City, Sand, and Savanna - Link to new trip report

I'm going with two Judy's. Pictures 3 and 4 of the first post. I'm guessing you and the kids were on one side of the table, and Judy was actually occupying the empty seat beside the railing in the picture everyone thinks contains Judy's arm.

Hey Glenn said the girls were on his right and James on the left and obviously at the end as you can see the buffet behind him so logically Judy is next to Poppy , so there Mr Smarty pants !!!!:rotfl2:
 
It's so awesome how your whole family gets into calling the phones around World Showcase. I've always wanted to do that from home, but I sadly don't have the number. I really want to call the phone booths in the UK, see if anyone actually answers lol

The food at Biergarten looks really good! I have some German blood in me, but I've never tried the food yet. I'm hoping to travel through my entire heritage in cuisine whether in Disney World or in the actual countries. I'm particularly interested in a wiener schnitzel ;)

Ricola Horn, that is too awesome! Talk about a great dinner show! :thumbsup2

Can't wait to read more! :mickeyjum
 
When I read that you can't drink beer, and then noticed your new PTR link in your signature, I went looking to see if had an announcement of some happy news. But I found that you discovered you're allergic to brewer's yeast! That is crazy! Of all people.

AH! Happy news?! I want so many children but we don't have any money :laughing:

I hear they're expensive?!


It's the Brewer's yeast :( I can have super filtrated beers (ie huge breweries with high end filtration systems= no microbrews or even most craft brews)
 
Biergarten is one place in Epcot that I have not tried... or rather there was an attempt years ago when we made it as far as having a pager waiting to be seated but I changed my mind since I wasn't sure about the menu. We ended up at Electric Umbrella and my DH still reminds me that I owe him Biergarten. Yeah, not exactly a great swap. Plus no oohm pah band at EU. :)

Glad you enjoyed your lunch.

Ahhh your kids are on to you with WW. I look forward to hearing about that.
 

Nice update! Biergarten looks wonderful. I don't think I've seen a shot of the whole room like this before - very nice!

A shot of the room.

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Oh, and my MIL calls them "hamburgs" too.
 
I turned around and Marlene had called one of the phone booths elsewhere in the World Showcase. I think it was in the one in near the bathrooms in Germany, the building just to the left of the miniature trains. I asked her about it while I was writing this update and she didn't think that she got anybody to answer on this particular occasion, but she sure loves that gag. I'm surprised she hasn't tried it from home.

Or she got the wrong number and spoke to someone actually in Germany. Maybe Magdalene remembers getting a weird call in the middle of the night?:confused3:rotfl2:

I know I mentioned it in my pre-trip report, but we've eaten at this restaurant the last three trips now. I tried to change it up and try someplace new, but the kids wouldn't hear of it. They love it. Plus, Poppy's ancestry is German, so he was going to love the food here.

I have not tried the Biergarten yet, and I think I need to do something about that.

But look beyond him, they sat us right next to the buffet. Thank you, Biergarten table-assigning cast member! I don't want to get winded, running back and forth to the buffet.

:woohoo:

Here was my first plate of samplings. I am totally mailing-in this food review, I didn't write anything down regarding what was what. But hey, it's German food, there's a roll, a couple of sausages, some sauerkraut and slaw, potatoes and potato salad, and a meatball. Hey, I think I did pretty well. Oh, and there's some soup there too. I'm pretty sure that's the cream of potato and leeks.

Lots of meat and potatoes. That's really all I need to know.

I tried to take a picture of Poppy and Gram and they each took turns being a blur.

Demonstrating the pure speed that allowed them to beat you to the restaurant.

A shot of the room.

I don't think I've ever seen what this room looks like before.

I told them that "WW" stood for "Wizarding World" (as in "of Harry Potter", but I couldn’t use "WWoHP" or they would have surely guessed it in two-seconds flat) and they were all "We KNEW it!". I think I'm lucky that it was Wizarding World...if it had been anything less, I'd have been in trouble. Even though they suspected that's what it was, they were psyched. Tomorrow would be something to look forward to, for sure.

Definitely looking forward to hearing about that! My daughter is going to force me to take her there at some point.

Other than that, apparently I thought up a slogan for Biergarten while I was there because in my notes I wrote "their wurst is the best!". Ba dum bum.

