Coming from the Great White North in August WE'RE BACK.2nd DAY PTs1&2POSTED PAGE 23

[Queenofallthings]

So once we got our passes all sorted out we headed for the bus. As you can see from these pictures not many people were headed back to the resorts. By the time we would leave everyday, which was anywhere between noon and 1pm, the parks were really starting to fill up. Getting up early was well worth it for a virtually empty park and no ride lines.....and what can I say about the pool and drinks by the pool...that's right pure heaven.

Jasmine doing what she did best this trip, suntan.

Enjoying a laugh with her auntie in the pool.

We spent about an hour at the pool then headed back up to the room for the standard sleep, shower, and back out the door for dinner. We had a 715pm ADR for Coral Reef this evening so we all decided we would be ready to head for the bus at 6:00pm. Much to our surprise again, we just walked up to the bus stop and our bus pulled up...we were beginning to get used to this bus service. We made our way around the resort picking up and dropping off and when the lady across from Jasmine and I got up to leave, she came over to me and said "Your rings are the most spectacular things I have ever seen, especially this one, the other one is gorgeous too, but this one is unbelieveable" I thanked her for her kind words and then Jasmine, Geodoc and I had the biggest laugh and wished at that moment Peg wasn't sitting at the front of the bus. See, the rings cost under $30 each....I bought them from The Shopping Channel and I get more compliments on them than my real ones. Too funny, Jasmine said that just made your day didn't it....I said you don't need to spend alot to look good honey!!!

We made it to the park by 630pm so Geodoc suggested since we were so early that we go on Spaceship Earth...sounded like a plan to me. I really do love that ride, but I do miss Jeremy Irons voice.

Once we all had our fill of SE, we then proceeded to Coral Reef for dinner.

Couldn't resist this shot, it really was a peaceful as it seems.

Our three young ladies outside the restaurant. Now, see the skirt Jasmine is wearing, I need to share a funny story with you. When she bought this skirt, I suggested, in what I thought was a nice way, that maybe it was a little too short. Oh course, I was a dork and didn't know anything, she never said this, but I got the LOOK. Ok fine, yup everyone's wearing them blah blah blah...fine, but you're buying it with your own money.

So there we are on SE and you know at the end when they put the black light on and if you're wearing anything white it glows....well Jasmine taps my arm and yup....her white panties are showing and glowing....I lost it. I said so now do you think the skirt is too short....hasn't worn it since. Couldn't wait to get off the ride and tell Peg.

Entryway to Coral Reef

Another shot of the corridor down to the restaurant, we were the only family checking in, but let me tell you, when we left you could hardly get through all the people waiting, it was jam packed

For some reason Jasmine loved these glass fish and asked me to take a picture of them...I think it was the only thing she asked me to take a picture of

Jasmine and me waiting for our dinner...one of my favorite pictures of the entire trip.

Jasmine and her sidekick...they were never far from each other, poor SW needs to battle for Jasmine time, poor thing

MM and her megaberry smoothie....I love the look on her face here.

My NY strip steak. It was so yummy, just as good as I remember. I know many people have written that the food here is terrible, but we have never had a bad experience here...food wise. However, this trip, we had a terrible server. His name was Jose and I'm not sure what the problem was, but he was awful. Unfriendly, short when speaking to us, a problem if we asked for anything....I was so disappointed as you know, a server can make a break your meal.

Jasmine had the lasagne and she ate it but didn't like it...she's a bit of a fussy eater.

Jasmine didn't have dessert but I had the almond gelatto, it was so good and refreshing.

After dinner we were pretty much done for the night so to the bus stop we went. \

Next post......ANIMAL KINGDOM

 

[Queenofallthings]

Thursday, August 13, 2009 ANIMAL KINGDOM

When we got back to the room last night, Mini Montana had talked Jasmine into letting her sleep with her. Last year this happened quite often and the nights she was in our room she would be awake later than Jas and I, bit of a nighthawk that one. Anyhoo, not this evening, poor little thing was exhausted...they were both asleep before I turned out the light.

