Marla Hellwig
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Two Gals from Ohio Take on the World!
This is a repost from the old boards of our trip from last July - by request!
CAST:
Marla - me the mom
Kara - the kid - 9
DAY 6:
Friday, July 21: Epcot, - a little of Future World, most of the World Showcase and Millennium Center, San Angel Inn, Beltz outlets and the Orlando airport:
Epcot, look out, the gals from Ohio are coming back!
The telephone rings at 6:00 and Kara actually bounds out of bed and answers yes Mickey we are on the way!
My feet arent so bad this morning. I had taken Motrin when we got back in the room and before I climbed into bed so I actually almost felt human this morning. I did take another shower and we were off for the first Surprise of the day. PS at 7:45 at the Concourse Steakhouse in the Contemporary for breakfast.
Concourse Steakhouse breakfast, Friday, July 21, 2000
I have the whole menu if someone is interested
Oh boy, real food for breakfast! Kara had the Mickeys waffle. She got two little waffles - one Mickey and other Minnie with maple syrup and 2 glasses of milk. 2.99.
I had the create your own omelette with ham, onions, and cheddar cheese and I also drank 2 glasses of milk. Hashbrowns and biscuit came with omelette for 8.95.
This was a quick and cheap meal for us. There was maybe 20 people in the restaurant at this time. Back for teeth brushing and we were off to Epcot for another fun filled day.
Once at Epcot, we went straight to Spaceship Earth with about a 10 - 15 minute wait. Kara didnt remember riding this before and she really liked it. I had a little hard time hearing some of the commentary but ride was as good as I remembered it. From here we went over the Universe of Energy to catch Ellens Energy Adventure. We practically walked right onto this. Kara loves dinosaurs so she was really happy here. She listened real hard again and hopefully she learned something. Time will only tell.
We are to meet Diane at Innovations West at 10 in front of the room where the big TV is. We got there and while waiting for her got an empty computer at the IBM area and sent several photo emails. I "cheated" here. Instead of sending a copy of each one to myself, I sent the copy to another friend so we were able to send several in just a few minutes. Just as we were finishing up the last one, Diane came up. It was good to see her.
We hadnt seen her since our last trip in 97 when we stayed with her for a few days at the start of our last adventure. We walked around Innovations stopping when something caught Karas eye. She was really interested in some bug display and was there for awhile.
From here we finally made our way to the Ice Station for our first adventure with the different drinks. Had a funny here as we were entering the area where the snow is, heard a little girl ask her dad what was that funny looking stuff on the ground. Kara told Diane she knew what it was. Diane who originally is from Maine also knew!
Diane had been here several times and told me her favorite was the lemon drink. Kara and I tried all of them and I wished I had the camera out when Kara drank the Beverly. Diane and I both laughed at her face and she said "not funny mom". We both liked the watermelon and lemon the best.
Here we also bought 2 of the coke cola water bottle covers. They do keep your bottle cold. We had ice in bottle for most of the day with them.
From here we headed off to the World Showcase as it was just after 11. We started off in Canada. Had a little wait for the movie. While waiting got Karas passport and got her first stamp. Diane hadnt seen these before and thought they were a cute idea for the kids. The Kids Station wasnt open yet. Saw the movie and as good as I remember. Wish there were seats here though.
From Canada entered the Millennium Village. We spent a lot of time here. Kara got most of her book stamped and or comments written in. I took the time to write below a translation of each comment as I wouldnt remember later on. She played a little golf in Scotland, and got to kick a soccer ball with a young man from Brazil. Did the little show from Saudi Arabia, show a cute puppet show from the Netherlands. Did the Israel ride also. As we worked our way around the first floor, we checked everything out. Liked the little market area with the different ethic items you could purchase. We never made it up to the 2nd floor unfortunately. Stopped at the little food court and Kara bought a big cookie and Diane tried something.
While we were in the village it was thundering but didnt look like it had rained. There was a slight breeze coming off the lagoon and it almost was pleasant today.
From the village we stopped next in England. By now the Kids Center open and Kara started making her mask. Diane went for fish and chips and I hit the shops. Found Kara a nice Paddington Bear book and something for my dad. Had them sent to our room. The British Invasion was playing while we were there. Just as Diane was finishing up her snack, I finished in shops and stopped to pick up Kara. She had done her mask and had started making one for me. Said she asked the young lady if she could and was told sure.
