Day 3 - We are park hoppers
Day three was a sleep in day, well by Disney standards. The alarm was set for 8 since it was Blizzard beach day and we had until 10 to get there. We had breakfast in our room, bagels and cream cheese. We drove the rental to Blizzard and passed Coronado Springs again. Code wanted to head straight for Summit Plummet, but I am not a speed slide kind of person. We rented our locker applied sunblock and were off. We brought the spray sunblock with us since its so convenient and fast, speed matters at the parks right? We got in the very short line for the ski lift. The ride up made me think of home and how much I couldnt wait for snowboarding season to start. Our first slide was the Teamboat Springs, we had to wait at the top for more people since you cant ride only two to a tube. Of course it gave Code a chance to explain the last time he rode the slide with his whole family. It was a fun slide
I didnt have my notebook with me so Im not all that sure on the order, but we did spend some time in the Cross Country Creek, raced in the Down Hill Double Dipper, took a ride down the Toboggan racers, Snowstormers and the Run Off Rapids.
At some point we took a trip back to the locker to reapply sunscreen. We both felt like we were getting burned. We took the double tube down Run Off first and it was fun. The best (my choice) was the enclosed single tube slide. We rode it twice and loved it. We went for a bob in Melt Away Bay. At this point I was pretty water logged and it felt like snack time. Codes sister told us we had to get the mini doughnuts with chocolate sauce at one of the water parks so we did, they were awesome. We still both could feel our faces burning and decided it was time to head back to the room. It turns out neither of us had a sunburn, but the sun block was 75% alcohol and it was burning!
Back to the hotel for a much needed shower (must get painful sunblock removed!) and to enjoy air-conditioning. We showered and got ready to go quickly, it was off to Animal Kingdom! Off we went look theres Coronado Springs again. We quickly found a parking spot, cleared security and headed straight for Expedition Everest. We had an early ADR at Boma and wanted to get as much done as we could before dinner. We got to Everest after a few brief stops for pictures. Much to our surprise there was no wait! We walked right on to the ride. We sat about in the middle of the train it was a lot of fun. I have to admit as we were rushing backwards in the dark my stomach was having some serious second thoughts about the whole trill ride thing. After surviving our first encounter with the Yeti we decided to take advantage of the whole lack of line thing and ride again. We got the exact same seats and it was just as much fun.
After escaping the abominable snowman we were running pretty short on time, but had enough for one more ride before heading to AKL. We walked to Dinosaur, Code still hasnt seen the movie but I enjoyed seeing the statue of Aladar out front. I figured this would be a nice slow ride which I needed after two runs of Everest. I think it was when the time rover got into the giant toaster room I realized I was in for more than I planned on. We both really enjoyed the ride though and almost as fun were the people in the car with us that were very freaked out by the T-Rex.
I was pretty disappointed with the whole Dino area in AK it seemed so un-Disney and much more state fair than I wanted. We were walking through it so quickly I didnt really have the chance to examine it in all it's glory.
Dinner at Boma was so so good. The butternut squash soup was recommended by our waiter and he knew what he was talking about. It was Mmm! Like a warm bowl of pumpkin pie. We tried a bit of everything, even the salmon. Neither of us are seafood fans, well eat sushi but not fish. Of course we live in Utah so the only fresh seafood around here is the brine shrimp (yuck). One thing we learned from Boma is that if we ever go back to go easy on the main course and just pile on the dessert. The zebra domes were wonderful, the chocolate moose was great, and the flan was very tasty. It was all great! The only downside of the meal was the people at the table next to us. It was a family of three. Mom looked tired, Dad never put down his cell phone for the whole meal and the daughter who was maybe 5 was demanding attention by throwing a fit. She refused to eat, she refused to drink, and she didnt want to sit down. So Mom yelled while dad got more food. Dad came back, he yelled then went right back to talking on his phone while the child had a meltdown.
Very full of tasty food it was on to MGM for a few rides and Fantasmic. We went straight to the Tower of Terror the line was short and it was as much fun as I remembered. Now it was a different ride with the whole random thing so it was great to ride it again for the first time. After ToT we headed to find seats for Fantasmic. We arrived early enough to get good seats, Code left the good seats and found great seats
We broke out some of our glowie stockpile and started putting on necklaces and bracelets. Seeing two adults pulling glow stick after glow stick out of a bag is bound to get attention and we struck up a conversation with the people next to us. They were kind enough to take a picture of us and we let their granddaughter choose what color of glow bracelet she wanted.
Fantasmic was great, it was the first time Id seen it. The only drawback was a child sitting behind me. Before the show had started she had swatted me on the shoulder and asked me to move because she couldnt see over me. She did this multiple times. By the 3rd time I wanted to trade seats with Code, if she couldnt see over me and wanted to whine let her try to see over him (Im mean and have no patience for kids who are rude and parents that are oblivious). To top it off this little girl had a scream, you know the blood curdling scream that only a little girl can have that will shatter glasses? She demonstrated through most of the show, suddenly I didnt feel so bad for blocking her view.
After enjoying the show and taking many pictures it was off to Epcots EMH. We headed straight for the world showcase, with stops for picture taking along the way. Up first was Mexico and the redone Grand Fiesta Tour with the Three Caballeros. I never went on this or any of the country rides when I came to Epcot before, I didnt know they even existed. Code had referred to it as the river of boredom. Well it wasnt boring, but it was now the river of pointless. I still have no idea what it had to do with Mexico, but the part where you are going by the restaurant was cool. We stumbled in our confused state as to what on earth we just rode to Norway and Maelstrom.
After Norway we turned around and decided to take on test track for the first time. The wait was about a half hour, we both enjoyed it Code really liked it and we decided it was a definite do again. At this point it was getting late and we only had enough time and energy for one last ride. The obvious choice for us was Soarin' the line was really long, but there was a nice family in line ahead of us that were also in line with us on Maelstrom and Test Track so we chatted with them a bit waiting for our flight. Soarin' was great again
After the ride we headed out of the park, stopping for a few pictures.
Time to get back to the hotel and crash, we left Epcot and hey there's Coronado Springs (we missed a turn somewhere again). Eventually we did make it back to our room and we crashed.
So long and short of it: Day 3 -- 1 Disney water park, 3 Disney parks, 2 exhausted happy adults.
I had a full-frame fisheye (16 mm, 35 mm format) - was my only non-Canon lens, but it was a Pentax screw-mount that I picked up pretty reasonably and used a converter to Canon - lost functions incorporated normally, but not a big deal with this lens. I used it a fair amount - there were some shots that were absolutely incredible with it, nothing else could replace it, but ya kind of had to really pick your spot.
Thank you insurance.
I find that a couple of the regulars there are no less than blindly hostile towards Olympus/FourThirds DSLRs, but that happens on all general photo boards... still a good bunch of folks 
She said she looked in all the stores to find another set for me (I love my boss) because they were really cute with the clouds and silver ears. I think at that point my jaw had dropped. She got dream ears!! I'll pretend I'm not at all jealous since she had no idea about YOAMD (and she thought of getting me a pair) at least she brought back some other souvenirs 
i think u would win with your pics.
Wow, you had every reason to be exhausted! Can't wait to see the pics I bet their awesome!
being part albino like I am, I don't really worry about sunscreen content cause I just don't use it! 
