SHARING THE MAGIC

Meets with Deb Wills and Team

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MouseFest 2006
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MouseFest 2006 Cruise
--Sail Away & Tree Lighting
--Cove Cafe Cawfee Talk
--Parasailing at Castaway Cay
--Pirate Night

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--Kilimanjaro Safari
--Expedition Everest
--Podfest
--Raglan Road Shandy Meet
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--Magic in Pixels Epcot
--MEGAMOUSE MEET

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More and more folks gathered and soon we were blocking the pathway in front of the Fountains. Here you see: Arlen, Person To Be Identified, Rob C., Mike Scibeta, Paul McKenna, and Pat Sklenar.

What a delight to see my friend from DownUnder twice in one week! Here's Larisa O'Donnell (MissBianca on IRC) who is traveling throughout the US with her folks Lucy and Brian. I got to spend a wondrous day with the 3 of them in Washington DC the week earlier.

Rob Olsan writes the Disney Institute Accommodations FAQ for WDWIG. He's pictured here with his brother Brent. Other WDWIG Team members in attendance included: gardenia, Jeff Spencer, DCDeb, Andrea McKenna, Craig Wingerson, Michele Warner and Kenny Cottrell.

The crowd continued to swell and soon we RADP'rs where EVERYWHERE! Folks who post and folks who lurk were all meeting.
Diznee39 even posted from Innoventions in Epcot! Well, I have decided to do it...I will delurk in about ten minutes in front of the Fountain View Cafe...Wish me luck!...Hello, to all from Epcot! Diznee39 - TDC Keeper of the Kaki-Gori! Diznee39 and I met -- it was way cool! Wish I had gotten a picture!

Todd and Sue have been writing me for months....so very excited about their trip to WDW! It was great meeting email friends.

As we gathered for the group photo, it was tough getting everyone all lined up. GenieEFL stood on a wheelchair and began giving instructions to everyone to MOVE TO THE CENTER AND AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE! It was unreal!

As we had everyone in a large area, I began to do GiveAways! I was so so thankful to have the help of Bruce Metcalf (Rufus) and Pam Kosko (and Pam's hubby), and Carol Koster. Everyone in attendance was asked to fill out a 3x5 card with their name and email address. All cards were placed in the Official Drawing Hat, which just happened to be a Red RADP Hat from the August 1997 CANAM meet!

The Grand Prize was donated by Rita Aero and was an autographed copy of her book WDW For Adults and Families Too! In addition, Becky Ashley had donated her unused Fall Fantasy Coupons which were shared with folks, Meli donated a NY Disney Store Minnie Liberty Pin, and the O'Donnell's contributed a boomerang from Australia! A listing of all who attended and the prizes won are on the last page of this write-up.

Rufus (Bruce Metcalf) writes: At noon, most of the EMuckers gathered at the Fountain View Cafe in Epcot to join the annual r.a.d.p meet. What a mob, there must have been 100 people there! Disney security kept trying to shoo us about so we wouldn't block the paths for the civilians, with little success. I finally ran out of patience, and, doing my best imitation of General Knowledge from Cranium Command, used my lecture hall voice to herd the group into position for the photographers. They laughed at me, but they moved.

At this point, someone asked the Disney Security folks if they would mind taking a picture of us. "Sure," they said, and were quickly passed about thirty cameras. Deb Wills also dragooned me into service as a human megaphone for the door prize giveaway. I suspect her outstanding web site on WDW will post a final total and possibly a roster of those in attendance, so I won't even try, but it was a spectacularly successful meet. Kinda scary to see the size of crowd the net can gather, ain't it?

When we'd had all the mass socializing we could stand, most EMuckers struck out for the attractions of the park. The EMuckers spent much of that day and the next prowling Epcot and MK with much gleeful jesting and in-character conversation. I believe I can safely say that a good time was had by all.

gardenia went to Guest Services to get some Cast Members to help. Jeff Spencer, Peter Sabin along with the 2 Epcot CMs took photos with about 20+ cameras. What a site that was!

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