Still sound asleep even after I had been up and about getting ready for the day

We all headed down to the bus around 830am and once again it was only a few moments before our carriage arrived. We all took what was now our standard seats....all along the back row and thought we were in for an unexpected ride to the park.

You will notice that Peg and MM are not along the back row...they moved because we all noticed this little guy.....

Yup, frog on the bus. So you're thinking, oh no big deal, which is what I thought until it jumped into the air conditioning vent right behind us. Let me tell you Peg is about as brave as SW, MM, and Jasmine put together. We all moved to the sides because now the bus is packed with people standing. It was just our luck that the frog jumped and landed on Jasmine's foot which she had crossed over her leg. I seriously am crying with laughter as I write this. You can imagine, now every woman and some men, were screaming at the back of the bus. When the frog landed on Jasmine her reflexes flung the frog against this poor woman who was standing who I'm sure thought she was gonna die, then onto the window. At this point the bus driver puts the bus in park and comes back....I know you're all thinking he's coming back to get the frog off the bus...nope, just comes back to tell us he thinks we should re-think going to AK....ok funny guy, now get this frog off the bus. Nope, just goes back to driving the bus. A nice man finished he coffee and used his cup the grab it so he could take it off the bus when we got there. All is good now!!

As you can see we all made it to the park in one piece. We were all still laughing about the bus driver questioning whether we should be here or not!! The plan was to go straight to EE, get FP's and ride standby before we move on to other attractions so we were on a mission.

As I was taking the picture of the group a very nice, very tall gentleman asked if he could take a picture for us so I could be in it....love how people help out here. After we moved on we all agreed we had never seen someone so tall in real life!!

Waiting while Peg collected MM carriage du jour.

We did the obligatory Photopass shot here and moved along....ahhhh the Tree of Life....I think this is absolutely gorgeous.

There is something about this store front that I love, I think it's the bright colors....love yellow and blue together!! I am bad for walking along and taking pictures of just about anything.

Ok, now I may have this wrong, but at AK I believe they were piloting all FP machines for every FP ride in the park. This was awesome, we decided to grab our EE FP's here and it worked just fine

Outfitters....my fav store in this park

One of the kiosk's on our way to EE

CM throwing the ball out to Snow White. I love the walk to EE, it really feels like you're in the Rain Forest.

Entering Asia and one step closer to EE

Royal Anandapur Tea Company....we had some kind of frozen chai drink here last year and it was really yummy, their tea is really good too if you're there in the winter months. I can't drink hot drinks when it's 100 degrees out, but trust me, it's so good here.

YIPEE, MM made it this year, she is tall enough to ride

Ready to get in line

You have to love a 15 minute wait time and it really wasn't....it was get in line and walk to the front and get on....I guess they can't get that all in that little space so they say 15 minutes.

Doing what I do best....take pictures as we walk

Walking along to front of ride...where everyone rings the bells.

Yeti statue

I asked MM if she thought we should buy a shovel for our exhibition....I got the look

...and some more Yeti Artifacts

THE RIDE VEHICLE....DOES MM GET ON.....CONTINUED IN NEXT POST

 

[Queenofallthings]

Here is Peg, Jas and MM all set to ride...look at those eyes, mixture of fear and excitement I think...and I'm talking about Peg not MM.....Lol

MM all buckled in and ready to go....she is telling me to hold her the tightest....if you look closely at my arm you can still see where my lovely cast was...it was finally all tanned by the time we left to come home

Jasmine taunting her Aunt, I believe

Geodoc and SW ahead of them. SW did so good this year, last year she did it but didn't love it

Top of Everest...beautiful sight

View from the ride...I was hanging on to MM with my left arm and trying to take pics with my right....good thing I didn't drop the camera

It's amazing what you can see when your on your way up

OH NO, track is broken...I kept poking Peg in front of me telling her that the track was broken...if she could have I think she may have hit me

Jasmine all ready for the big drop.

