UPDATE HERE!
Thurs., Nov. 29 ~ Back to EPCOT!!
This is our day to return to Epcot and hit World Showcase!
I hope the kids find it as interesting as I think Tom and I will.
We will once again eat breakfast at the condo. At this point in our trip we will either be determined to get there by rope drop or so exhausted we wont care what time we get there!
Itll be one extreme or the other!
Things we MUST do/see in World Showcase:
1. Kidcot Stations
2. See the British Invasion (Abbys 5th grade teacher is a huge Beatles fan and it is rubbing off on my child.)
3. Chinese Acrobats
4. Passports for the kids
I think theyll really like this and what a cool memento!
5. Santas in each country.
6. The UK maze.
7. Check out the train in Germany.
Things we MAY do:
1. Get an oyster in Japan and see if there is a pearl in it.
2. Catch the Beauty and Beast performance in France.
3. Play on the playground in Norway.
4. Have a margarita in Mexico! (No, not the kids, just the grown ups!
)
To be honest, I havent done a lot of looking at what else WS has to offer. I dont have much marked on our customized map. I plan to bring our guidebooks with us and well have time to peruse them on our drive down to my moms. Id love it if you would all share with me the things you wouldnt miss there as well.
I have no idea how long it will take us to get through the WS.
Ive heard you could spend days there! I guess it depends on how much you do.
I did make an ADR for this day.
I read every menu from every place in Epcot and I got very frustrated!
It seemed there was no TS place in here that all 3 of my kids wouldve been happy at. Then one day Sharky (Trentmom) mentioned that they really liked Garden Grill.
I had sort of been avoiding character meals because 1. They are too expensive IMO and 2. The kids said they didnt really want to do any. (I know
it all goes back to that very grumpy first morning at Chef Mickeys!) Anyway, I looked at the menu and lo and behold there is something that will make everyone happy on it.
So I called
it was about 3 weeks ago, I think.
Again with the last minute planning!
We could eat at 8:00 pm. Uh-uh.
Not gonna happen. So I asked for the latest lunch and took a 3:00 slot. I know, I know
I was grumbling about the "2:55 as in 5 minutes to 3:00" time at Sci-fi! But
this eating at off times thing does kind of work for us and this way we can snack in WS in the morning and not worry about not being hungry for an earlier lunch! Ill let you know how it works out!
Anyway, this day in a nutshell
we will take as long as we please wandering the WS and if we want to hit some rides in FW again, well do that too. My family may have to drag me out of the gate at the end of day kicking and screaming I dont wanna go home!
Don't post anything exciting tonight, I have my "get out of jail free" card tonight - in other words, it's bowling night with no kids!!!
and because I like you
Bummer the playground is gone! Thought that might be a nice place for the boys to RUN. Although by Thursday they will probably be so worn out we'll be lucky if they want to WALK! That reminds me... would any of you stick a 6 year old in one of those rental strollers? When we went last time Abby was 6 and we rented a stroller for her one day at AK because she was just tired of walking and it was ruining the day. Once we got her a stroller we had a great time with no more whining! I've told the boys we could do that for them if we needed to and they are both very much against it! I got "I'm not a baby, Mom!" in stereo! 
But we just put the paper back down and ironed over it a little more, let it cool and it was all fixed! So if you are making shirts... make sure you iron the edges REALLY good!!! There... that's my NICOLE SAYS for ya'll! 
We'll have our stroller for Megan, but at the end of a long day if Hunter wants in thats fine. 6 is still pretty young to expect them to walk as much and as fast as an adult.
Good news:It seems to only be a 24 hour thing. Bad news: It's close to the worst 24 hours you'll ever spend!
zwe're never early enough.
