It's been a couple of days since I last posted as we haven't been in the villa much - and when we have it has been to sleep
- so for that I apologise.
Thank you to everyone who has commented so far. I am pleased that you are enjoying the report up to now.
So on I go....
....Friday we went to Epot. It wasn't a particularly early morning but we were still there for about 10.
Everyone agreed on route that they wanted to do Test Track first - so we made a bee line as soon as we got there. The wait time was the longest we had seen yet at 70 minutes. But with Grandma in an ECV because of her twisted knee and DS being able to use his GAC we were directed down the fast pass lane. The only dissappointing thing about the ride was that we were forced to have a couple of strangers from the single rider line in the car with us. We tried to explain that we wanted to buy the photo at the end but the CM wasn't interested. I understand that they wanted to get the wait time down for everyones sake - but how do they expect to sell the photos if they do this
After this a few of us went on Mission Space.
I had never done this ride before as I don't especially like the spinny ones - and once the ride started I remembered why. The others enjoyed it but I don't think I will be bothering again
Next up - Soarin.
Caz, Daz and Jack had no idea what this ride was about so I knew they would enjoy it. DW had a feel good moment as we were queueing for this. We were walking down the fastpass lane when 3 girls jumped over the wall that seperates the standby line from the fastpass line. As we got to the CM at the front who takes your fastpass the girls started to protest that their fastpasses had been taken from them by a different CM at the front of the queue. DW then piped up "No they didn't. You jumped over the wall back there"
So the Cm sent them back from whence they came with their tails between their legs and staring daggers in our direction
Once on the ride all we could hear from Sis and her lot was Wow - Oooh - Aaah. As we got to the part over the golf course I turned to Jack and asked if he could see the golfer. He looked and said he could and that he hoped he didn't hit us with the ball. As the golfer swung his club and the ball came towards us I let him watch it get closer, then at the last second I lent in front of him and put my hand in front of his face to protect him from the incoming ball. As I moved it away I opened my hand to reveal the golf ball that I had just plucked from the sky - complete with a Mickey Mouse stamped on it. His face was an absolute picture as I handed him the ball as a momento of his first ride on Soarin
. (I had been planning this for a couple of months and was pleased it worked out well)
We decided next to have a slow walk around the showcase and make our way around to Germany for our dinner reservation at Biergarten.
Everything was as good as we remembered from last time. We all joined in the singing and swaying of the glasses when the Oompa band came on
and the food was fantastic. It is a buffet type meal so here are a couple of pics of the sort of food on offer.
After dinner we went on our way around the showcase again were we saw a few more characters. It was at this point that DD Taylor gave us a classic child comment. You know the one. The one that you find hysterically funny, but feel that you really shouldn't be laughing due to it's totally politically incorrect content.
As we were strolling along we saw Belle and a queue of people waiting to have their picture taken with her. As is the norm there was a cast member directing the line, making sure no-one pushed in and taking photos if needed. The CM in question, however, was - to use PC speak - vertically challenged.
DD's comment upon seeing this was "Isn't he with the wrong princess?".
Oh the innocence of it all. We all cracked up as DD looked at us with a totally bemused look on her face wondering what she had said that would cause so much laughing.
We carried on around the park, ending up at The Seas where we went on the Nemo ride, had a talk with Crush and spent some time watching the dolphins, fish and other sea life before heading out of the park and off to Old Town.
Tonight at Old Town was classic car night and we got there for about 7.30. Plenty of time to have a look around the cars - especially as there were fewer of them due to the rain. It had been coming on and off during the day but nothing like we had been expecting so we felt quite lucky really.
DW and me also decided that we wanted to go into the old style photo shop and have our pictures done with the kids dressed as cowboys. This was a real laugh and really good fun, and we were so pleased with how the pics turned out. If I can get a couple of shots of them I will put them on here.
Once the cars had finished their drive by we all headed back to the car for the drive back to villa - and within 5 minutes of starting the trip there were 3 sleeping kids in the back. A long but fun filled day that everyone seemed to enjoy
Saturday - a bit of shopping and another late night and I will post how all this went when we get back from IoA later.