From England to France. We didnt see the movie but stopped bakery for a loaf of bread for later. We did catch the start of the Living Statue. She didnt interact with Kara but she did run her fingers up and down my back. Saw Esmeradla at the meet and greet.
Next wandered through Morocco checking out the shops while Kara was getting her passport and masks done. Diane was looking at the rugs but said she would bring Paul (her husband) back at a later time.
In Japan, Kara was more interested in looking at the fish instead of working on her book or masks. I took passport in and got it stamped for her. Noticed, when the girl was signing book, the characters got harder father down in the message. I asked about this and she told us that there is 3 levels of characters for them to learn. The ones with just one or two marks are what you would learn in grade school. Middle school, you add more lines to each character and by time high school and college each of the characters have several lines to them. I thought this was an interesting tidbit of information.
From here we arrived at the American Adventure. Kara did the passport and Kid Station. We arrived just in time for the 4:30 show of Lords but didnt sit down as we have Surprise 5:00 PS at San Angel Inn. Watched the show for a few minutes but moved on, but never fear we will be back!
From here we basically just walked through the countries on our way to Mexico. The drummers from China were playing and stopped and listened for a moment. All of us was hungry and wanted to seat down for awhile also. We checked about 4:55 and I asked about adding Diane to PS. Told no problem would be seated in just a few minutes. We were seated shortly after our potty stop.
San Angel Inn dinner Friday, July 21, 2000
I have the whole menu if someone is interested
Kara had from the Kids Menu Two beef burritos with beans, lettuce and tomato. The lettuce and tomato are served on the side. Dinner was to be served with rice but they allowed her to substitute the refried beans 4.99
Diane had the Plato Botana Appetizer which had Taco al Pastor, chicken sope, quesadilla and guacamole for 6.95. Said she shouldnt had the fish and chips earlier, but she cant resist them.
I had the Plato De La Frontera which had beef tenderloin, chicken burrito and hard shell taco served with Mexican Rice. 17.95
Kara just about inhaled her dinner. Diane and I ate all of our and had plenty of ice tea with dinner.
We were waiting for the check, Diane was talking about when she would have to leave to get Paul at airport. Asked if we would ride along with her to keep her company and they would bring us back afterwards. I started telling her about our adventure getting to the other outlet and Diane asked if we wanted to go to Beltz on the way to the airport. We both said yes. Paid bill and Diane left the tip. We took turns with potty breaks as Kara wanted to listen to the band that had just started playing. When I came out of the restroom, Kara came up to me crying. Her main wire for the top portion of her braces had just broken. The spring had come off and the wire was sticking straight out of her mouth.
We got outside in the light and I tried to cut the wire with my little scissors that I had with me. Couldnt do it and Diane said Paul had a few tools in the trunk of car. We walked out of the park, stopping to get our hands stamped just in case, and walked to the employee parking lot. Got to car and Diane started looking for tools. Guess what no tools. We did get to look at Dianes diploma from Disney and again congratulated her. Tried to break the wire again and gave up afraid of hurting Karas mouth. Did get wire somewhat hooked back in so at least she could finish the night with us.
Got to Beltz and stopped at Mall 1 first. Kara had been asking for cotton candy and we found a big bag here a lot cheaper than in the parks.
Found some good bargains.
Stopped at car and walked over the Mall 2. Didnt have as much time in this store but found a few bargains also. While we were in the 2nd store Paul called and said he had just landed but wasnt at the gate yet. Told him to walk slowly and would get him at the pick up area.
Back to car and boy the traffic was terrible. Took a little longer to get to airport but we got there. Loaded up Paul and off we went. Said he was hungry and we stopped at a McDonalds. Kara wanted a strawberry milkshake so got her a large one and her and I shared it. Stopped for gas and then they took us back to our resort. Invited them in, but they wanted to get home as Diane started Saturday night and Paul was working for Disney on Sunday.
He works about 1 weekend a month at the Studios. Said low end job - drink seller but he was having fun with it. Their older daughter also works for Disney. Shes currently at the Studios in outdoor food but in September will start her training to become Rafiki, Flik, and somebody else. Diane said training would be about 3 months. Diane told me this when Kara wasnt listening. Paul told us he and KC would both be looking for us on Sunday when we return to the Studios. Will we see them - stayed tuned!
