It's Better Than Stuffed Mezzaluna with Sausage! [Update 4/11: Link to TR!]

[RachelNinja]

Good choice on the Paprika! Very cute bag

Thanks! Weird helped me choose it too. I sent him the links to both bags, and he listened to be debate about which to choose, haha. I love that he has the patience to listen to my bag-talk and even offer his own opinion!

 

[RachelNinja]

An $11 Snack/Souvenir?

I posted a question on the Disney World Tips portion of the board about Goofy's Glaciers at Goofy's Candy Company. If you have any opinions/info/pictures, please post! That's something I'd really like to get as a souvenir!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2368982

 

[stacy347]

Ooohh, I love the paprika bag!! It looks like it will be a nice, comfy fit for the parks.

I don't know about any of the flavors on the Glaciers but the cups we saw when we were there were so cute ~ it would be hard to pick just one, LOL!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Cute bag! I have one of the Vera Bradley hipsters and really like the crossbody style. It's so easy to carry around in the parks.

As for the Goofy Glaciers, they are really good! I got the cherry one but resisted the cute cups you can get them in. I really want to get one though! Might be another fun thing for the classroom...hehe

 

[floridascgirl]

Yeah!!! I was hoping that you were going to choose the paprika. I love the colors, too.

 

[TokyoDina]

I'm looking for something like that but only big enough to fit a SLR camera. And my Stitch Ears when I have to take them off. And all my other junk ha! I have big tote...but it's kind of annoying when you have to carry it in your hand the whole time. I guess we'll see.

 

[RachelNinja]

Ooohh, I love the paprika bag!! It looks like it will be a nice, comfy fit for the parks.

I don't know about any of the flavors on the Glaciers but the cups we saw when we were there were so cute ~ it would be hard to pick just one, LOL!

It's going to be interesting carrying a smaller bag for the parks because I'm so used to the backpack. Before that, I used to use the Nike drawstring bag because the bag itself didn't weigh much and it was okay to get wet. This is definitely a prettier way to do it! I'm looking forward to not worrying about where I put my bag since it'll always just be on me.

I agree! I think at the moment it's going to be Minnie. You know, just in case Weird gets or eventually gets the Mickey! Then we'll have a matching set!

Cute bag! I have one of the Vera Bradley hipsters and really like the crossbody style. It's so easy to carry around in the parks.

As for the Goofy Glaciers, they are really good! I got the cherry one but resisted the cute cups you can get them in. I really want to get one though! Might be another fun thing for the classroom...hehe

Now I understand why there are always so many threads about what bags people carry to the parks! I used to think ... um, backpack? Does it matter? It does matter! Hehe.

On the thread about the Glaciers, someone posted that they didn't have the Coke one the last time she went. If they don't, I don't know which I'll pick so it's back to square one. There's a possibility that I might just want to get the cup!

Yeah!!! I was hoping that you were going to choose the paprika. I love the colors, too.

Aren't the colors so cheerful? Just looking at it online makes me happy. The others ones I liked, but it didn't get me all excited like the paprika print does. It should be arriving at my house tomorrow!!! Of course, Thursday is one of the days I do private tutoring after school so I won't get home until later than normal so it'll be waiting for me.

I'm looking for something like that but only big enough to fit a SLR camera. And my Stitch Ears when I have to take them off. And all my other junk ha! I have big tote...but it's kind of annoying when you have to carry it in your hand the whole time. I guess we'll see.

Oh cool! What SLR camera do you have? I don't know much of anything about them, but Weird wants one. He's looking into getting one before the trip. If so, I'll get to use his point and shoot because it takes better pictures than mine AND it's much smaller and will easily fit into my new bag!

 

[RachelNinja]

DHS Research - Streets of America

Continuing on with the DHS research! This research is also beneficial to Weird because he doesn't really know the parks either. I will have him study the map though because he's much better with directions than I am! He's the kind of guy who just looks up a place on GoogleMaps/GoogleEarth and then BAM, he knows where to go. I'm just lost. I'm the kind of person who would feel more comfortable putting the map on the ground so I know which direction to walk!

