A Welsh family trip report - Day 1

[disney fan68]

Today was an Epcot day. We had a wake up call curtesy of Stitch. Strolled to busstop and bus came within 5mins . We got to park for ropedrop at 9am. Stopped for the usual photos by the ball.

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We quickly walked over to The Land along with the rest of the crowds, and rode Soarin. Grabbed some fastpasses for 10.30am . DD7 was excited to ride Nemo so that was next. She didn't stop long enough to be included in the pic

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We then raced over to Mission Space, I was a coward and took DD8 on the quiet option, while the others went on the fast ride. We queued for longer, as they practically walked on . We picked up some fastpasses for Test Track which came out for 2pm. We then headed back over to ride Soarin again using our fastpasses, stopping in Mousegear on the way to try on some hats.

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We went back over to TT but the queues were really long, even the single rider lines were huge. It was really hot today, so we decided to head back to POR, and gave our fastpasses away. I must say we really loved the resort, it was so clean and the staff very friendly. We had a great day in the main pool, we have never spent soo much time just chillin before.

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We had food in the Riverside Mill, it was ok counter service food. Sorry no food porn in this report. We had our monies worth from our refillable cups today, they were well used by all. We had a vote and decided that tonight we would catch the boat to downtown disney. It was fabulous. very relaxing and much better than using the buses. I cannot say enough how much we enjoyed POR, and the boat to DTD is the main reason we would choose it above other resorts.

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We really enjoy strolling around downtown disney. I just love Disneyquest, and we spent an hour in there. DD7 was very tired by 8pm, we hadn't done that much walking compared to other days. Could have been the jetlag combined with the heat, but anyway we decided to call it a night and took the boat back Did ask the older girls if they would like to stay but they were exhausted too.

Coming up on day 2 HS............

Julie xx

 

[natalielongstaff]

great day

 

[cap'njack.]

What a great day...looking forward to the rest of your TR

 

[Cyrano]

Great start to your trip.
Looking forward to future installments