We got back to the CR about 10:30. Went in and asked at the front desk about someone bringing up a pair of small wire cutters that I can use for about 1 minute. While CM was calling, bought our E tickets for Tuesday, July 25. Got to room and got Kara ready for bed.
We ended up waiting 45 minutes for maintenance to come. When he arrived, said they couldnt loan out tools. I told him it would only take me a minute or less to fix the problem. I got Kara under the spotlight right at the inside of our door, he turned on his big flashlight and Kara held her mouth wide open. I needed to cut the wire at the back of her mouth since couldnt get the hook off of the back bracket, and I did it without any problems. Of course, have done it several times since December so I am a pro at it by now. The maintenance man couldnt believe how quick I got it cut and out of her mouth. We both thanked him and sent him on his way.
Kara went right to bed and I followed as soon as got ready for our first day at the Animal Kingdom.
The plan for the day is that this will be a "down" morning for us. Think we will need it by now! After a Surprise PS at 7:45 a.m., at the Concourse Steakhouse (CR), off to the dock for the boat ride to Ft. Wilderness Lodge fora look see. From there, to the Boardwalk for some very slow wandering and or waddling until we can walk into the WS via the International Walkway and right into the countries
Will be getting Kara a passport and hopefully we will be able to get that all stamped and let her visit the Kid's booths at every country. Want to see everything here this trip, the last 2 trips haven't seen everything! Surprise PS at San Angel Inn at 5:00 p.m., with some grazing throught the countries in the afternoon. Will try to catch one of the Lord of the Dance performances today. Hopefully seeing both ToN's tonight and Illuminations again.
The plan was basically thrown out the window for today. Had our breakfast and got to Epcot. We finished up Future World area though today, and have just a couple of countries to visit (at least to get Karas passport stamped). We will be back Tuesday. Saw just a few minutes of Lord of Dance and didnt catch ToN or Illuminations either. We did have a fun day with Diane and was fun to catch up with her. Also getting to the Beltz Outlets was something that I didnt plan on since we had gotten the Premier outlet Sunday.
Will we get back on "track" tomorrow. Who knows. . .?
This is a repost from the old boards of our trip from last July - by request!
CAST:
Marla - me the mom
Kara - the kid - 9
DAY 6:
Friday, July 21: Epcot, - a little of Future World, most of the World Showcase and Millennium Center, San Angel Inn, Beltz outlets and the Orlando airport:
Epcot, look out, the gals from Ohio are coming back!
The telephone rings at 6:00 and Kara actually bounds out of bed and answers yes Mickey we are on the way!
My feet arent so bad this morning. I had taken Motrin when we got back in the room and before I climbed into bed so I actually almost felt human this morning. I did take another shower and we were off for the first Surprise of the day. PS at 7:45 at the Concourse Steakhouse in the Contemporary for breakfast.
Concourse Steakhouse breakfast, Friday, July 21, 2000
I have the whole menu if someone is interested
Oh boy, real food for breakfast! Kara had the Mickeys waffle. She got two little waffles - one Mickey and other Minnie with maple syrup and 2 glasses of milk. 2.99.
I had the create your own omelette with ham, onions, and cheddar cheese and I also drank 2 glasses of milk. Hashbrowns and biscuit came with omelette for 8.95.
This was a quick and cheap meal for us. There was maybe 20 people in the restaurant at this time. Back for teeth brushing and we were off to Epcot for another fun filled day.
Once at Epcot, we went straight to Spaceship Earth with about a 10 - 15 minute wait. Kara didnt remember riding this before and she really liked it. I had a little hard time hearing some of the commentary but ride was as good as I remembered it. From here we went over the Universe of Energy to catch Ellens Energy Adventure. We practically walked right onto this. Kara loves dinosaurs so she was really happy here. She listened real hard again and hopefully she learned something. Time will only tell.
We are to meet Diane at Innovations West at 10 in front of the room where the big TV is. We got there and while waiting for her got an empty computer at the IBM area and sent several photo emails. I "cheated" here. Instead of sending a copy of each one to myself, I sent the copy to another friend so we were able to send several in just a few minutes. Just as we were finishing up the last one, Diane came up. It was good to see her.
