It was now about 11:30am, and we had 3 separate parties converging on Epcot's World Showcase. As you learned in the previous chapter, Marlene and I were arriving from DHS by way of Friendship Boat and a little walk through the Boardwalk; Lauren and James were coming by bus from Animal Kingdom, and Judy, Gram, and Poppy were coming by bus from Kidani.
Lauren and James noticed a Photopass photographer on their way into Epcot and they stopped for a few pictures. Have I got them trained or what? I love that they took the initiative, and they were really excited to tell me that they had done it. They couldn't wait to see what they looked like, because they were psyched with the poses that the photographer put them in.
If I remember correctly, Marlene and I were the last to arrive, and we met everyone else near the Rose & Crown, at the same spot where we had watched Illuminations a couple of nights before.
Of course, we had to have a little fun at the UK phone booths, but I just called the kids...we didn't get any passers-by to pick up, although the kids wanted to show that little trick to Gram and Poppy.
One thing in the World Showcase that I had never done, that my little Francophile (that's a lover of all things French) Marlene wanted to do, was to catch the movie in the France pavilion, so we headed that way.
I still felt like we hadn't taken enough photos to justify the prepaid CD I'd bought, so we paused for a Photopass picture at the fountains in France.
Oops, James is battling the sunglare.
Once we went into the pavilion we discovered that we had just missed the start of the movie, naturally, so we had to wait for a while. James was eager to do an Agent P mission, so I thought I'd take advantage of our downtime and go get him signed up. I had seen the recruiting station when I came in, near the International Gateway. So, he and I went back over the bridge.
When we signed him up we learned that he only had 15 minutes to start his mission, which is a little too restrictive, in my opinion. And we had a conundrum because the movie was about to start. He was okay with it though, because he really had no interest in seeing the wonders of France cinematographically. (My wording, not his. In case you were wondering.) When we got back to the others, Judy offered to take him on his Agent P mission because she was worried that the movie might be one of those big-screen motion-sickness-inducing productions anyway. So all was well.
Oh wait, I got ahead of myself a little bit. I took a couple of pictures of the French pavilion on my way back. I can't leave them out.
So now we'll follow James on his Agent P mission in Japan and take a look at the pictures that Judy took. Meanwhile, while you're doing that, imagine the rest of us in the theater in France, watching the movie. Mostly awake.
With pictures like this, I don't even need to post a "spoiler alert"!
Apparently smoke was involved. I have a feeling that mirrors are coming up soon.
Okay, now I need to issue a Spoiler Alert.
The koi pond. I don't think it was part of the mission, but was just too photogenic to pass up.
They still had some time left , so decided to do another mission and were assigned Germany. Apparently a show was going on in Italy as they went by.
Here's another one where Judy saved me from having to post a spoiler alert. I think she was too slow to capture what the mission revealed.
I think this one was used back when they were Kim Possible missions.
I don't think anything happened at the model train during their mission, they just paused for a picture. I'd like to visit that farmer's market -- too bad it's just a model.
Run, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, run!
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I haven't kept track, but it's gotta be as many times as Marv has been first!
You're not too late because it appears that I am going for the record of the most drawn-out trip report! Woo hoo! 
Yep, the parents logged another year and celebrated 61 a couple of weeks ago.
Hilarious! "Be quiet! I'm wahtchin' my iPaaad."
You've moved into 3rd place on the leaderboard!