*crickets*

No, it wasn’t because our family came over from Hamburg (although they may have, I have no idea), or that we've ever been to Hamburg, or have any affinity for Hamburg. It's kind of a family joke. My mom (yes, Gram, in this TR) always referred to hamburgers as a "hamburg". Drove me nuts. "Do you want a hamburg?" "No, I want a hamburg-er." "Hamburg-er." "Er, er, ER!"

This reminds me of the Steve Martin remake of the Pink Panther when he's trying to learn English and gets tripped up on that word. I think it's the only scene in which I laughed. Don't feel like you need to seek it out or anything.


But you really should have told them that WW stood for Wet n Wild. You know, just to mess with them a little more. :rolleyes1

:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:
 
I'm going with two Judy's. Pictures 3 and 4 of the first post. I'm guessing you and the kids were on one side of the table, and Judy was actually occupying the empty seat beside the railing in the picture everyone thinks contains Judy's arm.

Going with one lower than Rosie's...interesting.

Looks like an entertaining and enjoyable meal at Biergarten. We haven't been and don't really think it is my family's style. It looks too, you know, fun.

:rotfl2: Who isn't up for fun?

WW on WW!

woot-woot on the Wizarding World!

:banana:

I just have to ask, Are you someone who doesn't like their food to touch? :rotfl: This plate is far too neat.

No, I don't care if it touches. I guess I was just being neat when I went through the line.

Biergarten is a lot of fun - good food and good entertainment.

:thumbsup2

Glad that baby stay in her mother's arms. :rotfl:

Fun update!

Me too!

Thanks.

No points yet? Hmmmmm:scratchin


I see #3 and #4 are obvious but the arm does look a bit tan for Judy.


Maybe just those 2 although I am not ruling out a table reflection.. :rotfl2: kidding.


The arm in question is #11, just saying.... :wave2:

Mmm hmmm. :rolleyes1
 
Hmmm, that first photo appears to be missing a thumb.

Yes, you can plainly see Agent P, which you shouldn't be able to.

Honestly, what more does one need from a food review... Here's a picture... here's what it is... done. That's my kind of dining report!! :laughing:

Yes, if you were looking for comments like "...I noticed a hint of saffron..." then you came to the wrong place.

I've never actually been in there, but it looks really cool. :cool2:

It's pretty amazing...you're walking around Epcot's Worldshowcase one minute, and then magically transported to a Bavarian Octoberfest celebration (at night, no less!) the next.

Haha, I think the woman with the child was just protecting herself. Probably not even her kid.

Ahhh, that was pretty good thinking on her part. If I had thought of that, I could've picked up James and gotten a closer look. ;)

"their wurst is the best!" I love that!! :rotfl:

Thank you! You obviously have a wonderful sense of humor. :worship: ;)

HA, my father says the EXACT SAME THING!! Ham-berg!!. Dad, it's THREE syllables. Drives me nuts too. Of course he also says "Chi-CAR-go" instead of Chicago. :sad2:

And what would you like to drink with that ham-berg? A glass of ice wat?

I know it's a little away, but I can't wait to hear about your thoughts on WW.

Great! Hang around. I'm sure I'll be mentioning those danged lockers. :headache:

Hey Glenn said the girls were on his right and James on the left and obviously at the end as you can see the buffet behind him so logically Judy is next to Poppy , so there Mr Smarty pants !!!!:rotfl2:

So which ones are your 4, exactly?

It's so awesome how your whole family gets into calling the phones around World Showcase. I've always wanted to do that from home, but I sadly don't have the number. I really want to call the phone booths in the UK, see if anyone actually answers lol

I'll pm you.

The food at Biergarten looks really good! I have some German blood in me, but I've never tried the food yet. I'm hoping to travel through my entire heritage in cuisine whether in Disney World or in the actual countries. I'm particularly interested in a wiener schnitzel ;)

I recommend a trip to Vienna for you Timmy! But yes, Disney World may be more practical. :laughing:

Ricola Horn, that is too awesome! Talk about a great dinner show! :thumbsup2

It's a lot of fun. And the atmosphere is such (and maybe their amplification is high enough) that it doesn't seem rude to the performers if you get up and get more food, etc.

AH! Happy news?! I want so many children but we don't have any money :laughing:

I hear they're expensive?!