MM did very well on this ride, telling us she liked it but wasn't going to go on it again. Peg bought the picture I believe, maybe she can scan and post it. After our adventure on Everest we headed to Kali River Rapids. We all love this ride and it was a scorcher of a day so none of us really cared about getting wet. We sat with a lovely family from England and the poor mom kept saying It'll be me again, it is everytime. Well not this time, it was Jasmine and MM. MM was laughing so hard it made everyone else laugh. We really do love that ride. We decided from here to go to Kilimanjaro Safari's, maybe the wind in the ride vehicle would dry us off before lunch

First view of ride vehicle

For some unknown reason, I felt I needed 2 pictures of the ride vehicle

People on our ride vehicle

Jasmine, MM, and Peg....doesn't Peg look like she's contemplating life....she was actually hogging that entire side of the vehicle...couldn't have taken a picture if my life depended on it.....he he

After our wonderful safari, we decided it was time to make our way over to Yak and Yeti for our noon ADR's. We had never eaten here before and we were all really looking forward to it. We were seated within 3 minutes if that of getting to the restaurant.

Jasmine posing while we waited for out table

View of some of the tables on the way to our table

SW, MM, and Geodoc...it was so nice to get in out of the heat. I would definately do this restaurant at noon again, really broke up the day.

Peg

Peg and SW

We had an amazing server, Nicole, who took exceptionally good care of us. Our drinks were never empty and when we were finished our plates were removed right away. Thanks Nicole, you made our experience wonderful.

Jasmine decided on the ribs.

Too many pictures....continued next post

 

[Queenofallthings]

I had the mango pie....heavenly....it was cool, refreshing...and the shortbread crust was to die for...I would definitely have this again.

Jasmine and Geodoc decided to share the brownie for 2....they both loved it. We were all finished lunch and decided it was time to head back to the resort. I believe Geodoc and SW decided to use our FP's and ride EE again, while Peg, MM, Jas and I headed back to the resort....on our way we saw....

Devine

She is amazing, you could watch her all day....simply stunning, how anyone can walk on those stilts alone amazes meOne our way out of the park, I wanted to stop and look through one of the stores so Jas, MM, Peg and I did a little shopping, window shopping I should say I don't believe we actually bought anything. Well wouldn't you know it, our bus pulls away just as we're getting to it. Peg would not let me live this down....we could be in the pool right now but no, someone had to stop and shop....any of you that really know Peg, knows she is truly the one with the shopping addicition...she actually could use a meeting to deal with her compulsion.....love ya Peg

View of our amazingly comfortable lounge chairs and the sprayers the girls loved

Grandstand pool....a little busier than we had seen it, but Peg pointed out it was probably because we were later because we missed the bus because I had to shop.....

MM showing how well she can float

Jasmine, Geodoc and MM all enjoying their time in the pool.

We had no plans for an evening meal tonight since we used our TS at lunch. Jasmine and I had decided that we would take the boat to DTD, eat at Wolfgang Puck Express (I had to try that chicken and potatoes Princess Caitlin) then do some shopping or at least looking.

When we got up from our rest, it was pouring. We waited until it was a slight drizzle and decided on the bus just in case the boats weren't running. Good decision, they weren't running. So off we went, the skies opened again, but this actually worked to our advantage. DTD was dead. There was only 3 tables with people at them in WPE. Princess Caitlin was right on, the is hands down the best place for CS in all the World. I wish we could have went more often and will on our next trip. I kept saying to Jasmine "I can't believe this is a CS. We had decided before we even left home that we wouldn't have our dessert at WPE, we would save room and later in the evening have something at Ghiradelli's.

Jasmine patiently waiting for the Strike it Rich Sundae we were going to share

Gotta love a girl who loves her ice cream.

By the time the rain stopped DTD started to get really packed. We were done everything we had set out to do, so we headed to the bus to take us back "home".

Something I have yet to mention is that every night once we were back at the resort and Jasmine was all settled in bed, she would text Thomas. This particular night she wanted to tell him all about the frog on the bus. He was pretty quick when he answered with "I hope it didn't kiss you cause you're my princess." Too cute. Before too much longer it was lights out for me..

