Our relaxed agenda for this full Epcot day was to go something like this:
9:00 AM arrive at Epcot and stay in Future World until 11:00AM
11:00 AM have counter service in Mexico (as if it takes no time to walk to Mexico!)
12:00 go back to room for rest
4:00 PM back to Epcot for ADR and explore countries, working our way to Japan, get Kaki Gori, watch Illuminations, and leave.
Like I said, a perfectly laid back plan.

Now, Ill tell you what actually happened! We had returned to our rooms around 1:00AM the night, uh, morning before. I told everyone to be ready at 7:30AM. Seemed reasonable to me. I guess they thought I was kidding. These people just dont possess the same Disney adrenaline that I do.

By ready, that means showered, teeth brushed, breakfast eaten but not too much cause we are having lunch at 11, shoes tied, etc. This does NOT mean wake Brain and Whiner at 7:25!!! I nearly hit the roof when I saw those two still in the bed. I was trying my hardest to stay calm, but it was SOOOOOOO hard. Its 7:45, now are we heading to the bus stop? Nope, Brain needs coffee and MIL needs some powder or something. However, this worked out pretty good because Sirius was able to score a wheelchair for free! Now we wont have to play the wheelchair game.
When we finally arrive at Epcot, we head straight to Soarin. The wait was too long, so we acquire FPs for later. In the meantime, I try to explain that often the FPs for Soarin are gone by noon. I am met with dazed and confused looks. Led Zeppelin anyone?

We check out the wait for LWTL which is about 30 minutes, too long, so we are outta there! We head over to The Seas. One of our top priorities for this trip was Turtle Talk with Crush. We just barely missed the last show in March, and one kid was uh, crushed. This time, we were there at just the right time. I must say, TTWC was awesome, dude! Mr. Clean was one of the chosen kids which led to the crushed kid getting a chance to speak with Crush as well. Yep, when Sirius got the microphone, I thought I was going to cry!!! I dont even remember what was said, but the whole place was a rockin! Yessiree, that Turtle gave me enough pixie dust to survive the next little bump in the road
As we exit TTWC, the kidlets run to see Bruce while the grandparents take a potty break. And then more potty breaks. I just park my rump on the floor and serve as the bouncer of the bladder bar. When the GPs return, grandpa is too darned impatient to wait a couple of minutes for everyone else to return, so he takes off with grandma. Now, when the others come back, we have to send someone to find the GPs. Do you see a pattern? It was like this the whole trip. Sirius goes to find them, and they return sans Sirius. Now Brain goes to find Sirius, and wouldnt you know, Whiner has to use the bathroom again! FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!

As we exit The Seas, someone asks, whats Coral Reef? Thats a restaurant that doesnt get good reviews. Ill never eat there. We all know about never saying never! Ah, a nice teaser for the next trip report
..if I ever make it through this one. Back to this TR
.Its still not time for Soarin, so we try to see Honey I Shrunk the Audience. Here is another example of the disadvantage of having a wheelchair. We enter and are informed that we need a reservation. A what? Apparently with limited wheelchair space, you are appointed a show time. We used the extra few minutes for Imagination then rush back to HISTA. Then to Soarin and the line for LWTL is still too long, so we are off to Mexico. Despite getting a late start (9:30), we are actually having a really good morning. Could this be the start of a magical day? Is pixie dust that powerful? Even enough for this family? Will I make it to noon before becoming a lush?
