By the time this is finished we'll all be speaking fluent German! A trip report AND a learning experience!
Don't forget your passports, 'cause we're on to...
THE WORLD SHOWCASE!
Mexico:
I'm glad they finally convinced those booze-soaked partiers to get out of the pool in the Mexico ride. They must have drunk up more water and alcohol than a neglected sponge in a bucket of water for two weeks
Once again Donald Duck proves he's deficient in the simplest of duck abilities - swimming and flying...
Before you put on that sombrero - stop and think about how many others have put on that sombrero...
Fiesta Margaritas
Only in Disney can you leave the cacti of Mexico for the fjords of Norway. If Mickey says it can be done, it WILL be done!
There are more tiny Princesses per square foot in Norway, than any other place in the WDW.
I'm convinced Cloudberry Horns are called that cause they're made in heaven by angels and floated down to the Kringla Bakery just for me!
Over the Falls! Over the Falls!
Let's leave Scandanavia for the Far East delights of
China:
Why do I always show up at the end of the Acrobats Show?
So it's the year of the RAT....
That's a lotta terra cotta....
Now that we're all fluent in Deutsch...
DEUTSCHLAND - home of The Dopey!
Admit it - you really DO like Oompah Bands!
We haf vays of making you luf sauerkraut!
Hands up - who's broken a Christmas Ornament?
Ever notice that those dollies in the toy shop own a wardrobe that's 50xs more expensive than yours?
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And every second Castmember is named "Steffi"? German efficiency.
Is that the Rockets Red Glare? Is it Dawn's Early Light?
Yes - it's THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE!
Location, location, location!
Hmmm - see you got the best house on the block...
Pays that the Mouse is Red, White & Blue...
Evidently pin-trading was very popular in colonial Philadelphia....
Funnel cakes should be illegal - but I'm glad they're not.
Mamma Mia!! We're in ITALY!
Dumbest comment overheard in Italy: "That's the Acropolis"
Wouldn't this be a perfect place for a Pizza Window?
Those masks are just plain scary.
Is it just me or is there really NOTHING to do in Italy?
Finish up the gelato - and bone up on your bowing
JAPAN:
See the Candymaker - evidently that candy's made of "corn sy-rup"....oh yes - and if you didn't get that the first time - she'll inform you of it again....and again...and again....but that's one cute pink pig!
Someday I'm gonna buy me a kimono....
"What's this shisimi?.... you mean it's RAW???!!!"
"It's just sand" "No, it's a garden" "But it's sand!" "It's a sand garden" "A SAND garden?" "Oh for heaven's sake...."
It slices, dices, makes julienne fries - we're in the Marketplace of
MOROCCO
Yeah, sure...someday we're ALL going to take belly-dancing lessons
Morocco is the jingliest country in the Showcase....
Habibi means "my love".
And I'll habibi my dh if he buys me some of those gorgeous Moroccan leather slippers...
Sacre bleu! La Belle FRANCE!
It's just like the real France! No washrooms anywhere!
Only in France can drinking wine out of a plastic cup make you feel tres continental...
Berets off to the French movie! and remember, it's all right to French Kiss - you're in France!
The best thing Napoleon ever did was invent the napoleon....
Hustle up now, we're crossing the English Channel to the UNITED KINGDOM
....in Dublin's fair city, where girls are so pretty...." is fast becoming the It's a Small World Afterall" of the WS
England is the only country that can get Americans to say "chips" instead of "french fries".
Say, they really do sound like the Beatles....
ATTENTION AMERICANS!!! in this shop you can buy a TEAPOT - No, really, a TEAPOT for brewing REAL TEA - no, not a cup and a teabag - a TEAPOT.
Well, this place looks familiar....
O CANADA, my home and native land...
Off Kilter - how prophetic...sort of just sums us up....
Kudos Canada - great new movie. See, there's more to us than just beavers and loonies. (I'm talking about MONEY, people
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I've never seen a lumberjack in my life.
So, basically, our stores promote booze and hockey. How insulting! Are they inferring all we do is booze and play hockey?
....nevermind.
And if your in the neighbourhood, stop in at LeCellier and say hi to that cute little blonde named Emily - tell her llama sent you.
And that, my friends, is the World Showcase.