The Year of Disney Trips: ***Update!!!! 8/20/08****

[KatGarcia]

the first cliffhanger of the new year....

 

[DisneyJo]

As we left Norway on our way to China I hear someone calling me by my full name.
All I could think of, was who's calling me by my full name, and actually saying it right?!

Ooooooooo I know, I know

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Oh, a great start to the new year...an update

So, who was calling your name

Thanks! I figure I need to get a move on on this TR. You'll find out soon enough!

I agree about the burgers at EU, they are not very good, just ok.

I am pretty sure I know who you ran into in China!

Well I'm glad I didn't try them. Shhhh Lessa.

great update and pics.

Thanks Scott!

the first cliffhanger of the new year....

Woohooo!!!

Ooooooooo I know, I know

Jo, Shhhhhhh

 

[puggymom]

HI Z, I am all caught up, you may continue

So who did you meet?

 

[PrincessAlways]

I've eaten at EU. What can you say? It's Disney "fastfood"! It works.
So.....ok,ok,ok....who was calling your name????

 

[TEminnie]

I wanna know how to say your full name now too!
Do I have to have a British accent to do it right???

I haven't ridden the new Mexico ride yet--did u like it better than the old one?

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

As we left Norway on our way to China I hear someone calling me by my full name.
All I could think of, was who's calling me by my full name, and actually saying it right?!

Wait, I'm confused! Is this the August trip?

If it is then .... I know! I know!!

If it's not then....

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

HI Z, I am all caught up, you may continue

So who did you meet?

Hi Mo! You'll find out soon!

I've eaten at EU. What can you say? It's Disney "fastfood"! It works.
So.....ok,ok,ok....who was calling your name????

I agree, although some of theier "fastfood" is better than others.
Soon!

I wanna know how to say your full name now too!
Do I have to have a British accent to do it right???

I haven't ridden the new Mexico ride yet--did u like it better than the old one?

Ok pronouncing my name 101:
Name: ZORYLEE
Zo (long O)- ree (long E's)- lee
put it all together: Zorylee (no British accent necessary)

I honestly don't remember much of the old ride, and I'm one of the few that enjoy the new one, ya know since it stars my main dude.

Wait, I'm confused! Is this the August trip?

If it is then .... I know! I know!!

If it's not then....

Still August (I know I'm way behind! )

Update next!

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Someone is saying Zorylee in a lovely accent and repeats it and I look up to see Jo!!

OMG! I think I actually said that too. I say "Jo!" And give her a hug , she looked kinda taken aback by that, but I was caught in the moment and so excited to finally meet someone from the DIS that I “knew” and I felt like I knew her so didn’t think twice about the hug. (Sorry if I scared you Jo.) We start chatting and her daughters start talking too and they are all so lovely with their accents. Then Jo’s youngest daughter points to her head and says, “look” and I look and see mouse ears, then I notice their Dream Ears right as Jo says,“We won a dream.” I was so happy for them and asked them where they won them and they explained winning them whilst in line for Soarin’. Jo mentioned how bummed they were that they couldn’t ride TT (and anyone who’s read Jo’s TR knows how much she and her family loves TT), and they were headed back to see if they could ride it before heading off because they were still jet lagged from the traveling. Before we left though I made my friends take a pic who, like Jo’s DH, were just lingering in the background thinking how crazy we were.

Here’s my version of the pic (which I made Jo’s DH join in on hee! No wonder he thinks I’m crazy):

So we bid each other goodbye and told her I’d be looking for them throughout the week. Sadly we never met up again, my DIS radar isn’t very good yet and even though I did look, never saw Jo or any other DISers again.

We continued into China and I was still on my DIS meet high and trying to explain to all my friends who Jo was and they just smiled and let me be happy in my own little world. They just don’t understand.

So we walked into the calmness of China

the movie was about to start and even though I’ve been advised by many on the DIS that it’s a great movie, we just weren’t up to it. So we browsed the Tomb Warriors exhibition and then the gift shops. Here I am meditating as I wait for my friends as they browse the shops:

We continued our tour around the World and as we were approaching Germany we came upon this little lady and her sidekick:

She was very “on” and sounded very much like Snow White. She asked my friend Isis and I if we had Princes and when I told her “no” she told me to go to the Wishing Well and make a wish for a Prince. Awwwww. Of course after that I had the freakin’ song in my head. You know the one:

“I’m Wishing (I’m wishing), for the one I love
To find me (to find me) today.”

Over and over it went, it got very annoying.

We browsed Germany and it was pretty empty which was cool.

Yani and I spotted Isis over by the beer counter

We headed on over with her and sat in the shade as we waited for Yani’s BF who was still browsing around the pavilion. He finally returned and we were done with our beer and headed off to Italy.

Ahhh Italia, it’s so pretty and once again pretty empty, so this time I actually headed inside since I never really browsed it last time and we took some obligatory pics by the fountain:

We had an ADR at 4pm and we had some time to kill; we figured we couldn’t finish off WS before our ADR so we were gonna take the friendship boat back towards the entrance of WS so we wouldn’t have to keep walking in the sun which was now brutally beating down on us to get to the restaurant. Unfortunately we had just missed the boat so we were stuck waiting. Fortunately for us the comedy troupe show in Italy was just starting, so Isis and I took a seat whilst Yani & her BF waited for the boat. If you’ve never seen the show, I highly recommend it! These guys were hilarious! They did a take on Romeo and Juliet, but renamed it, I forget what it was now, but it was great and the 2 people they picked from the audience to play the two lovers were great and played along fabulously. I wish I would’ve recorded it, but it was so hot and we were getting so hungry that we just sat there and laughed and enjoyed the show. Yani called us to tell us the boat had arrived and Isis and I bid Italy adieu and jogged on over to the slow boat back to the WS entrance. Oh my goodness, the boat was s l o w and hot! We were very happy to get off, but I did get a nice pic.