Well yeah, that's true. And they get more so every year as they get older. :headache: But at some point you realize that if you wait until you can "afford 'em", you'll be having them when you're at retirement age. :confused:

It's the Brewer's yeast :( I can have super filtrated beers (ie huge breweries with high end filtration systems= no microbrews or even most craft brews)

Okay, so some at least. But that's the stuff you probably used to laugh at in the past, no?

Biergarten is one place in Epcot that I have not tried... or rather there was an attempt years ago when we made it as far as having a pager waiting to be seated but I changed my mind since I wasn't sure about the menu. We ended up at Electric Umbrella and my DH still reminds me that I owe him Biergarten. Yeah, not exactly a great swap. Plus no oohm pah band at EU. :)

:scared1: What? Yeah, not quite an even trade! I hope your hubby gets there someday. It's a buffet, so you ought to be able to find something, don't you think?

Glad you enjoyed your lunch.

Ahhh your kids are on to you with WW. I look forward to hearing about that.

Thanks. Stay tuned!

Nice update! Biergarten looks wonderful. I don't think I've seen a shot of the whole room like this before - very nice!

Oh great, glad I could supply that for you!

Oh, and my MIL calls them "hamburgs" too.

And you notice it every time, right? It really stands out.
 
Or she got the wrong number and spoke to someone actually in Germany. Maybe Magdalene remembers getting a weird call in the middle of the night?:confused3:rotfl2:

I'm sure it happens all the time.

I have not tried the Biergarten yet, and I think I need to do something about that.

Uh...YEAH! Straight-away. Post-haste.

Lots of meat and potatoes. That's really all I need to know.

Two of the four food groups right there. (The others being bacon and chocolate, and I'm sure they make an appearance on the buffet somewhere or other.) So, bring it on.

Demonstrating the pure speed that allowed them to beat you to the restaurant.

Dash Incredible, and


(wait for it)


Mrs. Dash!


I don't think I've ever seen what this room looks like before.

Now that you've seen it in a picture, you need to see it in real life. :thumbsup2

Definitely looking forward to hearing about that! My daughter is going to force me to take her there at some point.

:drive:

*crickets*

Hello? Is this mic on? :mic:

This reminds me of the Steve Martin remake of the Pink Panther when he's trying to learn English and gets tripped up on that word. I think it's the only scene in which I laughed. Don't feel like you need to seek it out or anything.

Fortunately, I've never seen that one. But the originals have some great dialogue, like:

"That's a priceless Steinway!"

"Not anymuuur."
 
Mmm hmmm. :rolleyes1

Okay final answer

The 2 with the girls and #10 the spoon reflection.


Now that I have a chance i have to dust off my :magnify:


ETA: Picture #3 and #4 and #10.


Final Final Add in the Arm - Judy has to be there somewhere and I know where Lauren and Marlene are and it is unlikely they played musical chairs so Arm in #11 is still in play - 4
 
i love that restaurant.

and it seems no one has gotten the right guess in yet

so here it is

3 and 4 obvious ones

number 11 her arm next to gram and grand

and #16 the one of the whole restaurant.

you clearly stated that you guys were sitting by the buffett

so that picture of the whole restaurant was not taken from your table.

you can see your table sitting on the other side closer to the buffet

so you can now award me my point and an eagle eye.

answer is 4 total
 
Okay final answer

The 2 with the girls and #10 the spoon reflection.


Now that I have a chance i have to dust off my :magnify:


ETA: Picture #3 and #4 and #10.


Final Final Add in the Arm - Judy has to be there somewhere and I know where Lauren and Marlene are and it is unlikely they played musical chairs so Arm in #11 is still in play - 4

Sorry, no spoon reflection (this time!). But I bet you had fun looking, didn't you?! :magnify:

i love that restaurant.

and it seems no one has gotten the right guess in yet

so here it is

3 and 4 obvious ones

number 11 her arm next to gram and grand

and #16 the one of the whole restaurant.

you clearly stated that you guys were sitting by the buffett

so that picture of the whole restaurant was not taken from your table.

you can see your table sitting on the other side closer to the buffet

so you can now award me my point and an eagle eye.

answer is 4 total

Finally! You guys are getting rusty, I can't believe this one was in play for over 24 hours. :faint: Good work Dan, and you have indeed earned an Eagle Eye Point :magnify:

Yes, in addition to the two obvious pictures, that was Judy's arm next to Poppy, and she can be seen in the whole room picture also. Near the middle of the picture, near the back of the restaurant, you can see a waiter in suspenders. In front of him is Gram (in her hat), then Poppy to her left, and then Judy who is standing, but in the act of sitting down. She's wearing a yellow shirt and you can see Lauren in her blue shirt across the table (but a couple of seats to the right) from Judy.

