Orlando Miscellaneous

My husband and I were in Orlando for a week.  We went to several theme parks, eating like crazy but we also check out the town during our spare time.  One of my favorite place to go is grocery stores.  There are several large grocery stores in Orlando but I only visited a few:  Walmart, Publix and Winn Dixie.  I didn't check out the rest 'coz either I don't know their name or their location.  Perhaps I should do more research next time before travelling!  =)

 Florida license plate (this is not the official one though)

 There are quite a lot of flea markets in Orlando.

 This is what it looks like inside...

 Another shot inside the flea market

 I took this shot from a grocery store named Publix.  If you want to make your entree into a combo, just add $1.40.  That's neat!

 I don't eat cereals, so I don't know if we have this in Canada or not..  Yet, these flavors look very interesting!

 I really wonder if these things will taste good.... Mmm....there are a lot of other flavors too!

 Stuffed shell

 Stuffed salmon, I think we have this in Costco too!

 My first time seeing these walking helium balloons!!

 There are a lot of variety to choose from, and the sales associate told us that these type of balloon only released 2 months ago, so you might not yet see this everywhere.

 Regular helium balloons.

 My husband took some pictures of these Coke 'coz he said he never see these packing here in Canada.

 Vanilla Coke...  I've tried it before and I don't like it...  Ewww...

 Cherry Coke, taste as if you are drinking cough syrup soda.

 Lime Coke, Splenda Coke, Caffeine free coke...

 Wa........I've never seen that many colors of VO5 shampoo in my life!!!  There are for sure more than 10 colors!!

 8 counts here and they're all different!!

 I like these colors here!  =)

 More varieties here!!

 Cuban, Puertorican bread....I wonder what's the different between French bread and these ones here.

 ???!!!  Is that so??!  Shopping carts will lock if taken beyond the parking lot perimeter??!  Man..install some poles in front of the grocery store will prevent all hassles too!

 Different kinds of bird resting on a tree while a thunderstorm is getting close by.

 Unlike Canada, beer and wine can be found in every grocery stores in Orlando, and they're a lot cheaper in price too!!

 Red and white wine for less than $3 a bottle, that's ridiculous!!

 Lime Bud & wheat Bud, don't know if we have them here or not!  Beers are extremely cheap here!!  For $6, you can get 8 cans of 700ml beer!!  That's insane!

 Fed up with buffets, I insisted of eating sub and turkey leg for dinner tonight.

 It's such a huge delicious hot & yum giant smoked leg which I got from Walmart for only $4.97!!

 I was dead after eating this and my stomach didn't have anymore room for sub!  This is the leg wrap.

My sub was huge too!  As tall as a 2L Coke!  Walmart has another sub that's 1/4 longer than this but I didn't get that one.

It looks so delicious, and it costs only $5.49!  Mmm.....

They've put hack lots of ham and cheese in it!!

I had the Italian sub before the night I left Orlando.  My husband was half dead after eating the turkey leg and he couldn't eat no more buffet, so I had this sub instead.  I had the other Ham & Swiss sub while I was on the plane.

Hack lot of cold cuts inside this Italian sub too, but was too salty!

This flight was heading towards Toronto as well and we were supposed to depart at 10:30am together, but our previous flight arrived late so we were delayed...

Our plane was taxiing to the runway...

Here is the runway, I was lucky to take a shot before the plane took off.

Bye Orlando~~

Here we're back in Toronto, unlike my last trip, this plane approached the runway from the Mississauga area and landed from the West.

Walt Disney World Resort - Epcot, Orlando

I've been to Walt Disney Epcot for several times and I'm now going again because I wanna bring my husband there.  =)  My husband has never been to Disney in his life so this is a good chance to go visit this place while we are in Orlando.  Disney World is never a fun place for me, this is a place for kids and I guess I'm too old for that.  There is no exciting rides and to me, not much to see.  Yet bringing my husband there to have a good day - priceless.

Arriving Walt Disney World

We're heading to Epcot.  I call it 鴨腳 in Chinese~  =)

Entering the parking lot

Epcot building and the monorail

Theme park price

Memorial plaque in Epcot, just pay a small fee and you can engrave your picture here

Disney art gallery

These pictures are no cheap

Here is a closer shot of one of the painting

Bambi world

Sagway, this remind me of what the policemen are riding in Orlando Airport

Too bad this piggy bank adventure is only for kids

Disney souvenir pennies machine

Imagination center.  Where you enjoy the attractions of 'Journey Into Imagination With Figment' & 'Captain EO'.  Well, boring attraction...

