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Day Two: December 12, 2003
The Plan: Epcot all day with supper at Garden Grill then tour resorts
Well today I had the pleasure of trying out the Princess Storybook breakfast for the first time. I got into Epcot early and made my way to the back where they had just opened for breakfast. I was seated almost immediatly after arriving and was given my bread choices to munch on while they got my hot breakfast ready. The princess' for that day were Mulan, Snow White, Belle, Jasmine, and Aurora and they made trips by my table a couple of times. The food was very good and the characters were wonderful.
After I had my fill of breakfast, I made my way back to the front of the park and to the very little single rider wait for test track. I got through the line and into a car within 10 minutes which was almost a record for me. The trip was good with the exception of a unexpected delay at the first brake test. Looked around in the shop afterwards and then headed for Mission: Space.
Well I hate to say it but I made it through the que and preshow and ended up skipping out on the ride. I'm not much for a spining type ride and when the spiel said it did alot of spining then I was like uhoh I'm out. I did get to enjoy the preshow and I did play with some of the stuff in the exit area. Maybe next time I'll actually give this a try.
Now it was time for Living Seas. Made it down to Sea Base Alpha just in time for the water tank demo. After that did some looking around before heading up to the Manatee presentation. I missed this the last few times during my program due to rehab but I really enjoyed seeing it again.
Next we made our way to Journey into your imagination with Figment. This was where I had the bad part of my day. We got stuck first in the very begining of the ride but only for a few moments. We got going again and seemed to be that we would make it through the ride. The ride broke down again but this time it didn't start up again. We were stuck for a good 10 minutes in the skunk room til they came to get us. The only problem was that I was with my friend Lisa who is in a Power chair. After we talked, I was sent ahead to go enjoy Living with the Land interpreted, while she waited on Reedy Creek to come get her out.
Living with the land was a good ride and I enjoyed taking some pictures and watching the interpreter. I also made note that sometime this week I had to come back and do food rocks. I made the decision to head to the electric umbrella for lunch since I really wasn't in the mood for something fancy. I also while in the land pavillion cancelled my reservation for that night at Garden Grill and made it for tuesday.
After lunch I did the House of Innoventions tour. I enjoyed this tour last year and it was neat to see what additions they had made since the last time I was there. I really like the new bathtub they've installed. I want one for my home now lol They also had installed a garage since I last saw it and I thought that was neat as well.
Lisa and I had finally met back up and decided since we had time to kill I should try Honey I shrunk the audience! I have never even tempted to ride this ride due to my fear of two things, snakes and mice. I was surprised at just how much I liked this show. I really wasn't as scared as I thought I'd be and actually kept my eyes open through most of it. I definetly will do this one again someday.
We then headed toward England for the 5 pm World showcase players presentation of "A Christmas Carol". We made it earlier then figured so we were able to meet Pooh back in the kids store and hear Father Christmas tell his story. The world showcase players were as good as always and the guy the picked to play scrooge was a riot. I always enjoy their "Holy Grail" skit and I have to add this one to my list of enjoyed shows.
I had been noodling the idea of getting in the standby line for the 6:45 showing of Candlelight Processional and Lisa agreed so off we went. She went ahead of me and got us a place in line while her husband got us some drinks. We enjoyed the end of the first show while we were waiting. When it was our turn to go in, we asked to be seated in the hearing impaired/sign language interpreted area. We were sat down toward the very front and had a nice view of the whole stage.
This night's narrator was David Ogden Steirs and I must say he did an excellent job. I never realized until later that he was also on MASH many years ago. The interpreter for that show was Angela. If you ever have a chance to see her interpret I would say go for it. She gets into her interpreting very much and her body language convey's exactly what she is interpreting through her signs. I loved how she even signed true German and Spanish for the two songs that were sung in those languages. I think my favorite song she signed though was O Holy Night. This presentation was the best I have seen in the two times I've seen Candlelight.
When I left Lisa after Candlelight, I went in search of food. I made the decision that I was to tired to go anywhere else so I headed back to the food court at All Star Music. The food was good for a food court and I took it back to the room to finish. I also watched a bit of tv before turning in and caught the end of Lilo & Stitch the movie. Set an early wake up call and hit the bed around midnight.
