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Loved all the Tokyo DL/sea reports!!! Sad they are over, can't wait for more trip reports.

I have been so excited to read all about Tokyo DL and Disney Sea!!!! You always post epic trip reports. Because of your trips there I'm trying to plan a trip out there myself!! Can't wait for Part 2

1 HOUR!!! 1 HOUR?!?!? They said we only worked 1 HOUR!! I was out in the Princess Fantasy Faire from 12-5!! I have TONS of pictures.

HI everyone, First I want to thank you all for voting and being so supportive and helping me with trying to win my Dream Job at Disneyland. To let you all know....I WON!!! So June 9-12 I will be at Disneyland being a "Princess In Waiting" (actual day of job is June 11, I'll mainly be performing at Fantasy Faire). I hope to see some of you there. Everyone is welcome to come and watch/meet me. Thanks again for all the votes!! Below are the links to the official announcements: http://www.disneylandnews.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=217&view_id=5829 and http://www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs/view-winners.asp Robb & Elissa- this is the perfect time for Kidtums to meet her first 'Disney' Princess- a TPR fan Princess! (Reminder: I'm JorDanrella- the girl dressed up as Cinderella in the Princess In Waiting category.)

Guilty I have 5: Old Shuffle New Silver Shuffle (before the colored ones came out, now I need one of those) Green Nano Pink Mini 30GB Black Video I am never without one, always have it on. Great invention to ignore co-workers with.

Thank you so much for all the votes!! Today is the LAST DAY to vote, so if you can help me out 1 last time. I'm heading to Vegas today for my Birthday, so I won't be able to vote. So a few more votes for my birthday would be nice> http://www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs/dream-job-applicant.asp?jtid=5&ytid=KznRyhC1geE

We have NO clue on how we are doing. I can look on Youtube and see how many views my video has gotten, but that most likely won't even be close to what the actual number is. That's why it's just best to keep our heads down and keep voting- cause you never know....

Thanks so much for all your support and kind words. I appreciate it. Only 4 days left of voting....So my last plea... Please help me out and vote as much as you can and get everyone you know to throw in a few votes too! http://www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs/dream-job-applicant.asp?jtid=5&ytid=KznRyhC1geE Thanks again!!!

8 more days left of voting..... http://www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs/dream-job-applicant.asp?jtid=5&ytid=KznRyhC1geE Keep it up! Thanks so much!

Glad she is doing better. She is the CUTEST! Love the hair......but watch out when the balding happens in a few months. Congrats.

haha I'm almost to that point of paying people! JK! 15 more days of voting...... yuck

Keep up the good work guys. Thanks so much for voting. I have 19 more days of voting ahead of me....I'm about to go crazy!!! And no acting for me! I used my work voice in the video, so that was enough for me!! Thanks again!!

I just found out some Important voting information.... You have to view the video as many times as you vote. Meaning if you voted 10 times and only watched the video once, it will only count as 1 vote. They are synching the votes with the videos. So by the end of the day if I have 2000 votes and only 250 votes...it'll only count as 250 votes total. They keep changing things on us! So Keep on voting and viewing. Thanks for the support!!!!

Thank you all so much!!!!

Hullo Everyone, Once again I'm in dire need of your help! Disney came out with a contest to celebrate their new theme "Year of a Million Dreams". They are holding a contest right now where you can win your Dream Job for Disney for 1 day, with 5 jobs to apply for. I, of course, applied for the Princess In Waiting job. I was selected from hundreds of videos to be a Top 20 Princess In Waiting Finalist. From March 6th-30th everyone must go vote at http://www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs/dream-job-applicant.asp?jtid=5&ytid=KznRyhC1geE (if that link doesn't work, go to http://www.careerbuilder.com/disneydreamjobs/home.asp and click on "Princess In Waiting". I am the 3rd video on the top, dressed as Cinderella standing by a tree.) THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!! The voting system is an open ended voting. So you can repeat your votes OVER AND OVER!! DO NOT hit enter when submitting your vote, it will NOT count as a vote, you must click Vote! Make sure the watch the video quite a few times as well-- video views count as well as the votes!!! I am begging you, PLEASE vote as much and as often as possible and spread the word to EVERYONE you know. Dedicate an hour each day if you feel the need to help me make my dream come true. They select 5 Grand Prize Winners in each Category to go live their dream job for 1 day. Please help me FINALLY fulfill my Disney dream of being a Princess. I have a 1 in 4 chance of winning, but don't just count me as a shoe-in- EVERYONE needs to vote in this nation-wide contest! I know your wondering what the Grand prize all includes: a 4 day/3 night trip to Disneyland for me and my family- all expenses paid. Then one of those days I 'work' for Disney and all dressed up perform my duty of Princess In Waiting. They don't let you know exactly what you do for the job until you win. Of course I do invite EVERYONE to go to Disneyland with me while I perform my Dream Job... if I win. So once again Please help me be a Princess!! Forward this email to all your friends, family, co-workers, networks, blogs, websites....everyone and everything! Only you can help make my Dream finally come true. I also, HIGHLY recommend you vote for these people in the other categories: Pirate Apprentice: William Bean "Pirate to Principal" Jungle Cruise Skipper: "Check Out His Chin" Chin Skipper Thank you so so so so much!!!! I appreciate all your love, support and friendship! JorDan Leigh Tripp "JorDanrella"

Just Wondering....Has Guy met the real Kim Possible? I don't know where she is, somewhere in WDW....

Lagoon has to be the LAMEST amusement park ever. Now if you do come here, don't even bother going there.....Go to the Utah Olympic Park in Park City and take a Bobsled ride. It's insane!