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Rosie had the right count at one point, then said that it was wrong, and never mentioned the whole room picture in her count, so the Rules Committee has to award this point to Dan.

Congratulations Dan! :cheer2:

Updated scores:

Marvin - 19 Judy-sighting wins, 8 Eagle Eye points :magnify:
Pat - 6 Judy-sighting wins, 2 Eagle Eye points :magnify:
Mark - 5 Judy-sighting wins, 2 Eagle Eye points :magnify:
Dee - 4 Judy-sighting wins, 1 Eagle Eye point :magnify:
Dan - 4 Judy-sighting wins, 4 Eagle Eye points :magnify:
Rosie - 4 Judy-sighting wins, 2 Eagle Eye point :magnify:
Kelly - 3 Judy-sighting wins
Katharina - 3 Judy-sighting wins
Magdalene - 2 Judy-sighting wins, 1 Eagle Eye point :magnify:
Mary Ellen - 2 Judy-sighting wins
Jenn (elphie101) - 1 Judy-sighting win, First Subscriber Honors!
Tanya - 1 Judy-sighting win
Molly - 1 Judy-sighting win
Kathy - 1 Judy-sighting win
MissLiz - 1 Judy-sighting win
Andy - 1 Judy-sighting win
sesame_123 - 1 Eagle Eye point :magnify:
 
Okay, so some at least. But that's the stuff you probably used to laugh at in the past, no?

Basically, yeah :guilty:
I can have some New Belgium beers at least. The ones that are completely filtered so I don't get yeast in there. At this point it's just not worth the trial and error to figure out which specific beers I can drink and which make me sick. After being sick almost every day for over a year I enjoy not being sick :rotfl:
 
Hey I was still the first with #4 judy's !!! No I conceded to Dan ( never to Marv) dd look at the whole room but I don't have the outer space magnifiying glass that Marv has and couldn't be sure !! Good job Dan !!! I dis look at the Long Horn for a reflection too !!:rotfl2:
 
Wait a minute don't I get appoint for noting that you stated where you were sitting and the kids thus dedeucing it was Judy next to Poppy!! I was first with that!!!:snooty::rolleyes1:rotfl2:
 
Well nuts ..... :squirrel: I tried. :sad:

Congrats Dan. I looked but could not get the layout of the room.
 
Hey I was still the first with #4 judy's !!! No I conceded to Dan ( never to Marv) dd look at the whole room but I don't have the outer space magnifiying glass that Marv has and couldn't be sure !! Good job Dan !!! I dis look at the Long Horn for a reflection too !!:rotfl2:

Well nuts ..... :squirrel: I tried. :sad:

Congrats Dan. I looked but could not get the layout of the room.

thanks for the congrats ladies :)
 
I was looking for an opportunity to post some pictures from another excursion I took over to Longwood Gardens to photograph their "Lights" exhibits. Since we're in-between the New York City and Vero Beach portions of the trip report, it seems like a perfect time for a little Intermission.

In an earlier post I gave you a link to Longwood Gardens, and as you can imagine it's known for all of the beautiful plants, fountains, and um, gardens. But anyway, this year somebody came up with the fantastic idea to have an artist, Bruce Munro, put up different light exhibits Longwood Lights link. We visited it a month or so ago and I took a monopod along, but even with that, the long shutter speeds required to get good pictures usually resulted in blurry pictures. So, I went back about a week ago with a tripod, to try again. I thought you might like to see the results.

I started out in a forest area, where it got dark first, at about 7:30. The shutter for this picture was open for about a third of a second.

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You can see that they put out oodles of these things, glass balls with a light filament inside.

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I did a little bit of tweaking on Intagram (follow me -- glennbo123) with that last one.

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Then I hustled over to a pond where they had a bunch more of those same lights.

