To catch everyone up (since it has been two days since my last update) we had just landed from our all-to-quick aerial tour of California and had reemerged into the glorious but cold Florida sunshine.
We made our way down the hill and hung a quick right, directly into the stampeding hordes of people heading into Journey into Imagination. Just kidding, we walked right in. The kids were excited because they got to ride all by themselves in the front of the car!
We had just pulled into the scent lab, I had the camera ready.
Hey Madison, what do you think of the skunk smell?
Can you tell she's been on this ride before?
The kids enjoying the waterfa...well, I guess you can't call it a waterfall, because the water is not falling. So, here is a picture of the kids enjoying the waterrise.
Hey! Who's thirsty? That sure is a lot of walking around Future World, isn't it? Man, I'm parched. Who want's a soda? Is anyone else's throat dry? I could really go for a little liquid refreshment.
Here you go Kaylene. It's Italian. And Italians make some pretty awesome stuff. Shoes, Ferraris, wine.
Oh, I guess I forgot to tell you. As awesome as they are at making some things, they suck at making soda. Sorry about that.
Kayden tried it too, but unfortunately I didn't get a good picture. Anyway, after sampling some of the other less - shall we say
nasty - beverages, we headed out of Club Cool and turned towards Future World. We were easily distracted, however, by a Photopass Photographer.
Some of you may recognize that as our Christmas Card this year. For those of you that don't...well, I'm sure the Post Office lost it or something.
I love the angel holding the globe tree topper at Epcot.
A friendly wave self portrait in China. (The odd square thing on my head is
not any type of robotic or cybernetic attachment that was installed by a secret department of our government. Its...uh...the external flash on the camera. Yeah, that makes sense. It's the flash from the camera sticking up. Totally.)
Hey kids, do you know what time it is? It's tradition time! Yes, every time we got to Epcot, we let the kids get their face painted at the Outpost/Generic Africa area.
Tag Team!
While we were hanging around getting face paint and banging on the drums, Carl (DisneyDadC) stopped by on his trip around the world. And since the rule is pictures or it didn't happen - well, I guess it didn't happen. (But it really did)
As much as the architecture and ambiance of each of the pavilions is awesome, the kids just aren't into it quite yet. We did some wandering during our stroll around the lagoon, but not too much TR-wothy antics. Sorry to disappoint you. Let me make it up to you with some Christmas decoration photos:
Big Germany getting into the spirit:
And even Little Germany gets some holiday decor!
Italy:
American Pavilion:
There was a doll shop set up outside of the American Adventure that Madison just fell in love with. They had these dolls dressed up as just about all of the princesses and princes. Thanks to grandma & grandpa, she now has 4 of these in her room at home.
Bambi and Evan watching the Japanese fish.
Kaylene asked if they had sushi at the Japanese pavilion. We've never eaten there, so I decided to wander a bit and found out that they do. I'd never had sushi until that day when Kaylene talked me into trying it. (And by "talked me into" I mean she said "do you want to try some?") So it wasn't just Kaylene and Kayden experiencing something for the first time. Verdict: awesome!
One more Christmas decoration picture - England:
Huh. Well, it turned out that this was another pretty picture heavy update with very few words. I'm sure some of you are disappointed by that. Others are rejoicing. Either way, I'll have another one coming up, maybe as soon as this afternoon. Or not.
UP NEXT: Characters! Characters! Where did all of these characters come from?
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God forbid someone should go to the left or right....we've gone to the left or right, have our food and are almost done by the time they get to the front to order...go figure
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I hope that will stop these horrible puns (knowing full well that they will never stop).
and that I'm really enjoying your TR! Evan and Madison are too cute! 
