Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina
Life is short. Live it well.
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- Sep 12, 2008
Congratulations on the new job! That is so exciting, and awesome for a short commute. The Canada Pavilion at Epcot used to sell Beaver tails back in the day. I believe my husband and I enjoyed one on our honeymoon 21 years ago.
We arrived in Kissimmee this afternoon, and we tried out Wonderland cookie dough this evening! My daughter was in heaven. It was even better than we thought it was going to be.
The Canada pavilion had Beaver Tails, and then discontinued them at some point?!?! What on earth were they thinking?
So glad you all enjoyed Wonderland Cookie Dough!! Hope you are having an awesome vacation!
I pronounce it the same as you. Care-a-Mel
Probably a regional thing. I know many folks here in Michigan think I talk funny. Apparently my "Canadian accent" gives me away quite regularly!
@DontRushMe , you're a native Michigander. How do they pronounce it here? Care-a-mell or Car-mull?
I think i can handle coffee!! And Jeremy definitely wouldn’t take too much convincing to make that move!
You’re not being picky. I definitely wouldnt say sunshine seasons is the best QS in the park.. especially in Epcot. There are soooo many different food offerings in the World showcase i could find a handful of better options.
Yes, one of these days I want to "eat around the world". I suspect the German pavilion would have more than a few items that would appeal, even to this picky girl!
Best of luck with the new job!
Thank you!
We need more for our corporation!
Yep- I don't mind working more hours or take on a side accounting job- I always tell Joe- more days on vacation!!
A new job always brings on nervousness but excitement at the same time!
We are going to have a good group of people here- this may actually happen some time!!
Yep- we're just a few years away from semi-retirement!
Can you imagine how much fun that would be? In our "spare time", we could host our own podcast from the staff lounge and give the Dis crew some stiff competition .
I run the chamber, visitors bureau, young professionals, and farmers market - I can help with this business venture! I’ve got connections!!
You're hired!
This is getting very interesting! Gina, we may have to call a business meeting for all of us- we'd have to meet in Orlando- the site of our business!!
I'm in! Name your date!
OMG - that was a complete brain-fart (can you say that on DIS? I guess I'll find out - if it gets starred out it was a "gaseous emanation of the grey (or gray) matter). I was completely thinking of Dancin' when I tagged OC2. She is (still) a regular poster on one of my (other) favorite Canadian TR writer's reports. @pkondz writes a mean trip report, but I kind if weaseled out on his because they got so popular that I could never keep up. The fun kind of drops out when you realize you are always 2-3 pages behind, and then you stop posting because your posts always seem to all be non-sequiturs.
So anyway, I've had the desired effect I guess, since YOU have now tagged DDS which was my intent. And who knows? Maybe I just attracted a couple of more readers to the fun reports of @Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina with my errant tags. I've got to say that I like both of your reporting for the same reasons. Not your average "we went here and did this, and ate that" trip reports; both of you are a lot more fun than that, and a great bunch of followers on both reports.
Aw shucks, you are too kind with your compliments .
Now that we've all learned that fart is not a banned word on the Dis [you never fail to bring us a giggle, or a tidbit of new information, or in this case....both simultaneously!!], we can also add the grey/gray debate to the caramel/care-a-mell/car-mull discussion. Who wants to weigh in? I'm a "grey" girl.....so maybe that's the Canadian spelling?
The chocolate caramel looks delicious. I think I've had that before.
As for my ADRs, I'm not too sure. We need to book somewhere for Christmas Day, I also fancy going to Chefs Homecomin, Trails End and perhaps Garden Grill for breakfast, although the hefty Christmas prices are a bit off putting. I've also read good things about CG brunch but at over $80 (I think), it may be out of the picture!
We will eat offsite in the main, but have the QSDP for the first week, so just a few reservations to make really for the last 2 weeks.
Trails End and GG are two winners for us, too. I've actually booked Trails End for dinner in October.....and I'm tossing around giving it a try for breakfast one day, too. We've never done breakfast there and have heard its equally as great.
How much higher are the Christmas prices....significantly so??? Such a bummer when Disney dining already takes such a hefty bite out of the pocket book.
When I was there in May, I pronounced it car mel and the people behind me started talking about how they pronounce it just like you do. It was funny. I think they were from England. I think even different parts of the US pronounce it differently. The CM didn't seem to mind either pronunciation. I always get the caramel popcorn and this time tried both the brownie (was really dry) and the caramel butter bar (far too sweet for me) on the 2 days we went. I much prefer the caramel square that you got to either of those two choices.
My favorite food this trip from Epcot this time was the Chilequiles from the stand outside of Mexico. Had it twice. Also, I think Sunshine Seasons has gotten worse over the years. We too prefer Electric Umbrella lately. I heard goo things about the Ramen in Japan though so will probably try that next time.
Ha! Maybe that's why everyone I know pronounces it care-a-mell. We Canadians have strong ties to our British roots.