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LSUtigerfan · 03-18-2003, 12:35 AM

Day 2 continued...Our trip around the world (showcase, that is) and our encounter with Beverly...she's not very nice!

It was around 11:30 am when we exited the castle and we decided to hop on a monorail & head for Epcot. Princess Face is fascinated by foreign countries & cultures, and really wanted to see Mexico and China. So we left MK and had a nice monorail ride to Epcot. There were hardly any cars in the parking lot, it was a strange sight for dh & I, as we have only been to WDW between the months of May-August. We went through the security line, no stroller check again! There was no line for Spaceship Earth, so we walked on this ride. We all enjoyed this relaxing ride, especially the planetarium-type room; Grumpette fell asleep on this ride. I kept her in the Baby Bjorn carrier and I went to Guest Services to obtain a B-day pin for Princess Face. The CM asked if she had received any special phone calls today, and I told her she had not, and she said there was one waiting for her. It was Goofy singing Happy Birthday to her, she was elated! Dd came out telling her Dad and grandparents all about it, talking like Goofy and everything. Then we went to Universe of Energy (no wait) and Princess Face loved this ride. I was worried she would be scared, but during the ride she said she wanted to get out & touch the dinosaurs to see how soft they were.

Next, we tried Wonders of Life, and Princess Face did not like this pavilion at all...as soon as we walked in, she said, "Is this about your blood and stuff?" She immediately wanted to leave. Mission: Space was next door and I wanted to sneak in, but decided against it. It looked really neat. It was drizzling outside so we donned our ponchos and headed over to Test Track for FP's. We had an hour to kill, so we decided to go to Ice Station Cool...which I renamed Ice Station Cold when I went through the igloo part after being rained on! There were alot of people in here trying all of the drinks. I told dh to try Beverly and he fixed himself a cup and took a BIG swig of it! The look on his face was sheer disgust [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] ! He literally almost threw up right then and there. I tasted it next, but barely let it enter my mouth... Yuck! That stuff is nasty, it tastes like Jagermeister mixed with Robitussin, only worse! Dh said it is the nastiest thing he's ever tasted & I agreed. And I thought I would never taste anything worse than mincemeat pie (the only dessert on the face of the earth that I don't like). I liked the watermelon choice. Grumpette woke up during the Beverly episode so she was able to taste the watermelon one, and being the fruit lover she is, she loved it & wanted more, more, more! Princess Face only drinks water or milk, and won't taste anything else, especially carbonated drinks...she has beautiful teeth by the way [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ! We purchased a cool light-up, bouncy Coca~Cola ball in this shop while we watched other unsuspecting tasters get their first taste of Beverly...it wasn't very nice...I renamed this place again: Ice Station Cruel! It really was funny to see their faces, this place is an America's Funniest Videos goldmine.

From there we went to the Living Seas, Grumpette loves to see the fish. We then went to use our FP's for TT and the ride was shut down for 1 to 2 hours due to problems with one of the cars, according to a CM. We decided to feed the dd's at the Electric Umbrella...they had hot dogs. Their fixings bar looked great, with really fresh lettuce & tomato, MIL really wanted a burger after seeing that, but we were still stuffed from CRT. I did manage to help the girls with their fries! After lunch, TT was still closed, so we made our way to the World Showcase. We rode the ride in Norway (10 minute wait) and both dd's liked it, Princess Face wanted to ride again. MIL & FIL stayed behind to watch the movie & we took dd's to the kidcot station. Grumpette was too rowdy so I brought her to look at all of the trolls. She was fascinated with the giant troll and loved pointing at his huge nose, eyes, ears, hands, tummy & toes on command. She giggled at his nose & tummy. They had a cute Billy goats Gruff book in there, but I resisted. My dh decided he was ready to eat and wanted to eat at Nine Dragons in China. I was hoping to grab a bite in Morocco and have dessert at Beaches & Cream, but everyone, even my dd wanted Chinese. It was a ghost town in this restaurant, it probably wasn't even 25% full. The spring rolls and almond crusted shrimp appetizers were delicious! Our entree was my usual fave, General Tso's chicken, but it tasted different here, it had a BBQ flavor to the sauce...surely they don't use Bulls Eye at Nine Dragons! MIL & FIL's peanut chicken (don't remember the exact name) was not very good. We tried red bean ice cream, it was pink and tasted alot like vanilla, but it had a funny texture to it, due to the bean casings in it. During dinner, Princess Face was asked to join in their Chinese New Year style parade. She looked so cute under the dragon with her Minnie outfit on, the video is adorable. This experience only fueled her curiosity about other cultures, her little brain is like a sponge right now! **One complaint about this restaurant is there are no facilities to change a baby's diaper. I mean there isn't a single place to lay a baby down...so I had to go to restaurant Akershus to freshen up Grumpette. Overall, I'd give this restaurant a 6 out of 10 rating.

