Lesson learned. Need more days in Disney!!! Aug 2010 (NEW 1/20-COMPLETE)

[YukiPhnx]

I'm not sure what Disney was thinking when they built the Canadian pavilion. It might have to do with ideas on how to display Canada by only picking certain parts. Apparently the CN tower and the Parliament buildings don't count for anything. Whatever. Love the thumbs up! Seems to be a Canadian thing

You got to see BOLT!!!!! So lucky! He's a rare sighting nowadays. Last time I saw him was at DHS in the Animation building. I love that happy little white dog

Speaking of autism.... my sister Bubba had a run in with an autistic child when she was a counsellor at camp just this summer. She got bit on the nose by one of them. Ouch!

Yeah, I expected at least the Parliament buildings too! It's like they went to Vancouver and said, "Well, the rest of it must be like this too!"

Hooray for thumbs up! I don't remember using it in the rest of my photos....but we'll see. I know Andrew does it a lot!

Yeah, I'm so happy to see Bolt. I also got Jiminy Cricket! I definitely didn't expect to get a picture with him.

Omg, on the nose! I hope it didn't hurt too much.

UK was out of BEER??? Judy can't understand why UK doesn't have BIG BEN!!! I mean France has the Eiffel Tower !!!
I confess I haven't had the Fish and Chips in UK yet!! I did eat at the Rose and Crown and it was Delish!!

I know, how can the UK be out of beer???? I was appalled! I'm actually surprised I didn't see Big Ben either!

Oooh, I bet the Rose and Crown is yummy. Maybe I should try a walk up for a snack.

 

[englishrose47]

I know, how can the UK be out of beer???? I was appalled! I'm actually surprised I didn't see Big Ben either!

Oooh, I bet the Rose and Crown is yummy. Maybe I should try a walk up for a snack.

I think the Pub has a menu too!!!

 

[YukiPhnx]

I think the Pub has a menu too!!!

Oh ya, the Pub! I forgot about that!

 

[Kellybelly777]

The same thing happened to us at EO! There it was completly empty. Kind of creepy really.

Mmmmm.... fish and chips from the Rose & crown. On our trip in '09, that was the first place we ate dinner. I dream about those fish and chips!

I WANT TO SEE O CANADA!!! I come from a family of annoying people who didn't want to watch any of the video-essays! They did let me see one (I chose France, my dream country) but I wanna see Canada and China! Grrr .... ok, rant over

I keep looking so closely through all of your pictures to see if we saw any of the same people (I'm good with faces ). I looked through all our pictures for you and andrew. No luck

 

[__disneygirl]

Yuki!! I'm sooo sorry I haven't been on your TR in awhile! I've been so crazy stressed and busy. But i'm here now!

Loved the update. Man, I can't wait until I'm 21 and I can drink drank drunk at the WS. Everyone talks about the grey goose slushies and I want one!

I cracked up out loud at that kid correcting Andrew on the word pavilion. Oh my God that's hilarious!

I agree that fish and chips are the best at Disney. I also do not eat them anywhere else. It's funny though, i've never gotten them from Epcot, I always get them at the ABC Comissary at MGM or Columbia Harbour House at MK. Soooo delicious.

Can you believe I've never seen the Canada movie?? It's a must-do next trip!! I looove Martin Short and Canada just plain rocks.

BEAVER BUTT OMG. Are you talking about the soap? That cracked me up LOL I took pics of it I think! They'll probably be in my TR once we get to that...which will be in like a year...hahaha.

Update again soon! I need to hear of the drunkenness!!

 

[YukiPhnx]

Chapter 10. Day 2 pt.5- I'm not drunk, it's a heat stroke!

Hey fellas! I'm terribly sorry for my absence from the boards, but I've just been caught up in school lately.

We have finally arrived at the part you have all been waiting for! Getting drunk in World Showcase.

When I last left you, we had just started touring WS with a visit to my home country. We went back to the UK to do it properly. First off....the obligatory phone booth shots.

And ofcourse, this.