Next post EPCOT

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

I am so glad you liked WPE!!!!

I can't wait to hear more!

 

[Queenofallthings]

I am so glad you liked WPE!!!!

I can't wait to hear more!

We really loved it!! I can't wait to go back, Jasmine ended up having the quesadilla's and she said they were the best she'd ever had, and trust me, she's had them everywhere

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I have to see these $30 rings. Apparently I NEED one. I've only ever bought SPANX off the shopping channel. Which is a wonderful thing indeed but I don't usually show people it.

The frog in the bus story is too funny. I had to wipe off my monitor after reading it.


Anyone seen Peg lately?

 

[Queenofallthings]

I have to see these $30 rings. Apparently I NEED one. I've only ever bought SPANX off the shopping channel. Which is a wonderful thing indeed but I don't usually show people it.

The frog in the bus story is too funny. I had to wipe off my monitor after reading it.


Anyone seen Peg lately?

Go to website, go to jewellery, then hit all collections, then hit Platinum Dreams.....they are gorgeous.....and cheap, I like big and gaudy and they are I too have purchased Spanx from there, when I asked people didn't want to see them....go figure.

Everytime I look at the picture of the frog I can still see it's little face eyeing up Jasmine before he lept onto her.....that was me....Hypermommy knows, it's not like I'd actually help her, I just point and laugh

I spoke with Peg I believe on Saturday....it's a good thing one of us is keeping this TR going.....slackerI'm gonna get it for that one.

 

[Queenofallthings]

THURSDAY, AUG 14, 2009

So by now I'm quite certain you get our morning routine so I'm not going to bore you with it again.....boarded the bus on our way to EPCOT this morning.

Jasmine in front of the fountain and SE

Me and my girl....we decided to take a few pics while Peg picked up the stoller

Ok, ready to be on our way, MM has her wheels for the day and she is ready for Soarin'

Jasmine is clearly in a bit of a rush to get to Soarin...she does love that ride

Just me snapping away again, I do love how this looks

Arrival inside The Land...so nice to feel the air conditioning, just walking from the front of EPCOT to here on this particular day was brutal...so hot.

The coveted ride.....

FP and Stand by.....the times were WRONG.....I swear we waited almost an hour....

Our return time.....it was right on by the time we got off we could use our FP's...I have a sneaky suspicion that as soon as we went under that 20 minute sign it must have changed to at least 40 minutes.

Just as we got to the front they opened the other concourse....oh well, we're in Disneyworld and we're happy!!!

Just hanging around.....Geodoc, Jasmine, Peg and Snow White....a lady yelled at Jasmine and I just shortly after this picture was taken. You know how they come over the loud speakers and say fill in all available space....well no one was listening, they thought single line was filling in all available space....Jasmine and I did as we were told and the others followed and we filled in all available space. This lady was none to happy with us.....I said well the man on the loudspeaker has said 3 times to fill in so that's what we're doing. Geez, we'll on be on the ride around the same time.....happy happy happy, that was us, her not so much.

They put up the interactive games while we patiently waited....

Mini Montana paying attention to how the game works

The girls playing the game....so fun to watch them laugh and enjoy themselves....makes me smile just thinking about it

Jasmine getting right into it

MM, SW and Jasmine all trying to get that darn ball somewhere, where I can't remember, but they were trying

Moving right along...a few more steps and almost on the ride

ahhhh, it's almost in sight

In position and ready to board, Row 3, but hey, there would be other chances to ride again and hopefully get Row 1

Jasmine getting all settled for our tour of California

Family shot.....Geodoc looks petrified here, think I just caught him off guard.
So those of you who have ridden Soarin know that if you're wearing any kind of footwear that can fall off, you're supposed to leave it on the ground and pick it up after the ride.....someone didn't listen to those instructions. As we were "Soarin" over the river scene, Jasmine and I were joking that it looked like you could kick the canoers in the head.....we both jolted our leg and the only thing I see is Jasmine's flip flop flying through the air......I thought...great, what's she gonna do now. A very nice young man laughed when she told him what happened and went to the depths of who-knows-where and retrieved her flip flop....

