2 Castles, 2 Send out 2011 & Ring in 2012...12 Days of Christmas

[momabaarjo]

100 Things I am Looking Forward to...​

100. Checking into the Royal Pacific Resort
99. Italian Margarita and a Cheeseburger in Paradise at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
98. Breakfast at Chef Mickey's
97. Experiencing the Osborne Lights
96. Seeing Lightning McQueen and Mater
95. Grinch and Friends Breakfast
94. Tree of Life
93. Mickey's Philharmonic
92. Christmas Trees
91. Tower of Terror
90. Dinner at T-Rex
89. Pressed Penny Hunting for the boys
88. Seeing Tink Fly
87. Breakfast at the Crystal Palace
86. Toy Story Mania and its Line/Que
85. Innoventions
84. Main Street Stroll
83. Dole Whip
82. Pirates of the Caribbean Ride
81. Jedi Training
80. Mickey Bar
79. Miyuki in Japan
78. Tom Sawyer's Island
77. Riding the Monorail
76. Tonga Toast at Kona Cafe
75. Mission Space: Orange Side
74. Strawberry Soup
73. Kidcot Stations in Epcot
72. Shopping for Mickey Ears
71. Dinner at Ohanas
70. Living with the Land
69. A Mug of Butter Beer
68. Animation Studios Drawing Class

69.A Mug of Butter Beer

"Why don't we go and have a butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks, it's a bit cold, isn't it?"
—Hermione Granger inviting Harry Potter to the Three Broomsticks Inn.

Michael Gambon, the actor who has portrayed Albus Dumbledore since the third film, once said that the first thing he will do when he gets to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park is to order eight pints of Butterbeer. According to him, it is not alcoholic, and it is refreshing. think I would have to agree with Michael Gamon...the first thing I have to do when we get to the WWofHP is to grab a pint of that butterbeer!

68. Animation Studios
Checking out Animation Studios was not high on my list of things to do at DHS, until I saw Lisa's trip report from this summer and her family enjoy a little down time drawing favorite characters. I know the kids will really love doing this...

I FOUND THIS TIP: Take a couple empty paper towel rolls with you to roll up your artwork to keep it safe and free from wrinkles and crushing!

Here is some information I found on the EXAMINER website...

At Animation Academy, Disney guests have the opportunity to try their hand at making the magic of animation happen as they learn to draw a Disney character. Disney artists offer short classes that take guests of all ages through the steps of drawing one of Disney’s most popular characters.
The Animation Academy looks like you’d imagine a studio classroom would look, with several rows of light tables. Each class session holds about 30 students who can participate at a light table outfitted with three-peg paper and pencils. There is additional seating for guests who want to just watch.
During each Animation Academy, a Cast Member guides guests in creating a Disney character by offering verbal instruction that provides a step-by-step process using basic shapes and drawing techniques. At the same time, the Cast Member draws his or her example along with the students. That work is projected on an overhead screen so that guests may use the instructor’s work to guide their own.
At the end of each session, guests sit back, compare their work with the instructor’s and other guests, laugh a little and exchange “good jobs,” and sign their masterpieces. These free souvenirs can then be taken home, occupying a place of pride on family refrigerators or framed as mementos of a Disney World trip.
Each Animation Academy class lasts approximately 20 minutes, which goes by all too quickly, and classes are offered every half hour throughout most of the day (from mid-morning on).

 

[Monknmom]

Hey, I hope that everything is looking up and your doing okay! I missed the 100 day countdown stuff! Glad to see you on today! If you need anything please let me know!