We still had some time to kill so we opted to get out of the heat and browse the gift shop in front of the lagoon until it was time to eat.


Up next, real Food Porn.


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[scottny]

how nice you got to see another diser. next time don't scare with the hugs.
great as usual.
I will look for that act in italy while I am there.

 

[Miz Diz]

When you were waiting in line at Soarin' did they play any games? I hear they started playing games in line now. To help pass the time.

Thanks for clearing up your name. I was thinking Zory like Dory.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I knew it was Jo you ran into.

I love all the fun fountain pictures you guys took in the different countries. How lucky for you that World Showcase was not crowded.

 

[DisneyJo]

Someone is saying Zorylee in a lovely accent and repeats it and I look up to see Jo!!

Yay I was right I really did wonder if it was you as I had to say your name several times before you looked round

OMG! I think I actually said that too. I say "Jo!" And give her a hug , she looked kinda taken aback by that, but I was caught in the moment and so excited to finally meet someone from the DIS that I “knew” and I felt like I knew her so didn’t think twice about the hug. (Sorry if I scared you Jo.)

You set the presedent (sp?) for the whole trip all DISers I met got a big hug huh T

We start chatting and her daughters start talking too and they are all so lovely with their accents.

You're so kind

(and anyone who’s read Jo’s TR knows how much she and her family loves TT),

Hey What are you saying And nope we didn't get to ride it that day we still rode it 14 times that trip though

We continued into China and I was still on my DIS meet high and trying to explain to all my friends who Jo was and they just smiled and let me be happy in my own little world. They just don’t understand.

Nope they don't do they

We continued our tour around the World and as we were approaching Germany we came upon this little lady and her sidekick:

Oh wow we would have loved to see Dopey!!!

She was very “on” and sounded very much like Snow White. She asked my friend Isis and I if we had Princes and when I told her “no” she told me to go to the Wishing Well and make a wish for a Prince. Awwwww. Of course after that I had the freakin’ song in my head.

That is so sweet and so funny about the song, so did you sing it all day yesterday after typing it?

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

how nice you got to see another diser. next time don't scare with the hugs.
great as usual.
I will look for that act in italy while I am there.

It really is funny and the audience participates with Romeo and Juliet quotes.

When you were waiting in line at Soarin' did they play any games? I hear they started playing games in line now. To help pass the time.

Thanks for clearing up your name. I was thinking Zory like Dory.

I didn't see any, there really wasn't a line so I wasn't paying attention. They do have games though they're some sort of sensor (like Wii) interactive ones.

Yeah Zory like Dory goes too.

I knew it was Jo you ran into.

I love all the fun fountain pictures you guys took in the different countries. How lucky for you that World Showcase was not crowded.

Well Jo kinda spilled the meet back in oh Sept. . OMG I never realized all our fountain pics , there's more of those to come.

Yay I was right I really did wonder if it was you as I had to say your name several times before you looked round

I know, sorry . I had been looking for you all day and figured I'd never see you in the WS.

Oh wow we would have loved to see Dopey!!!

That is so sweet and so funny about the song, so did you sing it all day yesterday after typing it?

He really is cute.
Actually no!

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Our ADR approached quickly and we braved the heat and headed back to WS for an early dinner at one of the most coveted restaurants in WDW:

As we approached we saw the bears from Brother Bear leaving, poor guys it must’ve sucked so much to be in those suits in the August heat.

We gave our info to the hostess and the place was empty so we took a seat in the lovely AC again. Ahhhhhh. While we were waiting a few people tried to walk-in for dining and were refused. The hostess told them they were booked solid until January.

The place quickly got packed and they still hadn’t seated anyone, we were slightly early for our ADR. As we were waiting we see the wait staff assembling and then they call for everyone’s attention and announce that they have a tradition before starting and they start singing. It was really nice and some of the Canadian waiters were cute.

Our name was called and we were seated, what area or province or whatever I don’t even remember. We did have a really nice waiter, Barry, who kept saying, “Pardon the reach.” When clearing our table; the best waiter I’ve ever had at WDW IMO. He took our drink orders and Yani’s BF and I started “Eh-ing” each other. Isis and Yani were a little clueless as to why we were talking like that. We couldn’t help it though. (sorry Lessa) We got these delicious things first:

Some real food porn :

I forgot to take pics of our appy’s, Isis got the best though with the Canadian Cheese soup. Ohhh it was delicious and I wish I would've ordered it.

Here are our entrée’s (sorry some are blurry):

This was mine 'cause I love me the gnocchi. Mmmm

Dessert

I had to get the Moosehead

And because we enjoyed his service so much, our server Barry. He looks high in the pic eh? haha!

Everything was absolutely delicious and I can see why it’s so in demand. Here’s our review of Le Cellier:

 

[jcc0621]

Doh Forgot about the Jo meet!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I forgive you for all the eh's Z. We Canadians make fun of Americans so it is only fair that you make fun of us as well.

 

[scottny]

great update and pics.

 

[Disneyolic]

Wow ... it seems like long ago that you met up with Jo! You are so slow with your TR writing. You have me really wanting some Le Cellier ...

 

[LurrrvtheDuck]

Doh Forgot about the Jo meet!

That's why I waited so long to write about it.

I forgive you for all the eh's Z. We Canadians make fun of Americans so it is only fair that you make fun of us as well.

Really? Do tell!

great update and pics.

Thanks!

Wow ... it seems like long ago that you met up with Jo! You are so slow with your TR writing. You have me really wanting some Le Cellier ...

I'm just trying to keep the TR going as long as possible. I might actually be done with my trips before August.
I know I'm wanting some Le Cellier too.