Mini-trip TR ~ Emma's First trip, My first MNSSHP and F&W! LOOKING AHEAD!

Here's a pic of the chicken from China. Wasn't it yummy? Chicken Ürümqi. And don't ask me how to pronounce that...I asked the guy at the stand, expecting it to be ur-um-kee or something, but whatever he said was nothing remotely like that!

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Loving your report! Emma is sooooo cute!

Hmm, that actually doesn't look like the chicken that we got. :confused3 Ours seemed more brown, like it was sauteed in brown sauce or something. Hmmmm.
 
Ok, I did some searching on AllEars and the Chicken Ürümqi is NOT the chicken I had. It was this, which AllEars just lists as Grilled Chicken with Cumin. Were there two chickens on the Shangai menu?

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Day 2 ~ October 3, 2009

Soooo, where were we?? Ah yes, just leaving China with delicious margaritas to meet back up with Jamie, Justin and Emma for a little more Mexico!

Babies who just learned to walk LOVE stairs!
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So we chugged our drinks and just as we get inside, probably, my favorite place in all of Disneyworld...I start getting a familiar pain in my upper abdomen. I haven't had this pain in a while, but there were a few years there, in college especially, where I felt this pain ALL THE TIME! I call it "acid reflux." It's that feeling that you get when you drink something really acidy. I used to drink a lot of orange juice but had to stop because of this pain I started getting. Very fruity drinky drinks do it to me too. Because of this I ALWAYS carry Tums with me. :thumbsup2

Well I haven't had an "acid reflux" episode in a while so I wasn't positive that's what it was so I tried to just ignore it and hope it would go away.

Here's Nicholas taking the infamous big hat picture!
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Uh Oh! Emma found a maraca! She loved it! So Aunt Nik bought it!
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So, after the purchase, it was time to get on the ride. By this time, the stomach pain was getting way worse and just as we were walking to the line, Tom says he's got a weird stomach pain!!! I couldn't believe it! He NEVER gets the acid pains that I do! He was really worried because it was a pain he had never felt before and having recently had kidney stones, he thought the worst!

Well, I quickly whipped out my travel bottle of Tums and gave each of us 3. "I'm telling you, honey! TUMS! Just eat them!!"

Well the ride was excruciating!! Tom was sitting in front of me and I wanted to whisper to him that I felt it too, because I KNEW that he was probably freaking out at how badly it hurt! I had a few more Tums during the ride....actually I think I finished the bottle!

As soon as the ride stopped, I made sure to tell Tom how badly my stomach hurt so he knew that it wasn't just him. And luckily, by the time we walked out of the Mexican pavilion, the Tums had taken effect and we were good to go!

Needless to say, neither of us will EVER have that drink again!

So from there, we walked back to Norway and picked up Nicholas's Kim Possible cell phone. Our first assingment was in China...perfect!

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After taking a few pics, I went with Nicholas to help him complete his missions, Tom went to get some "food and wine," Nicole went to do some shopping in China and Jamie and Justin went to use their counter service credits. I don't know HOW people do the dining plan during Food and Wine!!
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After Nicholas finished his assignemt and we got some more of that delicious chicken Nicole had last time from the Shanghai booth, we walked BACK again because our FP time for Soarin' was up! Ugh, this is NOT how we do WS. Remember, gotta go around the horn! Well not this time...only to China and back..TWICE!

BUT at least on the way back this time we spotted the Mouse Catch and got a trio of cheese!

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It was all so delicious, althought a little too hot for cheese. Again, it was SO perfect that 4 of us were sharing so we each got just a little bite or two of everything!

At the same time, Jamie went with the classic Mickey Bar...

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And Tom went for the beef empanada from Buenos Aires...sorry I didn't get a picture of the snack but it was delicious!

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(Also, after passing Buenos Aires, I couldn't get that song from Annie out of my head!)

So we went up the Odyssey walkway, past Test Track on the way to Soarin. Well, Emma spotted water and so we had to stop for another few minutes. She LOVED it!!

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She stood right on that spot because she knew the mist came up from there. Soooo cute!

So finally, we got to Soarin. Justin stayed out with Emma and the rest of us went on the ride. Look at that! Nicholas got the "how long is the line" pass this time!!
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Oh, I just remembered what I was feeling at this point in the day...another kind of stomach pain, if you know what I mean! (Is that TMI?! :lmao:) I had eaten such random crap so far all day and it caught up to me! I used to get this pain a lot when eating a combination of French Onion Soup and Nachos (don't ask! there are only a few things I eat so sometimes random combos are a must) Anyway, Tom and I have dubbed that as the FOPs. The French Onion ........rhymes with soup. So instead of the FOPs, we decided I had the F&WPs!

