Disney 2011 -- The Board Walk
Happy 25th Anniversary
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Board Walk entrance
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Board Walk entrance
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Board Walk lobby
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Chandelier, Board Walk lobby
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Fireplace in Board Walk
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Creepy chair in Board Walk lobby
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Hallway, Board Walk
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Our villa
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View from our balcony
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View from our balcony
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel
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Mothers Day flowers, at shrine
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Board Walk Village Green
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Sunshine Food Court, Epcot, outside Soarin
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Wicked Stepmother, 1900 Park Fare
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Cinderella & Prince Charming dance
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Anniversary cupcakes!
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One of the stepsisters
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Can you spot the princess?
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Grand Floridian lobby
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Haunted Mansion
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It
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Main Street Electrical Parade
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The gang from "Madagascar"
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Meet the Simpsons
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Homer!
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Pool, early morning
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Quiet pool
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On the carousel
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On the carousel
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Inside Space Mountain
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View from our villa
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Hallway carpet, Board Walk
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Statue in Board Walk Sweet Shop
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Foot traffic, Board Walk at night
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Epcot, last day of Flower and Garden Festival
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Amazing: how Disney made Tower of Terror fit in behind Morocco...
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Anniversary roses
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Roses from Siobhain's parents
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Basket from Branda :-)
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Carousel decoration in hallway of Board Walk
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Can you spot the hidden Mickey in the carpet?
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Model roller coaster in hotel lobby
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Father gorilla in Animal Kingdom
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Mother ape and baby, Animal Kingdom
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Tusker House Restaurant, Animal Kingdom
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Hallway carpet detail, Board Walk
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Carpet detail...see the Hidden Mickey??
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IllumiNations, Epcot
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Window, Holy Family Church
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With Deacon Pat McAvoy
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Seashore Sweets, Board Walk
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Mickey blueberry muffin! And Board Walk mug!
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Board Walk porch: favorite place to pray every morning
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, where we renewed our vows
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Anniversary cupcakes!
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Fr. Hector, with missing cupcake
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Anniversary balloons, flowers, goodies!
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Dinner @ Victoria & Albert
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Click to enlarge: personalized menu at Victoria & Albert's
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Kobe steak
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Grand Marnier souffle
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View from our table at Cinderella Castle
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Snow White!
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Posing with her subjects
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Lots of strollers! Outside Pirates of Caribbean
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Board Walk
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My blog buddy and friend Fernando Martinez, at Yacht Club
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Sign where they are building Beast's castle
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NADD, April 2011
Loew's Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, TN
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Loew's Vanderbilt lobby
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Sign over pay phone, Loew's Vanderbilt Hotel
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Sign in elevator of Loew's Vanderbilt Hotel
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NADD conference with Dcn. James Keating
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Deacon James Keating
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James Keating, Jim Alt, me
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Cathedral of the Incarnation, from my hotel room
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Baptistry, Cathedral of the Incarnation
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Altar, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville
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Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville
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Arch. Joseph Kurtz (Louisville), me
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Closing dinner at Cathedral of the Incarnation
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Beth Nielsen Chapman and son
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Sunrise, Nashville
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Nashville Marathon, running by my hotel
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Sign in driveway of Loew's Vanderbilt Hotel
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, where we renewed our vows
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Ocean Pines 2010
Sunrise in Ocean Pines
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Welcome to Ocean Pines
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Welcome sign at the Meyer's
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The Meyer cottage
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The Meyer cottage
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The Meyer cottage, rear window
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Inside the cottage
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View from the living room
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View from the dock
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View from the Meyer deck
St. John Neumann, Ocean Pines
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With Deacon @ St. John Neumann
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St. John Neumann, Ocean Pines
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Rose window, St. John Neumann
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St. Mary's, first church in Ocean City
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View from the pool
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Phillips
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Phillips!
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Enjoying crab
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Siobhain and Greg at Phillip's
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Ledo's
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Ah. Ledo's
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Welcome to the boardwalk
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Tilt-A-Whirl!
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Boardwalk at twilight
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Boardwalk
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Emma on the ferris wheel
Emma is a young neighbor of Gerry and Brenda. She came to visit for two days while we were there.