If any of you play Team Fortress 2, this is a shout out to all the spies!

Before we headed into the stores, a cast member drew this for kids to play on! How nice!

It was the last day of the CM who drew this, so her other CM pals tried to get her to play a game. She refused and said that the other kids wanted to play. The other CMs starting chanting her name. I forget what it was, but Andrew and I joined in, as well as the other guests passing by. It was pretty cool. She finally gave in and played a game and we all cheered for her. Only at Disney.

I can't remember which store this was in....One of the main gift shops I think. Andrew took this cause he likes and collects figures.

I thought it was pretty cool too. The figures display in this store was AWESOME.

I didn't know this series was from the UK!

I've read them all as a kid and really loved them. My favourite is Little Miss Bossy. I can't imagine why though....

One of the stores that was a must for me was the Twinnings tea shop. I love tea and have a lot of it back home. One day when I have my own place, I'm going to have a proper tea set with a pot and little tea cups with saucers, as well as a Chinese tea set. And I'll invite people over for the best tea party EVER. I bought a box of pure peppermint because I get headaches often and peppermint helps a lot with that.

Just so you guys know, I've had the peppermint tea a couple of times and it's out of this world. You're instantly relaxed and all pain melts away. You need to be sitting when you're drinking this.

I also bought a box of pure chamomile because they're great with those feminine cramps. Add some honey and lemon juice, and you're good to go.

On our way out of the UK and towards France, Mary Poppins was out to greet people! There was only 1 kid in line, so of course, I got in.

I told her that my mom's name is Mary and she said, "Well, she must be just lovely!" I love Mary Poppins. The CM was really pretty!! And so sweet.

On our way to France!

My first time crossing this bridge. I didn't see much of WS on my last trip at all.

Here is where we FINALLY found our first photopass photographer. Here's a shot I asked her to take with our camera. Which wasn't easy if you remembered the camera trouble I told you about earlier.

I only bought 2 shots from the few photopass pictures we took. This is one of them. Definitely one of my favourites.

After those photos, we went inside to check out the stores. I kind of wanted to go into the perfume store, but I knew Andrew would not be kosher about that, so we went into the wine store next door. There was so much to look at! We're not much wine drinkers, but we still appreciated it. We decided to do the wine tasting. $20 for three 2oz. glasses of our choice.

We decided on the pinot noir, the cabernet, and the rose d'anjou.

I found out that I'm not a fan of cabernet. The pinot noir wasn't chilled, so it could've been better. I fell for the rose though. LOVED IT! It had such a great flavour. Light, but sweet. It would go well with a lot of foods. So I bought a bottle and had it sent to Pop. It's now my special celebratory wine.

Our server was really awesome. Canada is a bilingual country, so I had mandatory French classes up until gr.9. Unfortunately, I haven't retained much of it. We spoke a little to the servers and it was just fun to "practice" a little.

We took a look at the rest of the store, then headed out to get Andrew a grey goose slushie. He chose the orange flavour. We didn't have time to take a picture cause it was SOOO yummy it was gone within minutes. One of my favourite drinks so far.

We went back in to get the passport I made for Andrew signed and stamped at the kidcot station. I decided to make him one because I wanted the CMs to wish him a happy birthday in their own languages, and I didn't feel like paying $10 for something I can easily make and personalize.

After kidcot, we took a look inside the bakery. A lot of foods looked SO GOOD. Especially the croissant sandwiches. I made a note to get lunch here on my next trip.

On our way past Chefs du France, we saw a CM run up to us. It was our server from the wine store! I had left my video camera on the wine tasting counter *facepalm*. He told me how glad he was that he found me. We thanked him over and over again. I made a note that his name was Alexis and have already sent an email about him. I don't know what I would've done if I had really lost it! By the way, my video camera is named Jerry.

Up next, Morocco!

And surrounding views.

I looked at the times guide and noticed that Aladdin was scheduled to appear in 15 mins. We decided to look around the shops and get into line for a picture. I started feeling a little faint, so we made a stop at the Tangerine cafe and rested a bit. Andrew went up to the counter to get me a cup of ice water.

