The Tweet Repeat: Live Twitter Trip Report Recap - Lots of Photos (Part 31 11/1/09)

[PAcpl]

Scott - Once again, great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Inside the Magic actually posted a lot of the videos on youtube. I spent a good amount of time just watching those

 

[scoot241]

Scott - Once again, great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Inside the Magic actually posted a lot of the videos on youtube. I spent a good amount of time just watching those

I was in WDW while D23 was going on, so I wasn't really looking for the videos at the time (wasn't really looking for audio either). Might go back and watch a few sometime.

 

[annnewjerz]

 

[scoot241]

After coming off of Spaceship Earth, we were overdue for some breakfast. In my usually up-to-date Disney memory, I told everyone else to go to Fountain View Café while I ran to Soarin' for FastPasses. On my way there, I notice some prominent ice cream signs, but don't think too much of it at the time.

When I get back, everyone's standing around in front of the fountain. What's the problem?

"Fountain View isn't open." What?!?

I go inspect some more. Fountain View has been turned into an ice cream shop! Where in EPCOT are you supposed to get breakfast now?

After looking around and seeing no sign of breakfast, I broke down and asked someone at Guest Services. He said to go through Innoventions East, and Espresso was on the other side. What in the world is Espresso?

Turns out, Espresso is a cart with coffee and pastries. However, these carts (we noticed others later on around EPCOT and it was the same case at all of them) do not take the DDP!

Meanwhile, it was break time nearby.

9/7/2009 10:29 AM EST BREAK TIME! http://twitpic.com/gufni

The Jammitors came over and played a set just outside Innoventions East.



I reiterated my thoughts on "Espresso" on Twitter:

9/7/2009 10:31 AM EST When did Fountain View stop serving breakfast? All they have now is this junky cart outside Energy that doesn't take DDP.

I was especially aggravated about this because I was looking forward to a cinnamon roll. That craving got rectified twice over, however.

After everyone got something to eat, we headed over to:



I enjoyed the ride on the Clammobiles. It was refreshing to finally see a ride in The (Living) Seas again.







After disembarking from our Clammobiles, we headed for Turtle Talk with Crush. Hailey and my sister sat in the front with the kids, while the rest of us sat on a bench. At some point, Crush mentions that he's going to take questions in a few minutes. A minute or two later, we hear "I have a question!" Naturally, it was Hailey. She actually plays this game with us where she says she has a question and then asks something like "What did you have for breakfast?" Then she says she has another question and keeps making up questions (some of which are not actually questions).

We heard her a couple more times, and the last time the CM in Turtle Talk was actually going to let her ask a question, but Crush picked someone else. She still enjoyed the show. The technology behind Turtle Talk is pretty cool; my wife and I had seen it in California and it still amazes me that it can pick out a person and their shirt color and other attributes.

After Turtle Talk, we wandered around the Seas for a few minutes and took some pictures of Hailey outside.





Then we headed over to the EPCOT Character Spot. I have to say that although this may not completely fit into Future World, it's a great idea. All five main characters are in one place at one time.

9/7/2009 11:51 AM EST At the EPCOT Character Spot. Line is a little long but not too bad.

This might be the longest line we waited in the entire trip; Hailey enjoyed it, though I think she was warming up to the characters a little bit at first. Each character signed her autograph book, and after she was done taking pictures, she would give each character a kiss on the cheek.





When she got to Minnie, she started warming up more.



Donald was when the real fun began.





9/7/2009 12:18 PM EST Had a blast in the character spot. Getting all five in one spot is very nice.

After getting out the Character Spot, we headed for The Land.

Coming up: will Hailey be tall enough for Soarin'?

 

[annnewjerz]

Very cute pictures from the Character Spot! I agree---that was the longest line we waited in last time we were in The World.

You know you can get some awesome breakfast in The Land Pavilion at Sunshine Seasons? They're a CS location, they're on the DDP and it seems they aren't usually very busy if you get there when the park opens.