Jasmine....while she waited for the recovery....of course I get the do you have to embarass me talk and I reply with yes dear that is my job and clearly I'm doing a fantastic job....who's flip flop was flying through the air again....that's right Jasmine's

After our eventful glider experience over California we headed over to TT and MS...Test Track had a 50 minute wait so we decided to grab FP's and see how long MS was....only 5 minutes....yipee....so we got in Green Line....did Orange when it first opened so I did it...won't do it again...Green all the way. I will continue in next post as the story I have for you requires a photo and I'm at my limit.....be right back

 

[Queenofallthings]

I just realized this picture didn't work...so once again, here is Jasmine minus the flip flop that she was patiently waiting for.

I love when this fountain goes to the music....had to get a picture

Jasmine, Peg and SW outside TT...I think Geodoc was getting our FP's

Doesn't Jasmine look happy....I think maybe she's getting sick of so many pictures...oh well, more to come

Wait times...it didn't turn out well, but it was 5 minutes for Green and 50 minutes for Orange....

Mission Space

Line ups once inside

Miscellaneous pictures once inside

more pics

maybe some more

Line ups to green and orange

Had to get a picture of this...I remember watching this on TV and our parents telling us to pay attention that this was historic...it was pretty much like the scene in SE. As we were looking at all these pictures Jasmine came out with a doozy.....now what I really want or need you to know that Jasmine is an exceptionally bright student, always on the honor roll....just please remember this.....

When we got to this picture she says, "when did that family go into space...I don't remember ever hearing about that" Geodoc and I completely lost it....I made her stand there and take her picture because I knew it would be the only way I would remember this story. We tormented her about that everytime we rode after that. Love ya Jas

Peg and family decided after MS they wanted to do a Kim Possible mission and Jasmine really didn't want to...it really was very hot. So off Peg, Geodoc and the girls went and Jas and I rode Universe of Energy....it's a nice ride just to get out of the heat if nothing else.

We decided just to grab a bite to eat at Electric Umbrella...it was quite packed so we just grabbed our lunch and sat outside before we headed back to the bus stop for our date with the pool. We were a little sad that it would be our last time at the Grandstand Pool as we would be moving resorts the next day.

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I laughed over Jasmine's lost flip flop.

The gold tone made me think of Cinderella and her lost shoe. I know she's all about Thomas but boy wouldn't that have made some great story to tell people that she met her match when she lost her golden slipper in Disneyworld?

Poor Jas, first a frog and then a lost slipper. Please tell me no one offers her an apple.

I too have purchased Spanx from there, when I asked people didn't want to see them....go figure.

Maybe you weren't asking the right people?

I spoke with Peg I believe on Saturday....it's a good thing one of us is keeping this TR going.....slackerI'm gonna get it for that one.

Look at it this way. If she didn't trust you she'd be here.

But tell her I miss her.

 

[Geodoc]

Family shot.....Geodoc looks petrified here, think I just caught him off guard.

ok who took this pic!!!!......remember I can proudly say I did Soarin on both coasts this year and Orange team was coming up!!!!

rant over.....we now return to our TR (is the Quenn laughing)

 

[declansdad]

ok who took this pic!!!!......remember I can proudly say I did Soarin on both coasts this year and Orange team was coming up!!!!

rant over.....we now return to our TR (is the Quenn laughing)

You did look terrified, almost like they forced you on the ride.

I would have loved to have seen that flip flop flying through the air. It would have been just like the golf ball.

 

[Queenofallthings]

ok who took this pic!!!!......remember I can proudly say I did Soarin on both coasts this year and Orange team was coming up!!!!

rant over.....we now return to our TR (is the Quenn laughing)

Yes she may be Tell Peg to get her butt on here....what's she waiting for Christmas 2012????????

You did look terrified, almost like they forced you on the ride.