While he was away, I remembered that this was one of the places my siblings and I ate at on our last trip. The only difference was, it was empty! On our last visit, it was filled with people, but that's because it was POURING outside. It's actually really nice when it's not raining.

Andrew came back with this.

He said he asked for ice water, but they looked at him funny and gave him a cup of water...and a cup of ice. HAHAHHAHAHA! That just cracked us up. We brought a wide neck water bottle, so we filled that up with ice and drank the cold water. I wasn't feeling too great at this point. It was 4:45pm and I thought I had a heat stroke. Thank goodness for my mister fan.

We sat there some more, just chilling and listening to Mo'Rockin. When I felt a little better again, we headed into the stores.

I love showing that photo to people and asking them where they think it is. Almost nobody thought it was Disney. Just another sign of the great theme work that the imagineers do.

When we walked up near the kidcot station, CM Halima noticed that I didn't look so good cause I was starting to black out a bit and couldn't stand up. She offered me her seat at the table because they had a fan. Again, we thanked her over and over. I just love WDW and their wonderful CMs. After I sat for a bit more and drank a LOT more water, we got our passport sign and decided to look for Aladdin.

Well....we found him and Jasmine outside the pavilion, with a line up of at least 20 kids and their parents. As much as I LOVE Aladdin (favourite Disney movie ever), it just wasn't worth it. Aladdin didn't look that cute anyways. Jasmine was VERY pretty though. I couldn't help but yell out, "I love you Aladdin!!!!!!" as we passed them by. Everybody turned to look at me and Jasmine pretended to be jealous.

At this point, Andrew pointed out that I was TOTALLY drunk. I denied it and kept calling it a heat stroke. I've had heat strokes before and this felt a LOT like it! I'm not drunk!!

We made our way to the oriental land of Japan. I just wanted to make a note that China and Japan are on very bad terms. In fact, there's a lot of hate going on between them right now because of the Sankaku Islands. When I was little, there were only two backgrounds my mom told me I couldn't marry. Africans and Japanese. Yeah....no love at all.

Unfortunately (or maybe not?) for her, I became a HUGE anime fan. I took Japanese lessons and even my name is Japanese! It means snow. No, I wasn't born with this name. After my parents and I immigrated here from China, I realized how hard it was for people to remember my real name, Ban Hing. So....being the Japanophile I turned into, I named myself Yuki. It's my preferred name and just a heck of a lot easier to remember. Because of it, I get asked a lot if I'm Japanese.

Moving on!

I just love the trees here. It's so authentic! It looks like it's straight out of a Japanese painting.

We never made it in here, so it's a must visit on my next trip.

The kidcot stop is right in front of one of the entrances to Mitsukoshi, so I took advantage of the seats here and sat down. I was starting to get dizzy again. I tried to speak to the CMs here in Japanese, but they only responded in English when I spoke Japanese to them, which was a real bummer. I was able to read the message they wrote for Andrew though! So I was real proud of that.

I read about the Spirited Beasts display on Allears and it's connection to anime, so I HAD to take a look see.

I was VERY disappointed to not see Sailormoon here. She IS the moon rabbit! Her name is rabbit of the moon (in Japanese). Her story came from this legend.

These seats are REALLY comfortable. How do I know? I laid down on them for about 5 minutes.

Ok, I admit, I'm drunk.

We went out to the kakigori stand and got a honeydew flavoured one. I love honeydew, and it's green!!! I'm not sure why I didn't take a picture of this. How un-Dis of me! I was too busy enjoying it. Sooo yummy! Normally, I'm not a fan of shaved ice, but this kakigori is so finally shaved. I'm very tempted to go buy myself a kakigori machine. But where would I find the honeydew syrup? While I enjoyed my kakigori, Andrew had some sake. He wouldn't let me have any....but I LOVE sake!