Emma
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Ocean City at night
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Ocean City from the ferris wheel
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Amusements below, from ferris wheel
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Brenda, Emma, Gerry
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Brenda, Emma, Gerry
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Siobhain and Greg
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Thrasher's!
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Thrashers bucket!
Saddest sight in the world: an empty Thrasher's bucket
Greg on carousel
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America's oldest carousel
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Beach
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Beach
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Evangelizing on the beach
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Sermons in sand
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Dumser's
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Sign at the beach
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Sailboat
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Murph
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Lovebirds outside the house
Lovebirds
Sprite
Flora
Dock
Inlet, from the deck
USS Eagle
Kreme de la cream
The breakfast of champions!
Monkey!
Main St., Berlin
Flower shop, Berlin
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Inside antique shop, Berlin
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Crossroads in Berlin
Ice cream parlor in Berlin
Atlantic Hotel
Atlantic Hotel
Election signs along the road
We saw a lot of this.
NDICE 2010
The Ohio River, looking at Kentucky
Downtown Cincinnati, from Mt. Adams
My hotel: the Kingsgate Marriott
Kingsgate Marriott
Ohio River
Downtown Cleveland
Complete with ballpark and riverboat on the Ohio River.
Roebbling Bridge
Longest suspension bridge in America -- until the Brooklyn Bridge, which was designed by the same guy. He used this for practice.
The fabled Fountain Square of Cincinnati
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Kevin and Chris McHugh
She was my high school English teacher -- I haven't seen her in over 30 years!
NDICE conference
A gathering of deacons and their wives from around the country. This is where I delivered the keynote address Sunday night.
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A few friends
Audrey and Jim Alt, publishers of Deacon Digest magazine, and Bill Ditewig, uber-deacon, author and professor at St. Leo's in Tampa.
Bellarmine Chapel
Bellarmine Chapel
On the campus of Xavier University
Bellarmine Chapel interior
Where I preached Sunday night.
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Doorway
Curious storefront that I discovered in Cincinnati
Disney 2009
Celebrate!
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Welcome to Conch Flats!
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Thumper! Baby rabbit at resort
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Thumper close up
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Old Key West Hospitality House
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Refillable mug! Used often!
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Car in Old Key West parking lot
This family is in the spirit of things!
Bar at Hospitality House, Old Key West
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Papa's Den - Old Key West lobby
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Old typewriter in Papa's Den
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Fireplace in Papa's Den
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Welcome to Old Key West!
Bridge at Old Key West
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Old Key West lake and villas
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Old Key West villa
Our building, rear, early morning.
Old Key West
Hospitality House and harbor, early morning.
Old Key West Lighthouse
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Pool
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Old Key West pool & slide
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Hospitality House breezeway
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Olivia's Restaurant at Old Key West
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Olivia's Restaurant - interior
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Olivia's Restaurant - interior
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Greg & Deacon Doctor (Bill) Ditewig -- Triple D!
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Greg, Siobhain, Terry and Rita Rumore (Deacon and wife from Birmingham, AL)
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Grumpies
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Creepiest display at Disney World - at Hollywood Studios
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Disney '09! See the castle?
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Disney '09 - a closer view of the castle
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Welcome flowers from Branda
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Branda's flowers
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Old Key West villa
Our building, front, morning.
The porch at our villa
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Old Key West villa - Living Room
Living Room area
Old Key West villa - our porch and view
View from our porch
Old Key West villa - kitchen
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Old Key West villa - kitchen
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Old Key West pool at night
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Old Key West villa - bathroom
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Old Key West villa
View from porch
Old Key West villa - bedroom
Our bedroom
Hospitality House and harbor at night
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Old Key West
Hospitality House at night
Balloon Ride at Downtown Disney
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The Deacon Flies! On the Balloon Ride
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Balloon in flight
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The view from the balloon
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Balloon carriage
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Saratoga Springs
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Some view! Downtown Disney
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Balloon Ride pilot Andy
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Siobhain, on the carousel!
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The Royal Family!
With Cinderella at Cinderella's Royal Table for dinner.
View from our table at Cinderella's Royal Table
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Cinderella's Royal Table, inside the castle
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Siobhain's soup at Cinderella's Royal Table
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Lobby - Animal Kingdom Lodge villas
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Lobby view - Animal Kingdom Lodge villas
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Giraffe at Animal Kingdom Lodge
As seen from our table at Sanaa!