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Hey there!
Loving your TR, and your photos - wow wow WOW! You are a great photographer! Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip

 

[scoot241]

Very cute pictures from the Character Spot! I agree---that was the longest line we waited in last time we were in The World.

You know you can get some awesome breakfast in The Land Pavilion at Sunshine Seasons? They're a CS location, they're on the DDP and it seems they aren't usually very busy if you get there when the park opens.

Thanks!

Character Spot was the longest line we were in, but it really wasn't that long.

I'll have to keep Sunshine Seasons in mind for breakfast next time. We were trying to use our snack credits for breakfast.

Hey there!
Loving your TR, and your photos - wow wow WOW! You are a great photographer! Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip

Welcome and thank you so much!

 

[scoot241]

When we left Character Spot, we decided to use our FastPasses I retrieved earlier for Soarin'. This is a ride that only my wife and I had done in the past at DLR and enjoyed it very much.

I didn't get too many pictures of The Land, but here are the signs:





When we got down to the bottom floor and to the Soarin' entrance, the CMs asked Hailey to get measured. Now, this is the first ride with a height requirement we rode the entire trip, so I didn't know how this was going to play out. I did know that Hailey is right near 40", but my measurements said she was just under. When she stands up extra straight, she is extremely close.

Hailey stands under the bar that's there, and she's just under it as I expected. She stands up extra-straight and we're trying to get her head to touch by telling her to do different things like put her finger on the top of her head, take a deep breath, etc. The CMs really did try their best, too, although I do believe she touched the bar at one time. The CMs must have missed it, and they must have seen the tiniest bit of light between the bar and the top of her head. After about five minutes, they decided she wasn't going to be able to ride. Naturally she was disappointed, and she and Grammy (who thought she wouldn't like it because she can get motion sickness sometimes) stayed out while the rest of us rode Soarin'.

In the queue, we started talking about lunch and spoke to a lady behind us who apparently was another big Disney fan. I hadn't made a firm plan; I just knew it would be counter service. She suggested either Sunshine Seasons or Cantina de San Angel.

9/7/2009 1:11 PM EDT Soarin' was fun as usual... Hailey didn't quite make 40" though

When we came out, Hailey and Grammy were by the FastPass machines. Turns out that they went to see Circle of Life while we rode. We still had two FastPasses, so we convinced my mom that she would enjoy it, so she and my dad rode again. The rest of us waited at one of the tables by Sunshine Seasons.

After about a half hour, they came out and we talked about lunch. I checked out Sunshine Seasons while they were riding; no one seemed too interested in what they were serving, and my dad was very interested in Cantina de San Angel (unusual because he's usually not a huge Mexican eater) so we decided to head to Mexico for lunch.



We headed out and made our way to World Showcase for the first time of the trip.

Coming up: lunch and fun in Mexico

Bonus picture: I was inspired by another Flickr user to work on my picture of the Greeks in Spaceship Earth.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

So did Grammy like Soarin?

 

[scoot241]

Side note: this will probably be the last update this week. I'm leaving for Louisiana after work tomorrow and coming back Sunday. I know how disappointed everyone is, but think of it as something to look forward to next week (or something like that).

 

[scoot241]

So did Grammy like Soarin?

She did indeed like Soarin'.

 

[VBsHustla]

Yay my sis let me know you have a TR and I was delighted to check out a report from one of our twitter pals! I love the tweet incorporation. Unfortunate that the majority of our tweets were so random and weird or we might have to steal that formatting! I also love all your pics, particularly the Spaceship Earth shots.

 

[scoot241]

Yay my sis let me know you have a TR and I was delighted to check out a report from one of our twitter pals! I love the tweet incorporation. Unfortunate that the majority of our tweets were so random and weird or we might have to steal that formatting! I also love all your pics, particularly the Spaceship Earth shots.

Thanks for joining up! I just read the first part of yall's TR and I have a feeling it's going to be good.

I just got back from LA and was delighted to find my PhotoPass CD in the mailbox and somewhat disturbed that my Mad Tea Party poster was left on the porch for an unknown amount of time (more on the poster ordering situation later).

