Today was our 2nd day of the back to back princess breakfasts. This morning, we were onto Akershus. I was a little nervous about eating in Norway (I dont have the most adventurous eaters in my family) so we decided to stick with breakfast.
We had let DD skip a bath the night before and go to bed with in her royal getup so she was still in full princess mode when we woke her up
Today she had decided to dress as Jasmine. We all got dressed and headed over to the Royal Hall. I didnt realize before that the only restaurant that does breakfast at Epcot is Akershus so the whole crowd was heading there. We followed the crowd and were called really quickly (before our ADR time again!) Belle was out front for pictures. If you havent been to Akershus, as of now, the picture is free with your breakfast. Im sure that means that Akershus breakfast will be bumping up to 2 TS credits soon!
There was some good character interaction at Akershus. I dont really know how they consider Mary Poppins a princess but it was nice to see her! The highlight was Mulan. In all our trips to Disney, we have never met Mulan. Weve seen Mushu a couple of times but always missed Mulan. I was so excited to see her there. It got me over my disappointed that Jasmine wasnt.
I dont have many details about breakfast. I remember it being okay. There is a buffet of cold meat, seafood, and pastries and then they bring hot food family-style. DD was very excited that they had salami for breakfast so I think she ate a cinnamon roll, salami, and strawberries. She also had a cup of tea, which she drank slowly saying that she needed some quiet time
what have I DONE to this child???
After breakfast, we ran into DISer Erin13178. We talked briefly but didnt get any pictures because her DD was not thrilled about her mom stopping and chatting with internet strangers.
MY child decided that she wanted to make a mask. Now in our previous trips to WDW, we have always kinda ran through Epcot cuz DD really wasnt that interested in it. However, she clearly had remembered about the masks and was obsessed with making one. Problem was that we got done breakfast by like 9:30 so we had a lot of time to kill before World Showcase was open. We decided to head back to the front of the park. I remembered that the Land had a craft so I convinced her to do that first to stop the grump about not being able to do a mask yet. When we got into the building, the masses were heading toward Soarin of course but she wanted to color first
okey dokey!
Notice the tongue
proves she was working hard on her venus flytrap!
After that, she was ready to try Soarin. She loved it (not that this was shock to me). She asked to go on again. So we did. While we were on Soarin I heard from DISer LuccaDrake. I had made plans to meet up with her and MistyMouse5001 at Epcot. MistyMouses son decided he wanted to go to MK instead of Epcot but I did end up seeing Beka (LuccaDrake). I called her back and we made plans to meet up later at the Seas. While we were on Soarin for the 2nd time, there was a family from Brazil in front of us. The little boy was about DDs age and was enamored with her. He was convinced she was a real princess and kept calling her Princess. When we were leaving Soarin, his mother asked if she could take a picture of DD for him
um okay.
We headed over to Living with the Land (which I had never been on). Its an interesting ride. DD loved it. The little Brazilian boy ended up in the boat in front of us and kept turning around yelling at DD. It was really cute.
After that, we decided to head over to Imagination Building to ride Figment. This is another thing that weve never done at WDW. I dont really get the Figment ride. DD did have fun in the ImagineWorks area afterward. The Kodak lady took her picture with the larger than life camera and printed it out for us. That was nice.
After we got done with that, we headed over to ride Test Track. I love Test Track. This was another new one for DD. It was another ride that said 20 minute wait but I dont think we waited half of that. I especially love how I look the same in every test track picture.
After Test Track, it was about time to meet up with LuccaDrake. We did have enough time to ride Nemo first so we did that.
Apparently, I felt the need to take a bunch of pictures of this ride
This one came out blurry but I was so excited that the real dolphins swam by while we were riding
After we got off the ride, I went outside to meet up with LuccaDrake. I left DH inside with DD to explore the Seas. We found each other easily and chatted for awhile. Her DBF was nice enough to take some pictures. Please disregard the fact that my hair looked like a poodle at this point- Beka must have some fabulous product she uses on her hair cuz the humidity wasnt touching her!!!
After chatting, her and Dave came inside to meet my DH and DD. It was at this point that I couldnt find them. I cant tell you how nice Beka and Dave that they waited for me to go and find them. We all went to see Turtle Talk with Crush together. That show is so cute. This is another first for us at Epcot (I told you that we usually run through it!) After that, we parted ways with Beka and Dave so they could go meet family and we could head back to the hotel. We did stick around a little while in the Seas to finish exploring and so that I could take the obligatory child in Bruces mouth shot
When we came out, it was pouring. We decided to call it a day and head out. We had our ponchos so we were good. We also happily noted that despite my constant worry about the hurricanes, this was the first time it had rained
and at this point, we were on Day 6!