The fountain outside Imagination

This is another exhibit center 'The Land', where you find attractions of Soarin, Living With the Land and The Circle of Life.  There is a food court at the lower level as well.

Rides and attractions were really boring...  Here I'm on a boat ride through 'Living With the Land', which the boat voyage through amazing green houses and a fish farm.

Forgot what kind of tree this is.

Another type of fruit tree.

Jackfruit

Dragonfruit

Water Lily

Star Fruit

Cocoa tree?!

Banana tree

Hybrid Tilapia

Not too sure but is this one of a fish kind that we get caviar from?!

Sunflower

Holy!  They don't grow the pumpkin on the ground!

...and neither does the watermelon!!

Jumbo lemons, the skin must be so thick!

Mango??!!

Yam

These are lettuce

I've seen this on TV and I like the way how they grow lettuce here!  This can save up a lot of space.

Dwarf Pepper

Cucumber

Herbs

Sushni (fern clover)

They're growing lettuce on top of the tilapia tank.

Brussels Sprouts!  Mom look at this!!

I guess they do more plant research than this...

Parking lot for strollers only!!  Disney has hired a 'parking officer' to take care of this specifically.

The seas with Nemo & friends...

It was a boring ride...

Epcot character spot, a place where you can take picture with Mickey, Mini, Donald Duck...etc

A fountain right outside the Character Spot.

Club Cool, you can say this is a Coca Cola store.

It provides complementary soda from around the world.

Another shot of the Coke products they're selling

Mickey key chain

Mickey jawbreaker

Disfruta Manzana Lift~~~~  It's apple soda from Mexico!!  My yum yum favorite!  =D

Beverly analcolico aperitivo, soda from Italy....GROSS!!

Assorted chocolate bars

'Coca Cola' in different language

Club Cool has became my favorite hang out spot in Epcot!!

Epcot from another angle

It's a nice hot day here in Florida.

World showcase starts here~~

Christmas ornament

Disney pins.

It's getting close to Halloween so Disney is promoting these Halloween products.

Showcase Canada.  They have a restaurant here as well.

...Which part of Canada are they imitating here??

A very beautiful Victorian garden

Here is a building that represents Canada..

Totem

Garden shed

Here I'm in the United Kingdom showcase.

UK pub

Family crest, it' more like a signet-ring that used to seal documents with wax during the Medieval Era.

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.  No body was lining up to take picture with them...so I took a shot of them here.  =)

Part of the UK showcase building.

England is famous for their tea.

Tea cups and tea.

It's a pretty neat street, but too bad, Orlando is just too damned hot!

Fish & chips, a very famous snack in England.

Guess who this is!!!!  Alice!! (In the wonderland).

A scene from UK showcase.

Epcot is a huge theme park and it's hard to finish the tour in one day...

This is part of the Epcot scene.

Here I am in the France World Showcase

A very nice garden

Part of the building in France showcase

A closer shot of the garden

What's France famous for?  Perfume!!

Les Vins de France...don't know what this mean...

Art decor

Besides perfume, France is famous for wine.

Subway system in France...holy cow!

Chocolate souvenir

Herbes de Pcovence?!  Don't know what this is either...

Soaps

Soap souvenir

Cafe

They put this into the oven and grill it before serving

Leaving the France showcase

Here I'm at the Morocco showcase

I looks as if I'm in Morocco now~

Clothes that they're selling

Moroccan products

Cushion holder

Bracelets and chains

Um....pots?!

Camel woodcraft

Wonder what those clay pots are for...

Lamps

Here I come the Japan showcase

It's a restaurant on the 2nd floor and a souvenir shop on the 1st floor.

???!!  Sanrio??!!

I feel like I'm in L.A.....

Cute charms

These hand made jewelery boxes are very expensive.

$180!!  This is only a small box...

Pay $16 then choose 3 oysters, this Jap lady will open the oyster in front of you...guarantee there will be 1 or 2 pearls inside...  Size and color may vary.

Guess what this is....erasers!!

Traditional Jap hair pin, some are costing almost US $100 each!

Incense jewelry box

Kimono

Traditional Jap fans

Solar powered decor

Charms

More decors

$3.95 a pair of chopsticks....I can probably get 10 pairs for only $1 in dollar stores, just not that fancy that's all!

