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From the Crystal Palace to Hollywood


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.

Meeting up with Mimi and Mickey

Meeting up with Mimi and Mickey
Photo-A-Day #1995

Today Allison, Eva and I were joined by Mimi and Grandpa Dano. We went over to the Magic Kingdom for a second day because it has the most stuff for Eva to play on. We took Eva to Goofy’s roller coaster again because she loved it so much the first time. She enjoyed it once again so that was fun to see. After the coasters we waited in a few lines for autographs, Mickey and also the Princesses. Eva was so cute and she went right up to every character without any fear. Her autograph book was filling up quickly.

We took a break from being in the park in the middle of the day and went over to the Whispering Canyons Cafe for lunch. Each of us ordered the All You Can Eat Skillet and we did a really good job of polishing off two of them as a group. That is one of my favorite meals at Disney.

After lunch a quick boat ride back to the park where we got more autographs, Eva rode the carousel with Grandpa Dano and we all saw Mickey’s Philharmagic. Then we got some snacks and Eva enjoyed the heck out of a Mickey Ice Cream Bar.

Mimi and Grandpa Dano got Eva a Jasmine outfit complete with shoes, crown and matching purse and gloves. They also took her back to their hotel for the night.