Originally Posted By vicenzo83 NEW BLOG POST!!! Hey guys. Here's another update to the blog. This is a review of Strawberry Popcorn at Tokyo Disney. Hope that you guys will enjoy the read as much as I enjoyed writing it. Cheers and thanks for reading. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://konnichiwamickey.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/strawberry-popcorn/">http://konnichiwamickey.wordpr...popcorn/</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Naturally, with strawberry being one of my favorite fruit, I was excited to try it. It smelled really good too. Sorta like cotton candy. Then, I grabbed one popcorn and slowly put it into my mouth.... It didn’t blow my mind!!!... What’s going on here!!!?? >>> Try this next time: before you take a whiff of the Strawberry popcorn, hold your nose. Now, still holding your nose, eat a mouthful. You will notice... nothing! The strawberry popcorn has no taste whatever other than the popcorn - it's all in the smell. What's interesting is that natural strawberries don't really have a strong smell, but the strawberry popcorn smells like what strawberries taste like, so if you're not holding your nose, it kind of works. I think the apple popcorn is the same way. Other flavors work the other way: they taste like what they're supposed to taste like, but have no smell. It all depends on whatever way they were able to engineer the artificial flavor.
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 SuperDry: Thanks for that. I will definitely try that the next time. That's really interesting. What's your favorite popcorn flavor in TDR?
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 NEW BLOG POST!!! KM's first blog post on shopping in the parks. We explore the world of Tokyo Disney's range of underwear. I hope that you guys will enjoy this post. Thanks for reading and appreciate the support. Cheers. https://konnichiwamickey.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/underwear-at-tokyo-disney-resort/
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yes! We thought it was great how they were selling underwear everywhere. They even had a little icon on the maps to tell you which stores carried (in the matrix of various products at all of the major stores), so you could plan your day accordingly I'll admit to buying a pair myself. I got the Westernland ones that look like you're wearing jeans and chaps, just because they're so ridiculous! Truly unique merchandise!
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 FerretAfros: Hahahaha. The Westernland looking ones. I know exactly which one you are talking about. I didn't get that one. Got the Wicked Witch one. These underwear are selling like hotcakes. Yookeroo: You hit the nail right in the coffin with that comment. I totally agree with that.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros On a related note, have you ever checked out the cowboy boots for sale in Westerland (in the shop next to the Country Bears exit)? They looked like they were well-made high-quality boots, but they were selling for ~900USD. Even with the theme park mark-up (which didn't seem terrible at TDR) and import fees, that price seems outrageous! Does anybody actually buy them? It was great to see such unique merchandise in one of the shops, but I can't imagine that they ever sell any at that price point
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 Hahahaha. Yes, I've seen those!!! It's crazy. I have never seen anyone buy that. I have an idea for TDR. Paste a few Duffy stickers on it and I am sure someone will buy it soon enough.
Originally Posted By Mr X That's like the crystal shop items you see for $2000 or more - I always wonder if anyone *ever* really buys that stuff, or if it's just there for display to look impressive (of course, alongside the high ticket junk is lots of cheap junk so I assume they just want the cheap stuff to seem even cheaper lol).
Originally Posted By FerretAfros At least people expect crystal to be expensive, and it is pretty much anywhere you go. But with cowboy boots, (in the US at least) they're really not much more than any other pair of shoes/boots. I've never really tried to check out the prices on them, but I'd imagine you could easily find a pretty nice pair for around $150, nowhere near $900. For the most part, the crystal stuff seems reasonably priced; it's just a luxury item with a luxury price to reflect it. Cowboy boots, on the other hand, are typically an everyman type product, so the price was mindblowing to me
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 That's a good theory Mr X. It could very well be a psychological selling thing. I am not a well educated man, but that sounds legit, haha. All I know is that the crystal and the cowboy boots are all too much for me to handle. One day, maybe, but not the boots though. The crystal, maybe.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Oh, I think there are plenty of cowboy boots that are in the high hundreds if not thousands of dollars a pair. It depends on the manufacturer, the style, the materials, etc. I'm sure that you can get a perfectly good pair for $150, but you can easily pay $1000 if you want something more exotic. Whether the $900 pair at TDL would cost anywhere near $900 elsewhere is another matter.
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 NEW BLOG POST!!! Hey guys, just updated the blog with a new entry. This week, we are going to stick to SHOPPING!!! A review of the Monsters, Inc. Company Store in Tokyo Disneyland. One of my family's fav stores in the park. I hope that you guys will enjoy the read. Thanks and cheers. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://konnichiwamickey.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/monsters-inc-company-store/">http://konnichiwamickey.wordpr...y-store/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Very neat! I didn't notice this store when I was there (the ride was closed, so it may have been closed too), but it looks like a lot of fun
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 It's one of my fav stores in TDL FerretAfros. Do visit the next time you visit the park.
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 NEW BLOG POST!!! Another food review. KM reviews the Center Street Coffeehouse at World Bazaar in Tokyo Disneyland. Hope that you guys will enjoy this read. Cheers. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://konnichiwamickey.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/center-street-coffeehouse/">http://konnichiwamickey.wordpr...eehouse/</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert Thanks for the new article. I'm always interested in reading about the Disney restaurants.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm surprised that you liked it so much! Like you, I walked past the restaurant and thought nothing of it, and continued on my way. It seemed sort of strange having the Art Deco coffee house in the Victorian-ish area, but the theme seems to fit the general family restaurant atmosphere more. If/when I venture back to TDR, I might have to poke my head in there and give it a better look!
Originally Posted By vicenzo83 Dagobert: Appreciate the comment. More food posts to come in the future. Thanks for the support. FerretAfros: The theming of the restaurant is nothing to shout about. I don't like that aspect of the restaurant at all, but it does serve up good food. With the free-flow of drinks, I do feel that it provides good value at TDL. You should check it out in the future. Would love to know what you think about it. By the way, I'm going to upgrade the site soon. I'm hoping to get the new site up and running by September, so there might be a couple of weeks at the end of August whereby I won't be able to add new blog posts. I wanna pretty up the site. I hope that you guys will enjoy what's coming up. I'm really excited about sprucing up the site. Cheers.
