"i came ... i saw ... i conquered"
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been. -- Diane Arbus

One of my life's goals is to see the beauty this world has to offer ... and if travelling is the only way to reach that goal, then so be it. Just give me a good destination and together with my travel buddies and my trusty camera, we'll make time for it and we'll be there...if you're as interested, come join me and see the world through my eyes .... ENJOY!!!

where dreams come true


... the wonderful world of disney. located in orlando, florida, it is the largest and most revisited resort in the world. it has 4 themed parks and 2 water parks. it is owned and started by walt disney, the resort opened 1971 and just keeps getting bigger and better...

   we went to florida sometime october 2009, when the weather was good (no snowstorms like today) and the budget was available (haha). the trip didn't start out good, we missed our plane (no questions entertained, my day was bad enough and i learned my lesson) and had to leave at 6:30 pm instead of 6:45 am. well, we spent a day in marriot hotel (lobby) wasting away the time hahaha ... let's move on!!

we only stayed 3 days in disney, we spent some of the days in florida with my hubby's uncles and aunts. our first stop was to Epcot. EPCOT means experimental prototype community of tomorrow, spaceship earth as they call it. That golfball-like thing you see in the picture is actually a ride that shows you what our past was and what the future will be. it's a nice, dark, up/down ride, slow, good for little kids, my boy wasn't scared at all. after the ride you get to choose your future, make your own community and have your pictures in it, i think i chose a country life with futuristic cars!!! haha ... i liked this place a lot because it focused on different cultures, they "reproduce" places like Japan, China, Germany, Norway, Canada, America and a lot other different countries, they serve the nation's food, their drinks ... all in all you get to visit the world in 80 minutes ... or longer if you wish to. we always ate dinner here, we can never survive with fries and a burger so we always get our rice fix in Japan or China!! O and don't forget to see the illumination show at 8:00 or something ... it's a wonderful fireworks, light show .... simply amazing!!!

next day, we were up early to catch the shuttle to Magic Kingdom ... where dreams come true ... see the castle!!!! aaawwww all worth the travel, time and money .... you become a kid again. of course we had to get the mickey ears, can not NOT get that!! here, we got to go to mickey's house, minnie's house. i think it was here we had our pictures with the princesses ... but i'm not quite sure .... there are disney characters everywhere! there's a train you ride to get from one area to another much quicker, (see if you were given that chance, take it ... or else your feet will suffer) hahaha!! there's a ride here, it's a small world, where you see dolls placed in miniature settings, you get to ride a boat to see it, but my son was really good enough to cry and get wild while we were in line coz he was scared of riding a boat, he says he doesn't want to get wet....yea yea yea ... o well, maybe next time!!

this was on our second day, disney's Animal Kingdom. We were here half a day since we really plan to go Hollywood Studios after. The theme is jungle safari, of course we can't pass up the safari ride... we got to see the "upside down" tree, we saw a lot of animals in their own environment. but i guess, looking at the picture, my little boy looks tired! haha still a lot of walking going on, and just getting lost mostly. there are maps available but you get distracted looking at a lot of really nice things...plus you run around trying to catch up to Chip and Dale the chipmunks, aaaahhh the running sure will get to you!!

and we saved the best for last ... the Hollywood Studios. my boy loved this best! he got to see his Power Rangers team and got to join the disney parade (that's him with the green sleeveless shirt)!! we were at the right places at the right times ... we also got to see Toodles!! M-I-C-K-E-Y .. M-O-U-S-E ... and of course at around 8:30, you get to watch another amazing light, fireworks show and rest assured it will be the perfect finale to your day, and for us, the best finale to our first ever disney trip!! Oh truly, the wonderful world of Disney!!

**BTW, if you want good pictures of your family, get the Disney Photopass, you get your pictures taken at very good spots around the park, you will have to purchase your pics if you want copies of them... for a good souvenir, it'll be worth it :)

...appreciating God's wondrous paradise...

Saturday, February 06, 2010 | Labels: , |

 

2 comments:

meretrisha said...

great to see you guys having a wonderful time. i love disney but we get to see them only in tv or in the movies
p.s. i missed the part where you said in your 'coming soon' post soon nga nakahuman naka ug 6.. nalingaw lang jud ko gahuna huna ni mare shan siguro.

February 12, 2010 at 2:09 AM  
pearl said...

haha k ra oi -- na sobra ang excitement ni master shanix!! thanks for the comments jo ...

February 12, 2010 at 6:37 AM  

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TO DO LIST

* to watch a broadway show, phantom of the opera in new york
* to go on a cruise to the carribean
* to see the great wall of china
* to go to vegas
* to see the grand canyon in arizona
* to go to california
* to see the rock formations in utah
* to see the white dunes in colorado
* to see the alamo in texas
* to go to hawaii
* to see mt. rushmore in south dakota
* to go on a cruise to alaska
* to go to australia
* to go to new zealand
* to try sky diving (but not bungee)
* to go para sailing
* to ride a hot air balloon
* to ride a helicopter
* to go to capitancillo, bogo
* to go to boracay and have my own sand castle
* to go to palawan and do the underground cave tour
* to go to hongkong disneyland with my niece
* to go back to disneyworld with my kuyas and their families
* to go to paris, see the eiffel tower
* to go to italy, see the leaning tower of pisa
* to go to rome, see the coliseum
* to go to greece, see the parthenon
* to see the taj mahal
* to go to dubai
* to see the pyramids in egypt
* to see the stonehenge
* to go to korea
* to see the taj mahal (not the hotel!)

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