All I Want For Christmas Is an Okapi, a Dinosaur, a Herd of Elephants and ...

[oOJulieOo]

Wow, all those treats look delicious!

It cracks me up that the CM asked you if you were lost. If only she knew what a professional Disney guest you are!

 

[declansdad]

The Art of Disney Store! There is so much in that store that I want to buy!!!

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

Aww, I was imagining the smell from those orange groves as you soared in your pictures---pure delight!!! My absolute favorite ride at Disney!!!

Love Bella and Daisy. Another favorite of mine!

Awesome update!!! Really got me in the mood as I get ready to do online checkin!!!

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Oh how I'd love to be on Soarin' this morning!

Love your pictures in the Art store! I think we all wish we could fill our homes with all of those beautiful prints and paintings!

 

[DWGal210]

After those Soarin pictures, I think I'll need to listen to my parks CD today!!

 

[MeMom]

I'm so impressed with how well Bella is doing with the characters. She is getting to be a pro like her big sister.

Great pictures on Soarin'. I felt like I was there, just missing the smells.

I youtube Soarin' sometimes, just to be there.

Bella and Daisy were adorable together.

She was not afraid of Daisy at all.

Love the pic of Bella smiling with Daisy!!

Great Soarin pics! Cannot wait to do it again in a few weeks.

We still have a while, but every Saturday, I drop the count by one, and that feels good.

I still laugh at Mickey hat guy and thumbs up boy. I'm easily amused!

Bella did so awesome with the characters! It looks like she made a lot of progress between trips!

That was the trip she really warmed up to characters.

Whew! 7 pages behind!!!
Catching up was fun though....
It's so much fun seeing Bella warm up to the character's like she is. Doesn't she know that Pluto and Goofy and nice guys and that Stitch character is an ornery guy???

A flock of the seagulls made their way home with me in October. They are now hovering over our "brain food" (snacks) calling "mine, mine, mine"!

For laughs, the next time we are packing up our purple lockers I'll send you some pictures just so you won't feel like you are missing out on that fun part of vacation!!! (The reason you didn't get pictures that morning). We should be wearing our Grumpy shirts when we pack to go home!

I would love to see Purple Locker pictures.

I missed those last pics last night so it was a nice way to wake up today. Thanks!

I missed it at the time but I am so sorry for your losses. It has been a heck of a year for you. Hopefully the rest of the year will be Disney sunshine and pixie dust.

Had to change our countdown today. Planned for June and then it was cancelled. Planned for July and now it had to be cancelled. We are now going in August. No matter what!
At least I will be able to get some pics of the new wings at AoA.

At least you know you have a trip coming. It's when there is not one in sight that we have to worry! We will give you AoA pictures in July, and you can pay us back in August.

Wow, all those treats look delicious!

It cracks me up that the CM asked you if you were lost. If only she knew what a professional Disney guest you are!

Don't they look good?

I did not bother to tell her how many trips I had made.
I don't even think I know the answer to that, anyway.

The Art of Disney Store! There is so much in that store that I want to buy!!!

Yep, some very cool stuff.

Aww, I was imagining the smell from those orange groves as you soared in your pictures---pure delight!!! My absolute favorite ride at Disney!!!

Love Bella and Daisy. Another favorite of mine!

Awesome update!!! Really got me in the mood as I get ready to do online checkin!!!

Hooray for being cloe enough to check in!!!

Oh how I'd love to be on Soarin' this morning!

Love your pictures in the Art store! I think we all wish we could fill our homes with all of those beautiful prints and paintings!

We'll have a DIStown Art Museum full of fun stuff!

After those Soarin pictures, I think I'll need to listen to my parks CD today!!

I think you should. I am listening to DIS Radio right now in my classroom. I feel like crud (sinusy, coughy, sneezy, no voice yuck) so I am letting my kids do centers. I have my music on. Imagination is on right now, so I can picture us in Epcot hangin out with Figment.

 

[Lovemy3babes]

Soarin' is always fun! That's your favorite ride, isn't it MeMom? Wonderful photos!

(Is it true they moved Soarin' from Disneyland to WDW? Do I remember reading that?)

 

[lmillercrew]

I LOVE Disney food!!!! It would be so nice to be able to go to Disney enough to be able to try everything, just once! I love going into the bakery in France. Yuuuummmy!!!

 

[TCKK]

I love Soarin' even though sometimes I have to close my eyes because some of the movement gets to me a little. The girls are so cute with the characters. Especially the one with Stitch! The CM with Stitch looks like she is totally enjoying the girls too.

