ScotsMinnie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2008
Miracles do happen we are at park opening again today! 
Got to the park at 8.45 and already it was roasting. We got through the bag check and joined the line to get through the turnstiles. We were making a wee plan for what fast passes to get and who was going to get them when Mum pipes up I would offer to go for them but I wouldnt mean it! 
Cheeky! In revenge I said to her at least when we buy sunglasses we remember to take the label off the lens! She laughed thinking I was joking but stopped when she realised I was serious! You cant take her anywhere! 
We were in! Emma did the customary pose in front of Spaceship earth.
We decided that Steve would head to Soarin at rope drop and the rest of us would head to Test Track. We got a baby swap ticket and Mum, E and I went into the standby line and Dad waited with K for Steve to get back. E saw a hidden mickey in the line so had to stop and take a pic.
Us girls had a great time riding Test Track it really is one of my favourites at WDW. Mum and I had a good laugh when E decided that she wanted to ride on the end seat instead of the middle. Mum sat in the middle seat and could not find her shoulder strap seat belt. I said to her that it was a lap belt and E with such a serious face said to her Im glad Im not sitting there those seats are dangerous. Her expression was so funny. I love this ride so fun when it goes round the loops outside.
Grandad took K to the exit area and she played in the cars. She loves it there getting her to leave is always an issue. After that the boys rode with E while Mum, K and I had a look round Mousegear. Then we saw something that amazed me and had me giggling for a long while. A little plane was writing a message in the sky. The first one took me a while to work out and although I could not get a pic of the whole thing it said U + GOD = happy face (but an actual happy face shape!). Then he wrote Jesus loves U. You just would not see that at home at all. Saw a post on the dis this week about the guy. He is called Holy Smoke and it is his calling to spread Gods word in the sky. Thats mental. You just would not see something like that in the UK.
K loves waiting at Test Track as she loves sitting in all the cars. It actually gets a bit boring after a while!
After we were done our times for Soarin came round so Grandad, E and DH got fast passes for Mission Space. E has never ridden it before I hoped she would be OK! So for the first time Emma decided to ride Mission Space with her Dad. I did suggest the tame side but that was ignored and off they went. She loved it! She is obviously not going to take after her Mum and be a big coward after all.
K had fun in Innoventions making paper and preparing for a storm! (we dont really get storms like they do in Florida but always good to be prepared!!!).
We all met back up and made our way to The Living Seas.
K was a bit apprehensive about seeing Bruce but I covered her eyes on the ride when he appeared so she was fine. Such a fantastic ride and the way they make the fish look as if they are in the real aquarium is incredible. Another first was Turtle Talk with Crush. We have never done this before. We were one of the first into the theatre so had a seat in the front row. It started and Crush picked out E and asked what her name was and where she was from. He commented that Scotland was a cold water region!!!! He didnt fancy it! The show was brilliant so funny. Even K was chuckling away. So clever. Spent the next wee while wondering how on earth they do it. We decided that there must be a man in a suit and helmet which responds to his movements???? Who knows! 
Then it was time to use our fast passes for Soarin. Steve, E and I went first and Mum and Dad took K for a walk round the park to get her to fall asleep (which worked straight away!). We were very lucky as they were looking for a party of 3 to fill in a gap in a row and it just happened to be in row 1! Bonus! It was great. Could ride Soarin all day long and never get bored. We swapped with Mum and Dad who took E on again and had a walk round. Noticed how quiet it was at Epcot today.
Although it was hot K was fine in her little buggy. She had built in air conditioning!
Had a stop in Club Cool (or whatever it is called!) and tried some of the delicious (!?!) offerings. Steves comment for Beverley there is no need for that!. I agree although I did pass on trying it this time. Its disgusting.
When we had all rode we went to have some lunch at Sunshine Seasons at The Land. The food here is lovely but I must say that the setup is awful. K and E wanted a sandwich, Steve wanted a Ceasar Salad and I wanted to get a childs portion of noodles. So I had to queue at 3 different stations before getting my drinks. After waiting to get served and pay, collecting my cutlery and getting to my table my lunch was cold. There has to be a faster way of doing it. Tasty none the less.
Then we were off to use our second set of fast passes for Test Track. Steve and Mum took E on first while Dad and I got 6 fast passes for Mission Space for later. Then when they came back they wanted to go straight on Mission Space as the time was nearly there for the fast passes. They gave the spare 3 fast passes to another family so nice to be able to do that when the wait time is so long.
So I had to go on by myself. I obviously had 2 spare fast passes so gave them to a father and son who were about to go in the standby line which was over an hour. Spread a little pixie dust!!! Not as fun by yourself! Especially since the family of 4 that was in my car objected to being joined by myself and a single rider. Not the best. Mind you the woman did say at the end if she had queued for an hour to ride it she would have been very upset. So maybe just in a bad mood and in need of a sprinkling of pixie dust herself. Another meet up after they had finished with Mission Space we wanted to ride Spaceship Earth as we had not seen it since it was refurbished. K loved the part at the end when she saw her and me in our future! Also it was fun seeing us on the big screen at the end. There were a lot of dots on Scotland today!
E did a lot of pin trading this year. I had bought a whole load of pins before we came for her to trade and she loved it. Also bought Steve a lanyard and some pins for Fathers Day and so he was enjoying trading too. Cost us a fortune though as E kept seeing extras ones in the shops she wanted! Here is E doing what she loved - trading!!!
Home time and we went back via Publix to stock up on essentials and get something for our dinner. We bought salmon stuffed with crab and salad and fruit to finish. Delicious!
Girls got an early night as they were shattered and we had a quiet night in. Tomorrow we are off to Animal Kingdom in the morning. Can we make it 3 park openings in a row????