Branda (my goddaughter!), Greg, Siobhain
With my "goddaughter," Branda," at the Animal Kingdom Lodge.
The Brown Derby, at the Hollywood Studios
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Grapefruit Cake! Desert at Brown Derby
Grapefruit Cake from the Brown Derby Restaurant
Dolphin feeding at Sea World
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Siobhain with dolphin friends at Sea World
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Sea World - Performer and Shamu
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Performer and Shamu at Sea World
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Jumpin' Jack Russell at Sea World
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Shots of Mickey
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Mickey, of course
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Twilight at Old Key West
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Disney 2008
Guess who? Celebrating my birthday at the Cape May Cafe
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Weather vane
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Our little corner of paradise: our villa is first floor on the right
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Bus stop at The Springs
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Community Hall and bike rental shop
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Cute name for the bike rental place, no?
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An office area that looks like a chapel
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Murals inside the DVC preview center
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Another shot of our building
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The Artist's Palette eatery and shop
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Artist's Palette
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Artist's Palette gift shop
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Ducks! We met a family of ducks on the way to our room.
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Here come the ducks...
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Duck family portrait
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Pool, with Artist's Palette beyond
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Our room number
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First thing we saw in our villa: towel animals in the hallway!
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Villa living room
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Villa kitchen
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Villa bedroom (with Sleeping Beauty napping...shhhh)
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Lamp outside our villa
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Wolfgang Puck Cafe
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More ducks, visiting the pool
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Pool at Saratoga Springs
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Arcade by the pool
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Celebrating our anniversary at the Brown Derby
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"Welcome Home" flowers from our friend Branda
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St. Peter, at Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine
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Not-so-hidden Mickeys on balcony at resort
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Ducks swimming
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Carriage House, children's waiting area
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Our building, on the right
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Saratoga Springs
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Carriage House seating area, with lobby beyond
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Dale is smitten with Siobhain
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Another well-wisher
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Ducks again!
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Nicest view in The World
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Second best view in The World: what you see when you look up from a hammock...
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Marker around lake at Saratoga Springs
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Hidden Mickey in lamp holder
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"Wishes" fireworks in the Magic Kingdom
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Let us eat cake! At Branda's, for my birthday!
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Waiting to make my wish
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Chowing down on cake at Branda's
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Can you see the Hidden Mickey?
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Hidden Mickey!! In bridle!
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Spectro Magic parade
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Paradise: my favorite burger place in Orlando
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A little snack for my birthday
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Carriage House lobby and check-in area
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Siobhain, Greg, Branda at Wolfgang Puck Cafe
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"The Springs," our building
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Our building at twilight
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Welcome Home!
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Mickey, on top of the world!
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Getting closer!
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Entering Walt Disney World!
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Almost there...
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Carriage, outside Carriage House of Saratoga Springs
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Artist's Palette porch
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Carousel horse in lobby of Carriage House
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BBQ area designed like a carousel
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We're here! Main entry of Saratoga Springs
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Broadway, the main road through the resort
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IllumiNations at Epcot
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Spouts at pool
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Breakfast, anyone?
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Entry sign
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View from our living room, after a rain shower
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Refillable mugs for sale
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Lady and the Tramp at a shop in Downtown Disney
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Desert?
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An army of Goofys
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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True Love
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My favorite dwarf
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Many Minnies
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My blog pal Fernando
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The Donald
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Merry Dopey Christmas
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Dizzy yet?
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Tough dudes, huh?
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Green castle, from Tomorrowland
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It's a small world
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Mad tea party cups
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It's a small world
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It's a small world
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It's a small world
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It's a small world
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Loading area, It's A Small World
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It's a small world
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Pool at night
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Buh bye!
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It's a small world entrance
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Path from our building to Carriage House, with pool on the left
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Statue outside Carriage House
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Gas!!
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Hidden Mickeys under counter in villa
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Sign outside restroom at Animal Kingdom
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Gorilla at Animal Kingdom
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Critter at Animal Kingdom
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"De Vine" posing with family at Animal Kingdom
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Pope's Visit, April 2008
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