 

[momabaarjo]

100 Things I am Looking Forward to...​

100. Checking into the Royal Pacific Resort
99. Italian Margarita and a Cheeseburger in Paradise at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
98. Breakfast at Chef Mickey's
97. Experiencing the Osborne Lights
96. Seeing Lightning McQueen and Mater
95. Grinch and Friends Breakfast
94. Tree of Life
93. Mickey's Philharmonic
92. Christmas Trees
91. Tower of Terror
90. Dinner at T-Rex
89. Pressed Penny Hunting for the boys
88. Seeing Tink Fly
87. Breakfast at the Crystal Palace
86. Toy Story Mania and its Line/Que
85. Innoventions
84. Main Street Stroll
83. Dole Whip
82. Pirates of the Caribbean Ride
81. Jedi Training
80. Mickey Bar
79. Miyuki in Japan
78. Tom Sawyer's Island
77. Riding the Monorail
76. Tonga Toast at Kona Cafe
75. Mission Space: Orange Side
74. Strawberry Soup
73. Kidcot Stations in Epcot
72. Shopping for Mickey Ears
71. Dinner at Ohanas
70. Living with the Land
69. A Mug of Butter Beer
68. Animation Studios Drawing Class
67. Karamelle-Kuche
66. Christmas Store Ornament Shopping

67. Karamelle-Kuche (Carmel Kitchen)

YUM-O...enough said!!!

Here is some information I found...

Walt Disney World recently welcomed a new shop to the Germany pavilion in Epcot. Karamell-Küche, which means caramel kitchen, offers Disney foodies with a sweet tooth another must-nibble destination at Epcot’s World Showcase. With its focus on making caramel treats – caramel popcorn, apples, fudge – and baked goods in a show kitchen, Karamell-Küche is one store that smells as good as it looks.
Storck USA – makers of Werther’s Original Caramels – sponsors the caramel kitchen, which is the company's largest free-standing retail location. Karamell-Küche’s design as a working kitchen provides guests with the opportunity to enjoy the sights and smells of an Old World German caramel shop. A visit is a sweet treat in itself, even as it inevitably leads guests to succumb to sweet temptation.
66. Christmas Ornament Shopping

On of the traditions I started when my children were born was to each year add 1-2 Christmas ornaments to a collection for them to give to them as a wedding present on their wedding. Usually the ornament is something to represent them over the past year...this year Ab is getting a cheerleading ornament to represent making the high school squad, Boo is getting a Boy Scout one, and Goo is getting a soccer one. In addition, if we take a trip somewhere special I add an ornament for that trip. I can't wait to find a special Disney one for them.

 

[annmarieda]

I continue to love your countdown! Thanks for the tip with the paper towel holders!

I really hope things are ok for you. I have been thinking bout you....

And on a cheerful note... in just a half a week...your ticker is going to read "one month" (and of course x amount of weeks/days) But it is that ONE MONTH! part that gets me excited!!!

 

[Dream426]

I love going to their Christmas store. DH and I bought so much last summer.

 

[lovethattink]

YUM Karamel Kuche!!! I love the vanilla caramel. I actually prefer the caramel corn in the rest of the park. I hope to try a vanilla caramel cupcake sometime! But that yummy bavarian cheese cake from around the corner calls me louder!!

 

[momabaarjo]

Saturday's Trivia Question:

What TV movie did Disney use to test the waters of turning Disney Theme Park attractions into movies? In other words which was the first movie made based on a theme park attraction?

Sorry it has been a long time since I posted a question. I will update you later on life. I am hanging in there..trying to regain some sense of balance in my life. I stopped off at a Disney Store on my way home yesterday...bought a few things for the trip! That was some happiness for a few moments...in what was a really pity-filled 7 days! We are off to movie night at the cousins house in a few minutes...to do the movie mentioned in the trivia question.

 

[Dream426]

Saturday's Trivia Question:

What TV movie did Disney use to test the waters of turning Disney Theme Park attractions into movies? In other words which was the first movie made based on a theme park attraction?

Sorry it has been a long time since I posted a question. I will update you later on life. I am hanging in there..trying to regain some sense of balance in my life. I stopped off at a Disney Store on my way home yesterday...bought a few things for the trip! That was some happiness for a few moments...in what was a really pity-filled 7 days! We are off to movie night at the cousins house in a few minutes...to do the movie mentioned in the trivia question.

Tower of Terror in 1997.

I hope you are doing better and everything is ok.

 

[ZFamily5]

Saturday's Trivia Question:

What TV movie did Disney use to test the waters of turning Disney Theme Park attractions into movies? In other words which was the first movie made based on a theme park attraction?