Anyway, it made for a very unpleasant wait in line and ride, even though I tried my best to enjoy it as always, and even asked Tom to snap of pic of me and Jamie, as this was the FIRST time we had ridden Soarin' together because we hadn't been to WDW together since before it opened.

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So we QUICKLY went up the stairs and all stopped for a much needed bathroom break!

Okay, so at this point, Jamie and Justin decided they were going to go back to the room for who know's what! But we had more Food and Wining to do! And Nicholas had another mission....next stop: Germany!

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Up Next: MORE Food and Wine! (I swear, there are going to be like 8 installments of JUST this day!)
 
Bring it on! Intestinal distress and all!:rotfl: (I live with males- I can take it sister!)
Food & Wine looks like so much fun! I can only imagine the variety of things available. :rolleyes:
 

Ouch, sorry about your stomach woes! That's the worst!

What did you think of Kim Possible? I did a mission in Germany, and while it was cute, I just thought, eh. I could see how kids would love it, though.

In better news, I may have gotten to the bottom of our China chicken mystery! I found this picture (hiding in my camera). It looks like the Chicken Urumqi is the chicken with cumin! It probably looks different in my picture because I have this food setting on my camera that apparently makes everything look brighter and more beautiful (works for me!). Plus, I slathered mine in red hot sauce. :scared1:
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I know you must be relieved we got to the bottom of that! :)
 
Great pics :) Love the stair walking one :) It is true that babies get more adventurous once they learn to walk. DF's niece loved to climb and would climb everything (nothing dangerous though).

Sorry you weren't feeling so good, was it defo the margaritas?

To second norybell's question, what was KP like? We are thinking about doing this next year, but if it is too kiddy we might pass.
 
Bring it on! Intestinal distress and all!:rotfl: (I live with males- I can take it sister!)
Food & Wine looks like so much fun! I can only imagine the variety of things available. :rolleyes:

HAHA! Good, glad it wasn't TMI for you!

Ouch, sorry about your stomach woes! That's the worst!

What did you think of Kim Possible? I did a mission in Germany, and while it was cute, I just thought, eh. I could see how kids would love it, though.

In better news, I may have gotten to the bottom of our China chicken mystery! I found this picture (hiding in my camera). It looks like the Chicken Urumqi is the chicken with cumin! It probably looks different in my picture because I have this food setting on my camera that apparently makes everything look brighter and more beautiful (works for me!). Plus, I slathered mine in red hot sauce. :scared1:
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I know you must be relieved we got to the bottom of that! :)

Wow, mystery solved!! Yes, I am glad you did that! Things like that bug me until I figure it out, so thanks! The sauce in your picture really did throw me off...

Great pics :) Love the stair walking one :) It is true that babies get more adventurous once they learn to walk. DF's niece loved to climb and would climb everything (nothing dangerous though).

Sorry you weren't feeling so good, was it defo the margaritas?

To second norybell's question, what was KP like? We are thinking about doing this next year, but if it is too kiddy we might pass.

It was definitely the margaritas!
 
Okay, Kim Possible...it was actually kind of fun. It worked a little differently than I thought. I thought you went around and did a little thing in each country but what actually happens is you go around and do like 5 or 6 things all in the SAME country. Basically it tells you where to go, shows you a picture of what to look for, then once you find it, you hit "ok" and something moves in a window or a sound from behind a rock. Things like that.

I really enjoyed the mission in China...in fact now that I'm remembering, we started in China before we went to Soarin' and were able to finish it when we got back. There weren't many other people around so everything that happened really was a surprise.

Then when you're done, it will say Kim needs help and is looking for agents and gives you a list of other countries that are available. I guess it depends on how many phones are already out in each country. So we did do one in Germany too and again Nicole and Tom went their seperate ways for food and drinks. I guess because I showed interest in it the first time, and know how to talk to 9-year-olds being a teacher, they assumed I was into it but it was not as fun. It was really crowded in Germany and the pavilion is much more compact than China so there were a LOT of other kids doing the same thing. And I wanted to get my eat and drink on too!! I feel like it would have been more fun if it was just Tom and me because we would do one mission, have a drink, do another, get something to eat. It wasn't as fun running after a 9 year old boy who had this as his only agenda for the day!

But I will say, he LOVED it and I think it was a brilliant, and perfectly fitting addition for kids in World Showcase. :thumbsup2
 
I so get you. I get acid reflux too. Actually take stomach pills everyday.

But for the past 2 weeks, I'm getting ARF(Acid Reflux pain hehe) pain every day!
 