I would have loved to have seen that flip flop flying through the air. It would have been just like the golf ball.

It was pretty funny....I would have loved a shot of both of our faces as it flew through the air.....

 

[Hypermommy]

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have checked out this thread this morning. I'm supposed to be at work in 1/2 hour and I'm still in my PJs!!!

Some quick comments... loving the TR..... thank you, Darling Queen for keeping it up and not making us depend on the timeliness of your wonderful sister! </me ducking and running>

LOL re the short skirt!!!!! Too bad you didn't get a pic of that (although Jas might have been an orphan if you'd tried). I'd heard that when mini skirts were worn you could tell they were the right length if you could cup your hands at the hem.... yep, looks like she can.

You go to the seafood place and order steak?????

LOL!!! I'm with the bus driver... if you can't handle a frog stay away from AK!!! And no, I didn't figure you'd helped her. If you had you would have ruined my image of you!

Loving the pics of EE.... that's one ride that I almost regret getting a FP because the queue is sooooo cool.

Love that picture of MM floating!!

Awwwww.... Thomas and his text about the frog. He does sound like a sweetie.

LOL @ Jas's flip flop. I always try to kick the river folks in the head!!!

LOL Diamond!!! Wonder if she did get an apple!

 

[ellajeansmom]

Great updates, lots of laughs and lots of fun

for MM being able to get on so many rides, even EE, and then actually riding them too!

The flip flop story is too funny - the CMs there must have to retrieve items all day long

It's nice that you were able to do everything at a nice pace in the mornings then escape the heat in the afternoon at the pool and have a relaxing evening, instead of trying to cram everything in all at once...especially in that heat that us Canadians are just not used to

 

[Queenofallthings]

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have checked out this thread this morning. I'm supposed to be at work in 1/2 hour and I'm still in my PJs!!!

Some quick comments... loving the TR..... thank you, Darling Queen for keeping it up and not making us depend on the timeliness of your wonderful sister! </me ducking and running>

LOL re the short skirt!!!!! Too bad you didn't get a pic of that (although Jas might have been an orphan if you'd tried). I'd heard that when mini skirts were worn you could tell they were the right length if you could cup your hands at the hem.... yep, looks like she can.

You go to the seafood place and order steak?????

LOL!!! I'm with the bus driver... if you can't handle a frog stay away from AK!!! And no, I didn't figure you'd helped her. If you had you would have ruined my image of you!

Loving the pics of EE.... that's one ride that I almost regret getting a FP because the queue is sooooo cool.

Love that picture of MM floating!!

Awwwww.... Thomas and his text about the frog. He does sound like a sweetie.

LOL @ Jas's flip flop. I always try to kick the river folks in the head!!!

LOL Diamond!!! Wonder if she did get an apple!

I talked to Peg the other night there and she's not sure when things are going to quiet down for her, so I will continue to write and she's just going to have to catch up

Thomas is such a sweetie, Peg just asked me again not long ago....so have we seen a bad side of him yet....I replied with nope, treats her like a queen. Wait until the end of the trip report when I tell you what he did for her when we got home.....

Diamond is so funny.....no apple, not yet anyways, but if she gets on my nerves

Great updates, lots of laughs and lots of fun

for MM being able to get on so many rides, even EE, and then actually riding them too!

The flip flop story is too funny - the CMs there must have to retrieve items all day long

It's nice that you were able to do everything at a nice pace in the mornings then escape the heat in the afternoon at the pool and have a relaxing evening, instead of trying to cram everything in all at once...especially in that heat that us Canadians are just not used to

The CM who went to get it for her was so nice...the other girl that was working with him....not so nice.....she remembered to leave her footwear everytime we went on the ride after the incident

This was our best trip to date hands down....we had the best of both worlds...parks, pools, rest, parks, rest......we really felt like we had a relaxing holiday, and we all know, that's not usually what we say when we've been to the World.

I am on my way over to catch up on your TR......

