Day 4--Epcot
When looking over park hours for this trip I knew that we wanted to take full advantage of EMH especially in Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios. We have always had great luck using them in Epcot as well. However, after finding out about Test Track being closed for refurbishment while we were there, I began to rethink them. The reason for this is that Epcot has so little things open for EMH
Spaceship Earth (which is usually not recommended riding when you first enter the park and we will have hopefully already rode it on our first evening in Epcot anyway), Mission Space, Soarin, Living with the Land and Test Track. Our plan used to be that I would run for Soarin FP and then meet the boys over near TT to ride and then wed do SSE before heading over to the Land pavilion. Im sure Soarin will be crazy busy with TT closed and everyone will be running there, so Im trying to avoid having my family accompany me in the stampede. Ideally it would work if we decided to ride Mission Space (green side) but were still not sure about that. One day its a yes and then the next time a no. Anyways, the point of my rambling and I do have a point
I promise! Is that Im so unsure when it comes to this park day. It would actually make more sense not to do the EMH morning but every other day seemed to fall into place with what we wanted to do. So, I am determined to make the most of it and this is the plan that I have come up with so far
..
Tentative Epcot plans
Just like most mornings we will wake bright and early and head down to the food court for some breakfast. Since we plan to do a lot of snacking on this day, well probably grab something quick and light. My hope is to arrive at opening
.
More than likely I will join the crowd to the right and head straight over to the Land pavilion to grab FP for
Soarin. (Unless DH volunteers this time) Then we may meet in front of
Mission Space to ride.
Im thinking it would be fun to check out the interactive area after the ride as we have never visited this pavilion before.
Hopefully, this is what we will see and why I love early mornings in the park so much!!
We may also decide to check out Innoventions to see
Sum of All Thrills and then make our way over to
We havent visited
Turtle Talk with Crush since our second trip so Im hoping the boys will want to do that as well.
Then its off to see a little purple dragonNick does not like this ride! But, the rest of us do so he usually rides it for us
.such a good boy!
We might play a little bit
.
By this time we should definitely be able to use our
Soarin FP that we grabbed.
If they are ready earlier than we can always skip
Figment and go back to it later. (Im sure Nick wouldnt mind if we skipped it completely
)
Then we usually head over to
Living with the Land-
A little lunch at
Sunshine Seasons
Then we are off to check out the
World Showcase!! Finally!
We usually start in Mexico and make our way around but for some reason that has always resulted in us missing Canada, UK, Morocco and France because by the time we make it around its in the evening hours and we have to start finding a spot for Illuminations. This time we have decided to start counter-clockwise and begin in
Canada
Our goal is explore, grab a snack (not sure
.we may just check out the shops and get some candy instead of a snack) Noah has also requested that we do the Kidcot tables. Then its off to the
UK
Of course, I need another picture like this
.maybe Nick wont be so surprised this time that Im going to take his picture!
Again, we are unsure what snack to get in the UK especially since we will have just eaten, so we may try to find some more candy to bring back to the room for later. We will also be on the lookout for the maze as we always just run by and never take the time to see it.
Then its off to
France and
Morocco where we hope to grab a snack. In Morocco it will probably be
Baklava to share and in France, either a
chocolate éclair, croissant or crepe. Then we plan to do a little exploring. Were hoping to see Serveur Amusant, the entertainer in France.
Depending on how I feel, I may want to grab another one of these. Yum
.so good!
Of course, Ill be taking hundreds of pictures!! There are so many great picture taking opportunities in the World Showcase!
At some point we will probably stop and do this. Were hoping it has changed over to
Agent P by the time we are there! (Well have to remember to grab FP before we start touring the WS)
At this point we will probably be hot and tired and in desperate need of break. Although, the plan is usually to head back to the resort for a rest, I promised the boys that since we didnt really have a rest day scheduled in that we would at least spend one evening at our resort swimming, and relaxing. So, Im thinking we may take the boat back over to FW and check out
Ellens Universe of Energy. Weve never seen it and it will give us a chance to cool off and sit down for a while. Hopefully, by the time its done we will be feeling better and if that doesnt help then we will find the Fountains so the boys can cool off and of course check out
Club Cool!
Then its off to finish up
Norway, China and
Germany. Since we spent a lot of time exploring these countries on our last trip we will probably just concentrate on finishing our snacking quest. In Norway, I think we have decided to get the
school bread. In China, we may try an
eggroll or the
caramel ginger ice cream and in Germany either a
pretzel or something with
caramel. Im sure by this point we are going to be exhausted so it will be time to head out for the day.
When we get back to Pop it will probably be all about rest and relaxation. Depending on how we feel we may also want to check out the movie thats playing down near the pool or try to catch a glimpse of Illuminations before we head to bed for the evening.
Even though it probably seems like we will be running here and there, thats not really the goal. I just like to have a general guide in the back of my head of what we would like to see.
Hopefully, we will get to do most of the stuff we want to do and what we dont get to than we can plan for it on another trip. Thats the great thing about Disney
they always give you another reason to want to go back!
and thanks!!
I was organizing my pics the other day from our past Disney trips and couldn't believe how little they looked.
Well...the boys want to ride but it still makes me a little nervous.
I've seen pictures of the interactive area at the end of the ride on other TR's (hmm...maybe yours?) and it looks fun! I'm sure the boys would really like it!
The only problem is that everything looks so yummy that I know we're going to have a hard time deciding what to get.
Actually I just love that picture so much! I think he was dancing? because we were headed back to MK for the night.