We did the Kim Possible Mission in the UK. It was fun, I'm glad I did it...but there's no way I'm doing it on a day that was as crowded as that again! I can totally see the appeal for kids!
 
Not fun to have stomach problems while you're on vacation! That happened on our first WDW trip -- pretty much ruined at least half of a day for us (our first day at AK) because I was feeling so sick. I was happy that I really didn't have too much trouble with that on our last trip. Like Christy, I have chronic stomach problems and it flares up a lot based on what I eat, so I have to be careful, which isn't always easy (and definitely not fun) when you're on vacation!

Great updates...keep them coming! Emma is just SO adorable!
 
I did Kim Possible with my DS 10 and he LOVED it and cannot wait to do it again. We had the China mission too and he loved the ending so that was big fun for him. We are hoping to do it a few more times this trip and get different countries. It is something you have to enjoy doing with your kid and know the characters of the show to appreciate for sure. And you are right- crowded countries makes it less fun for everyone!
Acid reflux IS nasty isn't it- Pepcid every night before bed for me.:sad2:
No such thing as TMI for me I'm afraid... I am a nurse. You 'd be surprised at what people "share":eek:
 
I so get you. I get acid reflux too. Actually take stomach pills everyday.

But for the past 2 weeks, I'm getting ARF(Acid Reflux pain hehe) pain every day!

Ugh, totally stinks!

We did the Kim Possible Mission in the UK. It was fun, I'm glad I did it...but there's no way I'm doing it on a day that was as crowded as that again! I can totally see the appeal for kids!

I would like to do the UK, seems more spread out. Like I said, Germany was too compact.

Not fun to have stomach problems while you're on vacation! That happened on our first WDW trip -- pretty much ruined at least half of a day for us (our first day at AK) because I was feeling so sick. I was happy that I really didn't have too much trouble with that on our last trip. Like Christy, I have chronic stomach problems and it flares up a lot based on what I eat, so I have to be careful, which isn't always easy (and definitely not fun) when you're on vacation!

Great updates...keep them coming! Emma is just SO adorable!

Luckily, I don't get the stomach issues too often, this was the first time it hit me in WDW but it was quick!

I did Kim Possible with my DS 10 and he LOVED it and cannot wait to do it again. We had the China mission too and he loved the ending so that was big fun for him. We are hoping to do it a few more times this trip and get different countries. It is something you have to enjoy doing with your kid and know the characters of the show to appreciate for sure. And you are right- crowded countries makes it less fun for everyone!
Acid reflux IS nasty isn't it- Pepcid every night before bed for me.:sad2:
No such thing as TMI for me I'm afraid... I am a nurse. You 'd be surprised at what people "share":eek:

Haha, I can imagine! I actually don't know anything about the show and I don't think Nicholas did either, but he was still addicted to it! He actually got really mad when his mother told him he couldn't do another one.

How old do you think kids need to be to enjoy the missions?

Well, Nicholas is 9 and he loved it, although he needed a little help finding the right places and reading the clues. (The clues are also spoken so that helps!) I think 10 is probably the perfect age for it but can go a good amount of year before and after.
 
Thanx for the mini review on KP, sounds like it could be fun for me and DF (well mainly me, but he doesn't have a choice :cool1: ) From the sounds of it there are missions in all the countries in WS?
 
Thanx for the mini review on KP, sounds like it could be fun for me and DF (well mainly me, but he doesn't have a choice :cool1: ) From the sounds of it there are missions in all the countries in WS?

No sure if they are in ALL the countries but definitely a lot of them. When Nicholas finished his mission in China, it came up that there were other mission available and you got to choose your country...there were only 2 options but when he finished in Germany,...there were at least 5 listed. It all depends on how many "agents" are already in those countries.
 
Just wanted to say sorry about your cat. I know how you feel, we had to put our 15 year old cat to sleep 2 weeks ago. (A week before our GF Disney trip.) It didn't wreck our trip thankfully.
 
Hi! Just wanted to let you know I'm reading along and enjoying your report!

Denise

Great! So glad you are enjoying the TR!

Just wanted to say sorry about your cat. I know how you feel, we had to put our 15 year old cat to sleep 2 weeks ago. (A week before our GF Disney trip.) It didn't wreck our trip thankfully.

Aw, thanks and so sorry to hear about your cat. I'm glad it didn't effect your trip. With all that was going on between Jack dying, the start of school and then the trip...it actually hit me pretty hard just the past two weeks, even though now a month and a half has past. Hang in there. I still cry about Jack almost every day, I miss him terribly.
 












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