I love this picture too!!! How fun!
I guess when you take as many pictures as I do, you are bound to have one really good night shot!
Oh no, I would have been SO annoyed too about the medication mix-up!! But at least you were able to have a 'rita later in the trip!
Thank GOODNESS I was able to have a rita later in the trip because I felt so DUMB for mixing up my meds. Here I was trying to be proactive and I made a dumb mistake.
Sounds like it was a wonderful Disney evening
It was such a wonderful way to start the trip. A perfect evening.
Great Illuminations pictures! You have some great ones!
Thank you! As you will see, I tend to get a little overzealous with the picture taking. I always say I'm not going to take a lot of pix and then I can't stop.
Am glad it's Friday for you MEK! Enjoy your weekend!!
I have been having a very enjoyable weekend so far! Thanks!
on all your DIS meets - how great! Am hoping for a couple of first DIS meets on our trip and can't wait!
DIS meets are so fun. It really is fun to meet someone in person that you talk to all the time on the boards.
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Eek at the mexico food - doesn't sound good.
It really wasn't that great. Not horrible - just not yummy!
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I'm sorry to hear you couldn't have a drink whilst watching Illuminations but there will be plenty of other opportunities, right?
Well, if I had had said drink I would have needed to put my camera down, so I guess it worked out just as well.
And, yes, there were plenty of other opportunities.
Love the Illumination pics and your favourite is an awesome shot! Also great pics of Japan and France!!
Thank you!
Love that Illuminations shot!
Thanks! That one is definitely going in the book!
I swear, your two reports of the food sounds like it hasn't improved at all after the remodel. Jeff, Evan and Taylor gave it the same "not good" verdict back in 09. I admit to never having eaten there but was hopeful as the location is so pretty!
It really is a pretty location and, for that alone, I will probably try it again in the future. I will just try something else.
I'd hoped to make it into more of the shops this trip but I've still never even been IN the one in Japan. Pathetic I know. So thanks for the pictures, I always enjoy seeing them.
Really? You have never been in the Japan store? I think that's one of my favorites because it just goes on and on forever. And there is some crazy stuff in there. I especially like the sake wall and some day I am going to do a sake tasting.
You must go in there next time!
Let's see 11:30 Disney time. I was not quite at the airport but was on, or about to get on, my way. About then I think we'd just settled our dinner bill and were on our way to the car.
It was funny because before I went to sleep I kept trying to figure out exactly where you were in your journey, but I must have been brain dead cause I just couldn't figure out the whole time change thing for flying west to east.
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Yay, your DIS meet sounded like fun!!
I have to admit, I have yet to do a DIS meet and I'm a little nervous about it, if the time ever comes, it seems like I'm never there when anyone else that I "know" is! And IF I ever do get the chance to do one, I'd rather be alone and not with my DH...I have a feeling he might think meeting people from the internet was weird...
It was so great to meet Melissa in person! She was every bit as sweet as I thought she would be. I was VERY nervous for my first DIS meet, but you get over that. I know Ellen used to joke that we are all crazy internet people, but I think a lot of us have gotten beyond that. It used to feel taboo, but now it feels natural.
LOVE the Illuminations pics!!! Thanks to you, Norway is my new favorite Illuminations viewing spot!
The Japan pics are beautiful too, I love that store!
Thank you and I'm glad you like the Norway spot. It's just very convenient because you can walk up there at the last minute and get a very nice view.
The Japan store is so fun, isn't it?
Ever since I stayed at the BC, I've been jealous of anyone who gets to use the International Gateway to go back to their resort! WHY am I not staying at BC on my next trip???
I have been asking myself that same question (in regards to my December trip) ever since I stared this TR.
Mary Ellen, I love your Illumination pictures. Your favorite one in my favorite one too.
Thank you! I love that pix and feel so lucky that I got (considering I have only take about 100o mediocre Illuminations pix during all my other trips
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All I can say is WOW!!!! What an awesome picture, MaryEllen. The others are great too, but this one in particular is just a WOW.
Thanks Kathy! I love that pix! I might try to frame it because I'll never be able to replicate it!
Great update; can't wait for the next update and meeting up with more DISer's.
I can't wait for more DIS meets either!
AWESOME pictures ME!!
LOVE the picture that is your favorite!! So cool!!
Very appropriate place for you to meet Melissa but bummer that the ever eluding La Cava and margarita was not to be
Although we more than made up for it the rest of the week
Love the store in Japan too. So much to see every time you walk through. One of these days I will do the pearl. I keep saying I am and then never do!
My brother and niece have eating some shrimp chips that they sell there. They actually sell them in Wegmans here. I think they do it for the shock value because in no way could they taste good!!
LOVE that walk back to BCV. Absolutely priceless!!
Thanks Tracy!
Melissa and I had originally talked about meeting at the Slushy stand but I was so set on getting that first rita that we changed our plans weeks before the trip. After all that planning - no rita. And that's exactly how I felt, like La Cava kept eluding me.
You really should do the pearl. My pearl is a great memory of my trip with Jen. I wear it on a necklace with a bunch of other beads and a mickey charm. It was a fun experience.
And you're right - no one could possibly like those dried up fish bait things. Bleech. Yuck.
Had a customer today that was a former CM....she is now 52 and she worked for Disney for 24 years. Started out working at the Emporium when she was 16. Moved on to other positions in marketing when Epcot opened and then finance. She said when she first started there was just the Contemporary, Poly and a golf resort (she worked there too) and they all said "who will ever be staying here to fill up all of these rooms?"
She was originally from up here and her Mom wanted to move back to the area several years ago so she came back. She got it all backwards....she should be moving FROM here TO there!!
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So, tell me, how did you get on the Disney topic? Do you have Disney stuff set up all over your desk?
You're right - she is definitely going in the wrong direction. I think it would be hard to move up here after experiencing Florida weather for so long. I look forward to retiring and working at Disney. It's still part of the plan for me! (not so sure about Denny, though
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Kathy! Thank for joining in! So glad you found our TR.
He wanted to stay home. It was in Tavern Theater, you drink & dine while watching a movie.
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Personally, I think those pictures are amazing Mary Ellen!! Gorgeous! 
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