Sorry it has been a long time since I posted a question. I will update you later on life. I am hanging in there..trying to regain some sense of balance in my life. I stopped off at a Disney Store on my way home yesterday...bought a few things for the trip! That was some happiness for a few moments...in what was a really pity-filled 7 days! We are off to movie night at the cousins house in a few minutes...to do the movie mentioned in the trivia question.

Probably not right, but Tower of Terror? So I guess the movie would be Twilight Zone Tower of Terror or In the Twilight Zone or whatever it's called?

 

[Monknmom]

Saturday's Trivia Question:

What TV movie did Disney use to test the waters of turning Disney Theme Park attractions into movies? In other words which was the first movie made based on a theme park attraction?

Sorry it has been a long time since I posted a question. I will update you later on life. I am hanging in there..trying to regain some sense of balance in my life. I stopped off at a Disney Store on my way home yesterday...bought a few things for the trip! That was some happiness for a few moments...in what was a really pity-filled 7 days! We are off to movie night at the cousins house in a few minutes...to do the movie mentioned in the trivia question.

Well I am guessing the same as everyone else because that's what google is telling me to say.... so if I'm wrong blame it on google! But just in case it's right I am going to give you some facts about it since you are already doing the movie and don't need ideas for that!
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, more commonly known as Tower of Terror, is a drop tower thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios (Florida), Disney California Adventure Park, Tokyo DisneySea and Walt Disney Studios Park (Paris). It is based upon the television show The Twilight Zone. The original version of the attraction opened at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in July 1994; the California Adventure version opened nearly ten years later in May 2004. The Tokyo DisneySea version—named simply "Tower of Terror" and featuring a modified storyline—opened in September 2006, followed by the Walt Disney Studios Park version in April 2008.
The attraction takes place in the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel (itself inspired by the Hollywood Tower, named a historic landmark by the US Department of the Interior). The story of the hotel, adapted from elements of the television series, includes the hotel being struck by lightning on October 31, 1939, mysteriously transporting an elevator cart full of passengers to the Twilight Zone and causing an entire wing of the building to disappear. The exterior of the attraction resembles an old hotel with a blackened scorch mark across the front of the façade where the lightning struck it. All of the cast members wear a costume that resembles that of a 1930s bellhop. At over USD$1000 per uniform, it is the most expensive costume in the various theme parks.[citation needed]
At 199 feet (60.7 m), it is the second tallest attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort, shorter only than Expedition Everest's 199.5 feet (60.8 m). The Tower of Terror is 199 feet (60.7 m) high at Walt Disney World because of FAA regulations that require a fixed red light beacon to be added to the top of any 200 feet (61.0 m) or taller building.[2] Imagineers thought that the beacon would take away from the hotel's 1939 theme. At the Disneyland Resort, the 199 feet (60.7 m) structure is the tallest attraction at the resort, as well as one of the tallest buildings in Anaheim.[3] At Disneyland Paris it is the second tallest attraction, although, when aloft, the Jules Verne-themed "Panoramagique" tethered balloon attraction climbs over 200 feet (61.0 m).
And a funny side note about it- the only thing I really remember from the trip when I was about 9 or 10 was that on this ride my grandfather was really fat and riding with my friend and I and we kept pulling the bar closer and closer to us afraid to fall out! So my grandfather could barely breath the whole ride and lost his hat and all of our park tickets on the drop! My son wants to ride because the picture we have of my grandfather without air looks like he's very scared of the ride and he's going to prove that he's braver than his grandpa train!

 

[hunterfaimly]

I don't know what is going on with you but I am glad that you are at least feeling up to checking in with us again.

 

[annmarieda]

glad you checked in!

 

[lilpixiebabe101]

Love the new count downs! Glad your at least feeling up to checking in with us, so we know you made your trip safely.

 

[shocky5]

Tammie! Glad to see you checking in again! And that you made your trip to Denver safely. Can't wait to hear about movie night so we can discuss and distract you from life for bit.