Streets of America

(1) Studio Backlot Tour

The last time I rode this, I was kind of bored. Haha, I know, I know! It was just the kid in me who wasn't interested in the movie props being shown. The only thing that was interesting was Catastrophe Canyon when they show the special effects with the fire and the water. Other than that, I think a lot of movies I didn't know were mentioned. Then there were a few movies that I knew, like the Rocketeer, that just didn't interest me that much (although it interested my brother).

Now there are tons of movies that I actually know and have seen so it'll be fun to see all the props! I know that there are things after the actual tram ride from Narnia and Pirates of the Carribean so that'll definitely be cool. I mean, I got all excited to know that the medallion and Davy Jones's key were in the POTC gift shop and those were "minor" thing just because of their size! Props are really cool to look at!

(2) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Movie Set Adventure

This is really such a creative slide!

Though we may not go here to play and slide (I think about all the dirt that would be picked up by your bottom on slides!), there are definitely picture opportunities here! Especially since I remember playing here with my older brother when we were kids.

I've seen the Kodak canister and the ant that you can sit on for a picture. Looking at AllEars, however, I see that at one spot there's a big Super Soaker! My brother had the basic model of this watergun way back when, and part of me was always jealous that he had it. I had one of those handheld plastic ones that you get from birthday party goodie bags. You know the ones ... you have to use a slow trickle of water to fill it or submerge it entirely and then it shoots twice before it has to be refilled again! Since that was my version of the water gun, I'd like to see the big one and make up for all those lost years!

Don't you just love my brother's glasses? Hehe.

(3) Lights, Motor, Action! Extreme Stunt Show

I think the stunts will be fun to watch, but I'm really not interested in cars. I'll be into seeing it if I know that Weird is looking forward to see it. I'm the kind of gal who answers, "Um ... it has 4 wheels?" when asked, "What kind of car do you drive?" Haha, really, I'm not that bad.

Actually, now that I think about it, I might be interested in seeing the stunts do their things with the cars! That's because I just recently started driving to work on my own this year! I know, I know, it seems kind of odd to have waited this long, but I never wanted to drive as I was growing up; I never had that urge. Plus, it didn't help that as I was learning how to drive in college and actually doing well in my private lessons, my family got into a car accident that left me with back pain and months of physical therapy.

Well, it took a while for me to be okay with sitting behind the wheel. After the accident, I was able to get a perfect score on my road test, but I didn't want to drive again. Thankfully, through the encouragement of my mom and Weird, I finally got back behind it last year and started driving on my own over these past few months. The two of them never pressured me, and they let me get to that point on my own. It was definitely not my own doing though; I know that God took away the crippling fear that was affecting my ability to do a task that I would have to eventually do to get around. I used to flip out if I thought I'd be sitting behind the wheel! I'd get so nervous and start gagging over it.

All that to say, I think I will actually be interested in this show then since I am now a driver! Haha, just not like a stunt driver.

(4) MuppetVision 3D

I remember waiting a very long time to watch this show! But in the end, I loved it! I remember watching the Muppets on TV as well as Muppet Babies (loved that cartoon!). My favorite is probably Beaker! I also like how Statler and Waldorf just criticize from the balcony. Haha, and no, I had to look it up because I didn't know their names!

I know there are a ton of puns and gags in the pre-show waiting area, like the "a net full of jello/Annette Funicello" thing. I've even seen pictures of these things, but like I said in a comment, the magic doesn't disappear for me. I still want to see them for myself! Plus, I know that even if I see it years from now after already having seen it once, I'll still get a kick out of it (ex. like the Mickey on the planet in the Buzz Lightyear ride ... still gets me excited every single time!).

DHS is definitely looking better and better! I'm very excited to explore!

And of course, don't want to close this entry without a few more pictures! They don't have to do with DHS.

As a kid, it's such a huge deal to get on the Speedway! I used to think that I wouldn't be able to drive a real car since I couldn't drive those! I think that even though I drive a real car now, I'll STILL have trouble driving one of those if i tried!

My mom carrying me next to Donald in Disneyland. Isn't it funny how even the costumes change over the years?

 

[flamingglobessigmund]

That's the bag my daughter had at WDW. She had the one with the animal print. Cute bags!

 

[TokyoDina]

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/s/finepix_s2000hd/index.html
This one.

REally it's a digital camera but it shoots like an SLR. My picture quality has increased almost ten fold from getting this camera. I got mine for only $199. I got lucky I have to say. But I'm head over heels in love with it. So of course I need a purse that will fit it.

