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Disney, Photo-A-Day

From the Crystal Palace to Hollywood

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Photo-A-Day #1998

Today Allison, Eva and I went to the Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom for a character breakfast with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore. Eva likes those characters and she was hugging all of them and we took lots of photos. Breakfast at the Crystal Palace was delicious. There were so many kid friendly and daddy friendly options. Despite that Eva had a ton of strawberries and bacon. I enjoyed Poohs Puffed French Toast, which was really fried dough, so tasty. We enjoyed breakfast and then left the Magic Kingdom but not before stopping at the hat store to get Eva’s Minnie ears personalized.

We took the monorail and then a bus to Hollywood Studios. I was getting pretty sick of the heat and the love bugs that were all over the place. I think today was one of those days that we probably should have gone back to the hotel for a bit and went swimming. But never the less we toured Hollywood Studios and saw things like Muppetvision 3D, Playhouse Disney Live, The Voyage of the Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast Live. We also met a lot of the playhouse Disney characters and got even more autographs. Eva’s favorite one was from Sorcerer Mickey. We also received a wonderful piece of art from one of the animators, David Rippberger. I’m good friends with his daughter in law. She told me to be on the lookout for him and his wife Lynn. She is an animator too.

It poured for a while later on in the afternoon and we ended up eating dinner at a table under umbrellas. We headed back to the hotel and packed up for our trip home tomorrow.

What is Drew Shooting with?
Model: KODAK EASYSHARE M580 DIGITAL CAMERA
ISO: 80
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 3.4
Focal Length: 5.2mm
Flash Used: No

Disclosure: I received this camera and the Kodak PlayTouch and 2 Kodak PlaySport HD Waterproof Video Cameras for free from Kodak in return I use them and blog about them. The opinions about them are 100% mine.

How Does Drew Protect His Photos?
Model: GoFlex™ Ultra-portable Drive CAMERA
Interface USB 2.0 or 3.0
Capacity: 320GB – 1.5TB
Automatic Backup Software:PC & Mac:
Weight (typical): 150g (.33 lb)
Software: Pre–loaded backup software with encryption

Disclosure: I received a number of Seagate devices including the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB USB 2.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive, GoFlex Home, GoFlex TV and GoFlex Net. I’ll be talking about these devices in the coming months. The opinions about the devices are 100% mine.

Disney, Photo-A-Day, Travel

A Perfectly Princess Day at Epcot

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Perfectly Princess Day
Photo-A-Day #1997

Today Allison, Eva and I went to Epcot with Mimi and Grandpa Dano. We met up with Auntie Mo and the six of us went to Akershus in Norway for a Princess Breakfast. This was a great character breakfast because Eva got to meet five princesses and we got not only one but two sets of photos from our visit. No other breakfast that we went to had that option. Each of the other ones made you pay for the photo. The food however was not the best and there was very little in the way of selection. But we weren’t really there to have a gourmet meal, we were there because the princesses were there.

After our breakfast we stopped by the Character spot and got Eva signatures from Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald and Goofy (the big 5) and from there went to my favorite attraction, Journey into Imagination. I liked the old one better but this new one with Eric Idle isn’t bad. We introduced Eva to Figment. I don’t think she was that impressed. I started my new collection with my first Disney Racer, the Figment car. Auntie Mo got Eva a pin and then we headed over to The Land for the Circle of Life movie and the Boat ride and also to get Soaring Fast Passes.

We finished up at the Land and had an hour before our Soaring FastPasses were any good so we went over to the Seas (used to be called the Living Seas) and did the Nemo ride and also turtle Talk with Crush, that was cute. Mimi and Grandpa Dano stayed with Eva while Allison, Mo and I went back to The Land for Soaring. I don’t know about you but I can’t enjoy that ride if I am on the bottom or second tier because I just see people’s feet and it takes me right out of the movie.

After Soaring we caught back up with Mimi and Grandpa Dano, went over to Innoventions and played a game with Eva then did some gift shopping, had a snack and said goodbye to Mimi and Grandpa Dano. Then Allison, Eva, Mo and I went on Spaceship Earth. After that ride we said goodbye to Auntie Mo, too. Eva fell asleep.

It was back down to Allison, Eva and I so we ventured around the World Showcase. We met Princess Aurora (3rd time) and Mary Poppins and Marie from the Aristocats. We had dinner at the quick service Mexican restaurant and then did the ride in Mexico and headed for our hotel.