 

[momabaarjo]

100 Things I am Looking Forward to...​

100. Checking into the Royal Pacific Resort
99. Italian Margarita and a Cheeseburger in Paradise at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
98. Breakfast at Chef Mickey's
97. Experiencing the Osborne Lights
96. Seeing Lightning McQueen and Mater
95. Grinch and Friends Breakfast
94. Tree of Life
93. Mickey's Philharmonic
92. Christmas Trees
91. Tower of Terror
90. Dinner at T-Rex
89. Pressed Penny Hunting for the boys
88. Seeing Tink Fly
87. Breakfast at the Crystal Palace
86. Toy Story Mania and its Line/Que
85. Innoventions
84. Main Street Stroll
83. Dole Whip
82. Pirates of the Caribbean Ride
81. Jedi Training
80. Mickey Bar
79. Miyuki in Japan
78. Tom Sawyer's Island
77. Riding the Monorail
76. Tonga Toast at Kona Cafe
75. Mission Space: Orange Side
74. Strawberry Soup
73. Kidcot Stations in Epcot
72. Shopping for Mickey Ears
71. Dinner at Ohanas
70. Living with the Land
69. A Mug of Butter Beer
68. Animation Studios Drawing Class
67. Karamelle-Kuche
66. Christmas Store Ornament Shopping
65. F!
64. Honeydukes

65. F!

F! just sounds too neat to miss! The plot is simple, good vs. evil in the mist of lasers, mist, fireworks, lightning effects and music what more could you want from Disney and the perfect way to end the day. I keep going back and forth between doing a F! dining package or not, right now I am the “OR NOT” side of the fence. None of the restaurants really call my name, there are some things I would love to sample on the menus but not enough to say “Let’s eat here.” So I think I will just brave the 1-1/2 line with the dh…the day that I have F! on the touring plans has the crowd levels pretty low at DHS so maybe we will get lucky and get in with a nice seat!

64. Honeydukes

The kids loved when I brought them back treats from Honeydukes when I went during opening weekend…in fact I think we still have some of those nasty jelly beans laying in wait for the next April Fool’s Day or whatever day we can catch mom off guard. In my many hours of researching, I have come to find out that I have missed an entire class display in Honeydukes filled with baked goods like Cauldron Cakes, Treacle Fudge and Pumpkin Pasties…we will be checking this stuff out!

 

[momabaarjo]

100 Things I am Looking Forward to...​

100. Checking into the Royal Pacific Resort
99. Italian Margarita and a Cheeseburger in Paradise at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
98. Breakfast at Chef Mickey's
97. Experiencing the Osborne Lights
96. Seeing Lightning McQueen and Mater
95. Grinch and Friends Breakfast
94. Tree of Life
93. Mickey's Philharmonic
92. Christmas Trees
91. Tower of Terror
90. Dinner at T-Rex
89. Pressed Penny Hunting for the boys
88. Seeing Tink Fly
87. Breakfast at the Crystal Palace
86. Toy Story Mania and its Line/Que
85. Innoventions
84. Main Street Stroll
83. Dole Whip
82. Pirates of the Caribbean Ride
81. Jedi Training
80. Mickey Bar
79. Miyuki in Japan
78. Tom Sawyer's Island
77. Riding the Monorail
76. Tonga Toast at Kona Cafe
75. Mission Space: Orange Side
74. Strawberry Soup
73. Kidcot Stations in Epcot
72. Shopping for Mickey Ears
71. Dinner at Ohanas
70. Living with the Land
69. A Mug of Butter Beer
68. Animation Studios Drawing Class
67. Karamelle-Kuche
66. Christmas Store Ornament Shopping
65. F!
64. Honeydukes
63. Tough Being a Bug
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63. Tough Being a Bug

Okay, I can already feel bugs crawling on me and I have not even seen the show. Hidden in the roots of the Tree of Life is…It's Tough to be a Bug! is an an 8-minute, 3D movie and multimedia show. The show is hosted by Flik, the ant, and his grasshopper enemy, Hopper, from A Bug's Life. The supporting cast consists of cute and creepy crawlers like spiders, termites, beetles, weevils and butterflies.
62. Swiss Family Treehouse

I know this is not high on everyone’s touring plans, not even ours but I am devoting a little time to this adventure. As a child, I was amazed with this treehouse from the movie and always wished for such a place of my own where I could be alone. The only touring tips that I could find were: Visit late in the afternoon or early evening and be prepared to climb lots and lots of stairs!