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I did some Instagram-tweaking to one I took which was similar to that last one:

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Then I went over to the meadow, where they had these stacks of water bottles with lights inside that change color. I know it's hard to imagine with just that description, so as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. And in this case, that's a bargain!

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By this point, I had to leave the shutter open for over 3 seconds, so the tripod was a must.

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Now it was time to get creative...how could I get a portrait of myself with these things? The shutter had to be open 3+ seconds to get lights and their beautiful color, but it wouldn't illuminate me. If I used the flash, it washed out the color of the lights. So I devised a plan to use the flashlight app on my iPhone, which I held out to the side, to douse myself with a little light. I held my thumb over the light and just uncovered it for a split-second and then covered it back up again. Then got up when the camera shutter closed. It took lots and lots of attempts to get a good shot, but it was a fun experiment.

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Oh, and I'm sure I looked pretty crazy doing it, because other people were walking around, admiring the lights also. I heard one guy say, "Oh, do you see what he's doing? He's putting just enough light on himself to be in the picture." So, maybe I didn't look too crazy.

I put a couple of these shots into Instagram to play around with them. Did I mention you can follow me on Instagram? I'm glennbo123 on there also. :laughing:

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I probably should have shaved that day. Oh well, I didn't realize I was going to be doing a photo shoot!

Then I moved further away to try to capture the whole exhibit of the meadow lights.

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I couldn't quite get the focus right for that one, but at least it gives you a sense for the exhibit.

But the focus was just about right for playing around with my iPhone flashlight trick...

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Then I headed for the exit, but just as I was about to leave I heard that there was a fountain show that just started. These were the big fountains, not the smaller ones that were in my earlier post. So I went over to get some more pictures. It went on for about 20 minutes, so I took a bunch of pictures of these, but they're not really all that different so I'll just give you a couple.

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Anyway, I hope you enjoyed our Intermission!


Up next: Travel Day
Not quite! First an Intermission Part 2
Link to next chapter


My best friend has a membership and I was privileged to go see it three time last summer. Just as magical everytime.
My Mom and I jokingly named the wood the Fairy Egg Hatchery!
I do not however own a camera good enough to get such nice pictures, so thank you for sharing!

Anyway, I know I am late to the game but been shamelessly reading all the trip reports I can, building anticipation to my own trip in October!
Thank you for posting such fun Reports! I have been enjoying your adventures immensely.
 
:cool1::cheer2::yay:

thanks glenn

No problem. Good job!

I was surprised however at how long it took to get this one. When I think of all the times that I thought there was a tricky one in the chapter and the first poster found it. :faint: :headache: I thought that people would be all over this one. Thanks for restoring my faith Dan.

Basically, yeah :guilty:
I can have some New Belgium beers at least. The ones that are completely filtered so I don't get yeast in there. At this point it's just not worth the trial and error to figure out which specific beers I can drink and which make me sick. After being sick almost every day for over a year I enjoy not being sick :rotfl:

If you lived with us, we'd call you a Hufflepuff. :laughing: The meaning behind that can be found back in this chapter: From Hufflepuff milk to the Vero Beach campfire and everything in between But yeah, I'm married to a Hufflepuff so I know that it's no fun feeling sick all the time. I'm glad that you found out what was causing it for you, and that by avoiding it you can feel better!

Hey I was still the first with #4 judy's !!! No I conceded to Dan ( never to Marv) dd look at the whole room but I don't have the outer space magnifiying glass that Marv has and couldn't be sure !! Good job Dan !!! I dis look at the Long Horn for a reflection too !!:rotfl2:

The Rules Committee considered that, but you also changed your guess back to 3. :headache:

Wait a minute don't I get appoint for noting that you stated where you were sitting and the kids thus dedeucing it was Judy next to Poppy!! I was first with that!!!:snooty::rolleyes1:rotfl2:

Fair enough. The Rules Committee has awarded you an Eagle Eye Point :magnify: and it will be included the next time that scores are updated. Congrats!

Well nuts ..... :squirrel: I tried. :sad:

Congrats Dan. I looked but could not get the layout of the room.

At least it wasn't just a timing thing this time around. Everyone had a shot at this one! I tried to give you a sense of where we were by telling you that we were near the buffet.
 












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