My Jan'11 Birthday TR A day of sickness, a night of rain, and a week of fun and food.

[katoot]

A little late getting started, but I'm in. My wife and I were staying at Pop the same time as your family...same building, in fact!

 

[jesemeca]

A little late getting started, but I'm in. My wife and I were staying at Pop the same time as your family...same building, in fact!

I don't know if you remember or not, but I am the girl that asked you if you were on this site. We rode the bus back to POP from Magic Kingdom one night and I recognized you from your PTR.

 

[katoot]

Ah yes! I was trying to remember what night that was. If it was a bus from MK, then it would have been Wednesday night, right?

 

[taylor91]

Looks like you have had just an amazing time so far. Love all your photos and your descriptions of each day It's such a shame you got ill, but at least you recovered quickly and got to enjoy the next day and to see MK finally again Looking forward to the next update

 

[jesemeca]

I forgot to add in my Photo Pass from our first day in Magic Kingdom. Everyone one of them has Cinderella Castle in the background.


First one of the day.


My mom, me and my nanny.




The lady that took these two pictures, told me that I was too cute, she told me that she was gonna put me on the castle. I don't remember seeing it, but it was still nice to be told that.


Main Street Electrical Parade


Elliot, from Pete's Dragon. My favorite from Main Street Electrical Parade.









I stopped at every photographer down Main Street. I figured if I already paid for it, I might as well take advantage of it. So I have lots of pictures of me on Main Street. Not that that's a bad thing. I love being on Main Street. I just wish they would take some at different angles. I never thought to ask though, can you ask them to take the picture a different way?

Another update should be posted later today.

 

[jesemeca]

This morning was the Popper’s Dis Meet. There were only three of us that made it this morning but I still enjoyed the company. When I first walked into the food court I was nervous. I didn’t know what anyone looked like or if they were even going to show. Eventually, Carebee21 and her son made there way over to me. They had arrived earlier than me and had already gotten breakfast. I went and got my breakfast and joined them. A little while later rjmum and her daughter joined us. It was very nice meeting them, after having talked online for quite some time. It felt like meeting with old friends. While I didn’t see Carebee21 anymore, I ran into rjmum a few more times.

While still eating the music came on for everyone to do the twist. (At Pop Century, every morning the workers lead everyone in doing the twist. In the afternoon/evening the lead everyone in the hustle.) I asked Carebee21’s son if had seen them do that before. He told me no, so we went to watch. Then his mom and rjmum and her daughter joined us. This is the only picture I have of our meeting. I wish I would have gotten someone to take a group picture of us.



After breakfast, it was off to Epcot.



Epcot would be my 2nd favorite. I may not ride as many rides here, but I love the atmosphere. Starting with Spaceship Earth. I know the guidebooks and touring plans all tell you to save this ride till later, but for me, it’s not Epcot till I ride Spaceship Earth.



Before even getting to the ride, I of course, made us stop for photopass pictures. The guy here this morning was very happy and just kept snapping away. These are a few of my favorites.









Now it was finally time for the ride. I have always enjoyed this ride. My favorite part has to be the burning of Rome. That smell just signifies Epcot for me. I have smelled things burning before and been transported back to Spaceship Earth. It’s amazing what a memory a smell can bring back.



I accidently took this picture with the flash on. Sorry.



This is me, but in the future. I love how the camera can’t detect Mickey ears. You would think that with the amount of people that wear them, the ride would have been able to detect them.

 

[jesemeca]

My nanny was the only one who wanted to go on Soarin, so we told her to go now. Before the wait got to long. At this point it was only about a 20 minute wait, which I figured wasn’t too bad. Fastpasses though weren’t for until evening time.

While my nanny rode, I left my mom inside and I went in search of a smoking section. I have to say, this one had a lot of nice scenery for me.









After I finished taking too many pictures again, I went and found my mom and nanny. Next up, Living with the Land. I love this ride. I especially love it at night, but we didn’t get a chance to do that this trip.

 

[jesemeca]

I love Finding Nemo, but I don’t love these birds. After the first few times, it gets aggravating. I couldn’t imagine working there, where I would have to hear that all day every day. I’d go nuts. LOL.

We made our way over to Test Track. My nanny wanted to ride and the Times Board showed a short wait. I went off in search of another smoking section and took pictures, while my mom waited where my nanny could see.











It was now time for Journey into Your Imagination. Figment has always been a favorite of mine. I loved the original ride, but I will take what I can get. I don’t really remember the second version, but I’ve been told that’s a good thing. I have a picture of Dreamfinder, Figment, and I from years ago. I will have to search for that one.