We hadnt seen her since our last trip in 97 when we stayed with her for a few days at the start of our last adventure. We walked around Innovations stopping when something caught Karas eye. She was really interested in some bug display and was there for awhile.
From here we finally made our way to the Ice Station for our first adventure with the different drinks. Had a funny here as we were entering the area where the snow is, heard a little girl ask her dad what was that funny looking stuff on the ground. Kara told Diane she knew what it was. Diane who originally is from Maine also knew!
Diane had been here several times and told me her favorite was the lemon drink. Kara and I tried all of them and I wished I had the camera out when Kara drank the Beverly. Diane and I both laughed at her face and she said "not funny mom". We both liked the watermelon and lemon the best.
Here we also bought 2 of the coke cola water bottle covers. They do keep your bottle cold. We had ice in bottle for most of the day with them.
From here we headed off to the World Showcase as it was just after 11. We started off in Canada. Had a little wait for the movie. While waiting got Karas passport and got her first stamp. Diane hadnt seen these before and thought they were a cute idea for the kids. The Kids Station wasnt open yet. Saw the movie and as good as I remember. Wish there were seats here though.
From Canada entered the Millennium Village. We spent a lot of time here. Kara got most of her book stamped and or comments written in. I took the time to write below a translation of each comment as I wouldnt remember later on. She played a little golf in Scotland, and got to kick a soccer ball with a young man from Brazil. Did the little show from Saudi Arabia, show a cute puppet show from the Netherlands. Did the Israel ride also. As we worked our way around the first floor, we checked everything out. Liked the little market area with the different ethic items you could purchase. We never made it up to the 2nd floor unfortunately. Stopped at the little food court and Kara bought a big cookie and Diane tried something.
While we were in the village it was thundering but didnt look like it had rained. There was a slight breeze coming off the lagoon and it almost was pleasant today.
From the village we stopped next in England. By now the Kids Center open and Kara started making her mask. Diane went for fish and chips and I hit the shops. Found Kara a nice Paddington Bear book and something for my dad. Had them sent to our room. The British Invasion was playing while we were there. Just as Diane was finishing up her snack, I finished in shops and stopped to pick up Kara. She had done her mask and had started making one for me. Said she asked the young lady if she could and was told sure.
From England to France. We didnt see the movie but stopped bakery for a loaf of bread for later. We did catch the start of the Living Statue. She didnt interact with Kara but she did run her fingers up and down my back. Saw Esmeradla at the meet and greet.
Next wandered through Morocco checking out the shops while Kara was getting her passport and masks done. Diane was looking at the rugs but said she would bring Paul (her husband) back at a later time.
In Japan, Kara was more interested in looking at the fish instead of working on her book or masks. I took passport in and got it stamped for her. Noticed, when the girl was signing book, the characters got harder father down in the message. I asked about this and she told us that there is 3 levels of characters for them to learn. The ones with just one or two marks are what you would learn in grade school. Middle school, you add more lines to each character and by time high school and college each of the characters have several lines to them. I thought this was an interesting tidbit of information.
From here we arrived at the American Adventure. Kara did the passport and Kid Station. We arrived just in time for the 4:30 show of Lords but didnt sit down as we have Surprise 5:00 PS at San Angel Inn. Watched the show for a few minutes but moved on, but never fear we will be back!
From here we basically just walked through the countries on our way to Mexico. The drummers from China were playing and stopped and listened for a moment. All of us was hungry and wanted to seat down for awhile also. We checked about 4:55 and I asked about adding Diane to PS. Told no problem would be seated in just a few minutes. We were seated shortly after our potty stop.
San Angel Inn dinner Friday, July 21, 2000
I have the whole menu if someone is interested
Kara had from the Kids Menu Two beef burritos with beans, lettuce and tomato. The lettuce and tomato are served on the side. Dinner was to be served with rice but they allowed her to substitute the refried beans 4.99
Diane had the Plato Botana Appetizer which had Taco al Pastor, chicken sope, quesadilla and guacamole for 6.95. Said she shouldnt had the fish and chips earlier, but she cant resist them.
I had the Plato De La Frontera which had beef tenderloin, chicken burrito and hard shell taco served with Mexican Rice. 17.95
Kara just about inhaled her dinner. Diane and I ate all of our and had plenty of ice tea with dinner.
