When we last left off our tour of the World, I was capturing all the details that Disney does so well
* Sidenote: I'm very sad to hear this window is no longer there due to the new Givenchy shop inside
While taking pictures I had noticed that Belle had come out for pictures and Candi happily obliged with my request to go get one .... as long as I did what he said next. Hmmmmmm, well, Belle is one of my faves so .... I guess
After our picture was complete Candi led me back into France .... ok, ok, so far so good
And then I realized he wanted to grab a snack at the Patisserie ... request granted my love
We grabbed a little table outside to enjoy our snacks and (as is typical with us) traded snacks before we were even halfway through
It was one of those perfect days, that wasn't too hot but wasn't too cold even if you were in the shade. Once again, I thought to myself how nice it was to be taking it easy and really absorbing what Disney had to offer. I think EPCOT has always been my favorite due to the fact that it isn't so "run to this ride and that ride" but this was the first time I had really let go and relaxed! We probably sat there enjoying the atmosphere and the conversation for close to an hour before continuing on. We realized that we had missed our Fastpass time for our Kim Possible mission, but all of a sudden we just didn't care. The idea seemed fun, but we were much more enjoying ourselves with our own personal mission!
Eventually we made our way over into Morocco
Every time we pass through here we also want to be brave enough to try one of the restaurants, but both chicken out
I'm not sure why, especially for Candi, as he is typically all for trying new foods. It's sad really, and one of these days I will just force us to get a platter to share, just so we can say we tried it. Who knows, it may even become a favorite if we would just do it!
As we were walking around we spotted Jasmine AND Aladdin doing photos ... this time I didn't even have to ask; Candi just started walking over there!
These were two of the greatest characters we have encountered, spending just as much time with adults as they were with children and being completely creative for every picture. When we got in line there were about four people ahead of us and I never heard them use the same lines or use the same poses twice! Now, what I am about to show you is my all-time, most favorite, character picture EVER and I am so, so, so glad that timing had us here at this moment
We were riding on our magic carpet
Once our carpet ride was over, we bid farewell to our BFFs from Agrabah and headed on into Japan. We had spent plenty of time in Japan on our previous visits into World Showcase so this day we only had one thing we, or should I say, I wanted to conquer
It was time to pick a pearl!
As is always the case, I made Candi search for an oyster for me, while I went to pay for it and retrieve my voucher.
I ended up with a 7.50mm all white pearl. I was very happy with it, but Candi was sad because last time he had picked one with an 8mm champagne pearl. So, he went and paid to try one more time, and this time we picked an oyster together.
And guess what???? I ended up with a 7.50mm all white pearl
I thought about having them made into earrings, but since I already have a beautiful set of pearl studs I decided against it. I wasn't in love with any of their other settings and decided to hold onto both pearls for another time.
We were starting to get hungry but decided against eating in Japan and since we had thoroughly toured the Japan pavilion previously we moved on to America after wrapping up my pearls.
We definitely were not interested in eating in America
and I decided to call and see if I could get us a lunch reservation in surprise spot for Candi ....