I love the pictures of the past! It's just too cute! It's crazy how the costumes change over the years. I think I went to DL when I was three, but I don't remember it at all and I don't have access to pictures from it.

My first memory was going there when I was 7 and I lost my parents in Adventureland. I almost had a heart attack! It was pretty scary but I happen to only lose sight of them and not actually lose them. But when your 7 that is the scariest thing on the planet!

 

[wdwgirl03]

haha, those racecars are hard to drive! I know my sister was worried too about driving a real car but luckily they don't really compare.

It is funny seeing the costume changes over the years. We have old home videos of us meeting Pooh and he was actually cuter then (not that the current costume is bad).

 

[RachelNinja]

That's the bag my daughter had at WDW. She had the one with the animal print. Cute bags!

Hi there, flamingglobesigmund!

There's an urge in me to buy more than one print, but of course, I don't need it. But they're so cute! I have the bag in the box next to me, but I have progress report grades tomorrow so I'm saving it as a reward to open when I'm done. I have one more class left out of my 9!!!

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/s/finepix_s2000hd/index.html
This one.

REally it's a digital camera but it shoots like an SLR. My picture quality has increased almost ten fold from getting this camera. I got mine for only $199. I got lucky I have to say. But I'm head over heels in love with it. So of course I need a purse that will fit it.

I love the pictures of the past! It's just too cute! It's crazy how the costumes change over the years. I think I went to DL when I was three, but I don't remember it at all and I don't have access to pictures from it.

My first memory was going there when I was 7 and I lost my parents in Adventureland. I almost had a heart attack! It was pretty scary but I happen to only lose sight of them and not actually lose them. But when your 7 that is the scariest thing on the planet!

Weird is looking at one of the Canon ones; I don't really know what it is. He took a look at it today since he had to stop by B&H for a work thing. I wonder if he's going to get it. I can't even imagine how much better his pictures will look with an SLR! Are you a camera person? Do you know how to do the settings and all that?

That's so frightening to feel lost! Those few moments of panic are the worst feeling in the world; it just makes you feel so incredibly small!

haha, those racecars are hard to drive! I know my sister was worried too about driving a real car but luckily they don't really compare.

It is funny seeing the costume changes over the years. We have old home videos of us meeting Pooh and he was actually cuter then (not that the current costume is bad).

Haha, they don't compare at all! Sometimes it's so much easier to just step on the gas pedal and have it ride along the rails on its own!

I have an old picture of Pooh with my brother and cousin that I haven't posted yet. I wonder if it's the same Pooh on your home videos! He was much shorter.

 

[TokyoDina]

I'm kind of an part time hobby camera person. I'm still trying to figure out the setting on this camera. But I love taking pictures! I wanted to major in it...but a professor told me in so many words that I sucked. So I kind of dropped the idea.

SLRs change your life. I mean it's always good to have point in shoots for going out and spur or the moment things. But taking nice pictures are almost guranteered to come out great with SLRs.

I'm happy I got my kind of one. I want to upgrade someday but I can't cough up $500 + for a camera right now haha!

 

[Bridora]

Woo Hoo for your new bag! It's so cute! I'm glad I could inspire you to get something new for the parks. I can't wait to hear how it goes for you since we are both used to carrying a backpack in the parks. You can give me pointers. I'm even more excited now!

Ok--still have to read your DHS post...I just had to come over & comment on your bag.

(I hope I didn't use too many exclamation marks in this reply)

 

[Bridora]

Wow--from those pictures of the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground, it hasn't changed much. I was so excited when we found that the 1st time we were there. I loved that movie as a kid!

When my DS was 4 I let him steer the car we were in on the Speedway and, of course, since he was only 4, he couldn't really steer, so we were constantly going back and forth on the middle rail--clang! clang!--Well, he thought it was the steering wheel's fault and he was getting so mad at it! I caught it all on film and it is hilarious! We just watched it the other night.

Do you plan on riding Tower of Terror? It's one of my favorites.

 

[RachelNinja]

I'm kind of an part time hobby camera person. I'm still trying to figure out the setting on this camera. But I love taking pictures! I wanted to major in it...but a professor told me in so many words that I sucked. So I kind of dropped the idea.

