Star Tours - Flight to Endor

Are you tired of all my Star Wars Disney posts yet?

Last one for now, I promise.

In Downtown Disney, I didn't ride my boys' favorite rides

such as

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

or

Rock "n" Roller Coaster.


They rode those rides several times.

But I did ride Star Tours.

You first walk through a slight hanger filled with droids hard at work.

Then you board a Star Tours Starspeeder 3000
and begin what you think will be a relaxing tour of the Moon of Endor.

But when your absent-minded droid, RX-24, takes a wrong turn, hold on tight as you careen out of control through the vast solar system

—bouncing around in all directions—

and come face-to-face with comets, a massive Star Destroyer
and even the dreaded Death Star!

It was a lot of fun.
I'd do it again.

Wicket's Warehouse

In Downtown Disney there was a place called Wicket's Warehouse.

Do you know who Wicket is?

He's the Ewok who saves Princess Leia on the Moon of Endor.

Well, in Disney's Wicket's Warehouse, you can buy all kinds of Star Wars paraphernalia.
My boys were in heaven.

Star Wars Mr. Potato Head

Storm Trooper helmets

Muppets Star Wars figures.

This photo came out blurry, but it's a T-shirt that says,

"When all else fails, send in the Wookiee."

Mickey and Minnie Skywalker dolls

Yoda.

Remy bought some of these key chain sized light-sabers.
They really light up.
and came in several colors.

It was a fun stop!!

We ended up getting some t-shirts.

Would you have bought anything?

What favorite movie would YOU buy T-shirts from?

Star Wars in Downtown Disney

It was a Star Wars Weekend at Downtown Disney when we visited Disney World in June.

This may not excite you,
but it was a source of HUGE excitement for my boys.

Because we bumped into Star Wars characters all over the place.

And my sons lectured me with Star Wars trivia the whole time.

I always liked Princess Leia's unique hair do.
Apparently it took about two hours with a hair dresser to achieve them.

And they were originally modeled off of Hopi Indian Women.

Did you know that Wookiees (like Chewbacca pictured here) live a really long time?
He was 200 in Return of the Jedi.

The actor who originally played him was 7' 3" tall!
The Chewbacca vpoce was made from the recording mix of walrus, camels, bears, tigers and badges.

I think this scary lady was a bounty hunter.
I know a real life bounty hunter.
He drives an old cop car and carries a gun.

Remy & his cousin are on an Imperial Star Fleet Ship! Yikes!
Remy, do NOT go over to the Dark Side!!

Darth Maul is CREEPY.

I don't know, but those Storm Troopers are kind of cute.

Have you ever made out with a man in a helmet?!

Crappy Customer Service

In honor of Labor Day, I'm going to post my thoughts on customer service.

It's something that's gone the wayside in the service industry these days.

How long are you put on hold when you call a company?
Do you even get a human voice?

It makes a huge difference to me if I'm served my food with a smile.

If you go somewhere with crappy customer service, do you want to return?

When I think of a place that has good customer service, Starbucks comes to mind.
They create a feeling there that not many other places attempt.
(Remember my Singing for Starbucks moment?!!)
It's called the Starbucks Experience.

As a consumer, I want:

To be listened to.
Not to be lied to.
To be greeted warmly
To be treated fairly.
To be able to deal with someone who has KNOWLEDGE about their product.
And to get a little extra than I expect.

I want to help the company I work for produce excellent customer service.

So, share!

Share your good customer service experiences or ideas...and your bad experiences as well.

Because we can learn from BOTH.

Little Differences at Disney

Things are just DIFFERENT at Disney.



Have you ever seen an Evian bottle shaped like this one?

Or a cute toy soldier like this one?

Or even a bush, shaped like this one?

That Evian link above takes you to a hilarious commercial
with roller-skating babies.
Weird, I know.

Family Critters

I haven't participated in Camera Critters in a while.
This has been a crazy summer.

We went to Disney World with family.

I left my husband.

The kids and I moved in with my mom and stepfather.

And Annie came with us, of course.

Sweet Annie has had to face her fears.

And I think they just might...

become friends.

But right now, the cat's still in charge.

King Kachi.

Grab a camera & a critter and join Camera Critters!!

My Children are walking Public Service Accouncements

I walked in from work today,

and my 7 yr old ran to give me a hug.

The first words out of his mouth?

"Mama, It's Flu Season!"

and at the dinner table,

my 12 yr old says,

"Did you know that steriods makes your balls shrink?!"

I've learned a lot today.