 

[momabaarjo]

Sunday's Trivia Question:
What was the first Disney Full Length Animated Feature that used the wide screen process of Cinema Scope? What the heck is Cinema Scope?

And for the question of the day.... a bit of trivia..

"CinemaScope was an anamorphic lens series used for shooting wide screen movies from 1953 to 1967. Its creation in 1953, by the president of 20th Century-Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection.

The Walt Disney Company was one of the first companies to license the CinemaScope process from Fox, and among the features and shorts they filmed with it, created one of the best-regarded examples of early CinemaScope productions with the live-action epic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.[3]"

taken from wikipedia

And as for the animated film.... lady and the tramp

5 points

In 1953, Disney had immediately started work on the first widescreen animated feature, the CinemaScope version of "Lady and the Tramp," which finally was finished in 1955.

CinemaScope was an anamorphic lens series used for shooting wide screen movies from 1953 to 1967. Its creation in 1953, by the president of 20th Century-Fox, marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection.

The anamorphic lenses theoretically allowed the process to create an image of up to a 2.66:1 aspect ratio, almost twice as wide as the previously ubiquitous Academy format's 1.37:1 ratio. Although the CinemaScope lens system was quickly made obsolete by new technological developments, primarily advanced by Panavision, the anamorphic format has continued to this day. In film-industry jargon, the shortened form, 'Scope, is still widely used by both filmmakers and projectionists, although today it generally refers to any 2.35:1 or 2.39:1 presentation or, sometimes, the use of anamorphic lensing or projection in particular. Bausch & Lomb won a 1954 Oscar for its development of the CinemaScope lens.

n 1954, more than 40 films were released in CinemaScope. Some were marvelous films, among them Fox's all-black "Carmen Jones" with Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte and Pearl Bailey and "River of No Return" with Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun and Marilyn Monroe; Warner Bros.' "The High and the Mighty" with John Wayne and "A Star is Born" with Judy Garland; MGM's "Bad Day at Black Rock" with Spencer Tracy, "Brigadoon" with Gene Kelly and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" with Jane Powell, and Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."

5 points


Current Standings
Ann 52
Ashley (lilpixie) 50
Dream426...49
Susan 16
lovthattink 16
Lisa (becc1) 14
Amy (shocky5) 14
Heather (monkmon)11
Noelle 10
Thing 1...8
Petals 6
Laurie 1

 

[momabaarjo]

Saturday's Trivia Question:

What TV movie did Disney use to test the waters of turning Disney Theme Park attractions into movies? In other words which was the first movie made based on a theme park attraction?
.

Tower of Terror in 1997.

Probably not right, but Tower of Terror? So I guess the movie would be Twilight Zone Tower of Terror or In the Twilight Zone or whatever it's called?

Well I am guessing the same as everyone else because that's what google is telling me to say.... so if I'm wrong blame it on google! But just in case it's right I am going to give you some facts about it since you are already doing the movie and don't need ideas for that!
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, more commonly known as Tower of Terror, is a drop tower thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios (Florida), Disney California Adventure Park, Tokyo DisneySea and Walt Disney Studios Park (Paris). It is based upon the television show The Twilight Zone. The original version of the attraction opened at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in July 1994; the California Adventure version opened nearly ten years later in May 2004. The Tokyo DisneySea version—named simply "Tower of Terror" and featuring a modified storyline—opened in September 2006, followed by the Walt Disney Studios Park version in April 2008.
The attraction takes place in the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel (itself inspired by the Hollywood Tower, named a historic landmark by the US Department of the Interior). The story of the hotel, adapted from elements of the television series, includes the hotel being struck by lightning on October 31, 1939, mysteriously transporting an elevator cart full of passengers to the Twilight Zone and causing an entire wing of the building to disappear. The exterior of the attraction resembles an old hotel with a blackened scorch mark across the front of the façade where the lightning struck it. All of the cast members wear a costume that resembles that of a 1930s bellhop. At over USD$1000 per uniform, it is the most expensive costume in the various theme parks.[citation needed]
At 199 feet (60.7 m), it is the second tallest attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort, shorter only than Expedition Everest's 199.5 feet (60.8 m). The Tower of Terror is 199 feet (60.7 m) high at Walt Disney World because of FAA regulations that require a fixed red light beacon to be added to the top of any 200 feet (61.0 m) or taller building.[2] Imagineers thought that the beacon would take away from the hotel's 1939 theme. At the Disneyland Resort, the 199 feet (60.7 m) structure is the tallest attraction at the resort, as well as one of the tallest buildings in Anaheim.[3] At Disneyland Paris it is the second tallest attraction, although, when aloft, the Jules Verne-themed "Panoramagique" tethered balloon attraction climbs over 200 feet (61.0 m).
And a funny side note about it- the only thing I really remember from the trip when I was about 9 or 10 was that on this ride my grandfather was really fat and riding with my friend and I and we kept pulling the bar closer and closer to us afraid to fall out! So my grandfather could barely breath the whole ride and lost his hat and all of our park tickets on the drop! My son wants to ride because the picture we have of my grandfather without air looks like he's very scared of the ride and he's going to prove that he's braver than his grandpa train!

