Kiddo at HEART!

I really think am the luckiest girl in the world (since am not filthy rich!), I get to cover so many Disney. I think my quest of covering Disney is coming to an end, as now I have one more left to go which is in L.A - Disneyland Aneheim. Somehow, am not in a hurry for this.

My first Disney trip was to Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. I think it was more then 10 years ago. Ever since, Mr. Walt got me addicted.

I don't why Disney makes you feel like a kid again, how did Mr. Walt wave his wand and create this magic - in a breeze; it is simply amazing. I have to give it to that old man, he's an extraodinaire. As much as I always TRY to act nonchalant in the beginning or before arriving that is, but once I am at the entrance, all this excitement and emotion kicks right in! It's like - Lily TRANSFORM!!!! To a kid (not that I act like an adult often. Hhahaha..... but this gives good excuse for me to be cheeky even more!)

Ok, so now you can see how my pic taking skill evolve (as well as my weight!!! I do look pretty looooooooong time ago. Ahaks!), somehow hair remains the same length though. Strangely, I've cut my hair so many a time, but during these trips, it happens to be the same length. Hemm....

Ahh.... my 2nd Disneyland trip and it's in Europe - Paris. This was a shocker plus the fact that we went there during winter.

Shock 1 - Smaller then DisneyWorld - obviously, one is "land" and the other "world"
Shock 2 - All in french...?!?! hehehe.... cute though
Shock 3 - Hardly any people (because on winter probably), hence I rode Magic Mountain 3 times (YUP!!) WITHOUT queuing
Shock 4 - I thought it looked pinkish then blueish... hemmm...

Ahhhh....... Luck on my side (despite I don't fancy Paris so much), I went to Paris Disneyland yet again. Well, actually I went twice on that trip, one was I paid to go in (of cos), another one was with Anna during her company night (paid for) - Thanks Novell!

Ah.... My very 1st Asia Disneyland visit - Hong Kong Disneyland. FINALLY! One comment - SMALL! I mean SMALLEST!

Kiasu! 2nd trip to Disneyland Hong Kong the following year, of coz this wasn't planned, it was my MVP Award.

Yeay! I finally made it to the only DisneySEA (Japan) in the world. I was sooooooooo excited! Ofcoz, this means I didnot go to their Japan Disneyland. Oh yah! They have 2 Disneys (land & sea) there.
Well, next visit? *wink wink*

My first Universal Studio, I forego Disneyland Aneheim for this, not sure whether it's the right move I've made!? Hemm... Oh well....

This one is much smaller then the one in LA, but this will do for now. I have one more to go I think, which is the one in Osaka, Japan. Hoping to go there end this year. And I heard Seoul, Korea building one and will be ready by 2012. Hemm..... Looks like I have my travel planned up till 2012 then. Hhahahaa....


See you in Osaka & Seoul




PS : I just googled, apparently one in Orlando too. And new one will be in Dubai aside from Korea. The one in Spain has closed down.

Tokyo DisneySEA

Day 2 (4 March 2011). DisneySEA... by the SEA.

Been quiet for awhile as I was traveling and busy with work when I got back.

Well, hope I can pick up the momentum to blog... especially after what happen to Japan, I kinda feel sad, it is such a LOVELY country, full of culture and POLITE people. I can't brag enough about Japan.

Anyway, since we might not be able to travel to Japan so soon in near future, I should blog about all my experience of this wonderful country.

I touched down around 9ish at night on March 3 (Thursday), nothing much can happen at that hour since we headed straight to our hotel, well.... kinda.... We got lost as we came up from the underground train station. Foreign land/foreign language symptom which normally clears on the 2nd or by the 3rd day. Well.... kinda - for us at least.

First DESTINATION on day 2 - DisneySEA. OK! Here's the thing, there are about FOUR (4) Disneys in the world Paris Disneyland, Anaheim Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland & Tokyo Disneyland. And ONE (1) DisneyWORLD in Orlando and ONE (1) DisneySEA in Tokyo. Sooo.... yeah right! I choose DisneySEA of cause (been to all except Tokyo Disneyland & Anaheim's).