Before we got the kakigori, I considered just heading back to our hotel at that time. We could tour the rest of WS on another trip. I was feeling that bad. But after the kakigori, I changed my mind. Might as well finish WS. Hooray for kakigori!!! I love saying it. Kakigori kakigori kakigori!

Lesson number 5. Honeydew kakigori solves everything.

Up next: World's best mustard. It's even better cause we're drunk.

 

[YukiPhnx]

The same thing happened to us at EO! There it was completly empty. Kind of creepy really.

Mmmmm.... fish and chips from the Rose & crown. On our trip in '09, that was the first place we ate dinner. I dream about those fish and chips!

I WANT TO SEE O CANADA!!! I come from a family of annoying people who didn't want to watch any of the video-essays! They did let me see one (I chose France, my dream country) but I wanna see Canada and China! Grrr .... ok, rant over

I keep looking so closely through all of your pictures to see if we saw any of the same people (I'm good with faces ). I looked through all our pictures for you and andrew. No luck

Hey Kels! My bad for not being around much.

Yeah, when it's all empty like that, you're just not sure what to do. There weren't any CMs around!!

MMMmmm, I'm dreaming about those fish and chips now....

Haha, when you're old enough to go without our family, you can watch those movies! It's definitely pretty cool.

Awww, we were in the same park on the same day, at the same places around the same times!! How is it we didn't see each other AT ALL???

 

[YukiPhnx]

Yuki!! I'm sooo sorry I haven't been on your TR in awhile! I've been so crazy stressed and busy. But i'm here now!

Loved the update. Man, I can't wait until I'm 21 and I can drink drank drunk at the WS. Everyone talks about the grey goose slushies and I want one!

I cracked up out loud at that kid correcting Andrew on the word pavilion. Oh my God that's hilarious!

I agree that fish and chips are the best at Disney. I also do not eat them anywhere else. It's funny though, i've never gotten them from Epcot, I always get them at the ABC Comissary at MGM or Columbia Harbour House at MK. Soooo delicious.

Can you believe I've never seen the Canada movie?? It's a must-do next trip!! I looove Martin Short and Canada just plain rocks.

BEAVER BUTT OMG. Are you talking about the soap? That cracked me up LOL I took pics of it I think! They'll probably be in my TR once we get to that...which will be in like a year...hahaha.

Update again soon! I need to hear of the drunkenness!!

Oh, Lia don't apologize! I've been missing on the boards for a while too. All that matters is that you're here. I've started to watch Boardwalk Empire! I just love the theming, the costumes, and the sets on that show.

I think it's so weird that the legal drinking age down there is 21 when you can drive a car at 16! There are so many good drinks at WDW.

I cracked up when that kid corrected Andrew! He cracks me up all the time with his mispronunciations. It's not very nice of me, but I love him!

I can almost taste the fish and chips in my mouth.....I can't wait to have some more!

You've never seen the Canada movie AT ALL??? Well, that's good cause you'll be treated to the newer one. The old one was really......old.

Yeah, beaver butt the soap. We couldn't smell it through the plastic.

It's ok sister, I've got a great AK day to talk about too! Which I'll probably get to in.....many many more months.

 

[ZeroToHero]

Now I am determined to get that peppermint tea. It sounds really good! I'll probably be headed to Epcot soon, so I'll pick some up.

 

[YukiPhnx]

Now I am determined to get that peppermint tea. It sounds really good! I'll probably be headed to Epcot soon, so I'll pick some up.

Yes absolutely! It just clears your head right up.

 

[glennbo123]

Yuki, you got that drunk just from the wine tasting? That's hilarious!

So, it was when you shouted "I love you Aladdin!" that Andrew diagnosed what your problem was?

You sound a little tipsy while you're writing that update, ending with "Kakigori kakigori kakigori!"

Great photopass picture, by the way.

 

[YukiPhnx]

Yuki, you got that drunk just from the wine tasting? That's hilarious!

So, it was when you shouted "I love you Aladdin!" that Andrew diagnosed what your problem was?

