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Sunday
Today finds us heading to EPCOT for EMH. I meet up with the kids around 7:00 and proceed to the front desk to ask the procedure for getting my priority-boarding pass. The lady at the desk said all I had to do was give them the information and would take care of it while I was in the parks. I went back to the room, got the number and went back to the lobby. By now there is a line so when I am assigned a person, he informs me I have to be there in person to get this done!
Once again EMH rules!
Anyway, we are there for rope drop and FP Soarin and get in the 20 minute line and ride this most awesome experience. We then use the fastpass and walk passed a 90-minute standby line. We have experienced it twice by 8:51.
It is time for Test Track, so we get FPs that will be valid in an hour and 15 minutes. We go back and ride Imagination and then played in the interactive area after the ride. I think I liked the older version of this ride better. We then skipped the NEMO ride and visited the fish and manatees in the sea exhibit. This part is still fascinating and we enjoy the activities. Back to TT with our FPs and enjoy it for the last time. They have now added the TT picture to the Photopass CD, so we insert the card and it is recorded to our account.
A pair of dummies.
We need another M:S fix, so Scott and I ride the orange side again while Alison sits this one out. Did I mention how HOT it is!
Lunch at the American Pavillion.
Pasteries in France
What might this be?
Such nice landscaping!
The kids with Mary
My free 5x7 pic
We head towards the exit around noon and stop to get our free 5x7 picture that came with our vacation package. We also received a reduced price on Searaycers, free miniature golf, and the $15 vouchers at Planet Hollywood. We wont use the golf vouchers and wish we could give them to someone. There ought to be a way to pass the unused vouchers around.
The kids want to take me to the Disney outlet store, so we drive to the Orlando Premium Outlet stores. It is Sunday and the place is packed. We were going to eat in the food court, but this place is insane so we proceed to the store and there are some good deals. I bought a 2007 hoodie that was marked down to $16.95. All of the 2007 winter merchandise is on sale. I also bought some character paper clips while the kids loaded up on shirts and sweatshirts. We decide to eat at a Longhorn Steakhouse and it is fair. Once again it clouds up and rains hard enough to break out the ponchos. We hang out at the resort until 8:15 and head to the MK for Spectro and Wishes. We watched Spectro from the corner in Liberty Square and there is less crowd pressure back here. The dragon does not unfold its wings is the only downside. The little fishes kept coming up to Alison and backing away, so Scott and I had to tease her about being a fish magnet.
Spectro (I did not have the right setting on the camera)
We wander back towards the hub for Wishes, but this is packed, so we end on the extreme left side and only a small portion is blocked by a roof. This is a spectacular show, our co-favorite with Fantasmic.
We get wristbands as the kids want experience the MK at night. Scott wants to eat a turkey leg and the only place to get one now is the Lunching Pad under TTA. He likes them as much as I did. The skies have cleared and it has turned out to be a nice evening. We have never ridden Snow White and Peter Pan and there are short lines, so we ride each one. I hadnt ridden these two rides since 1963 when I lived in El Cajon, CA. We move on to Splash Mtn and I get the front seat with the kids behind me. Remember my last experience on this ride? I learn relatively fast and at the last minute on the drop I duck down, allowing the kids to receive the full benefit of the splash. There are now two unhappy campers complaining. I point out that neither one of them are sweet enough to melt. We amble towards the front of the park as it is 1:15AM and we are a little tired. Returning to the Resort this late gives one a chance to watch the night crew performing all types of maintenance on the grounds and in Everything Pop. No wonder this resort is so immaculate.
Tomorrow ..The last day
Today finds us heading to EPCOT for EMH. I meet up with the kids around 7:00 and proceed to the front desk to ask the procedure for getting my priority-boarding pass. The lady at the desk said all I had to do was give them the information and would take care of it while I was in the parks. I went back to the room, got the number and went back to the lobby. By now there is a line so when I am assigned a person, he informs me I have to be there in person to get this done!
Once again EMH rules!
Anyway, we are there for rope drop and FP Soarin and get in the 20 minute line and ride this most awesome experience. We then use the fastpass and walk passed a 90-minute standby line. We have experienced it twice by 8:51.
It is time for Test Track, so we get FPs that will be valid in an hour and 15 minutes. We go back and ride Imagination and then played in the interactive area after the ride. I think I liked the older version of this ride better. We then skipped the NEMO ride and visited the fish and manatees in the sea exhibit. This part is still fascinating and we enjoy the activities. Back to TT with our FPs and enjoy it for the last time. They have now added the TT picture to the Photopass CD, so we insert the card and it is recorded to our account.
A pair of dummies.
We need another M:S fix, so Scott and I ride the orange side again while Alison sits this one out. Did I mention how HOT it is!
Lunch at the American Pavillion.
Pasteries in France
What might this be?
Such nice landscaping!
The kids with Mary
My free 5x7 pic
We head towards the exit around noon and stop to get our free 5x7 picture that came with our vacation package. We also received a reduced price on Searaycers, free miniature golf, and the $15 vouchers at Planet Hollywood. We wont use the golf vouchers and wish we could give them to someone. There ought to be a way to pass the unused vouchers around.
The kids want to take me to the Disney outlet store, so we drive to the Orlando Premium Outlet stores. It is Sunday and the place is packed. We were going to eat in the food court, but this place is insane so we proceed to the store and there are some good deals. I bought a 2007 hoodie that was marked down to $16.95. All of the 2007 winter merchandise is on sale. I also bought some character paper clips while the kids loaded up on shirts and sweatshirts. We decide to eat at a Longhorn Steakhouse and it is fair. Once again it clouds up and rains hard enough to break out the ponchos. We hang out at the resort until 8:15 and head to the MK for Spectro and Wishes. We watched Spectro from the corner in Liberty Square and there is less crowd pressure back here. The dragon does not unfold its wings is the only downside. The little fishes kept coming up to Alison and backing away, so Scott and I had to tease her about being a fish magnet.
Spectro (I did not have the right setting on the camera)
We wander back towards the hub for Wishes, but this is packed, so we end on the extreme left side and only a small portion is blocked by a roof. This is a spectacular show, our co-favorite with Fantasmic.
We get wristbands as the kids want experience the MK at night. Scott wants to eat a turkey leg and the only place to get one now is the Lunching Pad under TTA. He likes them as much as I did. The skies have cleared and it has turned out to be a nice evening. We have never ridden Snow White and Peter Pan and there are short lines, so we ride each one. I hadnt ridden these two rides since 1963 when I lived in El Cajon, CA. We move on to Splash Mtn and I get the front seat with the kids behind me. Remember my last experience on this ride? I learn relatively fast and at the last minute on the drop I duck down, allowing the kids to receive the full benefit of the splash. There are now two unhappy campers complaining. I point out that neither one of them are sweet enough to melt. We amble towards the front of the park as it is 1:15AM and we are a little tired. Returning to the Resort this late gives one a chance to watch the night crew performing all types of maintenance on the grounds and in Everything Pop. No wonder this resort is so immaculate.
Tomorrow ..The last day