In the distance, we heard the sound of maracas and the Mexican Hat Dance (not really, but I thought it sounded good!), so we visited Mexico. The boat ride in this pavilion was enjoyed by all, as was the gift shop, where Princess Face conned her grandfather into buying her a little pinata for her "stuffed animal's Mexican party at home." When we passed China again, my dh spotted the Chinese umbrellas/parasols and decided to get dd one that said Happy Birthday to her with the date on it. She chose a pink and blue one. The monogramming was really neat. One funny thing that happened here is a girl that was from Beijing walked up with some friends and commented to them "I've never seen these for sale in China before." Makes you wonder. Oh well, dd loved it, and she paraded through the entire World Showcase with it dancing around & singing. We breezed through the other countries and made our way to the bridge between France and the UK for Illuminations. We reserved our spot ~45 minutes before the finale. Princess Face performed for the crowd of people around us while waiting for 9pm to roll around. She danced & spun around in her Minnie dress, it was very entertaining! The fireworks started soon, and we had a really great spot. I was let down by the show, I remember a lot more fireworks and a really cool laser show on Spaceship Earth back in the 90's. Although I did enjoy the overall message of the presentation, I just wish the fireworks would have been a little grandeur! We stopped in a restroom in the UK...**complaint here: this was the filthiest restroom I have ever seen at WDW. I am not blaming it on Disney, it was definetly the same people who left a HUGE, nasty mess of food, beer, and trash outside in the same general area where they undoubtedly had a great time watching Illuminations. This was really a sad sight to see. Shame on them. Okay, enough complaints for the day!

We had an excellent ride home on our wonderful bus, which again had a really close bus stop location at this park too. My feet were so happy, they were whistling Dixie!

Back at CSR...we decided to forgo the Mickey wake-up call and sleep in. Everyone was exhausted. Ate some snacks in the room and called it a night. We are dying to get in the pool or hot tub (they are both huge!) but we are just too tired at night.

Magical Moments for today: The character interaction at CRT was priceless. Seeing my dd wear the Minnie outfit that my dMIL bought her for the entire day! Shoes and all! Grumpette walking around (while we waited for Illuminations) with her favorite yellow crayon showing it to everyone saying "yeh-yo" over and over again. The crowd loved her too, she really can be sweet! Most of all, seeing how happy my whole family was today...they thanked me for planning such a great day [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] !

Things I wish we had done today: Broke into Mission: Space and declared a free for all, Rode Test Track, tried Beaches & Cream or a Beaver Tail in Canada, and visited The Land. And as always, I wish we would have videoed (sp?) more and more! (Thanks to my dh [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] for doing such a great job on that part of the trip!)

Next: Day 3, Disney/MGM Studios, dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe, & Hercules sighting!!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

Goodnight! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]

