Hey everyone! I'm back from my mini hiatus! Hope I didn't lose all of you along the way.
So I can proudly say that we put the worst of trip behind us. Everything from here on out went fairly well.
We woke up bright and early Monday morning and realized we never bought a banana so my mom can take her medication in the morning. Half asleep and still in my PJ's, I wasn't sure what time Sassagoula opened. I think the first time I stumbled out there it was about 5:45am. Closed. Figures! Headed back over there at 6am and by 6:03, I had purchased a banana using a snack credit. I know it's only 99 cents or something but we ended up with so many snack credits by the end of the trip!
Breakfast today was at the Wave, which I was really looking forward to.
Tweet Update, 7:37 AM Sep 28th: Heading to breakfast at the wave...then off to epcot!
Mom and I got ready and headed to the bus stop for the MK. When we got there we heard a family ask the bus driver about going to Chef Mickey's. He said he'd see what he can do about dropping them directly off at the Contemporary...sweet! Sure enough, after dropping a few people off at MK, we got door to door service right to the Contemp. This day was already looking up!
Tweet Update, 8:34 AM Sep 28th: Bus driver was awesome and took a few families right to the contemporary instead of having us take the monorail from mk
The new updates to the Contemporary are BEAUTIFUL! I can't wait to get a chance to stay here one day. It's just what I thought it should look like. Dark wood, modern, etc.
We headed over to the Wave and found it was pretty empty! Maybe 10-15 tables were seated. We were shown to our seats right away and Lisa was our server. Just what we needed after our Kona fiasco! Lisa went above and beyond a few times and I couldn't thank her enough. I was in desperate need of some good coffee and the Wave didn't disappoint. Mom ordered at tea as her drink.
When Lisa found out it was my birthday, she brought out a cinnamon danish with the drinks. It was delicious but too sweet for me so early in the morning! We only had a few bites.
For my meal I had the American - two eggs (over medium for me!) with breakfast potatoes and choice of bacon, pork sausage or chicken sausage $11.99. I chose the chicken sausage since I've never actually had it out before.
The eggs were cooked perfectly. I HATE when any part of the white is runny. But I LOVE runny egg yolks. The potatoes were very good as well, perfectly seasoned. The chicken sausage I wasn't too thrilled with, but it wasn't bad. Just not my favorite. If it was more well done I might have liked it better. I'd rather some really good bacon!
Mom chose the BYO Omelette - $11.49. I don't see it on any menu but it's on the receipt! I don't even think it was on the menu that they gave us. Mom saw the feta cheese scrambled eggs but hates scrambled eggs. They gladly made her a feta and tomato omelette, with potatoes.
Mom loved it. Perfectly cooked, and enough feta. Some places jip you on the cheese!
We both forgot that we didn't really want the biscuits, although they were good. I just like dipping real toast into the egg yolks, and mom just likes toast better. So we asked if we can get a side of rye toast and Lisa gladly brought some over free of charge.
We quickly ate our breakfast and asked for the bill. When Lisa came to bring it over, she also gave me a signed birthday card from the whole staff at the Wave. SO cute!
The breakdown:
BYO Omelette: $11.49
Tea: $2.19
American w/Chk Saus: $11.99
Organic Columbian Coffee: $2.19
Total before tip: $29.68
DDP credits used: 2
OOP: tip
Would we eat there again? DEFINITELY! I loved it and it was nice and relaxing. We actually had breakfast there again on our last day. The service was amazing, the decor was beautiful...couldn't ask for much more.
On our way out we stopped in the bar area and I was in heaven. It was a beautiful bar with TV's to watch sports, etc. On the sides was a little lounge area with couches, etc. Perfect place to go without the kids after a long day in the parks! Sadly I didn't take any photos though
We made our way upstairs to the monorail and walked right on to head to the TTC and then switched to get to Epcot. After getting into the park, we took a few photos with Photopass and took in everything.
We decided to start our day by going counterclockwise starting with the Character Spot. A quick check for the wait and noticed it was only 20 mins but the line seemed a little less than that. We decided to suck it up and got on line.
I know some people don't like the character spot but it's a great way to knock out the Fab 5 quickly and painlessly.
After meeting all our faves, we headed out towards Nemo. I know some people don't like the ride but I think it's adorable!! It's also a great ride to test out your dark ride photo skills. Not impossible to take photos, but not the easiest either.
We then spent some time admiring all our swimming friends. Don't think I got any decent photos though...I can also sit and watch the manatee's all day. They're so cute and graceful even though they're HUGE!
We decided to skip the Land Pavillion and kept on going. Mom wouldn't go on Soarin' and the only other thing we liked is Living with the Land. Since that wasn't running, we saved some time and went right to Journey Into Imagination to get my Figment fix. I really think that was the last time I willingly ride this ride. It sucks. I'm sorry!! Totally miss Dreamfinder!! I will go on it though in January just to show my newbie friend Figment. Mom was NOT a fan either. She said 'never again!' after the skunk smell!
We browsed around in the store for a bit because I needed to start using my Birthday Gift Card and wanted some Figment memorabilia, and I found some! Found the cutest little Figment plush magnet thing. He's about 4 inches tall and has magnets on his hands and feet. He's now clinging on for dear life on my cabinet at work. Let me tell you...so many people have walked by and gone 'OMG! Figment!'. Here...I'll take a pic with my blackberry and post it on here lol
After my little purchase, we continued on our way.
It was 11:15am by then and I wanted to see the Voices of Liberty before we had to go to lunch. We walked into the World Showcase and saw some of the food booths for Food and Wine. Could not WAIT to try them! Unfortunately I didn't try nearly as many as I wanted though. We walked a little bit just to see some of the booths and then decided to head to the boats and take a boat over to the other side.
A lovely Happy Birthday wish from the boat captain, and we disembarked on the other side of the lake. Walked right in to the American Pavilion and grabbed a seat next to this really nice older couple. It was their first time at Epcot and they wanted to see the American Adventure. We told them about Voices of Liberty and how they were one of my all time favorite things to see while at Disney. After waiting only a few minutes, the singers came out and wowed the couple (as well as mom and I)...
After it was over, the couple thanked us for convincing them to stay and listen. We then all headed into the theater to watch the show.
This show seriously makes me get all teary eyed every single time. I have the Golden Dream song on my iPod and LOVE it!
We were starting to get hungry (wow...finally!) so we took our time heading over to Italy. When we got there we were greeted by Sergio! The kid that he had picked was hilarious.
I think this is a cute shot even though there's a shoulder in my way!
Tweet Update, 1:00 PM Sep 28th: Fabulous gorgeous day at epcot. Got teary eyes listening to voices of liberty. Now enjoying lunch at tutto italia
Ok, time to take a break..it's almost 5 and I have to run to a physical therapy appointment for my knee! EEK!!! Up next? Our fabulous lunch at Tutto!
Horrible, I know. I think I'll have to watch it this trip.
) and I think Tutto is going to have to be on our list for next time! Everything looked so, so good! 
I hope you love it as much as we do!