Hopefully I'll have a new update tomorrow.

 

[scoot241]

Hi everyone. For the first time ever, I entered a photo into the DIS' Photography Board weekly contest. It's a photo that we haven't quite made it to yet in the Trip Report, so if you feel inclined to vote for me click this link:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2295449

and vote for letter B. It's a photo of Goofy and Hailey at Chef Mickey's. In exchange, I'll post about more of my trip tonight.

Thanks!

 

[UncleOrville]

I did feel inclined to vote for your photo, so you've got a vote from me! That really is a fantastic photo, as are all of the shots you've shared here. Loving the TR - keep up the great work!

 

[scoot241]

We made the trek from The Land back to Mexico (also known as South Texas). Cantina de San Angel was the restaurant of choice since we were using CS credits. I had the Cantina Burrito, which was fairly tasty. My wife enjoyed the Plato Combonacion. Hailey had the Plato del Nino and ate it up (she likes quesadillas). My parents and sister either had the Cantina Burrito or the Plato Combonacion (can't remember who had what right now). Someone tell Cantina de San Angel they need more creative names for their food.

While we were eating, a flock of birds was hanging out and trying to get any crumb of food dropped:

9/7/2009 2:11 PM EDT Name that bird: http://twitpic.com/gv8s6

Here's the Cantina de San Angel mini-review, with my thoughts on their desserts:

9/7/2009 2:13 PM EDT Had the burrito at Cantina de San Angel. Pretty good; churro would be better if it was hot. The other dessert is ok.

The other dessert was Bunuelos. They came pre-packaged like you would buy in a store. Hollow with some sugar on top, they weren't much to remember.

After lunch, we went inside the Mexico pavillion.







9/7/2009 2:33 PM About to take the Gran Fiesta Tour.







Hailey certainly enjoyed the Gran Fiesta Tour, and I thought it was pretty good too. It had been a long time since I had ridden, and I thought the updates worked well.

Coming up: The Senses... I mean Imagination Pavillion

 

[Kurby]

wow just found this thread - wish i had known about the live tweets

time to read TR

 

[scoot241]

wow just found this thread - wish i had known about the live tweets

time to read TR

Thanks for joining. I posted about the live tweets in a couple of places; we need a place where all the Twitter people can see who's live tweeting.

 

[scoot241]

After telling Donald and the two parrots (I don't know their names, and I don't feel like looking it up, so we'll call them Combinacion and Cantina Burrito, in honor of the very creative names for the food at Cantina de San Angel), we headed for the Imagination Pavilion.



I've always liked the reverse waterfall. Maybe I just have a strange liking for things to go in reverse, but that doesn't make sense because one of the few things that can give me motion sickness is riding backward.



A little setup for this next picture: we have watched The Muppets in Walt Disney World about 1,000 times. For those of you who haven't seen it, there's a scene by the jumping fountains where Bean Bunny and Scooter are conversing and Bean hits one of the streams of water with his lollipop. So naturally once Hailey saw the jumping fountains she was very excited and started running around saying "Bean hits the water with a lollipop!"



Thankfully, she didn't take a liking to the scene where Gonzo enjoys the "used paper cup exhibit" (sticks his head in a trash can).

After enjoying the jumping fountains, we rode Journey Into Imagination.



I already had my JIY rant, so I'm not going to repeat myself here. If for some strange reason you want to read it again, click here: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33671495&postcount=58

We had 5:30 PM dinner reservations at Chef Mickey's, so after we got off of Imagination, we started heading for the monorail. I checked Twitter and saw a message from @DisneyParks which I immediately re-tweeted because I wanted that pin.

9/7/2009 4:07 PM EDT RT @DisneyParks Unique limited edition 9/9/9 pin available this week at WDW http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/pin?id=46265 - let me know if you see this please!

Now I'm not a pin collector/trader, but that's a pin I had to have. I don't even know what it looks like, because that link doesn't work properly on my iPhone. The search begins...

Coming up: the search for the 9/9/9 pin and a diversion on the way to the monorail