On Tuesday, our plans centred around Epcot. We decided to head over first thing in the morning. Here is a morning shot of the YC (what’s not to love, it really is a beautiful resort.)
On our way into Epcot, walking through the empty World Showcase, it was time to update our official growth chart. Here is my son through the years.
In 2004, 7 years old and happy to be at Disney and play in the phone booth, while posing for the camera.
In 2007, 10 years old and more focused on the phone booth than mother’s wish for a photo.
In 2010, 13 years old and willing to pose for a photo, but needing some control he insists on using a different phone booth.
Also in 2010 when I begged and he finally returned to the original phone booth.
In 2012, 15 years old and barely able to tolerate the photo (but secretly willing) and showing his attitude by leaning against the phone booth and crossing his arms.
I love those photos!
We continued on our way heading towards Mission Space. Here are a couple of shots from along the way.
Donald and Daisy – Flower and Garden style
The drummers (I forget their name.) They are so good. They make it seem so effortless and easy, but they are clearly very talented.
And then, Mission Space. There was a 60 minute wait at 10 am.
My husband and I chose to skip this ride so we parked ourselves on a bench and watched the crowds. We saw a cute little Flower and Garden car.
I amused myself by taking pictures of the monorail. This is my favourite one.
When my son was done with Mission Space we headed over to The Land to pick up some Soarin fast passes for the evening.
While in The Land I wanted to go on the Living With the Land ride which we had never done before. It was great – not as action packed as most rides, but quite interesting. There as a 40-minute wait for the ride which I assume is excessive since they had to extend the queue line beyond the permanent posts.
Here are some shots from Living With the Land.
After riding through the Land, we parted ways and my son went back to the room and my husband and I went off in search of one of the highlights of the trip.
OMG the Grey Goose Slushies from France are amazing!
After the refreshments we headed back to the YC by boat this time, just to enjoy the ride.
Off the boat, we headed up to the room to get our son for our lunch plans at Beaches and Cream. I loved this place! I don’t remember what time we arrived, but we didn’t have to wait long to get in. We took three seats at the counter.
They asked if we were there for lunch and ice cream, or just ice cream. We said that we just wanted lunch. While we do love ice cream, we don’t usually have dessert with our meals and the thought of a big meal plus a big dish of ice cream was a bit much. I did have a float with our meal and my son had a milkshake, but we were really there for the burgers that day – and the burgers were wonderful.
While we were eating a few corporately dressed people came in from the back and were milling around behind the counter, generally underfoot. It gave us something to watch while we ate our food. We also saw someone get the Kitchen Sink and someone else was celebrating a birthday so it was a fun-filled meal with lots to see.
After we finished eating our waitress kept asking us if we wanted dessert and we kept declining so she brought us our bill and we paid and were just about to leave when one of the suit-wearing men from behind the counter comes us and says “hello, we are training some new people today, so here is a treat for you” and he plunks down a No Way Jose in front of us.
We were so surprised and it was soooo good. My son isn’t much of a dessert eater (I can’t even begin to understand or explain that) so while he tried a spoonful, it was my husband and I who polished off this wonderful creation. You can see in the (poorly composed) picture that the whip cream on top of the sundae wasn’t perfect, but we didn’t care, it was still an amazing taste experience.
Well just looking at that picture makes me full, so that is enough prattling on for one day. Next up, an evening at Epcot.