agavegirl1
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2012
Day Four:
THE PLAN:
Before heading to bed on Sunday night (Day Three), we had decided to forgo Rope Drop for EMH at Animal Kingdom on Monday Morning. In fact, we decided to skip AK altogether that morning.
One thing that helped make this decision (besides our midnight bedtime) was the fact that during our AK visit Saturday afternoon, we cancelled our Tusker House ADR. While wandering around, we read the menu for Yak & Yeti and thought that would be a better fit. The CM at the desk told us walk-ups would be available.
With no ADR to get fined for, we slept in, ate breakfast at the Food Court, then went to Epcot earlier than planned. We explored Future World for a while, just enjoying our surroundings. We found a few photographers. We tasted sodas at Club Cool. By this time I was the one who was bored and was waiting impatiently for our FP+ to open at 4:15. We rode Spaceship Earth and were stuck at the very top, watching our beautiful Spaceship Earth in a sea of stars for about 2-3 minutes. I thought it was a great addition to the ride!
After our ride, we headed over to The Seas for a ride with Nemo and Friends. After what seemed like an endless walk, we boarded with no line at all. That has to be the longest, weirdest queue ever. After riding (yawn) we explored the tank exhibits, taking our time. We thought about Turtle Talk but with a 25 minute posted wait, we opted to head to our Soarin FP+. Our plans called for riding Mission Space with a FP+ at 6:15 but DBF had been there done that enough for one trip. We made our way to World Showcase.
We had a 7:15 ADR for Monsieur Paul. We had been looking forward to this for awhile. French cuisine is not easy to come by in our neck of the woods. It was lovely to be seated in a quiet venue with well-dressed servers and real tablecloths. Once upstairs in the restaurant, we felt we were no longer in a theme park, our window table looked out on a crowded French courtyard.
We knew what we planned to order duck for DBF and potato crusted snapper for me. We asked for a wine that would go with both and without caring about price, took the suggestion.
Here are the only other food pictures I remembered to take.
DBF decided to try dessert. I was stuffed.
We made our way slowly to the exit after our dinner, enjoying Illuminations in the background. We were greeted once again by the most crowded bus stop at Epcot. After a 45 minute wait, we wearily rode back to Pop Century.
A note about our resort choice our previous trip in 2010, we stayed at the Beach Club for Food and Wine. We loved the location but hated the price. This trip, price won out. We could not justify paying 40% more than we had four years prior for the convenience of location. We may not scrimp on direct flights, but the room was an easy choice.
Obstacles Identified: Spontaneous party breaking out. Be flexible. Lack of attractions at Epcot: Try to enjoy the atmosphere.
I was proud of myself for giving up my AK morning without a fight. Although I was getting bored with Epcot, the relaxing pace of Day Four recharged my batteries a bit.
THE PLAN:
Before heading to bed on Sunday night (Day Three), we had decided to forgo Rope Drop for EMH at Animal Kingdom on Monday Morning. In fact, we decided to skip AK altogether that morning.
One thing that helped make this decision (besides our midnight bedtime) was the fact that during our AK visit Saturday afternoon, we cancelled our Tusker House ADR. While wandering around, we read the menu for Yak & Yeti and thought that would be a better fit. The CM at the desk told us walk-ups would be available.
With no ADR to get fined for, we slept in, ate breakfast at the Food Court, then went to Epcot earlier than planned. We explored Future World for a while, just enjoying our surroundings. We found a few photographers. We tasted sodas at Club Cool. By this time I was the one who was bored and was waiting impatiently for our FP+ to open at 4:15. We rode Spaceship Earth and were stuck at the very top, watching our beautiful Spaceship Earth in a sea of stars for about 2-3 minutes. I thought it was a great addition to the ride!
After our ride, we headed over to The Seas for a ride with Nemo and Friends. After what seemed like an endless walk, we boarded with no line at all. That has to be the longest, weirdest queue ever. After riding (yawn) we explored the tank exhibits, taking our time. We thought about Turtle Talk but with a 25 minute posted wait, we opted to head to our Soarin FP+. Our plans called for riding Mission Space with a FP+ at 6:15 but DBF had been there done that enough for one trip. We made our way to World Showcase.
We had a 7:15 ADR for Monsieur Paul. We had been looking forward to this for awhile. French cuisine is not easy to come by in our neck of the woods. It was lovely to be seated in a quiet venue with well-dressed servers and real tablecloths. Once upstairs in the restaurant, we felt we were no longer in a theme park, our window table looked out on a crowded French courtyard.
We knew what we planned to order duck for DBF and potato crusted snapper for me. We asked for a wine that would go with both and without caring about price, took the suggestion.
Here are the only other food pictures I remembered to take.
DBF decided to try dessert. I was stuffed.
We made our way slowly to the exit after our dinner, enjoying Illuminations in the background. We were greeted once again by the most crowded bus stop at Epcot. After a 45 minute wait, we wearily rode back to Pop Century.
A note about our resort choice our previous trip in 2010, we stayed at the Beach Club for Food and Wine. We loved the location but hated the price. This trip, price won out. We could not justify paying 40% more than we had four years prior for the convenience of location. We may not scrimp on direct flights, but the room was an easy choice.
Obstacles Identified: Spontaneous party breaking out. Be flexible. Lack of attractions at Epcot: Try to enjoy the atmosphere.
I was proud of myself for giving up my AK morning without a fight. Although I was getting bored with Epcot, the relaxing pace of Day Four recharged my batteries a bit.