I have done my "research" (as usual) and asked around (as usual). I kinda know what to expect or at least I thought I know what to expect (yeah LILY! Haven't you learnt anything!?).

The concept was Mediterranean with a touch of American beach front, what you can expect to see...

The Spanish Gaudi

The Venice canals

Moroccan architecture

And the Cape Cod breeze.

What I first learnt (and mind you, IT'S EVERYWHERE [not just Disneys] even PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AREA)... is that the...

...superb toilet. Yup! YOU HEARD ME ALRIGHT! The T.O.I.L.E.T!

1. There's bidet for "SMALL BUSINESS"
2. There's spray for "BIG BUSINESS"
3. There's water pressure to control the bidet or spray
4. There's FLUSHING SOUND to MUFFLE the toilet sound (ie loud poo drops)
5. There's DEODORANT to... well you know...

And it's SUPERBLY CLEAN, no water marks nor stain. To a point you would WIPE it after use (fearing you might upset the person after you).... REALLY! Kid you not!

Then, there's child seat for todds while mummy doing her potties. Chawana sure would LOVE this.

There are more to come, but for now...

I MISS DISNEYSEA!



More pics in my facebook here.

Hyperlink credits : Tokyo Disneyland Resort

Biqque's Disney Melody

My dear pretty Biqque
Hope you don’t fall sick

As I read your entry
That you wanna go oh so badly
To the Theme Park Disney
In the island of Hongkie

Chawanna done her booking
After weeks of searching
She had booked for 2 families
To see Mickeys and Minnies

Oh! Don’t feel sad
Nor be mad
I have a suggestion
To make you be glad

Have you heard of Tokyo’s Disney?
Disneyland? NO siree!
Instead, DisneySea
The one and ONLY
Across the 7even seas

Go with cutie me?
Hehehee….

M.I.C.K.E.Y M.O.U.S.E

Day 3 (12 November 2006). ME & M.I.C.K.E.Y


Ahhh......A place where the child in you take CHARGEEEEEEE!!!!




Hemm... am torn between blogging or just photo uploading since no-one need NO INTRODUCTION to Mr.Walt Disney & his companion ie Mickey the Mouse. Ok, Why not I just do a gist of it; there's 2 visit site, (1) Disneyland Park & (2) Walt Disney Studio. My (ever so clever) plan was to go to the Studio first, take some pics and then proceed to Disneyland for night shot of the FAMOUS and most ICONIC fairy-tale fortress - THE Cinderella Castle.

Truthfully, my main aim (since this is my 2nd visit to Paris Disneyland) is to take pic with the cartoon characters... WHY right? I don't know... I suppose because I always see my friends' Disney photo album - them with cartoon character and I feel I should have one too (since my earlier visit to Paris Disney & Orlando Disney World was without any, sob sob sob). Hemmm..... SELF-PITY! And did I manage? YES!!! I DID!!!!! I even had a pic with Mickey!!! How cool is that Hehehhe....... HAPPY like a KID! *grin - did I not warn you that "it will bring out the child in you*.

Did I play any ride? NOPE! Did that in Disney World - Florida and besides, playing alone wasn't that much fun anyway (no one to scream with you nor share your fear, fear & more fear... Terasa rugi ler jugak kan). THUUUUUUUSSSSS, to make up for all these lost (trying hard here to console meself, mind you), I DECIDED to take pics of every little thing; even the road sign (especially Monster Inc. heehehee.... BOO!).

Then ofcos I went on the Studio Tram Tour which took you behind the scene kinda thingy (old scene props basically), their wardrobe/costume and vehicles used for some movies. You know, the normal stuff you see in movie studios.

Alas..... the parade.... Always wanted to take pics of DISNEY parade, kinda a small one though but good enough lar.

NEXT!!!! DISNEYLAND PARK!

As usual, you will pass the Main Street and shop at Disney merchandise store, I also bump into "MY" store which I don't remember owning. Hehhehehhe..... Of which, I ALSO DON'T MIND OWNING IT! MUAHAHHAHAA.....

