punkin413
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we decided to just find a bench near mission space and relax for awhile. as you can see, it was starting to turn into a pretty day.
anna was thinking that she and chris may go back to the condo after dinner to get luke some dry pants. everyone was still sort of damp from the rain and she was afraid if he stayed at epcot with wet pants on after it got dark and cooled off, he'd get sick. they decided to play it by ear and see if he was still damp after dinner. here he is enjoying the fountains near mission space. i'm sure he wanted to go in but anna told him not to because we were just getting dry!
while we were waiting on the boys we saw our first of many brazilian tour groups. they were CRAZY!!! they'd have a person in front carrying a flag and a person in back doing the same and they'd usually be clapping and chanting something. very spirited, that's for sure!
i walked over to check the wait at test track and it was at 50 minutes.
nope. we didn't get fastpasses because the return time was too late and i knew we'd be in WS by then. ray and chris got off mission space not too long afer that and they had bought some astronaut ice cream.....yum!!! (really i think it's kinda gross so i didn't try any! 
)
by that time it was a little after 3:00. our fastpasses for soarin were at 3:48 and we had ADRs at teppan edo at 4:30. so we decided to go on over back to the land so we could get in line for soarin right at 3:48 and then head straight to japan afterwards for dinner. i figured maybe we could do livin with the land if we got over there by 3:15 or so.
as we passed the character connection i went to check out the wait, just to see, and the line was out the door. nope again! we'll just have to meet characters later. i'm so used to being there when it's not crowded. i knew it would be more crowded than i'm used to this trip - but i didn't think it would be that bad.
we got over to the land and we had to take a potty break again. while we were in that area next to garden grill, ray noticed a tag engraving machine and we made dog tags for sherman and eli. they're really cute - both mickey heads! luke made one for his dog, molly, in the shape of nemo. but it took FOREVER for it to engrave the tags so we ended up just kinda hanging out in that area instead of riding living with the land. it was okay - we needed a break anyway!
luke had gotten a figment car at some point that day and he was entertaining himself while we waited!
me and anna being silly.....
finally around 3:40 we headed down to soarin to wait. anna had debated on whether or not luke would be okay riding. the biggest thing he's ever ridden is goofy's barnstormer and he didn't like that. well, he said he liked it but when they asked him if he wanted to ride it again, he said no.
but he was only 2 (almost 3) when he rode that, so that was almost 2 years ago. i told her just to tell him soarin was like a big swing set where you feel like you're flying.
he only asked a couple of times what kind of ride it was and we just told him we were gonna go flying. he really didn't seem too concerned, so we forged ahead!
1 more minute!!!!!!
finally the clock turns to 3:48 and we go in. i love the waiting area!
once we got almost up to the part where they tell you where to go, the line STOPPED. for awhile.
i was worried because we had 4:30 ADRs and i wanted to wait for the front. so i told anna that as soon as we got off the ride, me and ray would speedwalk to japan and check in at teppan edo and they could catch up with us. we just move quicker than they do because we don't have a 4 year old! we can move in and out of crowds without worrying about losing a little one.
so finally we get over to where they ask how many and i say, "5 but we want to wait for the front, please." he said no problem and directed us to wait in the corner.
continued in next post: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=29515746&postcount=282
anna was thinking that she and chris may go back to the condo after dinner to get luke some dry pants. everyone was still sort of damp from the rain and she was afraid if he stayed at epcot with wet pants on after it got dark and cooled off, he'd get sick. they decided to play it by ear and see if he was still damp after dinner. here he is enjoying the fountains near mission space. i'm sure he wanted to go in but anna told him not to because we were just getting dry!
while we were waiting on the boys we saw our first of many brazilian tour groups. they were CRAZY!!! they'd have a person in front carrying a flag and a person in back doing the same and they'd usually be clapping and chanting something. very spirited, that's for sure!
i walked over to check the wait at test track and it was at 50 minutes.
nope. we didn't get fastpasses because the return time was too late and i knew we'd be in WS by then. ray and chris got off mission space not too long afer that and they had bought some astronaut ice cream.....yum!!! (really i think it's kinda gross so i didn't try any! )
by that time it was a little after 3:00. our fastpasses for soarin were at 3:48 and we had ADRs at teppan edo at 4:30. so we decided to go on over back to the land so we could get in line for soarin right at 3:48 and then head straight to japan afterwards for dinner. i figured maybe we could do livin with the land if we got over there by 3:15 or so.
as we passed the character connection i went to check out the wait, just to see, and the line was out the door.
nope again! we'll just have to meet characters later. i'm so used to being there when it's not crowded. i knew it would be more crowded than i'm used to this trip - but i didn't think it would be that bad.we got over to the land and we had to take a potty break again. while we were in that area next to garden grill, ray noticed a tag engraving machine and we made dog tags for sherman and eli. they're really cute - both mickey heads! luke made one for his dog, molly, in the shape of nemo. but it took FOREVER for it to engrave the tags so we ended up just kinda hanging out in that area instead of riding living with the land. it was okay - we needed a break anyway!
luke had gotten a figment car at some point that day and he was entertaining himself while we waited!
me and anna being silly.....
finally around 3:40 we headed down to soarin to wait. anna had debated on whether or not luke would be okay riding. the biggest thing he's ever ridden is goofy's barnstormer and he didn't like that. well, he said he liked it but when they asked him if he wanted to ride it again, he said no.
but he was only 2 (almost 3) when he rode that, so that was almost 2 years ago. i told her just to tell him soarin was like a big swing set where you feel like you're flying. he only asked a couple of times what kind of ride it was and we just told him we were gonna go flying. he really didn't seem too concerned, so we forged ahead!
1 more minute!!!!!!
finally the clock turns to 3:48 and we go in. i love the waiting area!
once we got almost up to the part where they tell you where to go, the line STOPPED. for awhile.
i was worried because we had 4:30 ADRs and i wanted to wait for the front. so i told anna that as soon as we got off the ride, me and ray would speedwalk to japan and check in at teppan edo and they could catch up with us. we just move quicker than they do because we don't have a 4 year old! we can move in and out of crowds without worrying about losing a little one.so finally we get over to where they ask how many and i say, "5 but we want to wait for the front, please." he said no problem and directed us to wait in the corner.
continued in next post: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=29515746&postcount=282
ray was even impressed. he's only ridden it once before and we were either on the 2nd or 3rd row where you could see feet. being on the first row makes all the difference!
i've never seen so many birds in one place. and they weren't just sitting, they were dive-bombing people's heads! 
i grabbed ray's hand, closed my eyes and kept my head down. i don't know what i missed but i'm glad i missed it!
My children were mortified, DH and I were disgusted, and the two pimple poppers had not a care in the world. 
I've probably scarred you for life now.
