~~~~ Sew, it seams this trip wasn't the adventure we had planned! ~~ January 2018! ~~ COMPLETE 5/6!

DMGeurts

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Welcome! For those of you that don’t know me – I am Dorine - but I go by "D~" on The Dis... I subsidize all of our trips to Disney with my sewing skills, I love what I do, and I love that I am able to add magic to many trips to WDW - including our own.

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Most of my days are spent here - in my sewing room... Everything I make and do is done by vintage machine - the newest sewing machine I own is from 1963, I am very adamant about keeping all of my items One Of A Kind (OOAK) and unique.

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My girls and I are well known for our “girls trips” to Disney. Both of them have "grown up Disney" - I have chronicled most of our trips over the last several years, here on The Dis - links to those trip reports can be found in my siggy below - if you are interested. I enjoy spending my time with them, and I believe it shows in every post I write and every photo we take. They are my entire world, their smiles and laughter brighten every single day, I am so very lucky!

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Follow along as the girls and I take off on another fabulous adventure - one which didn't go quite the way we had intended. This was supposed to be an epic trip - the first one where all 3 of us were in WDW, together, since 2014... And perhaps our final "hoorah", as both girls have graduated from high school and are starting to move on with their own plans... This was to be a trip full of cherished memories and epic adventure... And - in the end - that's what it was, sort of. ::yes::

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Other members of my family - who I talk about often, but won't be featured much in this TR is my DH - Josh… He normally doesn’t play a role in our trips, other than me finding ways to get his blessing for another girls trip… He does not like the crowds or the lines – he would much rather stay home. He works full time at our local VA hospital - a passion that is close to his heart, as he is an Iraq War Veteran himself. He is also very active in his Pheasants Forever chapter, he enjoys hunting with our dogs (introduced below), fishing and going to local college hockey games. Some day – I hope to take him back to Disney with me – and hopefully he will see the Pixie Dust that makes all of us love it so much.

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Then there is Max, our pure-bred red-head Golden Retriever… Often referred to in my TRs/PTRs as “MM” which stands for many things… Maxy-Moo-Moo, Maxy-Moose, or Maxy-Moosie… He comes to all of those names – which is sad and sometimes funny. He is a “crazy man” – he is often told, and has definitely earned that title… He does some of the craziest things! But we all love him, and our family wouldn’t be nearly as interesting without him in it.

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And the newest addition to our family - Cooper... Or Sooper Cooper, if you prefer. SC is an almost 3 year old half Yellow Lab and half Golden Retriever... We brought him home when he was an 8 week old puppy, and our lives have been nothing short of an adventure since then... He is somewhat of a bully to poor sweet MM... But they seem to tolerate each other and get along nicely most of the time.

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I am very excited to share this trip with you all!!! This was such a bittersweet trip... The end of an era, so to speak - and the beginning of a new one... And while this trip wasn't exactly what we wanted it to be... We trudged through as best as we could and made many new memories to add to our greatest ones... :lovestruc

So, please join us on this most epic and cherished adventure, as I spend time with my girls - together - and create memories to last a lifetime. :lovestruc

D~
 
~~~~~ Chapter links! ~~~~~

~~~~~ Arrival day!~~~~~


Part I
Part II

Day 1 - MK

Part I
Part II
Part III

Day 2 - AK

Part I
Part II
Part III

Day 3 - Day off for D~ & Universal Studios for the girls

Day 3 ~ Part I
Day 3 ~ Part II
Day 3 ~ Part III (Universal)

Day 4 - Epcot & Festival of the Arts

Day 4 ~ Part I
Day 4 ~ Part II


Day 5 - A (much needed) Day Off!

Day 5 ~ Part I

Day 6 - 'Ohana and DHS (plus a little bonus AK)

Day 6 ~ Part I

Day 6 ~ Part II

Day 6 Part III

Day 7 - MK and Urgent Care

Day 7 ~ Part I

Day 7 ~ Part II

Day 8 ~ Going home

Day 8 ~ and Final Thoughts

D~
 
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Reserved for anything else I may want to add later... :)

D~
 




Hi! Once again I’m here and read the first post
Someday I hope to keep up with your TRs. Thank goodness we have FB to keep in touch. Love you my friend and I will try to follow along.
 

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