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meekosthemeparkphotos · 5 months

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The Nightmare Before Christmas Tree

#Jack Skellington #Sally #The Nightmare Before Christmas #ornament #Christmas Ornament #Christmas Tree #Christmas #Disney Christmas #Disney Holidays #Christmas Tree Stroll #Disney Springs Christmas Tree Stroll #Town Center #Disney Springs #Disney #Walt Disney World #WDW

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adventuresofoswald · 4 months

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"Here's a different kind of family tree."

#adventures of oswald #wdw #disney springs #christmas tree stroll 2022 #Encanto

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samsdisneydiary · 5 months

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Disney Springs Restaurant Offers Christmas Tree Stroll Dining Special and On-The-Go Bites

‘Tis the season for festive shopping, strolls to discover beautifully adorned Christmas trees, and indulging in delightful food and beverages at Disney Springs. This season, alongside the traditional holiday shakes and generous pizza slices at popular quick-service spots like Chicken Guy! and Pizza Ponte, there’s an exclusive offer at Pepe by José Andrés. Enjoy half-priced sangrias with the…

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thelastcherryblossomtobloom · 2 years

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A few of the trees from Disney Spring’s Christmas Tree Stroll 2021

#disney springs #disney #lion king #raya #raya and the last dragon #ratld #Princess and the frog #wdw #Walt Disney world #Star Wars #Cinderella #Moana

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thepaperbackexpress · 4 years

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Why I Write

Bear with me as I retype the train of thoughts I had jotted down just five minutes ago when my phone decided to refresh this page.

In my estimates, I was somewhere, questioning why I harbor a dream of getting published. To answer that I find myself wonder why I love stories to begin with. The dream to get published was never an end goal, it’s safe to say stories have always followed me wherever I’ve set afoot. And if there ever was a shortage, I just pleaded my grandparents to retell my favorite tales on loop. My memory of Nana saying, “Aren’t you bored of this story? I’ll tell you another one”, is still fresh. Why I wanted to listen to Three Little Pigs twenty times on some nights is inexplainable. I remember closing my eyes and imagining every scene.

My mother had been through the same pestering and often changed details of stories. Even though I smiled every time she turned a red rose to a yellow one and then to a black one, I never interrupted her, she was a narrator who was already doing me a favor. But inconsistencies in details allowed for a bonfire of imagery and overtime I had heard of Rapunzel jumping out of the window, and living a life of independence way before Disney Princesses didn’t require rescuing.

Then there was Uncle Junior. His ghost stories would only spill if we (Wayne, Caro and yours truly) begged him for two days. I’m not sure why he told these stories to us during the afternoon, but I recall he could never complete a single one. His delivery of lines were so haunting that once all three of us saw smoke coming out of the ceiling. We had no idea how he made that happen. But shortly after, we all were crying like helpless puppies. Junu also knocked on the bed’s headboard and that had us screaming our guts out. We then pleaded him to stop the story right away.

It’s safe to say — listening to stories has been an important part of my growing years as was playing among the trees in Nana’s garden. How can I ever forget climbing her beloved Curry Leaf tree, and the sweet fragrance of the Raat Ki Raani that welcomed the night, and the fig tree I didn’t quite fancy (because figs just didn’t taste delicious back then) and the lemon tree I was instructed to climb and pluck in the run up to Christmas.

It was never about being published and it never will be. But I can tell you this: it will always be about creating thrill much like the thrill I received on listening to my favorite tales over and over and over and over and — “one last time, pretty please” — over again.

P.S. if you do read to the end please excuse any typos you might have found, typing on my phone is turning out to be a nightmare.

Picture: A still from our family trip to a Rose Garden in Ooty. It wasn’t spring time yet some roses were in bloom, we were lucky enough to spot them at intervals of our stroll. I hope this inspires you as it did for me. May we bloom despite spring and the existence of favorable conditions.