OMG you out did yourself with this answer...15 points

Current Standings
Ann 52
Dream426...51
Ashley (lilpixie) 50
Heather (monkmon)26
Susan 16
lovthattink 16
Lisa (becc1) 14
Amy (shocky5) 14
Noelle 10
Thing 1...9
Petals 6
Laurie 1

 

[momabaarjo]

I just have to say...

for hanging with me this last week while I was emotionally unavailable to everyone including myself. It has been a really tough week and a half like I said both personally and professionally.

Professionally, my presenting partner went off on a tirade at me a week ago last Saturday...to the point I was in tears and other training partner was in shock. She does not know why the other went off on me...she said I did nothing to warrant what happened...and the person who did this will not talk to me and told me to drop it. How can I fix things if I do not even know what is wrong...today she called me unprofessional when I approached the subject and wanted to straighten things out. I tried...and ask for the head person to remove us from any upcoming trainings together.

On top of that not being on campus this year along with all the changes I have had to usher in has made me the outcast of my campus...and I have been feeling really alone and left out. One of our teachers has a huge Halloween party each year, and guess who did not get invited. Plus I have noticed I have lost a lot of friends on facebook lately that belong to my school group.

Personally last week was rough, my godfather died on Tuesday and the funeral was on Friday in northern Colorado. He was like my grandfather and truly a gift to me from God...he and I were so close that he was the one that walked me down the aisle. This is also the week of the 1st anniversary of my grandmothers death...she was my other rock in my life growing up with my godfather. I drove to north of Denver Thursday night after my training and decided to stay at a hotel...I really just needed to have some alone time which did not set well with my mother and youngest sister. Friday I met them at the graveside service along with my middle sister (who I have not spoken to since Christmas last year...she and I have issues surrounding her in laws/husband and I basically felt there is no reason to continue a farce of a relationship when she acts the way she does). Afterwards we went to the memorial service, no one warned me that I would be in the memorial video tribute with him walking me down the aisle...plus I did not sit with my family because I arrived late (stopped at the other cementary to put flowers on my grandmother's grave in private)...well I lost it after the memorial service and decided that I just needed to come home and skip the reception afterwards and all the stuff my family had planned for the weekend...I just did not want to deal with it all and I came home (yep, in 30 hours I traveled round trip 1200 miles)...now of course everyone is mad at me for being "selfish" as usual...now that my grandmother is gone I don't have to keep the peace anymore and I seriously do not plan to! I am tired of never getting any recognition in my family and being the black sheep...I have worked hard to be where I am in my career and family, but I just seem to be the blunt of the jokes and constantly put down...

I am going better, although I have a splitting headache at the moment and heading off for bed as soon as Jeff can get home and take over.

I just wanted to catch you up since you all stood there last week worried about me...I will find my happy place again...just going to take some time to get back to thinking of a Christmas without the drama of my family!

 

[momabaarjo]

Monday's Trivia Question:
In the Hunchback of Notre Dame, what was the name of the Captain of the Guard, and what actor supplied his voice?