03-18-2003, 12:35 AM	#9 (permalink)
LSUtigerfan Community Rank: Trekker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,182	Re: Family of LSU Tiger Fan\'s stay at CSR 3/7-3/12.....Day 6 finally completed! Day 2 continued...Our trip around the world (showcase, that is) and our encounter with Beverly...she's not very nice! It was around 11:30 am when we exited the castle and we decided to hop on a monorail & head for Epcot. Princess Face is fascinated by foreign countries & cultures, and really wanted to see Mexico and China. So we left MK and had a nice monorail ride to Epcot. There were hardly any cars in the parking lot, it was a strange sight for dh & I, as we have only been to WDW between the months of May-August. We went through the security line, no stroller check again! There was no line for Spaceship Earth, so we walked on this ride. We all enjoyed this relaxing ride, especially the planetarium-type room; Grumpette fell asleep on this ride. I kept her in the Baby Bjorn carrier and I went to Guest Services to obtain a B-day pin for Princess Face. The CM asked if she had received any special phone calls today, and I told her she had not, and she said there was one waiting for her. It was Goofy singing Happy Birthday to her, she was elated! Dd came out telling her Dad and grandparents all about it, talking like Goofy and everything. Then we went to Universe of Energy (no wait) and Princess Face loved this ride. I was worried she would be scared, but during the ride she said she wanted to get out & touch the dinosaurs to see how soft they were. Next, we tried Wonders of Life, and Princess Face did not like this pavilion at all...as soon as we walked in, she said, "Is this about your blood and stuff?" She immediately wanted to leave. Mission: Space was next door and I wanted to sneak in, but decided against it. It looked really neat. It was drizzling outside so we donned our ponchos and headed over to Test Track for FP's. We had an hour to kill, so we decided to go to Ice Station Cool...which I renamed Ice Station Cold when I went through the igloo part after being rained on! There were alot of people in here trying all of the drinks. I told dh to try Beverly and he fixed himself a cup and took a BIG swig of it! The look on his face was sheer disgust [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] ! He literally almost threw up right then and there. I tasted it next, but barely let it enter my mouth... Yuck! That stuff is nasty, it tastes like Jagermeister mixed with Robitussin, only worse! Dh said it is the nastiest thing he's ever tasted & I agreed. And I thought I would never taste anything worse than mincemeat pie (the only dessert on the face of the earth that I don't like). I liked the watermelon choice. Grumpette woke up during the Beverly episode so she was able to taste the watermelon one, and being the fruit lover she is, she loved it & wanted more, more, more! Princess Face only drinks water or milk, and won't taste anything else, especially carbonated drinks...she has beautiful teeth by the way [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ! We purchased a cool light-up, bouncy Coca~Cola ball in this shop while we watched other unsuspecting tasters get their first taste of Beverly...it wasn't very nice...I renamed this place again: Ice Station Cruel! It really was funny to see their faces, this place is an America's Funniest Videos goldmine. From there we went to the Living Seas, Grumpette loves to see the fish. We then went to use our FP's for TT and the ride was shut down for 1 to 2 hours due to problems with one of the cars, according to a CM. We decided to feed the dd's at the Electric Umbrella...they had hot dogs. Their fixings bar looked great, with really fresh lettuce & tomato, MIL really wanted a burger after seeing that, but we were still stuffed from CRT. I did manage to help the girls with their fries! After lunch, TT was still closed, so we made our way to the World Showcase. We rode the ride in Norway (10 minute wait) and both dd's liked it, Princess Face wanted to ride again. MIL & FIL stayed behind to watch the movie & we took dd's to the kidcot station. Grumpette was too rowdy so I brought her to look at all of the trolls. She was fascinated with the giant troll and loved pointing at his huge nose, eyes, ears, hands, tummy & toes on command. She giggled at his nose & tummy. They had a cute Billy goats Gruff book in there, but I resisted. My dh decided he was ready to eat and wanted to eat at Nine Dragons in China. I was hoping to grab a bite in Morocco and have dessert at Beaches & Cream, but everyone, even my dd wanted Chinese. It was a ghost town in this restaurant, it probably wasn't even 25% full. The spring rolls and almond crusted shrimp appetizers were delicious! Our entree was my usual fave, General Tso's chicken, but it tasted different here, it had a BBQ flavor to the sauce...surely they don't use Bulls Eye at Nine Dragons! MIL & FIL's peanut chicken (don't remember the exact name) was not very good. We tried red bean ice cream, it was pink and tasted alot like vanilla, but it had a funny texture to it, due to the bean casings in it. During dinner, Princess Face was asked to join in their Chinese New Year style parade. She looked so cute under the dragon with her Minnie outfit on, the video is adorable. This experience only fueled her curiosity about other cultures, her little brain is like a sponge right now! One complaint about this restaurant is there are no facilities to change a baby's diaper. I mean there isn't a single place to lay a baby down...so I had to go to restaurant Akershus to freshen up Grumpette. Overall, I'd give this restaurant a 6 out of 10 rating. In the distance, we heard the sound of maracas and the Mexican Hat Dance (not really, but I thought it sounded good!), so we visited Mexico. The boat ride in this pavilion was enjoyed by all, as was the gift shop, where Princess Face conned her grandfather into buying her a little pinata for her "stuffed animal's Mexican party at home." When we passed China again, my dh spotted the Chinese umbrellas/parasols and decided to get dd one that said Happy Birthday to her with the date on it. She chose a pink and blue one. The monogramming was really neat. One funny thing that happened here is a girl that was from Beijing walked up with some friends and commented to them "I've never seen these for sale in China before." Makes you wonder. Oh well, dd loved it, and she paraded through the entire World Showcase with it dancing around & singing. We breezed through the other countries and made our way to the bridge between France and the UK for Illuminations. We reserved our spot ~45 minutes before the finale. Princess Face performed for the crowd of people around us while waiting for 9pm to roll around. She danced & spun around in her Minnie dress, it was very entertaining! The fireworks started soon, and we had a really great spot. I was let down by the show, I remember a lot more fireworks and a really cool laser show on Spaceship Earth back in the 90's. Although I did enjoy the overall message of the presentation, I just wish the fireworks would have been a little grandeur! We stopped in a restroom in the UK...complaint here: this was the filthiest restroom I have ever seen at WDW. I am not blaming it on Disney, it was definetly the same people who left a HUGE, nasty mess of food, beer, and trash outside in the same general area where they undoubtedly had a great time watching Illuminations. This was really a sad sight to see. Shame on them. Okay, enough complaints for the day! We had an excellent ride home on our wonderful bus, which again had a really close bus stop location at this park too. My feet were so happy, they were whistling Dixie! Back at CSR...we decided to forgo the Mickey wake-up call and sleep in. Everyone was exhausted. Ate some snacks in the room and called it a night. We are dying to get in the pool or hot tub (they are both huge!) but we are just too tired at night. Magical Moments for today: The character interaction at CRT was priceless. Seeing my dd wear the Minnie outfit that my dMIL bought her for the entire day! Shoes and all! Grumpette walking around (while we waited for Illuminations) with her favorite yellow crayon showing it to everyone saying "yeh-yo" over and over again. The crowd loved her too, she really can be sweet! Most of all, seeing how happy my whole family was today...they thanked me for planning such a great day [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] ! Things I wish we had done today: Broke into Mission: Space and declared a free for all, Rode Test Track, tried Beaches & Cream or a Beaver Tail in Canada, and visited The Land. And as always, I wish we would have videoed (sp?) more and more! (Thanks to my dh [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] for doing such a great job on that part of the trip!) Next: Day 3, Disney/MGM Studios, dinner at Whispering Canyon Cafe, & Hercules sighting!!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] Goodnight! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img]