MagicShell
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- Jul 21, 2008
Oh no! Your Epcot day surely was not going well, was it? Sorry to hear that. I hope the day gets better. At least you got some cool light fixture pictures.
I feel the same way about foot pain, it really really makes me cranky. This day wasn't super bad but I was feeling very discouraged. I kept thinking this is my first full day and I'm this miserable, how is the rest of the week going to go? I also started to walk in a way to compensate for my blisters which just starts to make other parts of your feet, legs and even hips start to hurt. Sigh. Next trip I will have a comprehensive foot/blister/shoe plan.
I feel the same way about foot pain, it really really makes me cranky. This day wasn't super bad but I was feeling very discouraged. I kept thinking this is my first full day and I'm this miserable, how is the rest of the week going to go? I also started to walk in a way to compensate for my blisters which just starts to make other parts of your feet, legs and even hips start to hurt. Sigh. Next trip I will have a comprehensive foot/blister/shoe plan.
There are a lot to the pavilions! You will love exploring them. An update is on it's way.Okay okay are you going to seriously leave that trailer....
Well, this past Nov I totally mixed up my ADR for Sci Fi and they were able to squeeze us in, so I am HOPING the CM did some disney magic for you...
Hoping... hoping...
BUT while I wait (cough, cough) and hope, and hope, and wait (cough, cough) I must say that I LOVE the pictures you shared. I have NEVER been inside the pavillions, only on the outside when we walked the WShowcase in the past -- I never knew there was more there!!!! Can you believe that?!? I had only been in Morocco and Germany... I am going to experience a lot of the WS @ Epcot for the first time, really, this trip!!! So your photos have been a treat.
Anyway, still waiting... (cough, cough, cough, cough, cough......)
It was not going well. Epcot Overload was in full effect!Oh no! Your Epcot day surely was not going well, was it? Sorry to hear that. I hope the day gets better. At least you got some cool light fixture pictures.
You can be sure that after this fiasco that I checked it multiple times, I never trusted my memory!Oh, no!!! I have to be honest with you - I've dreamed (had nightmares) about things like this. DH laughed at me for obsessively checking the ADRs on my list last time, but we'd changed them so often that I was sure I'd get the time wrong. I hope it got worked out!!
Looked at my signature lately? I have a tentative trip planned for April 2010. It's going to be a short one though, probably 4 nights. My next BIG trip will either be December 2010 or January 2011.So you keep referencing your next trip-when is this next trip going to be?
Body Glide. It's going on my mental blistergate 2010 list.For the blisters, try body glide on your feet next time. I read about it on a runner's website, so I gave it a try this weekend when the shoes I were wearing were starting to give me a blister on the back of my heel. It worked wonders! (I wasn't out running, just running errands). I'd just glide some on the bottoms, and sides of my feet and it should help.
Thanks for all of the information! I'm going to try many things between now and my next trip because I do not want to have miserable feet in Disney EVER again. The sliding around makes sense though since my crocs can be very loose fitting.This sounds like really had to struggle to have a good time at Epcot!! At least you had lovely company!!
Regarding blisters: I second If U had Wings tip about body glide! I regularly go on multi-day hiking trips and the last thing you want to get is blisters!! We usually use a product called Compeed, they have a stick with something like body glide, but they also sell the most wonderful band aids for blisters. I tried to figure out wether they are available in the US and found out that they are actually a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, but seem to be only active in Europe. However, I found out that Band Aid (the brand) belongs to the same company and they have something called Friction Block Stick and something called Advanced Healing band aids for blisters, which appears to be the same as the products I like so much!
Otherwise I would suggest to make sure that you wear shoes where your foot has a very good hold in them. Blisters come from friction and the more your foot is moving around in the shoes, the more blisters are likely.
And there is also the tip of wearing tight fitting socks, e.g. special running socks. This can also reducing the friction!!
Hope your next trip will be wonderfully blisterfree!!
I do have happiness from this day but I also have lessons learned that I won't repeat. Every Disney trip can be a learning experience in many ways!Beautiful Epcot pictures! Hopefully, you can look back and find some happiness in them from a day that held some unhappiness.
That's too bad about your feet giving you so much trouble. I know what you mean about overcompensating - it just leads to trouble in other parts of the body. Been there, done that. Doing it now, actually. My knee is so bad I'm walking weird, so my calf muscle is big-time sore right now. I may have to resort to a cane or a crutch for my summer trip and then get started at the the doctor when I get back.
I'm looking forward to Le Cellier pictures...if you got in, that is.
I know! That was the most horrible thing about it, is that we COULD have been there on time!Oh no sweetie!!!! I hope everything works out okay for you......and to think, you could have been there on time too!!!! I am hoping for some good news when you update next......soon, please?!?!?!?!?!!
It's on it's way. If I ask nicely again, will update?I updated for you..........now it's your turn!
Jen truly is my forever friend. I am very lucky to have her in my life!Yay, they got you in!!! And your meal looked delish!! YUM!! Love Le Celliar!!
And how wonderful that you found a forever friend in Jen, that is so cool, who would have thought from a chat board, you know? But I find myself saying that I have a few great friends from DIS, too! It's very cool!!!
Your poor feet and I'm sad you were feeling that way in WDW....I hope it doesn't continue.....but I hate to say, I have a bad feeling about that.....
They are divine! They are so divine that I could eat them everyday!Oh, I am so happy that the CM was able to get you in for lunch at Le Cellier! Those cream cheese mashed potatoes look divine!!!
I hope you feel better after you rest!
Jen continues to be my own personal cheerleader. We balance each other out, she's the glass half full, I'm the glass half empty. It works!HOW did I miss that you updated yesterday? Shame on me! Now I have twice the amount of stuff to comment on. In random order:
You are NOT making me feel better about leaving Le Cellier out of the upcoming rotation. Mouth-watering indeed! Pretzel bread! Cheese soup! Cream cheese mashed potato! Chocolate moose!
I'm totally a beat myself up kind of person when things go wrong. So glad you had your own personal cheerleader there with you to keep you from doing that!
Your pic inside the Mexico pavilion is one of the best I've seen!!
Agree with CP - that light fixture would look good in my house too!!
As for the artist of your silly face shirt, she put her design on her website on the internet. I'd say if she was concerned about protecting it, she would have done so. I'm sure the photopass person didn't mean to make you feel bad but BOO to him/her nevertheless.
I think your monorail shots were worth the wait!
I probably would have never noticed that in each park the icon is a balloon in the signs so thanks for pointing it out!
On the bright side, so glad it wasn't raining for your last two updates!
SO very sorry that your feet hurt so much. That's terrible.
I hope you both make it to Sanaa!
Is it wrong that the fancy butter balls they give you make me feel fancy?
Thanks gals. Do you think more than true DIS'ers would "get it"? Even if it was only meaningful to DIS diehards that would be ok. Oh lord, I can see the pictures now. I'd better start a regimine of lunges/squats if I'm going to be wearing a mini and rocking those yellow tights!