A question I'm sure on everyones mind......who watched Rattums while you were away? Did he go to a Hamster Hotel? Did you sneak him on the plane with you? PS- Hurry up and post more of the Europe trip!

This "quest" is finally coming to an end. What was once supposed to have been the flagship of an entire chain of 30 indoor theme parks, one that would have eventually encircled the globe, DisneyQuest will be closing in 18 months. Then this 5-story tall, 100,000 square foot structure -- which towers over the West Side section of Downtown Disney -- will be gutted & turned into a brand-new ESPN Zone. According to one WDW insider who was privvy to this decision: "I'll be sorry to see DisneyQuest go. But this is really the right choice for Downtown Disney. A ESPN Zone will freshen up the mix on the West Side. This new sports dining and entertainment venue will have strong appeal to both WDW guests as well as Orlando locals. And given that we'll regularly be doing broadcasts from an on-site studio, this ESPN Zone will also help up Downtown Disney's profile. So it's really a win-win for Walt Disney World." As you might imagine, the cast members who currently work at WDW's DisneyQuest and/or the ESPN Club over at Disney's Boardwalk Inn resort (Which will be closing once WDW's new ESPN Zone opens) have a very different take on the company's decision to shutter its indoor theme park. Said one DisneyQuest staffer: "This just stinks. Sure, attendance has been flat at DisneyQuest for the past few years. But that's because we haven't had a new attraction since "Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold" replaces "Hercules in the Underworld" back in 2000. Plus Disney doesn't really promote us anymore to people staying on property. So how is DisneyQuest supposed to attract WDW guests with no shows and zero promotion? If the company had just gotten behind us, I'm sure that we could have been a success ..." Ah, but that was the real problem, folks. Disney Company executives felt that they'd already poured enough money into the development & creation of DisneyQuest. Initial work on the indoor theme park project began back in 1994, with proof-of-concept field tests of various proposed DQ rides & attractions (Remember the "Imagineering Lab" at Epcot's Future World? Where two lucky guests from each tour group got the chance to try out the prototype version of "Aladdin's Flying Carpet Ride"?). After four years of R & D, the Walt Disney Company was finally ready to go forward with the DQ project. Which (in theory) would have brought the Disney theme park experience into urban enviroments. Which would have then allowed the Disney corporation to tap into a potentially huge new customer base. The only problem was the initial cash outlay for constructing a DisneyQuest was huge. Enormous. $80 - $100 million each. And then ... Well, it was going to take Mickey years (and dozens of other DQs having to be built in untapped markets all around the world) before Disney Regional Entertainment (I.E. The division of the Mouse House that actually ran herd on the DisneyQuests) finally began making any serious money off of this project. Which is why -- almost from the get-go -- the Walt Disney Company began cutting corners on the DisneyQuests. Whereas the WDW version was 100,000 square feet, the Chicago version of DisneyQuest (Which opened in June of 2000) was only 90,000 square feet. And the DQ that was in the works for Philadelphia (Before that project was abruptly cancelled in 2000)? That DisneyQuest was only supposed to be 80,000 square feet. Given that the WDW version of DisneyQuest (Which had been built to handle 1400 guests an hour) rarely if ever met its attendance projections, the corporation quickly lost all enthusiasm for this project. Cutting back on its original plan to swap out 15-20% of the rides, shows & attractions every two years as well as abandoning its plan to build the other 28 DQs in the chain. The Chicago operation closed in September of 2001, after only 27 months of operation. And the WDW version of DisneyQuest? ... Well, that's pretty much limped along ever since. The staff & management team there knew that the end was eventually coming. They just didn't know when Mickey would eventually pull the plug. But clearly there were signs. When the DisneyQuest Emporium got rid of virtually all of its merchandise featuring the DQ logo and began selling generic Disney trinkets ... Well, that was one indication that Mouse House managers were finally getting ready to make their move. Then earlier this year, when Walt Disney Company officials announced their plans to begin "freshening up" Pleasure Island by shutting down various stores & restaurants there that were under-performing ... DisneyQuest workers, realizing that this West Side facility hadn't ever met any of its attendance or financial projections in years, knew that DQ would soon be on the chopping block. So, when I called a couple of DisneyQuest employees earlier this week looking for comment of the upcoming closing, most folks were sad but not surprised. Some even tried to be a bit upbeat. As one cast member told me: "At least we're getting plenty of advance notice about the closing. Plus if they stick with this 18 months timetable, we'll still be able to celebrate DisneyQuest's 10th anniversary. That should be one hell of a party." So just a "heads up" here, folks. If you're a big "CyberSpace Mountain" fan, make sure that you drop by WDW's DisneyQuest in the coming months and get in a couple of rides. For -- come January of 2008 (Reportedly right after the Christmas crowds go home) -- DisneyQuest will close its doors forever. And then -- after several months of extensive construction -- this distinct structure will eventually re-emerge as Downtown Disney's new EZPN Zone. Disney PR types are hoping that this new sports dining and entertainment experience will be ready to open by October 1, 2008 (Just in time for Disney World's annual press event). But those who are familiar with all the work that will need to be done in order to change the old DisneyQuest building into a state-of-the-art ESPN Zone say that the proposed construction schedule is overly optimistic. And that -- more than likely -- it won't be 'til the late winter or early spring of 2009 'til this revamped West Side facility is actually ready to serve its first customer. But what do you folks think? Are you sad to learn that Downtown Disney will soon be losing the world's only remaining DisneyQuest? Or are you excited to hear the West Side will soon have its very own ESPN Zone? Your thoughts?