We were waiting for the check, Diane was talking about when she would have to leave to get Paul at airport. Asked if we would ride along with her to keep her company and they would bring us back afterwards. I started telling her about our adventure getting to the other outlet and Diane asked if we wanted to go to Beltz on the way to the airport. We both said yes. Paid bill and Diane left the tip. We took turns with potty breaks as Kara wanted to listen to the band that had just started playing. When I came out of the restroom, Kara came up to me crying. Her main wire for the top portion of her braces had just broken. The spring had come off and the wire was sticking straight out of her mouth.
We got outside in the light and I tried to cut the wire with my little scissors that I had with me. Couldnt do it and Diane said Paul had a few tools in the trunk of car. We walked out of the park, stopping to get our hands stamped just in case, and walked to the employee parking lot. Got to car and Diane started looking for tools. Guess what no tools. We did get to look at Dianes diploma from Disney and again congratulated her. Tried to break the wire again and gave up afraid of hurting Karas mouth. Did get wire somewhat hooked back in so at least she could finish the night with us.
Got to Beltz and stopped at Mall 1 first. Kara had been asking for cotton candy and we found a big bag here a lot cheaper than in the parks.
Found some good bargains.
Stopped at car and walked over the Mall 2. Didnt have as much time in this store but found a few bargains also. While we were in the 2nd store Paul called and said he had just landed but wasnt at the gate yet. Told him to walk slowly and would get him at the pick up area.
Back to car and boy the traffic was terrible. Took a little longer to get to airport but we got there. Loaded up Paul and off we went. Said he was hungry and we stopped at a McDonalds. Kara wanted a strawberry milkshake so got her a large one and her and I shared it. Stopped for gas and then they took us back to our resort. Invited them in, but they wanted to get home as Diane started Saturday night and Paul was working for Disney on Sunday.
He works about 1 weekend a month at the Studios. Said low end job - drink seller but he was having fun with it. Their older daughter also works for Disney. Shes currently at the Studios in outdoor food but in September will start her training to become Rafiki, Flik, and somebody else. Diane said training would be about 3 months. Diane told me this when Kara wasnt listening. Paul told us he and KC would both be looking for us on Sunday when we return to the Studios. Will we see them - stayed tuned!
We got back to the CR about 10:30. Went in and asked at the front desk about someone bringing up a pair of small wire cutters that I can use for about 1 minute. While CM was calling, bought our E tickets for Tuesday, July 25. Got to room and got Kara ready for bed.
We ended up waiting 45 minutes for maintenance to come. When he arrived, said they couldnt loan out tools. I told him it would only take me a minute or less to fix the problem. I got Kara under the spotlight right at the inside of our door, he turned on his big flashlight and Kara held her mouth wide open. I needed to cut the wire at the back of her mouth since couldnt get the hook off of the back bracket, and I did it without any problems. Of course, have done it several times since December so I am a pro at it by now. The maintenance man couldnt believe how quick I got it cut and out of her mouth. We both thanked him and sent him on his way.
Kara went right to bed and I followed as soon as got ready for our first day at the Animal Kingdom.
The plan for the day is that this will be a "down" morning for us. Think we will need it by now! After a Surprise PS at 7:45 a.m., at the Concourse Steakhouse (CR), off to the dock for the boat ride to Ft. Wilderness Lodge fora look see. From there, to the Boardwalk for some very slow wandering and or waddling until we can walk into the WS via the International Walkway and right into the countries
Will be getting Kara a passport and hopefully we will be able to get that all stamped and let her visit the Kid's booths at every country. Want to see everything here this trip, the last 2 trips haven't seen everything! Surprise PS at San Angel Inn at 5:00 p.m., with some grazing throught the countries in the afternoon. Will try to catch one of the Lord of the Dance performances today. Hopefully seeing both ToN's tonight and Illuminations again.
The plan was basically thrown out the window for today. Had our breakfast and got to Epcot. We finished up Future World area though today, and have just a couple of countries to visit (at least to get Karas passport stamped). We will be back Tuesday. Saw just a few minutes of Lord of Dance and didnt catch ToN or Illuminations either. We did have a fun day with Diane and was fun to catch up with her. Also getting to the Beltz Outlets was something that I didnt plan on since we had gotten the Premier outlet Sunday.
Will we get back on "track" tomorrow. Who knows. . .?