SLRs change your life. I mean it's always good to have point in shoots for going out and spur or the moment things. But taking nice pictures are almost guranteered to come out great with SLRs.

I'm happy I got my kind of one. I want to upgrade someday but I can't cough up $500 + for a camera right now haha!

I think it would be amazing to take photography for a living! Of course, I don't have the eye for it. Even when I think of an interesting shot, there's really no way that I'd be able to pull it off without learning a LOT about cameras and photography. But that's why I love WDW even more; it's a place where anyone can take a million pictures that won't receive criticism! Everyone just wants any glimpse of Disney!

If Weird doesn't buy the SLR now, he'll definitely be getting it when we're married. I'll always carry the point and shoot with me because it's something I've done since college. Then he'll have the SLR for special occasions. It'll be nice to have good pictures from his camera!

Woo Hoo for your new bag! It's so cute! I'm glad I could inspire you to get something new for the parks. I can't wait to hear how it goes for you since we are both used to carrying a backpack in the parks. You can give me pointers. I'm even more excited now!

Ok--still have to read your DHS post...I just had to come over & comment on your bag.

(I hope I didn't use too many exclamation marks in this reply)

Hehe, yup! The bag buying was all because I saw yours! I love it so much; I received it in the mail this past Thursday. I'm already thinking about what I can and cannot bring because it's just not what I'm used to carrying. I'll definitely pass on pointers if I have any!

And exclamation points are awesome! I know I overuse them on DIS. It's totally weird, but I already have part of my first installment for my TR written already. In it, I point out the exclamation points thing, that I'll probably be so excited that there may be times I'll use more than one if the situation warrants it! Haha.

Wow--from those pictures of the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground, it hasn't changed much. I was so excited when we found that the 1st time we were there. I loved that movie as a kid!

When my DS was 4 I let him steer the car we were in on the Speedway and, of course, since he was only 4, he couldn't really steer, so we were constantly going back and forth on the middle rail--clang! clang!--Well, he thought it was the steering wheel's fault and he was getting so mad at it! I caught it all on film and it is hilarious! We just watched it the other night.

Do you plan on riding Tower of Terror? It's one of my favorites.

Even though the quality of the movie isn't that great compared to today's standards, the concept is still fantastic! The movies in the 80s and early 90s were definitely better thought out. I mean, Back to the Future? ET? So much better movies than the ones we get nowadays. I like that these things can still live on in WDW parks and at Universal (well, not so much Back to the Future!).

Haha, those are the moments to remember! We only have pictures of older trips; dad never carried a video camera around. Now it'll be easy to capture my non-existent kiddies on video because there's something about seeing it all instead of just having still photos.

I don't think we're doing Tower of Terror. Well, not "I think." I'm not. There's really only a .000000001% chance that I'd ride it again in my life. I rode it a long time ago before the dropping was randomized. I remember it only dropped halfway, went all the way back up, and then dropped again. I also freaked out by the ghosts beckoning the car forward. I don't think I can handle a series of drops!

 

[RachelNinja]

Happy 24th Birthday, Weird!

Just wanted to take a pause in the PTR-ing and wish my wonderful DBF a happy and healthy birthday! I'm so thankful that you're in my life. Disney or no Disney, every day spent with you is one of happiness. I'm so glad that God led us back together after our 2 years of separation. I can't wait to marry you and for you to go from my DBF to DFi, to DH. I love you, Weird!

 

[wdwgirl03]

I don't think we're doing Tower of Terror. Well, not "I think." I'm not. There's really only a .000000001% chance that I'd ride it again in my life. I rode it a long time ago before the dropping was randomized. I remember it only dropped halfway, went all the way back up, and then dropped again. I also freaked out by the ghosts beckoning the car forward. I don't think I can handle a series of drops!

Awww, come on, Tower of Terror is awesome! It's one of those rides I swore I'd never ride. Well, I ended up doing it (riding RNRC and TOT back-to-back=jelly legs! LOL!) and even though I was freaked out I did it again. And again. Now it's one of my favorites!

 

[Cat0727]

Hey! I got your link from another person's TR and decided to join in Your trip is getting so close! I have another 10 months to go; I'm planning to go in November.

Happy birthday to your dbf! You guys are so cute together

 

[SoonerGirl]

Happy Birthday, Weird!!