Got to the park at 8.45 and already it was roasting. We got through the bag check and joined the line to get through the turnstiles. We were making a wee plan for what fast passes to get and who was going to get them when Mum pipes up I would offer to go for them but I wouldnt mean it! Cheeky! In revenge I said to her at least when we buy sunglasses we remember to take the label off the lens! She laughed thinking I was joking but stopped when she realised I was serious! You cant take her anywhere! We were in! Emma did the customary pose in front of Spaceship earth.
We decided that Steve would head to Soarin at rope drop and the rest of us would head to Test Track. We got a baby swap ticket and Mum, E and I went into the standby line and Dad waited with K for Steve to get back. E saw a hidden mickey in the line so had to stop and take a pic.
Us girls had a great time riding Test Track it really is one of my favourites at WDW. Mum and I had a good laugh when E decided that she wanted to ride on the end seat instead of the middle. Mum sat in the middle seat and could not find her shoulder strap seat belt. I said to her that it was a lap belt and E with such a serious face said to her Im glad Im not sitting there those seats are dangerous. Her expression was so funny. I love this ride so fun when it goes round the loops outside.
Grandad took K to the exit area and she played in the cars. She loves it there getting her to leave is always an issue. After that the boys rode with E while Mum, K and I had a look round Mousegear. Then we saw something that amazed me and had me giggling for a long while. A little plane was writing a message in the sky. The first one took me a while to work out and although I could not get a pic of the whole thing it said U + GOD = happy face (but an actual happy face shape!). Then he wrote Jesus loves U. You just would not see that at home at all. Saw a post on the dis this week about the guy. He is called Holy Smoke and it is his calling to spread Gods word in the sky. Thats mental. You just would not see something like that in the UK.
K loves waiting at Test Track as she loves sitting in all the cars. It actually gets a bit boring after a while!
After we were done our times for Soarin came round so Grandad, E and DH got fast passes for Mission Space. E has never ridden it before I hoped she would be OK! So for the first time Emma decided to ride Mission Space with her Dad. I did suggest the tame side but that was ignored and off they went. She loved it! She is obviously not going to take after her Mum and be a big coward after all.
K had fun in Innoventions making paper and preparing for a storm! (we dont really get storms like they do in Florida but always good to be prepared!!!).
We all met back up and made our way to The Living Seas.
K was a bit apprehensive about seeing Bruce but I covered her eyes on the ride when he appeared so she was fine. Such a fantastic ride and the way they make the fish look as if they are in the real aquarium is incredible. Another first was Turtle Talk with Crush. We have never done this before. We were one of the first into the theatre so had a seat in the front row. It started and Crush picked out E and asked what her name was and where she was from. He commented that Scotland was a cold water region!!!! He didnt fancy it!
The show was brilliant so funny. Even K was chuckling away. So clever. Spent the next wee while wondering how on earth they do it. We decided that there must be a man in a suit and helmet which responds to his movements???? Who knows! Then it was time to use our fast passes for Soarin. Steve, E and I went first and Mum and Dad took K for a walk round the park to get her to fall asleep (which worked straight away!). We were very lucky as they were looking for a party of 3 to fill in a gap in a row and it just happened to be in row 1! Bonus! It was great. Could ride Soarin all day long and never get bored. We swapped with Mum and Dad who took E on again and had a walk round. Noticed how quiet it was at Epcot today.
Although it was hot K was fine in her little buggy. She had built in air conditioning!
Had a stop in Club Cool (or whatever it is called!) and tried some of the delicious (!?!) offerings. Steves comment for Beverley there is no need for that!. I agree although I did pass on trying it this time. Its disgusting.
When we had all rode we went to have some lunch at Sunshine Seasons at The Land. The food here is lovely but I must say that the setup is awful. K and E wanted a sandwich, Steve wanted a Ceasar Salad and I wanted to get a childs portion of noodles. So I had to queue at 3 different stations before getting my drinks. After waiting to get served and pay, collecting my cutlery and getting to my table my lunch was cold. There has to be a faster way of doing it. Tasty none the less.
Then we were off to use our second set of fast passes for Test Track. Steve and Mum took E on first while Dad and I got 6 fast passes for Mission Space for later. Then when they came back they wanted to go straight on Mission Space as the time was nearly there for the fast passes. They gave the spare 3 fast passes to another family so nice to be able to do that when the wait time is so long.
So I had to go on by myself. I obviously had 2 spare fast passes so gave them to a father and son who were about to go in the standby line which was over an hour. Spread a little pixie dust!!! Not as fun by yourself! Especially since the family of 4 that was in my car objected to being joined by myself and a single rider. Not the best. Mind you the woman did say at the end if she had queued for an hour to ride it she would have been very upset. So maybe just in a bad mood and in need of a sprinkling of pixie dust herself. Another meet up after they had finished with Mission Space we wanted to ride Spaceship Earth as we had not seen it since it was refurbished. K loved the part at the end when she saw her and me in our future! Also it was fun seeing us on the big screen at the end. There were a lot of dots on Scotland today!E did a lot of pin trading this year. I had bought a whole load of pins before we came for her to trade and she loved it. Also bought Steve a lanyard and some pins for Fathers Day and so he was enjoying trading too. Cost us a fortune though as E kept seeing extras ones in the shops she wanted! Here is E doing what she loved - trading!!!
Home time and we went back via Publix to stock up on essentials and get something for our dinner. We bought salmon stuffed with crab and salad and fruit to finish. Delicious!
Girls got an early night as they were shattered and we had a quiet night in. Tomorrow we are off to Animal Kingdom in the morning. Can we make it 3 park openings in a row????
Found your TR! Just back from the World myself. Let's see if I can remember everything I wanted to comment on.
SNAKE
