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Lebanon, Missouri
Here at Disney I have been amazed by the number of people from outside the United States. We rode on the tram with people from Brazil. At lunch we sat with a family from Venezuela. At the Little Mermaid we sat beside some college students from Indonesia.
I could go on and on.
I like to talk to people while standing in line. I have met some interesting people over the years. Today we were in the queue for the Safari ride when my brother’s wife notices someone in the next row wearing a t-shirt from Lebanon, Missouri. That is where my sister-in-law teaches. She asks the Asian if he lives in Lebanon. He doesn’t speak English. A translator asks him the question. He says he got the shirt in China, his home country. He didn’t know where Missouri was, but he liked the shirt.
That was weird.
1-800-GOOG411
Here is a cool service from Google that can help even when you can’t get online. We were in downtown Disney and needed to make a dinner reservation. We knew the name of the restaurant, but didn’t know the phone number.
Using a cell phone I called Google 411 (1-800-GOOG411). The automated voice asked for the city and state. It then asked for the type of business or the name of the business I was trying to reach. I said the name of the restaurant. Google repeated it back to me and asked if I would like to be connected. It was just that easy.
On top of all that, the Google 411 service is free.
Digital Cameras
This was the Christmas of the digital camera at our house. The older kids got Canon SD1000’s and the little girl got a Disney point and shoot. We managed to take about 5000 pictures during the holidays.
I can’t say enough about the SD1000. It’s difficult to take a bad picture with this point and shoot. The display is big and the face-focus technology ensures pictures of friends and family look good. If you are looking for a reasonably priced point and shoot, pick one up.
The Disney camera was something we picked up knowing we were heading south for the holidays. The pictures are ok, but in the hands of an eight year old, the sky is the limit. The picture above was taken by one such eight year old.
I remember the 110 camera my parents bought for me one Christmas many years ago. Ten minutes later all the exposures were used up and I was ready to get them developed. I’m not sure that camera ever saw a second roll of film. The Disney camera has taken a couple hundred pictures and they are all on my daughter’s computer. She is quite proud of them.
Merry Christmas
We spent Christmas Eve on Main Street USA with more than five millions lights donated by the Osborne family. The display is four or five blocks long and synchronized to Christmas music.
Disney even managed to make it snow.