 

[jesemeca]

After visiting Figment, we started walking towards World Showcase. About halfway down, my mom and nanny get stopped by the DVC lady(as I called her). They talked about wanting DVC, but can’t afford it, maybe Jessica should get it and we could just use hers. While they were doing that, I spotted a PhotoPass guy and ran off.







After waiting in line and getting my picture taken, my mom and nanny were still talking. So I went in search of yet another smoking section. Have you noticed, I do that a lot when I’m waiting for someone.

 

[jesemeca]

This young lady, Flor, signed my Autograph/Birthday Book. I had someone from each country around World Showcase to write me a birthday message in their native language. I also asked them not to translate it. I like it better the way it is. Sorry for the bad picture, I had to take a picture of the page in the book. Here’s her message:





My mom trying on a sombrero.

Now it was time for the Gran Fiesta with The Three Caballeros. (Is that even the right name? LOL) There was absolutely no wait for this ride. Complete opposite from the lines at Magic Kingdom yesterday. As we were boarding my mom asked the lady working if we could take flash pictures. You should have seen how happy my mom got when the lady said yes.











This is the new restaurant in Mexico, Hacienda something. Sorry, I don’t remember the name. I wanted to eat there, but no one else did, so I just followed them to lunch. That was a mistake. You’ll find out more about that later.

 

[jesemeca]

We made our way on over to Norway next.





Madeline signed my Birthday Book:





This is supposed to be my Viking pose. I don’t really see it, but I still like the picture.



This is my mom and nanny’s Viking pose. I really don’t know what this photographer was thinking that these are Viking poses.





This is the only picture I have from Maelstrom. I don’t care for this ride. I usually close my eyes the whole time. I know I’m a scaredy cat, but I don’t care.



I do like trolls though. I have an original troll, that my great aunt brought back from Norway. The troll is one ugly woman, but I love her. She is the protector of my room. But when I first got her, I had to but a towel over her at night. The shadow she made scared the crap out of me. LOL.

 

[jesemeca]

By this time everyone was ready for lunch. My mom and nanny wanted to go eat at the Liberty Inn. So we bypassed China, Germany and Italy, to make our way to the American Pavilion. I had a burger that was topped with ham and provolone cheese. This was my least favorite thing I ate the whole trip. The burger was extremely dry and had very little taste, the ham was cold and the cheese never melted.



We then backtracked it to China.









This is the girl(Sorry, I don’t have her name.) that signed my Birthday Book:



Germany was our next stop.





Erika, above, signed my Birthday Book for me:





Can you believe that we went through the new Caramel shop in Germany and didn’t take any pictures? I know, I know, shame on me. I will do better next time. LOL.

 

[jesemeca]

We made our way over to Italy next.



Laura was the next to sign my Birthday Book:









These were taken from the smoking section in Italy. My mom and nanny had gone shopping. After they were done we saw the mime perform. I can’t think of his name, somebody help me. I don’t have any pictures of him either. We were behind a crowd, I do have a little video of him, but you can’t see much in that either.

Back to American Adventure we go.



I watched the Fife and Drum Corp perform for a few minutes, while they shopped again. When we first walked into the pavilion, they had a lot of characters on the side of the building. I tried to go hunt some down, but all the lines were closing.



Suzette signed my Birthday Book for me and a guy that I don’t remember his name drew the picture for me:

 

[cadek]

Hi, followed you over from another TR. We were there the same week as you!

I love all of your photopass pictures. I like to take advantage of them too, but the rest of my family, not so much!

What a shame that you were sick and missed a day in the parks. At least it was only a day!

I love the new Magic, Memories and you show. I think it's amazing! The part with Walt at the end makes me tear up too. I'm reading a book about Walt Disney right now. I'm just amazed at everything he and Roy accomplished. I bought quite a few books about WDW in the gift shop on that rainy, tornado warning night! Now I just need time to read them all!

I can't wait to read more!

 

[Caretames1]

Holy Cow!, I subbed to your TR, but never posted. DUH, I'm having a moment!

Anyway, I haven't had time to finish catching up yet, but when the kids aren't bugging me for attention, I will,

Sorry you got sick, I swear I can be healthy for years, and then BAM something happens right when important stuff is happening!

Enjoying your pictures, I just love looking at everyone photos!

Carey

 

[jesemeca]

Hi, followed you over from another TR. We were there the same week as you!

I love all of your photopass pictures. I like to take advantage of them too, but the rest of my family, not so much!

What a shame that you were sick and missed a day in the parks. At least it was only a day!

I love the new Magic, Memories and you show. I think it's amazing! The part with Walt at the end makes me tear up too. I'm reading a book about Walt Disney right now. I'm just amazed at everything he and Roy accomplished. I bought quite a few books about WDW in the gift shop on that rainy, tornado warning night! Now I just need time to read them all!

I can't wait to read more!

