Visiting the parks on a holiday
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Sharonofwindham
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Visiting the parks on a holiday
I'm sure there are others who have spent Christmas, Thanksgiving, or other holidays in the parks. Do you do something special on "the day"? Many years ago I spent Thanksgiving at EPCOT with my sister, and our Thanksgiving feast turned out to be chicken fingers at the American pavillion
. A couple of years later, it was pretty much our whole family on Christmas day and to our surprise my Mom packed a small folding Christmas tree so we could keep Christmas morning fairly traditional in our cabin at Ft. Wilderness
. She was so thoughtful 
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
What a neat idea!
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
I like the folding Christmas tree idea! With the smaller, battery operated strings of light you could string some of those up around the room as well for a more festive atmosphere.
We spent Thanksgiving at WDW last year and we ate at Via Napoli
Not traditional Thanksgiving day food, but I was in heaven. I really like pizza and not having to pretend to eat turkey and other dishes I don't really enjoy for a change was pretty nice
F1gment ended up having a very delicious, traditional turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. meal at our resort either the day before, of, or after Thanksgiving.
We spent Thanksgiving at WDW last year and we ate at Via Napoli
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
None of us new she had brought the little Christmas tree, it was complete with a star on top!Amy wrote:I like the folding Christmas tree idea! With the smaller, battery operated strings of light you could string some of those up around the room as well for a more festive atmosphere.
We spent Thanksgiving at WDW last year and we ate at Via NapoliNot traditional Thanksgiving day food, but I was in heaven. I really like pizza and not having to pretend to eat turkey and other dishes I don't really enjoy for a change was pretty nice
F1gment ended up having a very delicious, traditional turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. meal at our resort either the day before, of, or after Thanksgiving.
I would be game for Via Napoli any day of the year
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
Our friends are still mortified that we skipped the traditional ThanksgivingSharonofwindham wrote:None of us new she had brought the little Christmas tree, it was complete with a star on top!Amy wrote:I like the folding Christmas tree idea! With the smaller, battery operated strings of light you could string some of those up around the room as well for a more festive atmosphere.
We spent Thanksgiving at WDW last year and we ate at Via NapoliNot traditional Thanksgiving day food, but I was in heaven. I really like pizza and not having to pretend to eat turkey and other dishes I don't really enjoy for a change was pretty nice
F1gment ended up having a very delicious, traditional turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. meal at our resort either the day before, of, or after Thanksgiving.
I would be game for Via Napoli any day of the year. A co-worker of mine went there recently and said it was fantastic! Cannot wait to try it for myself
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
Holidays are what we each want them to be. There isn't anything scriptural about observing religious holidays, so it's pretty much what we want to do with them that's key. Thanksgiving is an attitude of the heart, not a ritual of gluttony (or, at least, it should be!). So if you want to eat pizza at Via Napoli or wherever, so be it.Amy wrote: Our friends are still mortified that we skipped the traditional ThanksgivingSo as long as you are prepared for people looking at you like you are a bit daft, go for it!
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
I'm with you cy1229, and it's who you're with not what you are eating. It's about giving thanks, and you can be thankful anywhere, eating anythingcy1229 wrote:Holidays are what we each want them to be. There isn't anything scriptural about observing religious holidays, so it's pretty much what we want to do with them that's key. Thanksgiving is an attitude of the heart, not a ritual of gluttony (or, at least, it should be!). So if you want to eat pizza at Via Napoli or wherever, so be it.Amy wrote: Our friends are still mortified that we skipped the traditional ThanksgivingSo as long as you are prepared for people looking at you like you are a bit daft, go for it!
My family LOVES turkey and all the fixin's so I do everything I can to give that to them. But if we, as a family, decided to do something different, so be it. I'm glad, Amy, you and your mom had the chance to be at Epcot over the holiday and have YOUR kind of vacation. Traditions are nice, but they shouldn't rule over people.
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
I was quite thankful to be at WDW eating my favorite meal of pizza with my favorite MomSharonofwindham wrote:I'm with you cy1229, and it's who you're with not what you are eating. It's about giving thanks, and you can be thankful anywhere, eating anythingcy1229 wrote:Holidays are what we each want them to be. There isn't anything scriptural about observing religious holidays, so it's pretty much what we want to do with them that's key. Thanksgiving is an attitude of the heart, not a ritual of gluttony (or, at least, it should be!). So if you want to eat pizza at Via Napoli or wherever, so be it.Amy wrote: Our friends are still mortified that we skipped the traditional ThanksgivingSo as long as you are prepared for people looking at you like you are a bit daft, go for it!
My family LOVES turkey and all the fixin's so I do everything I can to give that to them. But if we, as a family, decided to do something different, so be it. I'm glad, Amy, you and your mom had the chance to be at Epcot over the holiday and have YOUR kind of vacation. Traditions are nice, but they shouldn't rule over people.
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
Sounds like heaven to me Amy 
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Re: Visiting the parks on a holiday
Sharonofwindham wrote:Sounds like heaven to me Amy
