After our lunch break we started over to the World Showcase area. We
decided to go right, which is Canada. The Canada pavilion is really
pretty! It is made to look like you are in the mountains and it really
does seem like you are! Even though we couldn't get a ADR for Le
Cellier, the walkway to the restaurant was soo gorgeous that we had to
take the walk through it to get some photos. So pretty and green and
there were little bunnies running around everywhere!
We took some fun photos in front of the Native totem poles and of the Mercantile and Trading Posts shops.
Then we took a seriously ridiculous photo with the Native mask display. It was hilarious.
I think one of my favorite parts of Canada was the whitewashed fence with the red Canadian Maple Leaf cut-outs. So cute.
From
Canada you get a pretty awesome view of the whole world showcase. I
took so many photos from this spot because it was simply gorgeous! I loved all the animals roaming around everywhere too!
While taking these photos, I busted out the video camera to try and take in the beauty. It is hard to appreciate it without seeing it with your own eyes. But I did have a funny video moment. Remember in my first post I mentioned that someone asked me if my hair was real? Yeah well, that was just the start of the hair comments I got almost daily. They were always positive comments though, so I can't complain =)
After
Canada we started over to the United Kingdom. I loved this whole
area! I made sure to take my photo in the red telephone booth and I got
lots of photos of Rose & Crown pub even though we didn't eat
there.
The architecture was
perfect and I loved the little side streets. There was a rock band
playing UK rock music in a outdoor park area which only added to the
awesome atmosphere.
While in the
UK we had a fun little meet and greet with Pooh and Tigger. While I am
not a huge fan of indoor character meets (which at WDW, most are) but
this one was kinda nice. Especially when you want to get out of the
heat.
After the UK, we headed
into the pavilion that I was most looking forward to. France! I had
seen so many pictures of this pavilion and have always been in love with
the gorgeousness of it. It did not disappoint. It really was
gorgeous.
We took some photos on the bridge heading into France, which is a awesome view.
Can you believe Heather took this photo on her phone?! Isn't it gorgeous?:
The
first thing we did after the bridge was hop in line to meet Marie! I
always get excited to meet characters that we don't have out very often
here at Disneyland. Marie was definitely one of those characters. I
was so happy that I wore the outfit I wore too because we totally
matched!
After Marie we headed
over to meet Aurora. Our meet with her was great. Aurora was very
chatty, which always makes for a fun interaction. I had a super gross/embarrassing moment with Aurora. While I was chatting with her a love bug totally flew up my nose!! She totally saw it and I could tell she was trying not to laugh as I flailed around trying to get the bug off of me. She kept her grace with a "oh my!" It was funny. And gross. lol.
We walked around France for a little bit taking photos and visiting the shop. This whole area is just sooo pretty!! I couldn't even handle all the gorgeousness.
Of course I had to take some silly photos of the girls too =)
Heather
had been raving about the crepes and Kendall HAD to have the
lemon-vodka slushy drink. Luckily they are right next to one another
and we were able to grab a table and have our snack in peace. They were
both AMAZING! I could eat those crepes and drink those lemon-vodka
slushies all day long.
While we were sitting there eating and drinking we had a gorgeous view! Of course those clouds didn't look very promising!
We knew
when we started the world showcase that we weren't going to get through
very much of it before it got dark, so we would just do what we could
and then see the rest on our next day at Epcot.
So we headed to Japan to try and get some photos before it got
completely dark out. There are some pretty awesome buildings in Japan
and they were so beautifully lit at night.
We
took a quick run through the main shopping store and oh man, we were
definitely going to be going back there on our next day. Soo much fun
stuff to look at and the store was HUGE! We would definitely be coming back here on our next Epcot day so I could check everything out!
Next
up was the American Adventure and most of the stuff to take
photos of is located in the Liberty Theater. We had missed the last
Voices of Liberty performance of the day but the inside of the theater
was stunning. So pretty. Lots of paintings, artifacts and fun little
bits of information adorn the walls, which makes for a interesting walk
around the theater.
Being silly with a mustache candy in the Heritage Manor Gifts shop. Lol.
When we came
out of the building there was some seriously lightning going on! The
thunder and lighting was one of my favorite parts about being in
Florida. The rain, not so much. But the thunder and lightning I just
love. Got to watch that for a little bit while we took some outside
America photos and then we moved on. I did manage to get a pretty good lightning bolt on video!
We
picked out a spot for Illuminations by the Germany pavilion and got comfy. I am not sure how I
feel about Illuminations. I liked it, it was enjoyable enough, but I
just didn't really get it I guess. It was kinda long too. The firework
parts were nice, but I just didn't really like the whole globe part
which is the part that seem to last the longest. It was nice to see
once, but I probably won't need to see it again.
Once
Illuminations ended the park was about to close so we slowly walked the
rest of the way around the world showcase to take photos of the rest of
the pavilions at night. They are just so pretty at night. A pain to
take photos of, but really gorgeous.
On
our way out of the park we stopped at the entrance to have the
photopass photographer take some photos of us in from of Spaceship Earth
at night. It is soo pretty at night.
Since
this was our one "early" night, when we got back to the hotel (around
11pm) Kendall and I decided we were gonna soak our aching bodies in the
bowling pin shaped pool outside our room. This was awesome. We just
talked and relaxed and enjoyed the warm Florida weather. We were in the
pool so long that by the time we got out we were freezing! This was
the one and only time the elevator actually felt nice since it was always super hot in there!
Next up: Animal Kingdom!! See you soon!!
1 - Finally Being Able To Scrap A Album
5 - Tower Of Terror
10 - Rock N Roller-coaster
11 - The Tree Of Life
12 - Phineas & Ferb
13 - Vinylmation Trading
16 - Yak & Yeti
17 - Tomorrowland Transit Authority
18 - Extra Magic Hours
19 - Boma
20 - Splash Mountain & Space Mountain
21 - The Big Hat
22 - Finding Nemo The Musical
23 - Kilimanjaro Safari
25 - Sci-Fi Dine-In
26 - Country Bear Jamboree
28 - Pressed Pennies
30 - Earl Of Sandwich
31 - 1st Visit & Happy Birthday Pin's
32 - Haunted Mansion
33 - Dole Whip
34 - Animation Academy
35 - Seeing Heather in action on Toy Story Mania
37 - Expedition Everest
38 - Meeting Heather & Kendall
39 - First Vacation On My Own