I saw some Christmas carolers (strange, for some weird reason I thought this was supposed to spell with 2 "L"s) as I was roaming around waiting for night time. Aren't they cute with the old English costume *smile*.

After a minutes upon minutes of waiting (felt like hourSSSSS), finally! FINALLY! The Cinderella castle being "spot-lighted" (I created this silly word), ahhh...... BEAUTIFUL! You can here the song...

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

Aaaah..... ENCHANTING...

The crowd increased like sardines in a can, just about then….

.....they lighted up the castle.... LAWA!!!!!!

Soon after, I walked back to my hotel lar.....
Building my own little castle in the air.

And I said I might do ONLY photo uploading, yeah right LILY!

:P

ALONE in Paris

Day 2 (11 November 2006). That's a sad thing to be all ALONE in Paris, sob sob sob....



How bad was it? I took only 46 photos the whole day. WAIT! You must be wondering why am I alone in Paris right? NOOO! Anna didn’t leave me stranded, ofcos NOT! She wouldn't dare! Hehhehee...... Yeah! Remembered I said she is attending the conference for 2 days (or was it 3 days? Hemmm....), well... our Day 2 in Paris was her 1st Conference Day. BORING her, ALONE me! I wonder who is better off? Or worst off? Hemmm....Anywaysss.....

Woke up VERY VERY VERY late, wasn't sure of what to do, figure I should take a walk in Paris again ie following the same route the day before, AND probably walk a little but slower this time since no one to wait for NOR anyone waiting for me. Hehhee....... this will be the 3rd time me walking the street - Champs-Élysées and not shopping - sigh... freaking expensive with Malaysia exchange rate.

Oh well! Decided! Took a train from Disney Resort Station called Gare de Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy (by the way, did I tell you the conference “forced” us to stay in Paris Disneyland Resort? Woo Hoo! Hehehee.... will blog about it in next entry).

The map looked complicated but pretty sure am smart enough to comprehend this, I figure if I can do this alone in foreign land and foreign language - other part of the world wouldn’t be that hard. I purchased the Metro daily pass so that I can take train everywhere & anywhere, I think I paid €12 for it. My first stop was Galleria La Fayette and decided to start on foot from there, the first time I was there, I remembered my cousin bringing me here to shop of cause back then I don’t have much cash since I just started work.

France was still using their own currency (before Euro came on board). Ahh.....The good old days for currency collectors. I should have kept some! Darn!

Back on Galleria La Fayette, ever since my first trip I always thought that La Fayette was the classiest, fashionable and most stylish mall and since this time around I seems to have more spare time on my own, I thought I should just drop by to take some pics. YUP! It didn’t fail me… fantastic as usual. LOVE IT!

I surely didn’t plan to travel anywhere that year obviously sooo I did not save enough dollars nor brought enough $ for any purpose. Arghhh…..!!!! Hence, till todate I still did not manage to take the cruise on River Seine. Sigh….. Oh well!… At least I get to go to Paris for the 2nd time and both times were FREE! MUAHHAHAHHAAA….. *evil laugh*

I basically took a stroll and took some building pics of which and what - I am so clueless, tangkap jek gambar. Back in those days I was travelholic with no purpose, hahahaaa….. even I feel my stories & pics not THAT exciting.

I remembered on 2nd day I was there I saw this small lane near Notre Dame Cathedral which I plan to revisit, apparently this tiny lane lead me to a Greek area (still not sure of the lane name till now, perhaps I should revisit Paris? Hemm….) and all the food there smelled SOOOOOOOOOOO FRAGRANT and YUMMILICIOUS. I saw some souvenir shops and accidentally bump into this stall (no regrets here!) ie SALAD BAR (vegetarian - not that I fancy veggies that much) - MAOZ. The food was yummy! (I went and look for it again in Amsterdam & Barcelona.... yup! That YUMMY!)

As it was getting dark and I’ve eaten my yummy food thus I head back to Disney Resort (what a boring ending to write, couldn't even find a way to spice this up... apa lar).

My plan for tomorrow?

Paris Disneyland!!!!

Hyperlnik credits : Wikipedia