Instant noodles where we can easily get them from local grocery stores.

 Candies

Bowls and plates.

Wall decor

'God of dogs'...

Local Jap

Local Jap stuff again

I forgot the name of this animate but I remembered playing a Playstation game related to this character.

Some sort of traditional Jap figure

Local Jap stuffs: monsters

These two ladies here are preforming Jap drums

A scene at the Japan showcase.

More shots of this showcase.

I saw this Mickey balloon everywhere and I found it very cute.

Here I am at the American Adventure.

Historical American building pretending to be...

Local American food

This one is cool!  President of The United States: Barack Obama!

Mickey and the States

There wasn't much to see at the US showcase

...and I moved on...

If you see this, you know you are in the Italy showcase.

I wonder if Italy really looks like this...

Here is the Italy-imitated building

A corner of a restaurant

Here is another shot of the Italy showcase

There must be a lot of these types of statutes in Italy

Pizzeria Ristorante~

Masks

These masks look very authentic

Assorted plastic rings

Italy is famous for their perfume

I moved on and here I come, Germany showcase

Miniatures

It looks like a mini countryside

Here is another shot...

The romantic road: Fusser?!

Um....they're famous for glass products??!

...Or crystals??!

I wonder if Germany really look like this...

It's quite busy here at the Germany showcase

Souvenirs

Germany is famous for its beer, so it's obvious that they're selling beer mugs here.

I guess they used to put these bells on their cattle, and now these bells become their souvenirs here.

Ostrich egg crafting, this egg cost over US $1,000!

More beer mugs

Handcrafted clocks

More mugs

Small decor

.....US$6,800??!  Wonder if this castle is made from crystals...

These little decors cost over $100 each...

Bracelets made by glass beads.

$35 each, the price is more reasonable, but it's very expensive if you want to collect the whole set.

Glass ornament.

Germany is of course famous for their wine as well.

A closer shot of the beer mugs

Desserts

A closer shot of their sour apples

Guess who this is.....Snow White~~

Decor from Outpost

Disney's African style souvenirs

Facial paintings

'Please drink Coca Cola'.   Yes I will~~~  =)

Here I am at the China showcase

This building that we can only see in Beijing, now we can see it in Epcot.

Guess who this is....Mulan~~!

Cute Disney balloon.  PS, you can't bring this with you on the plane.

This is a shot of the ceiling from the China showcase.

One of the Chinese product found in the China showcase.

Bracelet that has both Chinese and English name.

Typical Chinese candy that can be found in any Chinese grocery stores.

Traditional Chinese masks

Panda, a mammal that can only be found in China

Stylish tea pots

Tea pots in a more traditional way.

Lamps

Hummingbird decor

Dragonfly decor

Vendor selling more Chinese goods outside the main souvenir store.

Here I am at the Norway showcase

More pictures from the Norway showcase.

These houses look cute!

Hobbits?!

I saw these figurine everywhere in Disney, I guess these are really hot items.

Giant 'hobbit'??!

More shots of these hobbits decor

Hobbit family~

Traditional snowshoes

Norway flags

Norwegian warrior

I like the way they grow plants on the roof!

Seeing these hats, I'm arriving the Mexico showcase, the last world showcase in Epcot.

These decor are very colorful

More of these decor

Meeting Donald Duck~

Tikal temple

Cultra antigua

A giant hand crafted frog

This is what's inside the Tikal temple.  There is a Mexican restaurant, some shops and a musical boat ride.

I guess Mexico is famous for this liquor

Clay jars

This craftsman is making craft products here

Mickey~

Captain Mickey, costing US $225 each.

These are local Mexican crafts

More shots of the craft here

Gemstone rings

This must be some sort of jewelery box.

That's the end of the Mexico showcase.

Mission: SPACE

Orange 'Team' was for an intense journey while green 'team' was for a milder mission.  We went with the orange team...

'Tap into your inner astronaut as you blast into space without leaving Earth!'....I almost collapsed after this ride...  @@

Ellen's Energy Adventure from Universe of Energy.  Too bad this attraction was closed when we get there at around 7:30pm.

Spooky Mickey popcorn holder

Finding Nemo cups

Here is another one

Finding Nemo snow globe

Here are those 'bear' figures again

Mugs

Christmas ornament

Here is another Mickey ornament

Mickey & Mini dolls

Crazy cumulonimbus

Here is a closer shot of the cloud

Epcot almost close, it's time to go now.