Hi! Thanks for joining in!

I had pre-purchased the Photo Pass, so I stopped at everyone I saw. I even made some take multiples. LOL. I figured if I paid that much for it, I was gonna take as many as I could.

As far as getting sick, I'd rather be sick at WDW than sick at home. The Cast Members at POP were wonderful.

I The Magic, The Memories and You. And I that it is right before Wishes. It's my two favorites one right after another. What more could a Disney lovin' girl ask for?

I'll be getting to that lovely rain shower in the next update or two. Ok, maybe three. LOL. I should have at least a one more update tonight.

Holy Cow!, I subbed to your TR, but never posted. DUH, I'm having a moment!

Anyway, I haven't had time to finish catching up yet, but when the kids aren't bugging me for attention, I will,

Sorry you got sick, I swear I can be healthy for years, and then BAM something happens right when important stuff is happening!

Enjoying your pictures, I just love looking at everyone photos!

Carey

Hello! Thanks for joining in!

It's okay that you didn't post before. I've been lurking on your report since you started. LOL.

Can't wait to hear what you think once you've caught up. I love hearing from everyone that reads. I always get alot of views, but not many posts.

The sickness wasn't the worst thing that could've happen. Not the best, but not the worst. I still enjoyed myself the rest of the days. Plus I have a trip in September/October to look forward to.

I took over 2000 pictures on this trip. There are lots more coming. I may not be the best, but I love taking pictures.

 

[jesemeca]

Next we went to Japan.





I enjoyed browsing stores. I almost did the Pick A Pearl, but the line was very long. I may do it when we go back in October.



This young lady signed my Birthday Book.



And here is her message:



Morocco was our next stop.



This is the young lady that signed my Birthday Book.



And this is what she wrote:



(That’s my name at the top, in green.)

I had never realized how far back you could go in each country. I went all the way to the back in Morocco. It is such a beautiful pavilion.



On our way to our next destination, we saw Mo’Rockin performing.

 

[jesemeca]

France was our next stop on our trip around the world.









As you can see in the above picture, the sky was getting dark. I was starting to worry about the rain. I was just hoping we would make it through dinner before it poured. That didn’t work quite as planned.

Julien signed my birthday book for me. He was quite funny. Asking if the book was really for me. He didn’t believe that I really was getting the book signed for myself.



And here is what he wrote:



Here are some of our photo pass pictures from France.



This is my mom in front of the fountain.





And these are me in front of the fountain.



Here I am on the bridge between France and United Kingdom.

 

[jesemeca]

After a little photo session on the bridge, we entered The United Kingdom.





I would like to try The Rose and Crown, one of these days.



I like how there is almost no one else in this picture. You can kinda see someone next to the pole. If it weren’t for that, it would be a perfect picture.

This is Lorna, who signed my birthday book for me.



Here is her message for me:



From inside the store.







Okay at this point it was time for the British Invasion to perform. When we came back in May/June, I tried to watch the band and then get my picture with them while wearing my Beatles shirt. I got rained out that day. I mean it poured on me. It was a very bad storm that I was caught in. So I was trying to redeem myself this time. We start watching the show and within 10 minutes it starts to sprinkle. We keep watching for a few more minutes, but then start making our way to dinner. So that was strike two. I am no longer allowed to wear a Beatles shirt to Epcot. LOL.





Up next, Canada and dinner finally.

 

[jesemeca]

Canada was our last stop on our worldwide trip.



Catherine was the last to sign my birthday book.



Here is her message to me:



I had never been to the back or upper part of Canada Pavilion before. It was beautiful. I loved the waterfalls. When we were walking up the stairs there were some women looking over the side of the waterfall. One was a CM who was fishing something out of the water. One of the women dropped her hat in the water and the CM was getting it out with a really long grabber. They all took a picture with the lady who saved the hat.





It was now time for the reservation I had been waiting for, Le Cellier. Because of the rain we walked over almost an hour early. We weren’t trying to check in early, we just wanted to get out of the rain. Well the lady at the counter checked us in and asked us to wait. She said it may be awhile before we would be seated. We completely understood. We just didn’t want to miss the reservation. Not even 5 minutes after we sit down, they call our name. An hour early! Le Cellier seated us an hour early!



That’s the best I could get.

I had the Filet Mignon with roasted potatoes. The reason it is in a to go container is because I wasn’t that hungry. I took it back to the hotel and enjoyed it later. The food was really delicious.



For dessert I had the Chocolate Moose.



Today was a family friend’s birthday, so this is us toasting her.



After dinner we started the trek to the buses. It was pouring outside and windy. We made our way to Mouse Gears, where I had to make a few purchases. Then we made it to the front entrance. This is the only night shot I have of Epcot.