#Write #inkspired #roses #rose garden #ooty #words #inspired #latenight #journal

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asterinjapan · 5 years

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Of gardens and animals

Good afternoon!

Well, five PM is still noon, right?

Anyway, a little earlier today, but I still managed to see quite a lot. Since tomorrow is Disney day, I’m not sure if I’ll still go out tonight or if I’ll just get some dinner and call it a day, but I have some time to think about it still. In the mean while, here’s my report for today!

I cheered at breakfast as they had scrambled egg (which works much better with my stomach), so I could have a pretty filling breakfast, whoo! After that, I grabbed my things and made my way to the station. This time, my goal was the subway: I took the Yurakucho line to Iidabashi station, which was just ten minutes.

A short walk away is a garden called Koishikawa Korakuen. It’s one of the oldest gardens in Tokyo as it was completed during the Edo era (1600-1868), more specifically in the 17th century, with Chinese influences. Like many Japanese gardens, this garden has reproductions of famous Japanese (and in this case also Chinese) scenery, like with miniature hills and bridges. There are several bridges and small rivers named after bridges and rivers I’ve seen in Kyoto, for example.

Koishikawa Korakuen is actually very central, close to the Tokyo Dome and an amusement park ( you can see the white dome and the top of a rollercoaster from the garden). And it was a whole lot bigger than I somehow thought, haha. I think I compared it to another garden on the map and didn’t realize the proper scale. Anyway! Most Japanese gardens have something special depending on the season, as the Japanese like to pride their country on having four very different seasons. Cherry blossoms in spring are famous, but the fall leaves are almost just as popular, and it can get super busy in the popular spots when the autumn leaves reach their brightest colours.

The maple trees here had dropped almost all their leaves, but I still found an area that was a vibrant red and yellow, making for very spectacular views as the sun was shining bright today. The tree tops looked to be on fire. I took a ton of pictures and then found out I’d only covered a quarter of the garden, at best, haha.

Overall, I took almost 3 hours trailing through the garden, and even then I rushed some parts because the trees were completely barren in that area. Whoa! It was also interesting to see some of the trees (like the weeping cherry blossom tree and the trees in the inner garden) protected against the winter weather. Some have straw belts, but the cherry blossom tree has a straw cape: straw ropes are suspended from a central pole to protect the tree from snow, in the process drawing out a very basic Christmas tree shape, haha.

Anyway! Two breaks in the garden later (I had some amazake – sweet sake, although this was non-alcoholic), I made my way back to the station again to take the Namboku subway line this time. Of course, it first went past a station called Korakuen… Oops. Oh well, the next stop was where I was getting off anyway, and riding the subway for just 2 stops sounds slightly less pathetic than for one whole stop.

The stop is Todaimae, ‘in front of Tokyo University’. No, I haven’t signed up for classes, there’s a statue here that I wanted to pay a short visit.

You see, you’re probably familiar with the statue of Hachiko – if only because I post a picture of it every trip without fail, ahem. In case you forgot the story: Hachiko was a dog who always came to pick up his master, professor Ueno, at Shibuya station after work. One day, he didn’t return anymore as he’d had a heart attack at work and died there. Hachiko kept coming to the station for the ten years after, until his own passing. Touched by the dog’s loyalty, a statue was erected at Shibuya station as early as 1934 (when Hachiko was still alive!). The bronze was molten for the war efforts, so in 1948, a new statue was placed in the same spot, where it remains a popular meet-up spot to this day. In 2015, 80 years after Hachiko passed, a new statue was erected at Tokyo University: one of Hachiko happily reuniting with his master. Excuse me, I have something in my eye all of a sudden…

Anyway! The statue is actually super close to Todaimae station. I was fully prepared for a long search, but nope. Just walked out the street, found the entrance gate, and bam! There was the statue. It’s amidst some trees, but the sun was hitting it completely today, so I took pictures from every angle.

It was a short stop regardless – when I made it back to the station, I think I may have missed one subway at the most, ahem. I wasn’t done with the Namboku line, though, as I rode it a couple of stations further to Oji.