 

[Queenofallthings]

So we left off with us leaving EPCOT and heading back to SSR for our last afternoon at the resort. As Jasmine and I were waiting for the bus, we were chatting about how lucky we had been at SSR...the bus stop and pool were so close and the only time we ever went to the main building was the day we arrived....we never had a need considering we had the kitchen.

While we were waiting, Peg and family came wandering along, so we all made it back to the resort at the same time.

My little darling bringing her mama a lava smoothie...

I guess I was just enjoying our afternoon at the pool because that's the only picture I took. We were really looking forward to our evening at EPCOT, not only we were having dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant, we were having our first ever Dismeet with Declansdad, pooksma, and their adorable son, Declan. We were all pretty pumped about meeting.

We headed up to the room to get ready because this was one night we wanted to be at the park a little early so it didn't cut into our time with our new friends. Jasmine and I went straight to France to grab a table by the grey goose slushie stand, while Peg and family did a Kim Possible Mission.

We had no trouble getting a table as we were about 25 minutes earlier than the time we had decided to meet. I didn't want to sit there and just take up a tableso I forced myself to get a slushie while we waited. This was my first grey goose slushie....and it wouldn't be my last....my goodness this was pure enjoyment in a glass.

Here I am with my delicious drink....

No sooner had Jasmine said "Are you sure you'll recognize them" that they walked into sight...and yup, we all recognized each other. Peg and family weren't back yet from their mission so they too grabbed slushies and we started our visit while waiting. It wasn't long and along they came. The hour we spent together went far too quickly, but so nice that we were actually able to meet and get to know each other a little better. We found out what a small world it really is....Peg and I were born in New Brunswick as my dad was stationed there in the military. My mom worked as a housekeeper/nanny for a local family who owned a department store in Fredericton. Turns out Pooksma knows one of their daughters.....it truly is a small small world. Declan is an absolute doll...even cuter than his pictures if that's possible. We really enjoyed our time with our new friends and hopefully we'll get to meet up again at the World....

The gang by the Grey Goose Slushie stand

One more shot of all of us and we went our separate ways....

Mini Montana, Jasmine and Snow White in the waiting area of Tutto Italia

Mini Montana waiting for her dinner....I know I've said this before...but how cute is she??

Peg, Snow White and Mini Montana at the table, the picture behind them was simply beautiful.

Me, Jasmine and Geodoc...by this time we were all pretty hungry and really looking forward to our dinner. I love how 2 people wait on your table here...we had a female waiter name Renate who was wonderful. We all decided we could listen to her talk all day...and a very handsome young man who couldn't do enough for Jasmine....he was such a cutie. This is one of our favorite restaurants and we couldn't wait to eat.

The girls got fried cheese for an appetizer...MM and SW said it was delicious

I had what I always have....spaghetti and meatballs....it's so good here, I ate the whole thing.

Jasmine had the lasagne....she never has anything else here either, she loves their lasagne

Time for dessert....I had Copetta Sotto Bosco...which is heavenly...it's berries, zabaglione, cream gelato and chocolate sauce....I LOVED this...the young man that was waiting on us told me this was his favorite also.

Jasmine had the standard chocolate gelato...she deems it "The best"

Jasmine took the camera as we were leaving the restaurant and was playing with the settings so I will just let you enjoy these nighttime shots of EPCOT...some are good some not so good, but ENJOY

We decided to just head straight for the bus after dinner as we were moving tomorrow to AKL and still had all our packing to do. We would see Illuminations another night. We got to the bus stop and it was busy. I guess most people had the same thoughts as us.

Got back to SSR, did the rest of our packing and just enjoyed our last night at SSR. I was sad to leave, I really loved our room and the resort in general.

Up next.....AKL check-in and that wonderful pool

 

[Queenofallthings]

OOps I forgot to add the rest of the pictures from EPCOT

 

[declansdad]

Hey not one but two pictures of pooksma on the Disboards. I could never get away with that.

It was great meeting all of you as well. Hopefully we will get to do it again sometime. Maybe when you come to visit your old neighbourhood.