You sound a little tipsy while you're writing that update, ending with "Kakigori kakigori kakigori!"

Great photopass picture, by the way.

I'm usually not such a lightweight, I swear!!! It's because it was very hot and sunny and I didn't have much solid food in me. I can hold my alcohol.....

I think it was a combination of that and some belly dancing that may or may not have been performed by a certain someone.....

MMmmmm, I love kakigori. It was around 4 when I wrote that update, and I don't believe in drinking before.....oh wait.....I drank before 4 when I was in WS....hm...maybe THAT'S why I got drunk. My body isn't used to drinking that early in the day? I guess I need to train for my next trip....

Yeah, I really love that photopass. We were both smiling with teeth and the wind was blowing my hair just right! Man, those photopass photos sure are pricey.

 

[daraddg]

Love your TR! Thx for posting!

 

[YukiPhnx]

Love your TR! Thx for posting!

Aww, thanks for the compliment! I'll try my best to update more often.

 

[jenbear123]

I love the peppermint tea too! The Chai Twinings tea is also good. Sake is A-mazing. It's my and DBF's newfound alcoholic beverage of choice. We especially like it warm. Some day we'll find a nice sake set with the little cups so we can enjoy it at home as well. You're drunken adventures sound like fun. Perhaps the same thing might happen to us during F&W.... both Bubba and I are quite the lightweights

 

[Kellybelly777]

Oh Yuki, getting drunk in the happiest FAMILY place on Earth! What will we do with you?!?!

Great story to tell people though, I certainly enjoyed reading it! and yay for feeling better enough to finish WS!

 

[YukiPhnx]

I love the peppermint tea too! The Chai Twinings tea is also good. Sake is A-mazing. It's my and DBF's newfound alcoholic beverage of choice. We especially like it warm. Some day we'll find a nice sake set with the little cups so we can enjoy it at home as well. You're drunken adventures sound like fun. Perhaps the same thing might happen to us during F&W.... both Bubba and I are quite the lightweights

Omg, you're leaving in 4 days!!!! I'm so jealous! It's been getting so cold and windy here lately.

A friend of mine at Sheridan Oakville said she would make me a sake set.....2 years ago....I'm going to assume she forgot. Yeah, warm sake is just perfect when it's cold.

I want to hear of drunken adventures!!!

 

[YukiPhnx]

Oh Yuki, getting drunk in the happiest FAMILY place on Earth! What will we do with you?!?!

Great story to tell people though, I certainly enjoyed reading it! and yay for feeling better enough to finish WS!

Oh my gosh, how did I miss your comment????

Getting drunk at Epcot is the BEST PART of Epcot! Well, amoungst other things of course. But the drinking part is very awesome.

 

[YukiPhnx]

Hi folks! School's about to get crazy soon, so I won't be around much. Just wanted to let y'all know that my best friend recently returned from a trip to WDW (and Food and Wine, I'm so jealous), and was there when they released Duffy the Disney Bear!!!!

So here's my Duffy! He's saying hi to the DIS and wearing the red scarf I knit for him.

He's also wearing swim goggles that I'll be turning into aviator goggles, a white t-shirt that my mom gave me about 3 years ago for no reason cause I didn't have a bear at the time, and a dinosaur sillybandz on each wrist!

Andrew named him McDuff, So he's Duffy McDuff. My best friend got herself a Duffy too that I also made a scarf for. I'm planning on making the Duffys aprons. McDuff will be getting a Mickey apron and her Duffy will be getting a white one with blue details. I'm so excited!!!

McDuff is going to be a pirate for Halloween. I'll have pictures of that when the time comes.

In other news, this past weekend, my best friend and I and our DBFs got together to make Le Cellier's cheddar cheese soup!!! I'll be putting up a post about that as soon as she emails me the pictures.

That's it for now folks!

 

[englishrose47]

Great update Yuki !!!I have been so busy since getting back !!!I am off again to Albany on Thursday for work !!!I loved the Drunk tale and Mc Duffy!!!