Oji (technically Ôji, a long o sound) is mostly famous for the Oji Fox Parade, which is held on New Year’s Eve. It’s a bit early for that, but foxes are still very present in Oji, at least in its shrines. Foxes (or fox spirits, more accurately - kitsune) are depicted in Asian and Japanese folklore as tricksters with magical powers (usually shapeshifting into beautiful women), but also as sacred creatures that can be a good or a bad omen, and they’re messengers of the gods. In Japan, they’re mostly associated with Inari, the god of rice and business among other things. There’s a lot of Inari shrines in Japan, most famously in Kyoto, the Fushimi Inari shrine with its many red gates. Numerous red gates in a row are usually a good tell if a shrine is dedicated to Inari, as well as the presence of fox statues.

Of course, Oji has several shrines with most of them featuring foxes, so I did 3 of them today. I started with the Oji shrine, which is close to the station and is also on a hill right next to dried out waterworks. It was a very lovely and unexpectedly rural scenery, so I sat down on a nearby rock to have lunch and enjoy the view. (My lunch was way too cute to eat by the way, I had melon bread shaped like a turtle.)

After that, I walked up the stairs to visit Oji shrine. The complex isn’t very big, but it’s one of the oldest shrines in Tokyo and supposedly grants protection against fires and natural disasters, making it a popular shrine for a new year’s visit. Not a lot of foxes to be spotted here yet, but there is a huge Ginkgo tree here which is said to be 600 years old! Whoa. It sure was big, anyway.

Next up, I took a little stroll to Oji Inari shrine. As expected with Inari in its name, there are more fox statues here, guarding the grounds and the small shrines at the complex. There’s indeed a pathway of several red gates, and then you find an Oishi-sama, or a ‘wish granting rock’ inside one of them. The story goes that if you can lift it, your wish will come true. The plaque next to it stated that if it is hard to lift, it’s a wish that can’t be easily fulfilled, so apparently this stone can change its weight depending on your wish. I gave it a go and barely managed to lift the rock, but I did it! (Hey, it’s a huge rock and I had two bags slung around my shoulder too, give me some credit.)

Interestingly, this shrine is not only in the middle of a normal neighbourhood, there’s actually a primary school in its backyard. Literally, even – one of the gates was closed, but led right into the playground, and the area around the shrine was in use as a bike park for all the mothers who went to pick up their kids. Huh.

The last stop of today was Shozoku Inari shrine, although not before going through an underground pass decorated with foxes, haha. According to legend, blue fires were spotted on New Year’s eve under a tree that used to stand here, said to be kitsunebi (fox fire) from foxes gathering from all over the country. The Fox Parade starts here every year due to this legend.

The shrine is tiny, but it’s very detailed and has some very elegant fox statues. I took my time (I was alone here anyway) and made a small prayer (if only to ward off any cheeky foxes, haha) before I decided to leave Oji again for today.

A quick hop to Tabata station and another quick hop to Ikebukuro brought me back to my hotel, so here I am! As said, tomorrow is Disneyland, so I’m not sure if I’ll go out anymore tonight. There’s some lovely winter illuminations still to see, like in Shibuya ,but I don’t want to ruin my feet before tomorrow, haha. Oh well, they’re not gone yet, so maybe another day if I can’t make it tonight.

For now, good evening and see you tomorrow! I suspect it’ll be late, haha.

