Saturday May 23rd. Day 2 Part 1.
The alarm was set for about 7AM I think but we were both up before then, around 6:30AM. We were both ready to go. We were in Disney! We got up, showered and prettied up for our day.
I was really, really liking driving to the parks. I don't know if it was because Jen was driving that I liked it so much or if I would still like even if I had to drive but I didn't miss the bus to say the least. We made it to Epcot well before park opening, we scored a very close parking spot to which was nice. We lined up at the turnstiles waiting for the park to open, I think it was around 8:30 at this point.
Jen got these awesome pictures from behind the turnstiles.
I think they are really good since they were from quite a distance away.
Before too long, they started letting people into the park and we stopped to get our first photopass pictures of the trip. I don't have those yet but Jen did ask for a few taken with her camera.
I wish we had done some silly face posing like the ones on our tshirts, I think those would have made CUTE pictures!
The topiary and flowers were just beautiful, we hadn't been able to fully appreciate them in the rain the day before. I was so busy appreciating them and enjoying looking at them that I didn't even take out my camera! So unlike me.
We saw Daisy and Stitch greeting off to the side and we debated stopping but made the decision to keep going to the official rope drop area.
While we were waiting.
We were too far back to really see any of the characters come out or anything. We had formulated the plan that Jen would line weave to get our Fastpasses and I would meet her inside. As we were walking toward The Land, it started raining.
Jen got our fastpasses and they were for about an hour later. We hopped into the standby line, which wasn't too long. We waited maybe 20 minutes but I don't even think it was that long. While we were waiting, one of the CM's asked if they had 2 people willing to ride apart, I looked at Jen and she nodded and we raised our hands. We knew we would be riding at least once more together so we decided to get on faster. There was a front row and a back row available. Jen was kind enough to let me take the front row again, and I asked her about 50 times if she was sure and she was so we lined up. We both enjoyed our second Soarin' ride. Jen had never ridden in the last row and she liked seeing the different perspective. Wooooo!
After our soar, we hopped over to Living with the Land while we waited for our fastpass time. We had a nice front row seat.
Then we saw the creepy fish. They are huge and freaky looking.
Then we entered the other greenhouse area.
Continued in the next post...
. The Whoooos on Soarin' would have been a bit much, but hurray for getting front row! I have the BEST comment overheard in a line EVER about Ellen's Energy Adventure that I can't wait to share in my TR. I am still laughing about it! Dinner at Rose and Crown was delicious, wasn't it? We really enjoyed our meal there as well. You got some great pics of Illuminations.
Now back to LL's trippie. Where I am holding out hope for an update today. 
Grapefruit cake.....
I asked about having it sent back to the room but the CM said because it was a live plant that they couldn't do it in case it was ruined. I said okay and Jen said she would carry it in her backpack, she really was the greatest during this trip. My plant made it home intact. It's in a sterile environment, it gives instructions to transfer it but I am afraid it will die. It sits on my desk at home and I like staring at it. I even have another plant shoot developing, I know I will at least wait until that completely breaks through before attempt transplanting it. 
At Spaceship Earth, maybe? The topiaries look beautiful, by the way. Glad the rain stopped long enough for you to enjoy!
I may need to buy one in August and need to know what I am looking for. 
