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Epcot:
(since we have no cable site this time, I brought the
mp3 and did my own tips):
- If it looks like rain, bring a change of clothes in
a bag. Store it in a locker or whatever so you can change
out of damp things instead of risking a cold in the
AC.
- Want to park up very close to the parks? Bring your
dog! Kennel parking is up front of the parking lots
since pets cannot ride trams, monorails, or the ferry.
- I brought my fugily lanyard (the one from Kellogg's;
our friend, Dave Turberville said it's the ugliest thing
he ever saw after seeing his wife, Kim's, who helped
me get mine.) decide to change the pins on it based
on park -- with a few “great” ones always
on it (like the “What Would Walt Do”. Man,
I didn't realize how many pins I had until I tried to
narrow it down from a vest to a lanyard, even with it
being per park.
- We still have our TV and DVD player. As John watches
a “Friends” box set, he jokes, “Look,
hon! It's the Friends channel. All Friends, all the
time!”
- When we ask for the kennel, a security guy says, “Just
follow me”. We get a ‘police' escort straight
through the parking lot!
- Three Mickey Mouse sightings within the first hour
there!! Had the perfect picture, but see below.
- Oh my god, we eat so much! Nachos in France, rice
cream in Norway, buffet in Germany, something in Morocco,
and when we lose the pictures, chocolate mousse in France!
We were going to eat something in each country, but
ugh...
- Germany buffet did fill us up, even though we had
to skip a bunch of dishes since we're vegetarian. But
John makes me eat a carrot.
- Get surprise Fast Pass for “Honey I Shrunk the
Audience” when we get a FP for Test Track!
- Put luggage tag (beautiful one from Disney Travel)
on my lanyard! So if get lost, people know where to
mail me back. Seriously, it's just so sharp looking.
- Mousegear cast member is from Calabrase, Italy: the
place where John's paternal grandparents emigrated from.
- I got a Mickey poncho eventually, and made Pal Mickey
one out of a Disney store bag. Better than being home
in the rain!
- In Germany, met family who just did the Disney Cruise
- Eastern Caribbean. Recommended it highly!
- I can't get over that the guy in the Test Track “command
center” is the actor in A Mighty Wind and
Best in Show!
- Saw the new China film: very good! I especially love
the scenes showing modern day architecture. Incredible!
- Looking around for a suddenly missing John, I hear
a couple chuckling next to the fountains. Apparently
well traveled, the man says smiling as the water and
sounds mark the hour, "I've seen all kinds of fountains.
I've never seen one used as a clock. Love it."
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- Leaving a legacy: John's absolute favorite. NOT! he
calls them tombstones and hides his eyes from them whenever
we walk through. Always good for a laugh.
- John makes joke in Test Track, as we hear tires squealing
etc., that it must be the teenagers in their golf cart
again.
- I shout out loud in case a Cast Member can hear me
around Mission: Space,"Go ahead, use me as a test rider!
I'm willing to sign a waiver!!"
- Sent out two video emails right away to friends. The
best one was me saying,"Look! I lost my job so what
do I do now? I go to Disney World!"
- We're taking our break in France when Esmeralda and
another Hunchback character walk by, the Jester looking
narrator. And for the life of us, even though it's burning
on the tip of our tongues, we can't think of his name.
We sit there going,"I know it! I know it! It's Cl...
Cla... Clo..." John, bursting out laughing, goes,"Clappy!"
- A tourist with two heads? No! Just me wearing Pal Mickey under my chin and inside my rain poncho when it pours!
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- OK, I'm ludicrous. I took video inside MouseGear
so I could get that cog be bop jammin' sound. But you'll
be emailing me when I figure out how to get it as a
wav!
- John was right. We're in the wrong site. The people
supposed to be in 1717 went into ours, 1716. We agree
to stay where we are. Nice people, by the way.
- ALL OUR PICTURES GET DELETED!! Our digital camera
got stuck in movie mode, and while playing around trying
to get it out, all pictures get deleted. We try to retake
some, but so many are gone!!! I cried, I was so upset.
This happened to us so much last trip, and my last nerve
snapped.
- Rained while we got ready, but cleared. Then rained
again for most of the day. Oh well, gives me an excuse
to make Pal Mickey a rain poncho out of a Mousegear
bag!
- It hits me about our limited time. We can't say "Oh,
we'll come back and do that later this week." This is
it.
- Clock in Germany under repair. When I finally was
hanging around to see it.
- Morgan, when we go back to walk the dogs, jumps up
on my white 100 years of magic shirt. Sigh. Time to
change.
- Didn't check batteries in my magic moments pin (purchased
on last trip). They're dead so no magic moments.
- In asking about a cut scene from the Norway film,
one of the native cast members told us that they're
filming a new movie for the attraction!
- Casey hurt her paw, pulling a toenail almost all the
way out. She's fine walking on it etc., but she's sensitive
about it. I can't do anything but watch it. If it gets
worse, we'll have to get a vet.
- What is it with our dogs? Both trips, their first
walk, they go to the bathroom right in the middle of
the road!
Must-do list:
- Living Seas: We hadn't done this in years, and I really
wish we had before they shut down the ride around the
tank. Still, it's great seeing the movie again, plus
looking around the tank from the various viewports.
Rocko (I think Rocko) the manatee does some very nice
underwater tricks for us, even without having a tail
(destroyed by a speed boat). And I love watching the
kids renewed interest in sea life now that they've seen"Finding
Nemo".
- A Hidden Mickey is a Hidden Mickey whether made by
Imagineers, Mother Nature, or coincidence. That's my
mandate! I don't care what John says! ;) Therefore let
me present, a moss Hidden Mickey on the path around
Odyssey. (See picture)
- Wood chip Mickey - in our camping site (See pic)
- Beamed like a kid on Christmas when he first started
talking again! Which was the opening at Spaceship Earth.
- Favorite saying: Did you know tangerines are indigenous
to Morocco, not the US?
Souvenirs:
- Dory keychain (love it)
- Mickey beach keychain -- keychains must be my new
thing. These 2 keychains, along with the luggage tag
(see above) go on the keyring part of the fugily lanyard.
I am SO the tourist!
- Year of the Dragon T-shirt from China (gift from John
to me)
- Postcard pin
- pin backs
- magnet from France -- that famous black cat print
- license frame of"Been there, done that, going back"
for friend Kim (she tried to get it last time and couldn't
find it)
- 75 years of Mickey for passholders pin (gift to John
from me -- he loves Sorcerer Mickey)
- Bought my mother a year of the rooster crystal keychain
-- don't ask.
Pleasure Island:
- Love the way they light up the street signs! So easy
to see!!
- Adventurer's Club is going good, but we're so tired
that we call it a night before the rhythm ritual and
Hoopla.
- I buy a WDW monorail pin, insisting to John that I
needed it -- that I had looked for it everywhere our
last trip and couldn't find it. As we sit I in the Adv
C, I remember that I hadn't looked for the monorail
pin, I was looking for a Disney Bus pin! Worse, I think
we HAVE this monorail pin at home.
- We walk right into the Comedy Warehouse, but the show
is kind of lame; it takes almost to the end before they
get something good going (with the exception of Pat,
and no I'm not playing favorites because she comes from
my state! ;)
- When we get back to the site, we have a letter from
Fort Wilderness. No, not about the dogs. ;) They're
routing power to new electrical boxes. There will be
a small power outage tomorrow morning, plus John's worried
we can't reach the new box with our chords.
- Attendance at both Epcot and Pleasure Island is so
low. Yeah, it rained a bit today, but it's June!
Peak Season! No complaints, but where are all the peaks?
Read Day 2
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