I love the Art of Animation store too. I think that's a favorite of my oldest daughter!

Once again great pictures!

 

[MeMom]

Soarin' is always fun! That's your favorite ride, isn't it MeMom? Wonderful photos!

(Is it true they moved Soarin' from Disneyland to WDW? Do I remember reading that?)

Indeed, it is.

I think we just have the same thing they have in CA. I don't think we took theirs. I may be wrong. A Dinseyland expert around here will know.

I LOVE Disney food!!!! It would be so nice to be able to go to Disney enough to be able to try everything, just once! I love going into the bakery in France. Yuuuummmy!!!

Yes, there are several things I still need to try at the French bakery. My problem is, I need bite-sized samplers. I can only eat a portion of the huge things Disney creates, so I only get one thing here and there.

I love Soarin' even though sometimes I have to close my eyes because some of the movement gets to me a little. The girls are so cute with the characters. Especially the one with Stitch! The CM with Stitch looks like she is totally enjoying the girls too.

I love the Art of Animation store too. I think that's a favorite of my oldest daughter!

Once again great pictures!

I bet artists really do have a special appreciation for the Art of Disney Stores.

You would think Bella would be a bit shy with Stitch, since she's not really all that famliar with him, but she looks plenty happy there with Brooklynn, doesn't she?


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Time for a walk around World Showcase.

Another huge Disney Christmas tree.

We totally ignored Mexico and went to China, because we were on a mission to see Mulan.

While the others waited in line, I wandered and took pictures.

Hellooooo up there!

Mulan and the girls.

One last hug for Bella.

We took Brooklynn back in to see this, since she's a big kindergarten learning kind of girl now.

The story of the Tomb Warriors is fascinating, isn't it?

 

[jedijill]

Disneyland still has their Soarin' although it is Soarin' over California and WDW is just Soarin'. There have been rumors over the years that WDW would get a new movie but I haven't heard that one for awhile.

Jill in CO

 

[disneyfan61]

I love the Mickey & Minnie Christmas topiaries. So pretty!!

Aw Brooklynn looks so happy with Mulan.

 

[disneydreamingdebby]

Next task on my to do list is to learn about the Tomb Warriors...

LOVE the fab five pictures!!! and the picture of Bella with Daisy is awesome!

I was tempted by the Guava cupcake, but I expressed my concern about not liking it. The CM insisted that I get it, and if I didn't like it, she told me to bring it back and she'd give me a different one. (I made a note of her name and then failed to turn in a note of appreciation. Next trip I am picking up the slips on the way into a park!) BTW: I loved the guava cupcake.

Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well! Hope you feel better soon!

 

[<3myfamily]

Yes, DL has the exact same Soarin', just different name it is my FAV ride in California Adventure, along with Toy Story! Since it is Spring Break here and our AP's are only good for this week before we are blacked out... and my DD is home from college.. we may have to make a trip to DL tomorrow!

Love the pictures, as always!

Hope you feel better soon, take good care of yourself!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

I am officially bummed. Our Spring Break next year is the week before yours.
Boo Hissssss!
That's what I get for thinking we could hang out for a whole week.

 

[Poolrat]

So hard to keep up around here. Most tmes I can read but getting on to comment is getting harder.


So glad I had a little tour around EPCOT this morning. Cupcakes for breakfast

Need to go find the picture I just loved.


aha

Hellooooo up there!

Was this another MeMom on the ground picture again???

LOVE IT

 

[LookinUp]

Just passed Nashville & waved to you, MeMom! Also thought you'd be tickled bcz we were savoring a travel treat that always reminds us of Soarin' - clementines. Just a few hours to Dollywood now, & I'm still monkeying with my phone settings to let me post pics for you. That is, if I live through the new winged coaster. Yikes!

 

[TCKK]

I bet artists really do have a special appreciation for the Art of Disney Stores.

I know my artist loves this store a lot. She bought some of the posters on her last trip.

That picture of the girls with Mulan is adorable. I have some pretty good pictures of her with my girls too. China is a favorite stop for us.

 

[Lovemy3babes]

Wow, Mulan is beautiful. I love how little Bella is hugging her so sweetly.

Brooklynn is sure a big kindergarten learning kind of girl!

 

[ClaireW]

Enjoyed your pictures from China - it's an area we haven't yet explored but I hope to put that right in the summer. We have a big learning girl too (she'll be just turned 5 when we make our next trip) and I'm hoping we can make some sort of 'Around the World' scrapbook and take our time travelling through the World Showcase.