We woke up a little earlier this time to find this restaurant that my dad said he went to all the time when he lived out in Florida, while being stationed in the Navy. We had the All You Can Eat salad bar and were pretty full after the first round of food. After this, we made our way over to our final Disney park, Epcot. When we arrived we went directly to our fast pass for the Mickey and friends. When I was little I used to watch the Disney Sing-Along videos where all the kids would look fun and go to Disney World and they would just have a grand time, and I used to envy them. There was this one commercial before they would start and this little girl would go with her family on a trip to Disney and she did all these things, but was sad when the day was over. Before she left her parents asked if she had a good day and she said "almost," and as she looked up Mickey Mouse was there and she smiled and said "I've waited my whole life to meet you." I always remember watching that and thinking maybe one day I'll be able to go there too. When I saw him, I looked over at Liz and told her the story. I got so excited to see him, and when he hugged me I almost cried. It was a dream of mine, and I finally was able to live it. Nothing of that had come to my memory until we went to meet Mickey. I felt like I was eight again. After this we walked around and went through the world. Our first stop was Mexico. We heard some Mariachi play, and walked around like we were tourists. Next stop was Norway. We saw Elsa and Ana, rode their cute little ride. After this we went to China. We saw the plans and layout of Disney Shanghai. Next stop was Germany. Then onto wine tasting in Italy. Then we found ourselves at home in the American Adventure. After that was Japan. This was where you could find all the Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Tortoro, and Gudetama toys you could imagine. This was where Liz and I stopped to have some appetizers, and they were delicious. On to Morocco from there. Then (one of my favorites) France. It was a lot smaller than I expected, but it was still really cute. Then we found ourselves in our second home, the United Kingdom. Liz and I actually spent a couple weeks in Oxford a few years back, and that's actually how we met. We were taking this course at school and took and International Business trip to Oxford and studied at Oxford University. We met through the class and her, myself, and two other friends extended the trip and stayed out in Paris for an extra week. As we walked around, we thought "This does not compare to the real thing!" We both know that this may be the closest some people will get to England, but it was cool to say that we've seen the real one. Fun Fact: Did you know that "ER" stands for "Elizabeth Regina". Regina is Latin for "Queen" so her name is "Elizabeth the Queen". Isn't that cool? I found that out a few days before my 20th Birthday in England as we toured Windsor Castle. Last, but not least, we found ourselves in Canada-A!. (Only few will understand). Epcot was everything and so much more. We had such a fun time and felt more cultured than before. To all the places we haven't been, Epcot made us want to see them even more.
Sadly, this was the last Disney park we were able to go to. Hollywood Studios just didn't fit into our agenda this time. Next time we will surely hit it! This ended our Disney journey, but our Universal one took place the next day.
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The next day our adventures would lead us to the one and only Magic Kingdom. We woke up and got all dressed up (again) spent time doing our hair and make up and were determined to find some really cute ears we saw at Animal Kingdom the day before. By the time we got to the entrance, it started to rain. It was actually pretty cold too, so we were already in for a treat. Despite the rain, I was a little excited to feel somewhat at home, I knew Disneyland and hopefully Magic Kingdom would be similar. Main Street looked pretty similar to Disney back home, but there are still many differences. We arrived around 12 and our first fastpass wasn't until around 2:30pm, so we walked around to kill time. I was determined to find the ears I wanted and also a Mickey Mouse Straw. I had told Liz from the beginning this was a goal of mine, and I wasn't leaving until we found it. We walked around, went on the Stitch's Great Escape (which was really cute) and found a shop with the ears I wanted. I was already soaking wet and my hair fell flat, so it didn't matter how I looked in selfies, I just wanted my ears. From there we still had time to kill so we walked around, and as I walked I saw some girl with a drink in her hands (being the foodie that I am) and saw the Mickey Mouse straw I wanted. I ran over to her and asked where she got it, she said it was "around the corner at the restaurant in Tomorrowland." I looked at Liz and said "WE HAVE TO FIND IT!" So we rushed over and