Hello Again,
Friday June 19: When last we left our weary travelers, we had an early night. In fact, I fell asleep and missed the EWP. Now, that's early. We had decided to head to EPCOT the next day and wanted to get there early. We woke early and arrived at the gates around 8:00ish. Now we had a choice to make. We could have been first at one of the turnstiles but stand in the sun or be second and stand in the shade. We opted for the shade. We had a nice time talking to those people around us and sharing PIN trading secrets. Once we were let through the turnstiles we headed around the "golf ball". However, who should we see standing all by herself?? DAISY!!!
We ran over for our first ever pic with Daisy and then headed to the rope. The plan was for DH to run for Soarin' FP while the girls and I rode Mission Space. 2 years ago, I was the runner. DH said that he would run this time.
While we waited who headed in our direction??? Goofy
I love the way he walks. After the opening, the girls and I headed to Mission Space and got on the first flight. We do the mild one in case anyone is interested. I was the commander and all went well.
DH was to get the FP and check out how to get tickets for Kim Possible. We met up with him at TT. He had FP for Saorin' and an 11:00 ticket for KP. I was worried that the girls would have to rush through the adventure in order to get to our 11:45 ressies at Coral Reef. DH assured me that the girls could go anytime
after 11:00. I was pretty sure he was wrong, but I let to go. We went stand by on Test Track. After about 7 minutes the line stopped moving. Now I know this ride has a reputation for breaking down, so I wasn't surprised. We finally got to the ride after about 30 minutes. We like the ride well enough. I tried to talk my family into going in the single rider line because it had worked out so well on RNRRC. However, apparently this is different.
I have no idea why this is different.
Each day of our vacation was hotter than the one before. This one was HOT. We decided to head into Mouse Gear for some air conditioning. I was also in charge of buying a bag for a friend of mine to give to her granddaughter. I found the bag, but knew I would be back later to buy it. We headed to Soarin' to use our FP. I love this ride. We all do. It is so relaxing. I have never waited Standby for this ride. ALWAYS FP!!! When we got off we got a FP for later in the day. The FP were for 4:00. It was only 11:00 now.
DH assured my again that we could use our KP ticket later. So, we decided to head to Nemo and ride. We also wanted to check out the living seas before lunch. We did that and all went well. We checked in to the Coral Reef at 11:35 and didn't get seated until 12:00. This was by far the longest wait to get seated on the whole trip.
The atmosphere of this restaurant is amazing. I could watch the turtles all day. We were seated on the highest deck, but our view of the whole aquarium was unobstructed. It was lovely. We ordered drinks and the bread is great. Dh and I had the lobster ravioli, DD 16 had the ceasar salad, and DD 13 had a steak. It was all very good. The desserts were good as well. I can't for the life of me remember what we had. I do remember ordering the cheesecake and the waitress telling me not to because it wasn't very good.
2 things, althought I really liked it, the service was extremely slow. Our meal was over an hour and a half long. I know this is a hard place to get into, and now I know why.
2nd thing: The man at the table below us must have just gotten his new camera because he kept "trying things" and the flash went off everytime. Now, anyone who has been to the Coral Reef knows that it is quite dark. None of our photos turned out very well. So, every few minutes there would be a flash which would screw up your "night vision". It was annoying. I was so glad when his food came, so he would put the camera away.
I would definetly eat here again.
After lunch I finally talked DH into checking about the KP ticket. Sure enough I was right. We missed our time, however, they gave us a new time which was 3:00. PERFECT!!!!!!! We tried to ride Spaceshop Earth, but it was having technical difficulties. So we headed to the LAND. When DH and I came on our honeymoon, we hated this ride. Now we like it. I think because we are getting old.
Here are a few pics.
Does she look bored or what???
Now that will make a lot of lemonade.
From here we headed to Figment. It is still the same. After Figment we headed to WS. We saw a little bit of the "Off Kilter" show. These guys are great.
The girls would roll their eyes and act like they don't know me when I started to sing along.
Well, I never.
We headed into the UK and who did we see, but my favorite all time Disney character. MARY POPPINS!!!
She was not even standing in shade.
We went to the KP kiosk and asked if we could get started. We were a little early, but they said no problem. The girls were given the Kimmunicator. They had to share. Now, you need a little background. My daughters both loved KP, however, DD 16 was a much bigger fan. DD 13 let DD 16 hold the Kimmunicator for the adventure.
They really liked this. Their first adventure was in UK. They didn't need any help. DH did hang with them just to see what they were doing. NOT ME! I took my time, looked around, tried to keep cool in the shops and the shade. When this adventure was over, they could do another one in Mexico. This time DD 13 held the Kimmunicator. We went into the market place. I sat at the well while they roamed to solve the crime. I talked to a very nice woman about our trips. (Remember her for a later post) DH tried to teach a CM how to juggle. It did not go well. After a little while, the girls came back having spoiled Draken's evil plan and we were off.
I had planned another day at WS, so headed back to FW for Soarin', shopping, and Spaceship Earth. Which is exactly what we did. DH took this pic on the way back.
I like the changes to SE. It seems so much more up-to-date and there are things to do when you get off. From here we headed back to WL. We had a great day. It was HOT, but we made it through.
After freshening up a bit, DH and I headed down to the beack to see Bolt. It was scheduled to be shown on the beach, but when we got there, no one was there. We stayed a while and he stomped my in a game of tetherball and still no one showed.
We then walked around the resort some, looked for hidden mickey's, and took some more pics. Here's one.
We relaxed a bit and hit the hay.
Coming up!! Do LGMH really work?????
What did you eat there??
What amazes me is that sometimes you can find two Waffle Houses located on the same Interstate exchange just a quarter mile or even less apart from each other! 
We compete against each other to see who can see and call out the most Waffle Houses. You get one point for each Waffle House sign you see (road signs and the actual Waffle House sign). It is astonishing how many points we rack up on our road trip.
When we see that castle the teasing starts because it makes me cry every time. Then all I hear is, "Oops, there she goes crying again!!" 
