Star Wars * Flower & Garden * Link added 10/10/09

[OhioDisneyLover]

The topieries were beautiful this year, werent' they? I think I took a zillion pictures of them too.

Loved the update!

[oregondaddyof2]

I love seeing the pictures you post... They are great...

[meanmom121]

OMG Why wasn't I there for the F&G show. How beautiful. I love all the fairy house. And the sunset photos were awesome. I need photography lessons from you.

[CanadianWDWfan]

Wow, the topiaries are gorgeous!

You did a fantastic job of capturing the monorail in those pics...worth the wait!

I was so happy to see the Tinkerbell gardens, I loved all the fairies. So sweet how they have the little houses too. It looks so beautiful, I just have to see it for myself. F&GF here I come...maybe 2010...

Minnie's butterfly tent is so neat, I was wondering how they kept the butterflies inside. Thanks for the info.

Your DD is so photogenic, and the Minnie backpack is adorable. Great deal!!!

Thank you for this update, I was feeling a little 'blue' and you have lifted my spirits.

[dawnbu40]

We love Epcot during the Flower Festival and you did a fantastic job of capturing its beauty! The Tink area was so cute! We loved it!

[MyMuse]

Originally Posted by heath-and-javens-mom

Great start woman. Im soo excited about the Dec trip. I will live through your TR untill its our turn-lol

We drive 15 hours to WDW each time we go and I know all about the rain, and wrecks...scary stuff.

We stayed at sports in 2001, my very first trip to the world..I actually thought it was great, however I had never stayed anywhere else so I had nothing to compair it to. THEn in 2003 we stayed at CSR and I hated it because we were in Ranchos and I felt very far away from everything..plus the theaming sucked. I am happy though that we will try CSR again this year in a closer building, and the room renovations are definitly a big plus.

A little off-topic...is that Rob Thomas in your avatar? I Rob! I'm hoping to catch a few of his shows when he tours.

Now back on topic...I've only stayed at POFQ in March 09 and POR in May 09. I have never stayed on-site before and boy, was I missing out! I'm also planning on going back in December. I have family and my best friend & goddaughter in Tampa/Orlando and I go quite a few times a year, but in past years, didn't go into WDW. I have no idea why , late bloomer, I guess!!

Though, I did like POFQ alot more than POR. Maybe I'll try CSR for December? Hmm....



Ok, for this TR, I'm going to have to take it one TR at a time. I'm so envious! I'm looking forwarding to reading your other ones as well.

F&G Festival was awesome, wasn't it? I'm so glad, I was able to make it make to see it. I did see a bit of it while there in March as well.

The only thing I really didn't see was Pixie Hollow Garden. For some reason, I completely missed it. I was in the Butterfly Garden but walked out the same way we walked in, so I never saw it. Let me tell you, I'm pretty sad about it. I love your pictures! It was like I was there. So, thank you!

Oh, and the monorail pics! I love sequential shooting.

[tinkgurl]

I really do hope you make it over to the Mickey at the Contemporary sometime!

[29apr00]

yeah, all caught up! Love all the F&G pics! So pretty, my DD would have loved the Tink Garden too!!

[punkin413]

i would've stayed in the first room at sports....i love reptiles!

loved the pixie hollow pictures. we went to F&G festival in may 2008 and they had tink, but none of the other stuff. probably because the movie wasn't out yet. it's all so cute! especially the little houses.

Originally Posted by OneTreeHillAddict

I wanted to buy one of these fountains. I totally meant to and forgot all about it 'til I started uploading these pictures for the trip report.

i bought one of these last year and it's outside my office window - i love it! it was only like $27 which i thought was really reasonable.

by the way, did your DD get a haircut? it looks really cute!

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We have to leave soon to go film a commercial but I have two more posts typed up so I wanted to add those before we leave. I'll get back to everyone sometime tonight. Thanks again for reading along!

Gabby was waiting on the monorail too.

















Doesn't this look familiar? I think she took the same pictures I did.



Mine wasn't good enough...she wanted one with her camera too.























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[OneTreeHillAddict]

More Fairy shots....I'm telling you, she really loved these fairies!

















I like the way she took detailed pics of Silvermists' pond.

















Gabby loved these flip books.







Okay, so now I'm all caught up and we're heading to World Showcase to meet back up with the boys. We left them for so long they were on the way back around. We told them we'd walk 'til we saw them. I loved how they had all the F & G stores set up around the park. They had some cute things too. A lot of it was expensive though.





We walked through Mexico and stopped to get some troll pics in Norway. Isn't this the cutest thing ever? Um, NO!






And the church ~ you know I never knew you could go inside 'til this trip!? I feel stupid saying this out loud. I'm sure a lot of you are laughing at me but I never knew. And it's kind of cool inside too! We used it a couple of times to hide out from the rain! LOL



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[OneTreeHillAddict]

Next we hit China and Gabby starts itching to spend her Disney money. On what you ask? Those darn puppets. Why do kids like these so much? If we had them in out home they'd never get played with but at WDW they are the coolest things ever!





Somehow I manage to talk her into waiting....plus daddy had the money. Good save huh? We continued to look around a bit more, this shot has some cute things.







She's still mesmerized by those darn puppets!



I get some pics of other items they have for sale...



She's still wanting to buy one...



Yay! I get him back on the hook!!!



I won! Woo Hoo!



Then I look over and there she is...



I tell her we have to go meet daddy, now. They're getting worried. I took a couple more pics in China and went on my way...







Then I look over on the bench and there's daddy with a stroller full of drinks and popcorn. The kids get a snack and Bolt gets in a nap.



How cute is his new hat!? Sidney said he refused to put it back so he bought it for him. I have to admit, it's super cute. When he meets frontier Donald again this Summer it'll make for a cute photo op!

Sidney tells me Mulan is out and sure enough...I turn around and she's right there. Gabby didn't want to meet her at first. (She wanted her money from daddy so she could buy that silly puppet!) This is the same Mulan we always meet. She is so sweet and pretty. She's one of the best Princesses in all of Disney! Here are the pics I took.







And that is it for now. I'm running late already. Thanks for reading!

[OhioDisneyLover]

awesome pics!!!

[meanmom121]

I know what you mean about the puppets. We have gotten them in the past and I think the fascination with them lasted all of one day at home and thet never came out agin.

[29apr00]

she was our Mulan last year too! And I'm with you on those stupid puppets!! My excuse is they are not allowed on the airplane...you know, sticks and stuff.