From Pop to the Top - Funtastic Adventures in the Summer Sun!

[DWGal210]

What a great Disney day! Thanks for sharing that with us!

 

[999ghostslover]

It must be lovely to stroll around WS by yourself. That would really be the only park that I could do completely alone and not miss having people around at all.

 

[MagicShell]

I love that set of pins. I wish they were less expensive. Thanks for sticking around Epcot and taking pictures so that we can pretend to be there.

 

[Stasieki]

Looks like a great day so far.

 

[brookelizabeth]

MeMom, we do not have anywhere near the maximum allowed but believe me, I working on it!
If we did, it would be a girls trip every summer in a grand villa, my treat!

"I'm working on it!" Love it wigd!

MeMom, you got so many pictures of great things! I love shopping through your pictures and am grateful I don't see many of things you do otherwise I'd be BROKE!

My want list from your post:

Not pictured: the Germany shirt.

I'm not a pin collector, but those pins are very cool! Thank you for the close-ups!

 

[nowellsl]

Maybe it was something they were doing for the holidays last year, but I remember getting 30% off the Jim Shore things with my Seasonal Pass. I've gotten all of mine on sale, I can't afford full price either They occasionally have them on sale at the Character Outlets for half off. I got two this summer at the outlets in Orlando and St. Augustine.

 

[manntra]

Love your pictures touring WS. I always love seeing your shopping pictures....it is so much cheaper than actually being there however many times you give me ideas of what I "need" and then end up scouting for on my next trip
Sometimes duty calls and you must forgo the pool and bed...

Tracy

 

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

I loved the WS pin set! And I loved the Italy pictures. They were great, especially the wine bottles. Very artsy!

 

[MeMom]

Thanks for sacrificing swimming and naptime to entertain us with a World Showcase tour!

Just think of all the eyeballs I saved, too, because the burning corneas from seeing me in a swimsuit could have destroyed a lot of lives.

Thanks for sharing the pictures from Epcot and the Worldshowcase. Really enjoyed them. I must confess that they made me homesick for WDW; Epcot especially.

I really enjoyed the video of Voices of Liberty. They are amazing! We always try to see them at least once every trip. I recently helped a family plan their first trip and I put them on their "must do/see list". They are a very musical family and I know they will appreciate their talent.
Wouldn't that be a fabulous job...singing at WDW. I can promise that they will never hire me for that position.

Loved Mickey, Donald & Goofy in their Americana outfits....so cute. I have never seen them in those cute little outfits before.

TTFN
Darlene

I contemplated buying one of the CD's. I am sure your friends will enjoy hearing them.

What a great Disney day! Thanks for sharing that with us!

You are so welcome. I will share more Epcot, but it could be tomorrow instead of tonight. I had a late faculty meeting, and I haven't really settled in for the evening yet. I still have to get my stuff ready for this weekend, since I will be leaving after school tomorrow to go to Jill's.

It must be lovely to stroll around WS by yourself. That would really be the only park that I could do completely alone and not miss having people around at all.

I don't have a problem wandering around alone at any of them. I can go at my own speed and not feel like I am holding anyone back.

I love that set of pins. I wish they were less expensive. Thanks for sticking around Epcot and taking pictures so that we can pretend to be there.

No problem. I don't think I stayed real long, because I knew I would have to rest my legs for a while for going back out for the evening.

Those pins are pretty awesome.

Looks like a great day so far.

It was very nice, and the evening got even nicer.

"I'm working on it!" Love it wigd!

MeMom, you got so many pictures of great things! I love shopping through your pictures and am grateful I don't see many of things you do otherwise I'd be BROKE!

My want list from your post:

Not pictured: the Germany shirt.

I'm not a pin collector, but those pins are very cool! Thank you for the close-ups!

My camera actually does help me not spend so much. Let's not tell the Disney people, though, or they may make me stop.

Maybe it was something they were doing for the holidays last year, but I remember getting 30% off the Jim Shore things with my Seasonal Pass. I've gotten all of mine on sale, I can't afford full price either They occasionally have them on sale at the Character Outlets for half off. I got two this summer at the outlets in Orlando and St. Augustine.

That's great that you have some ways to get them a little cheaper.

Love your pictures touring WS. I always love seeing your shopping pictures....it is so much cheaper than actually being there however many times you give me ideas of what I "need" and then end up scouting for on my next trip
Sometimes duty calls and you must forgo the pool and bed...

Tracy

I did have to give up after a short while and go back to the room to put the leg up. If I don't, there is some major swelling going on, and my elephant leg isn't really very pretty.

I loved the WS pin set! And I loved the Italy pictures. They were great, especially the wine bottles. Very artsy!

That is an awesome pin set. Maybe we could all chip in on it, buy it, then have custody of it for one month each year.

 

[BrooklynnsMommy]

We now interrupt this trip report already in progress for a moment if absolute cuteness! (She's my daughter so I think she is too precious in the following video)

Bellarie as Ariel, the Little Mermaid

 

[Charleston Princess]

That was a moment of absolute cuteness!!! Maybe Bella could play Ariel in about twenty years as part of the College Program at Disney World!

 

[manntra]

Awwww that is so adorable!!!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Awwww, what a doll she is!

 

[MeMom]

Put on a red wig and splash her with water and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference in her and the real Ariel.

 

[jenjolt]

Awwww...what a gorgeous video!! Thanks for sharing Jill!! Bella makes a fantastic Ariel!!

MeMom I never ever get tired of your souvenir pics, they bring such a smile to my face!!!I love them!! Those Jim Shore figurines are amazing!! I really should get me a couple some day!!!

Loved your artistic shots around WS!! I can't wait to visit the next country with you!

 

[reelmom]

Bella is too cute and such a sweet voice.

 

[hlrababy]

Awwwww sweet Bella!!!!

 

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

So cute! My DD has that same necklace! Don't you know she wonders how Ariel is singing from inside that small shell?????

 

[tinkgurl]

Aw Bella! She is adorable. I miss her!

 

[MeMom]

After you have finished enjoying the little blonde Ariel, soon to be a very convincing Meeko for Halloween , feel free to continue our Fourth of July journey through Epcot.


The next steps took me here.

Couldn't think of anything more fitting to do on that day, of course, than to hear the story of my country.

It was cool to see that show on that day.

Continuing on, I took several of my alphabet signs as I was walking along, since I had been forgetting to do so.

Then a random shot of some Chinese details.

In this country,

I visited the bakery,

but only for pictures.

I did not buy one of these.

I do not remember why.
Maybe I just wasn't hungry.
I guess that had to be it, because if I had an excuse,
I am sure I would have purchased one.

Making my way out of World Showcase, I popped in here just for the sign.

I didn't even go into the pavilion.

I was taking the picture for an O,

but I am not sure I even used that for an O.
I can't remember.

Back on the bus toward Pop.

One of the rooms I passed belonged to a DIS family.

People resting.

A little later, in new red, white, and blue attire, it was time to go get some supper and meet up with Wigd and Shocker.

Brooklynn had acquired a new friend who would be accompanying her.