favorite place for lunch is also in the Magic Kingdom, and that is Columbia Harbour House. It’s a really great place to stop in for lunch. Big Top Souvenirs, in Fantasyland, is where I find my favorite snacks – their cake pops! </span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">At Epcot, I enjoy The Seas with Nemo and Friends ride. My favorite place to eat is Tutto Italia Ristorante in the Italy Pavilion in the World Showcase.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">One of my recent trips was very special because I got to go and meet up with my cousins from New Jersey, we enjoyed going on rides and watching shows together.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Fun Facts about Allisa:</strong></span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.714285714rem;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt; color: #ff0000;" style="color: red; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Favorite Disney Character: <em>Anna (Frozen)</em></span></li>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">I have also been to Disneyland in California, and I would also like to go to Disneyland in Tokyo and Paris.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">I will always enjoy my Disney trips.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">As Walt Disney say "We're Never Too Old For Disney".</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks for letting me share my experience of living in Florida and going to Disney.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">Until next time!</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;">~ Allisa</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><em>I hope you enjoyed this special blog entry!</em><em>Great job, Allisa! It's wonderful that you are able to enjoy frequent trips to Disney World - and I hope you get to experience Disney World Paris and Tokyo someday soon! And blog about it for The Mouse In Our House, of course!... </em><em><br /></em></span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="color: blue; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;"><em>Until next, remember to keep the Mouse in your house...</em><em>~ Monica</em></span></div>
Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-62013113457466545222015-03-05T19:08:00.002-08:002015-03-05T19:08:53.103-08:00My First Trip To Disney World (from a Kid's Point of View) by Gabriela M.<div style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; margin-bottom: 1.714285714rem;">
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">One of the nicest things about visiting in November is that the World is decorated for the Christmas holidays, and we were able to experience Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. </span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Disney World is a magical place. One thing that I loved was looking down Main Street, USA and seeing Cinderella’s Castle. The castle looks beautiful lit up with Christmas lights.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">What I loved most about the Seven Dwarfs' Mine Train ride was how fast it went. On Test Track, I loved how, no matter how many times I went on that ride, I never got sick of it. I loved how, on the Star Tours ride, I<img alt="IMG_20150305_195758" class="alignright wp-image-2469 size-full" data-mce-src="http://www.themouseinourhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_20150305_195758.jpg" height="430" src="http://www.themouseinourhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_20150305_195758.jpg" style="border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 1px 4px; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.857142857rem 0px 0.857142857rem 1.714285714rem; max-width: 100%;" width="165" /> just felt like we were going to crash into everything. We had FastPasses for the Seven Dwarfs' Mine Train ride, so we were able to get on sooner than the other guests. Although we didn't have FastPasses for Star Tours, it wasn’t that long of a wait, but we had to wait for 60 minutes for Test Track.</span></div>
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<span data-mce-style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">One of my favorite memories are the Disney parades. They are all magnificent. My favorite parade was Mickey's Once Upon A Time Parade during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. I could not pick a favorite float - they were all so nice! </span></div>
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Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-75466330634431988362015-02-15T12:57:00.001-08:002015-02-15T12:57:19.923-08:00Walt Disney World resort guests can now bypass front desk check-in |<a href="http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/walt-disney-world-resort-guests-can-now-bypass-front-desk-check-in/">Walt Disney World resort guests can now bypass front desk check-in |</a>Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-92202613901196196792015-02-15T12:51:00.001-08:002015-02-15T12:51:30.188-08:00May I Have Your Autograph Please?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you're heading down to Walt Disney World, especially with kids (or not...), I highly recommend picking up a <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSWX1LE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BSWX1LE&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=3WIUSV2423HEYX2H" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSWX1LE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BSWX1LE&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=3WIUSV2423HEYX2H" style="color: #1b8be0; font-stretch: normal; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;">Disney autograph book</a>. These are a wonderful way to keep Disney memories after your trip is over.</div>
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One of the most fun parts of our trips is searching out some of our daughter's favorite characters, getting their autographs, and snapping pictures with them. The little ones love it. Adults do too, especially if you're going to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party or Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, where you can come across some characters you wouldn't normally see. Some Disney lovers go to these parties specifically to get these hard-to-get autographs.</div>
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There are different types of autographs books: A basic <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015L0LA2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0015L0LA2&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=GFVRNMWPFKYF3OKC" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015L0LA2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0015L0LA2&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=GFVRNMWPFKYF3OKC" style="color: #1b8be0; font-stretch: normal; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;">Autograph book</a> which doesn't include photo sleeve pages for pictures (although I prefer the ones with the photo sleeves so that you can have the autograph on one side, and the picture on the other); the <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSWX1LE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BSWX1LE&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=H4JVCMWKZM4DTQOM" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSWX1LE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00BSWX1LE&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=H4JVCMWKZM4DTQOM" style="color: #1b8be0; font-stretch: normal; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;">Disney Princess Autographs & Photographs Book</a> which do include the photo sleeves for those treasured pictures; and <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R9V5AN0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00R9V5AN0&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=VUPDQAIQ4WUSSV7X" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00R9V5AN0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00R9V5AN0&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=VUPDQAIQ4WUSSV7X" style="color: #1b8be0; font-stretch: normal; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;">yearly autograph</a> books that come with a gel pen and also have the picture sleeve pages that I favor.</div>
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I've also recently come across the <a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RWR250M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00RWR250M&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=O5SGS6BRITM5N5UI" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RWR250M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00RWR250M&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwthemousein-20&linkId=O5SGS6BRITM5N5UI" style="color: #1b8be0; font-stretch: normal; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;">Guide to the Magic</a> Deluxe Autograph & Sticker Book by Tim Foster, the founder of Celebrations Magazine (see my review of Celebrations Magazine dated January 25, 2015). This book is more than just an autograph book - it contains autograph tips, a character checklist, cast member autograph pages, character stickers, character fun facts, etc. It is a ton of fun, especially if your child really enjoys submersing herself/himself in Disney.</div>
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I highly recommend purchasing an autograph book for your trip - it makes the trip a lot more fun, and you'll love seeing the joy on your child's face when they get their favorite characters' autographs. The autographs are for your child, the memory of their joy is for you. It's a win-win.</div>
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Until next time, remember to keep the Mouse in <em style="color: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">your</em> house.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The articles are extremely well written - full of information and insight - by knowledgeable writers who uncover all things Disney.</span><br />
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the Magic Kingdom… and it’s name is Gaston!