#report #report: tokyo 2018 #tokyo 2018

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destinationsdesi · 2 years

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Couple close-ups of the cute details on the 2021 Christmas Tree Stroll at Disney Springs! Was super fun to do, you getta free gift, and there’s awesome coupons on the map with stickers! 😍🎄😍 If you could create a Disney themed tree, what would your theme be? 👇I think ours would be Dole Whip-Polynesian themed!🍦🍍 #christmastree #christmasdecor #disneychristmas #disneytree #disneyig #disneytips #christmastreestroll #moana #coco #sugarskulls #disneyworld (at Disney Springs) https://www.instagram.com/disneydreamerdesi/p/CXQyJdeLWRL/?utm_medium=tumblr

#christmastree #christmasdecor #disneychristmas #disneytree #disneyig #disneytips #christmastreestroll #moana #coco #sugarskulls #disneyworld

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mayamaslov · 2 years

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What’s New in Disney Springs: A Black and White Mickey Mouse Collection and Coca-Cola Eggnog

Hey there, DFB friends! We’re at Disney Springs with some updates! Disney Springs Disney Springs is celebrating the holidays right now with the Christmas Tree Stroll and LOTS of new holiday treats, so let’s get into it! Disney Springs Food Updates For the month of December, the featured drink at the Coca-Cola Rooftop Beverage Bar is the Coca-Cola Eggnog, which is made with Coca-Cola, eggnog,…

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meekosthemeparkphotos · 4 months

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Encanto Christmas Tree

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adventuresofoswald · 4 months

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"A hauntingly beautiful tree (says Waddles)."

#adventures of oswald #wdw #disney springs #christmas tree stroll 2022 #Haunted Mansion

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samsdisneydiary · 5 months

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6 Reasons to Visit Disney Springs this Holiday Season

The halls have been decked, the chestnuts are roasting by the fire and we’re ready to go walking in a winter wonderland! It’s truly the most magical time of the year at Disney Springs, and you won’t want to miss all the festive fun available now through Dec 30. I’ve rounded up six ways to shop, dine and play in the most merry way this holiday season. Disney Springs Christmas Tree Stroll…

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#what to do at disney springs #what to do christmas at disney springs #Disney #christmas at disney #walt disney world christmas #holiday #Walt Disney World Holidays #Springs #Season #Reasons #Visit #holidays at disney #disney springs holiday #disney springs christmas #holiday treats disney #disney springs christmas treats

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dumbgaybitch · 6 years

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tagged by @spacefloozy (you’re the best, scottie, ily)

1. What is your middle name?

I have two, Sophie -after my godmother- and Maryvonne -after my maternal grandmother :)

2. Favorite drink?

hot chocolate, apple and cinnamon herbal tea, cranberry juice, water...

3. Favorite song?

what the... how do I even choose? atm I play Came Here For Love by Sigala on replay but my music tastes change every two days tbh.

4. Favorite book?

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. it totally wrecked my heart.

5. Favorite color?

light blue, like the sky on a crisp, clear winter morning.

6. Have you ever been to another country?

yup!

7. Favorite movie?

any and every MCU movie. how surprising.

8. How tall are you?

5″9

9. Favorite artist?

as in, painter, sculptor and shit? idk, Rodin? I love museums but I definitely don’t have a fave artist.

10. Average hours of sleep?

between 5 and 6, but I’d need at least two more.

11. Favorite band?

Imagine Dragons maybe? idk, my music ranges from EDM and French pop to Irish rock and Disney soundtracks, I can’t just choose one band, that’s not representative at all lol.

12. Favorite season?

well I’d say winter because hot chocolate, cozy sweaters, Christmas spirit, but I love every season tbh. soft, sunny spring days with the birds singing in the trees, warm summer nights next to a bonfire, lazy autumn strolls in the forest, snowball fights on crisp winter days... I love the world too much to choose.

tag: @buckeed @claracivry @nobutloki @bottomloki (y’all don’t have to do it of course!)

#personal shit #i can't give short answers to save my life #i'm sorry

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mayamaslov · 2 years

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You Can Now Choose From 6 (!!) NEW Donuts in Disney Springs!

Now that it’s officially December, we can finally say Christmas is almost here! The Chandelier Tree! With the holidays comes lots of festive decor around Disney World, like the Christmas Tree Stroll in Disney Springs, along with fun holiday treats all around Disney World. So if you find yourself in Disney Springs looking for something sweet for breakfast, you might want to check out these NEW…