Best Moment(s): Seeing Angela interpret Candlelight Processional and enjoying Honey I shrunk the Audience
Worst Moment(s): Getting stuck in Figment
The Plan: Epcot all day with supper at Garden Grill then tour resorts
Well today I had the pleasure of trying out the Princess Storybook breakfast for the first time. I got into Epcot early and made my way to the back where they had just opened for breakfast. I was seated almost immediatly after arriving and was given my bread choices to munch on while they got my hot breakfast ready. The princess' for that day were Mulan, Snow White, Belle, Jasmine, and Aurora and they made trips by my table a couple of times. The food was very good and the characters were wonderful.
After I had my fill of breakfast, I made my way back to the front of the park and to the very little single rider wait for test track. I got through the line and into a car within 10 minutes which was almost a record for me. The trip was good with the exception of a unexpected delay at the first brake test. Looked around in the shop afterwards and then headed for Mission: Space.
Well I hate to say it but I made it through the que and preshow and ended up skipping out on the ride. I'm not much for a spining type ride and when the spiel said it did alot of spining then I was like uhoh I'm out. I did get to enjoy the preshow and I did play with some of the stuff in the exit area. Maybe next time I'll actually give this a try.
Now it was time for Living Seas. Made it down to Sea Base Alpha just in time for the water tank demo. After that did some looking around before heading up to the Manatee presentation. I missed this the last few times during my program due to rehab but I really enjoyed seeing it again.
Next we made our way to Journey into your imagination with Figment. This was where I had the bad part of my day. We got stuck first in the very begining of the ride but only for a few moments. We got going again and seemed to be that we would make it through the ride. The ride broke down again but this time it didn't start up again. We were stuck for a good 10 minutes in the skunk room til they came to get us. The only problem was that I was with my friend Lisa who is in a Power chair. After we talked, I was sent ahead to go enjoy Living with the Land interpreted, while she waited on Reedy Creek to come get her out.
Living with the land was a good ride and I enjoyed taking some pictures and watching the interpreter. I also made note that sometime this week I had to come back and do food rocks. I made the decision to head to the electric umbrella for lunch since I really wasn't in the mood for something fancy. I also while in the land pavillion cancelled my reservation for that night at Garden Grill and made it for tuesday.
After lunch I did the House of Innoventions tour. I enjoyed this tour last year and it was neat to see what additions they had made since the last time I was there. I really like the new bathtub they've installed. I want one for my home now lol They also had installed a garage since I last saw it and I thought that was neat as well.
Lisa and I had finally met back up and decided since we had time to kill I should try Honey I shrunk the audience! I have never even tempted to ride this ride due to my fear of two things, snakes and mice. I was surprised at just how much I liked this show. I really wasn't as scared as I thought I'd be and actually kept my eyes open through most of it. I definetly will do this one again someday.
We then headed toward England for the 5 pm World showcase players presentation of "A Christmas Carol". We made it earlier then figured so we were able to meet Pooh back in the kids store and hear Father Christmas tell his story. The world showcase players were as good as always and the guy the picked to play scrooge was a riot. I always enjoy their "Holy Grail" skit and I have to add this one to my list of enjoyed shows.
I had been noodling the idea of getting in the standby line for the 6:45 showing of Candlelight Processional and Lisa agreed so off we went. She went ahead of me and got us a place in line while her husband got us some drinks. We enjoyed the end of the first show while we were waiting. When it was our turn to go in, we asked to be seated in the hearing impaired/sign language interpreted area. We were sat down toward the very front and had a nice view of the whole stage.
This night's narrator was David Ogden Steirs and I must say he did an excellent job. I never realized until later that he was also on MASH many years ago. The interpreter for that show was Angela. If you ever have a chance to see her interpret I would say go for it. She gets into her interpreting very much and her body language convey's exactly what she is interpreting through her signs. I loved how she even signed true German and Spanish for the two songs that were sung in those languages. I think my favorite song she signed though was O Holy Night. This presentation was the best I have seen in the two times I've seen Candlelight.
When I left Lisa after Candlelight, I went in search of food. I made the decision that I was to tired to go anywhere else so I headed back to the food court at All Star Music. The food was good for a food court and I took it back to the room to finish. I also watched a bit of tv before turning in and caught the end of Lilo & Stitch the movie. Set an early wake up call and hit the bed around midnight.
Best Moment(s): Seeing Angela interpret Candlelight Processional and enjoying Honey I shrunk the Audience
Worst Moment(s): Getting stuck in Figment