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Yes, that burly, perfect male specimen who got rejected by Belle (</span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">movie:
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It looks like Disney fans are lining up for the opportunity
to meet this hard to hate villain near Gaston’s Tavern in Fantasyland, and are
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tall, dreamy, and muscular,
Gaston serves up constant laughs and quick wit while never straying from his
mission of showing off his enviable pectorals and letting everyone know that Belle
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23.0000019073486px;">I haven’t yet had the opportunity to catch up with Gaston, but I'm keeping my eye out for him – all in the name of research, of course!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23.0000019073486px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23.0000019073486px;">The things I won’t do for this blog…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in November, we traveled down to the World to enjoy some of the Christmas festivities. This trip was special, not only because it would be our first time ever at the World during the holiday season, but also because my 11-year-old niece, my 8-year-old nephew, and my sister were traveling with us. My sister has been to the World a couple of times, many years ago, but this was my niece and nephew's first trip ever - and, hopefully, not their last! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We arrived in Orlando at around 12:00 p.m. By the time we arrived at our resort, Coronado Springs, checked in, took care of some odds and ends, had lunch, and checked out our rooms, it was almost 4pm, which meant we were running late for entry into Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Although the Party officially begins at 7pm, ticket holders for the event are allowed early entry at 4pm. The party runs until midnight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Magic Kingdom was very crowded, and we decided to try to do a couple of rides if possible. First stop - my favorite ride, The Haunted Mansion. Fastpasses (FPs) are not given out during the Party, but we were able to get into The Haunted Mansion on a 20-minute standby line, which I got to enjoy for the first time since they put in the new queue. I really liked it and found it very interesting</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. As I had hoped, my niece and nephew loved this ride, and we got to ride it again a few days later. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around 6:00 p.m., we made our way over to Cinderella's Castle for the Frozen Holiday Wish show when Queen Elsa (from the movie </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frozen</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) transforms the Castle to look like it's covered in icicles. It was a really fun show featuring the </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frozen</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> characters, and the transformation is breathtaking. Absolutely beautiful (see my post dated November 30, 2014 for full details).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the parade was over, we walked over towards Main Street to catch Holiday Wishes, a light show on the Castle which was truly amazing. The Castle was transformed from candy canes to the 25th anniversary cake to everything in between and then melded into the fireworks show. I've watched the Wishes fireworks quite a few times, but this show was Wishes on steroids and absolutely amazing! And then, as the show ended and the fireworks began to die out, it began snowing on Main Street. Yup, you read it correctly. It was snowing. It was incredible!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the fireworks show, a lot of people started to leave the park. We decided to head the other way and see if we could jump on any of the rides or catch some shows. We walked onto It's A Small World and into Mickey's Philharmagic without a wait. We passed by Princess Fairytale Hall to see if we could see meet Anna and Elsa... Not so much! Every time we stopped by, it was such a long wait that it just wasn't in the cards for that night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We didn't close the party down at midnight, but we managed to do some shopping - mostly because it kept getting colder and colder. Hoodies were definite necessities that night, and I ended up buying a blanket to wrap around me! I couldn't believe I was in Florida with that weather! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party was a great experience and a lot of fun. My favorite part of the night was the snow on Main Street. In fact, I wrote a blog entitled <i>It's Snowing on Main Street USA?</i> over at www.themouseforless.com, if you want to take a quick peek. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm hoping to go back for the Christmas Party at some point down the road - hopefully on a much warmer night!...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope all of you get the opportunity to experience the Christmas festivities down at the World someday. It's truly not to be missed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until next time, remember to keep the Mouse in <i>your </i>house...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've never been to Disney World during the Christmas season, I strongly encourage you to make plans to do so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monica</span>Ramblings of an American-Portuguese Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04093521984931627600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609023896601888133.post-70080584918968875802014-11-30T13:50:00.000-08:002015-01-24T13:01:32.383-08:00There's a Mouse In Our House! Mickey Visits Our Home For The Christmas Season...<b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>12/24/14 -</i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mickey!!!!....how could you???? You rat! What about Minnie???</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Mickey didn't want to move yesterday either....</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mickey found his girl...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think he's trying to tell me the stockings are a little empty...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;">Looks like he's still hanging around this morning. He must like that spot.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;">Oh great! Now he thinks he's Tarzan... Hang in there Mickey. You may have too </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;">stay put another day. That's life!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hmmm... He's either hamming it up or he's wrangled our Christmas ham...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>11/30/14 - </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">All that wine yesterday has Mickey swinging from the chandelier! LOL...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Uh-oh Mickey! Already in need of wine??? I know it's been a rough couple of shopping days...</span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11/28/14 -</span> </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a Mouse In Our House! He must have stowed away in our luggage. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that Thanksgiving's over, he's counting down to Christmas... </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's see what mischief he gets himself into...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess until Christmas is over, we've got a special houseguest. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope he offers to do the dishes occasionally... Just sayin'...</span></span><br />
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