found it at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe. Here's the thing though, I wanted the straw for ONE Reason: to find a green one and put it in my Starbucks drink. The thing is, the straw actually cost $0.69 and you can buy it there, but being there person I am, I also bought a smoothie with it just for fun. I was disappointed though to find only red straws, but I found a straw so I was happy. From here we went over to the castle and tried to take some cute pics in the rain. They didn't seem to meet our Instagram standards, but they were still fun. The one in the middle is the one I posted on my Instagram. The overcast worked well with the highlights and bringing the brightness up made it nice to look at. After this we wandered around a bit, found Ariel's Grotto (her home not the restaurant), found Rapunzel's Tower, and lastly Gaston's Tavern. In here we were going to find this giant cinnamon roll that when you look at you'll get diabetes, but it's great. When we walked in, I looked to the left and heard the girl in front of me talk about the "rose cup." She said "that better not be the last one, I'll be so mad." I looked around the room and saw the image of the Beauty and the Beast rose cup. I was so excited and looked at Liz in denial saying "they have the cup here? At the Tavern back home they've been sold out!" Then while looking on Snapchat saw that my cousin had JUST BOUGHT ONE and I wanted to cry. As we got closer the girl repeated what she said, and I chimed in and said "if they ran out, I'll cry." She looked back and said "me too." I asked for one, they had them, and I almost cried. I loved the movie and honestly items that just go with movies and bring them to life really make me happy. The cutest thing about the cup is that if you push the button on top it lights up, you push it again, it goes fast, and once more will turn it off. I then spent the rest of the day having to turn the light off because it would go off in my backpack, it was annoying. From here we walked over to Starbucks and I finally was able to put my Mickey straw in my cup. Even though the straw wasn't green, I dealt with it. When I got my cup they called my name on it was written "Queen Regina", which made sense because my name actually means Queen. I went and posted it on Facebook with the caption: I think I just reached the highest level of Basic I didn't even have ask her to put Queen on it. She already knew. — at Disney's Magic Kingdom. It was actually pretty funny. Everyone loved it. I was happy. We then walked from here to Tomorrowland to get our fast passes for Space Mountain, and honestly the line for fastpasses was longer than the standby, everyone in line was so mad. It was still fun and was a little faster than our back home. We walked around, found more rides, saw fireworks later that night, rode the famous Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and walked until our feet had blisters, it was great. I usually take some time after a trip to go over everything that happened. I need time to process everything, sadly that means taking longer to get everything together and written up. Now finally, I feel I can compose my thoughts and memories together and tell you about the start of my summer. A last minute, beginning of summer trip I took with my good friend Liz to Orlando Florida. The funny thing is, whenever we would tell someone we were going to Florida, they assumed that we (two single twenty-one-year-olds) would be going to party it up in Miami or something, but no, we were going to Disney World. We paid around $220 for our flights, $155 for our Airbnb and honestly this price alone was worth it for five days in Orlando. We also packed everything into one bag, and together we made it to 46 pounds. We left Monday night and made it to Orlando Tuesday morning at 6:30am. Once we landed, we took an Uber directly to our Airbnb, (which was lovely!) and got situated. Being as exhausted as we were already, we decided to take a little nap. We slept for an hour, got up, got ready, and Ubered to our first stop, Animal Kingdom. The first thing we did when we got there was walk in to see the Tree of Life, it truly is beautiful. It was kind of hot when we got there, but within an hour it was raining. We tried to stick it out, but once it started pouring and we got soaked, we figured it was time to buy a poncho. We walked around and rode Expedition Everest, Dinosaur, and had a grand ole time. Even though the rain ruined our hair and make up within an hour, we had fun, roaming around, experiencing things we never had before. Day one was complete.
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AuthorReggie is a college gradute with a degree in English. She loves traveling and hopes to one day stay on the battle field for missions. Life is a book and everyday is an adventure, follow her on this journey and see the world through her eyes. Archives
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