I officially need to be sent to the Dis hall of shame for this TR. I (as always haha) do have some excuses! We are officially moving
! But we have to be out by may 27th.
I have been sick with a sinus infection that really threw me for a loop, and we are in one of our busiest months at the hotel. I have been slightly busy. But the TR must go on!
Before I start our day, I will say we officially need a do over. You will see why.
Today was our Epcot day. This was the only day I had scheduled for Epcot so we needed to get there and get things done! I knew we were going to have rain. How much, I was unprepared for.
We woke up to gray skies and a chilly temp. Yesterday had been in the high 70's low 80's. Today was about low 60's with no sun. Big difference! We packed out ponchos and headed to the bus stop!
Finally we get to see the icon! We had passed by it several times at night, but this was our first day light view! You can see how gray the skies are!
We headed straight for Soarin'. Grabbed fast passes then rode stand-by with a wait of about 20 mins. This was one of our longer waits, but worth it! I had been slightly worried about motion sickness. I love rollar coasters, but motion simulators and I do not get along. I had nothing to fear and we loved the ride. I think I had a huge grin plastered on my face the whole time!
We then headed to living with the land. Only a 5 min wait time! I looked forward to this ride as my dad and I are huge gardeners. I knew I had to have pictures to take back home!
we took more! We even got to see the pumpkins in the mickey head forms!
During our walk to soarin' it had started to drizzle. When we got out, it was still only a slight drizzle. We decided to walk over and see what Mission: Space was like. Green was 5 mins, Orange was 20. DH pouted a little when I inisisted on green. (remember the motion sickness..
) But relented and we rode green! It was ok, not my favorite ride and not something I would wait much longer then 5-10 mins. for. Green was rough enough for me, but DH grabbed a fastpass to ride orange later.
Test track was next. We decided to ride in the single rider line with about a 5 min. wait. It was awesome! Dh did get in the same car, I was in front he was in back. I liked the ride but I wish there was more of the outside part. I liked it so much and then it was over all too soon. Very cool though. No picture as the cameras did not like the rain and were not working properly. Here are some of us dreaming on the way out...
that was in a caddy.
The Chevy rep stopped to talk to us and I prompty replied "My dad works for Ford, and we drive Fords." when asked if we were interested in more info. He looked a little taken aback but I thought it was the right response. Gotta have brand loyalty!
At this point I cannot remember if we went to the WS or if DH rode Mission: Space. I think it was MS. I walked thru Mouse Gears (and got lost a few times in there!). It seemed to take DH an awful long time, but it was nice to get out of the rain for a bit. I watied for him under the walkway and was amazed at the number of people buying ice cream. It was cold and raining, not a good time for ice cream people! Finally he came out, looking a little dazed. He told me that I would probably have died on Orange team (see I told ya so!) and that he was a little sick but ok to keep going.
Somewhere in all this time we went to Innovations (both). I had kept a little surprise for DH. He is a volunteer firefighter at home and loves it. He wants to do it full time. I knew he would love the innovations exhibit! Can you tell he did?!
He even found his patch!
proudly displaying his hat.
(sorry for the blur, that was the best out of about 10 pics)
He loved it. We stayed there for about 30 mins taking pics and exploring. He droned on and on about what this truck had that was similar to at home. I checked out mentally and just shook my head a lot
. We looked at the Segway experience but did not want to wait for it, so we headed back out and went to...
Club Cool! I did not get a Beverly picture! But the face was priceless. We tried all the soda, I did not find one I really liked. We enjoyed looking at all the Coke items and I regret not getting a frozen one!
I believe this was the time we finally headed to WS. The skies really opened up now. Right when we got to England it started to pour and we finally gave in and put our ponchos on. We went in the toy store and that was about it. We discussed out plan for the rest of the day but decided to wait it out and see what happened with the weather. Probably a mistake, but live and learn!
France was next!
I went with no intention of character hunting. Well we just so happened to walk right into a meet and greet with.....my favorite!
Belle Made DH get in next after she saw our "just married" buttons.
This was so fun! Slightly awkward at first, but then I realized "hey this is Disney, who cares if I am talking to a fictional character!" I really want to do more characters next trip!
We wondered over to Morocco and realized we were getting pretty hungary. We wanted food and a dry place to sit for a bit. Good thing we found the cafe, because right after we ordered ( I had the 3 sliders, no idea what DH got haha) the skies really opened for about 10 mins and it was pouring! People really wanted in now, but most of the tables were full of diners. I did not care for my meal much. I liked the meats but not the sides. DH loved it all, but he is more adventurous with food then me. Oh well, I am glad we tried it and had somewhere dry to sit!
We moved on to explore a bit and found this...
We were the last people to get a picture when them and their handler didn't seem to be too pleased when we got in line. Aladin and Jasmine were very nice however, and made us feel very welcome. They were a great couple!
Japan was next. We hit up the store and I bought a hello Kitty night gown (it still has the tags on it haha). DH was interested in the pick a pearl and I secretely hoped he would surprise me with one. No dice lol. I could have looked in that store for hours!
We decided to move along. We did hit every country, but did not explore due to the weather. I did not realize until we got back all the things we missed. No street performers, we missed all the Santas, and I'm sure we missed more character opportunities. Perfect excuse to go back!
Italy. Very cool. This store had the resuable tote I wanted with all the countries on it. This was the first store I saw it in!
China: You can tell I am really sick of the weather in this photo lol.
"hurry up and take it so we can move on!"
We just walked on by Mexico. We were done with the weather at this point.
We made our way back to the front of the park. We did ride Spaceship earth since the wait was only about 5 mins, as long as it took the walk thru the line really! It was super fun. We laughed at our futures and sent the home.
We had a ADR at Teppan Edo later and wanted to get back to the hotel to change and rest for a few minutes. We had about 2 hours probably at the hotel. DH napped, I read my book and watched some TV. We changed into some dry clothes and headed to the bus for dinner.
No pictures of tonite, but when we entered Epcot, it was still raining. We made the long walk back to Teppan and checked in. We only waited about 10mins and were seated. This meal was one I was not looking forward to and only booked it for DH who loves chinese/japanese food. Well I was pleasently surprised by the whole experience! We loved our table mates! One couple was celebrating an anniversary and the husband surprised his wife with a ring! Very sweet. This man was also a firefighter and he and DH exchanged a lot of information and loved chatting. The family we were with were celebrating birthdays and they were great. We had a great table, great chef, and amazing food! This was officially our favorite meal of the entire trip! We even tried to get an ADR for another day of the trip but could not get it. This is now a must do for every trip!
When we left the rain had stopped! We walked around WS a little. I went and bought the tote i wanted so badly (and let me say it has not been used yet!
) and loved being able to see somethings while the rain had left. We decided to skip illuminations as we would get another opportunity later on, and walked to the exit. By the time we got to the fountain it had started up again, and it was a long soggy walk to the bus. We cought the next bus and were on our way back to the resort. It was a good day, but we hated the rain and missed a lot of opportunities. Oh well, like I said, next time!
Up next: DHS, and will this rain EVER stop?
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