AngieBelle
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Today, I went to Epcot mainly to check out the doll and teddy bear wkend thing. You are not going to believe what happened there!
When I arrived at the former Millenium Village, I browsed through each of the many merchants booths. I heard an annoucement that a doll demonstation show was about to start and thought that sounded like fun, so I took a seat.
The hosts were a man and a woman who designed dolls for Precious Moments. After they talked to us about what they did, they chose 5 volunteers to create dolls with a handful of wigs and outfits and doll bodies while blindfolded. I wasn't picked, but then they pointed out that they had 5 people but only 3 dolls. The 2 men on stage were then asked to *be* dolls, and the woman picked 2 more to dress them up. lol. This time, she did chose me! (She called me the shy quiet girl over there and said I needed to come up.) I put a wig, hat, and large dress on a middle aged man.
Ok, I'll get to the really neat part- all the participants were given free prototype Precious Moments dolls! I'm not talking little bity things either. Those who designed a doll got theirs plus a small one. I got a 10 inch brunette in a doctor outfit, a smock covered in ducklings. The designers signed them for us too! The woman told me to visit her at her booth to get mine signed, and when I came over there, she handed me a 16 inch Cinderella doll! She said she felt bad that everyone else had also received the doll she designed along with a smaller one and I hadn't so she wanted to give me this one too.
My Cinderella is a much bigger prototype of a PM doll that they were selling for $50. They had made only 100 of them for an event that ended up getting canceled. Wow! My doll must be the only one of her kind!
And get this- it doesn't end there. Shortly afterward was a teddy bear presentation in which they raffled off a handful of different bears. They were on the very last bear. The first number they called was someone who wasn't there. The next number, however, was mine!
I really hit the jackpot today- 2 dolls and a Hard Rock Cafe bear dressed like the Statue of Liberty that originally sold for $20! This is nuts- I never win anything!
(Sorry for all the exclamation points, but can you blame me?)
I didn't stay at the park as long as I originally planned because my arms were tired of toting around 2 big dolls. I got some fun reactions to them though.
I found pinapple cream Pocky in Japan. MMmmmmmm.
I ran into MommytoMJM in America along with her husband and MJ herself. They invited me to hang with them, but we were circling the World Showcase in opposite directions, and I didn't want to backtrack.
After I left, I decided to browse Downtown Disney. I hadn't seen Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo Botique since it opened so I got to check that out. It's so cute! I wish they had something like that when I was little. I would have been all over this princesses franchise. I've heard adults can get it done too, but I think I'd only do it if I had a friend doing it along with me.
I had a sandwich at the Earl of Sandwich- the All-American with turkey, buttermilk ranch, cranberries, and chedder. Heaven!
When I arrived at the former Millenium Village, I browsed through each of the many merchants booths. I heard an annoucement that a doll demonstation show was about to start and thought that sounded like fun, so I took a seat.
The hosts were a man and a woman who designed dolls for Precious Moments. After they talked to us about what they did, they chose 5 volunteers to create dolls with a handful of wigs and outfits and doll bodies while blindfolded. I wasn't picked, but then they pointed out that they had 5 people but only 3 dolls. The 2 men on stage were then asked to *be* dolls, and the woman picked 2 more to dress them up. lol. This time, she did chose me! (She called me the shy quiet girl over there and said I needed to come up.) I put a wig, hat, and large dress on a middle aged man.
Ok, I'll get to the really neat part- all the participants were given free prototype Precious Moments dolls! I'm not talking little bity things either. Those who designed a doll got theirs plus a small one. I got a 10 inch brunette in a doctor outfit, a smock covered in ducklings. The designers signed them for us too! The woman told me to visit her at her booth to get mine signed, and when I came over there, she handed me a 16 inch Cinderella doll! She said she felt bad that everyone else had also received the doll she designed along with a smaller one and I hadn't so she wanted to give me this one too.
My Cinderella is a much bigger prototype of a PM doll that they were selling for $50. They had made only 100 of them for an event that ended up getting canceled. Wow! My doll must be the only one of her kind!
And get this- it doesn't end there. Shortly afterward was a teddy bear presentation in which they raffled off a handful of different bears. They were on the very last bear. The first number they called was someone who wasn't there. The next number, however, was mine!
I really hit the jackpot today- 2 dolls and a Hard Rock Cafe bear dressed like the Statue of Liberty that originally sold for $20! This is nuts- I never win anything!
(Sorry for all the exclamation points, but can you blame me?)
I didn't stay at the park as long as I originally planned because my arms were tired of toting around 2 big dolls. I got some fun reactions to them though.
I found pinapple cream Pocky in Japan. MMmmmmmm.
I ran into MommytoMJM in America along with her husband and MJ herself. They invited me to hang with them, but we were circling the World Showcase in opposite directions, and I didn't want to backtrack.
After I left, I decided to browse Downtown Disney. I hadn't seen Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo Botique since it opened so I got to check that out. It's so cute! I wish they had something like that when I was little. I would have been all over this princesses franchise. I've heard adults can get it done too, but I think I'd only do it if I had a friend doing it along with me.
I had a sandwich at the Earl of Sandwich- the All-American with turkey, buttermilk ranch, cranberries, and chedder. Heaven!
!!!!!
