solana131
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Monday August 19th
I had Epcot rope drop planned this day. So we got up and dressed fairly early. We were out the door and heading down the stairs by 8:00. As we got to the second floor landing Bradey says to me "Mom.....ummm, just wondering....am I supposed to have shoes on??"
MOM OF THE YEAR HERE!
"Yes hunny....lets go back up."
So Bradey and I trudged back up the stairs and put his shoes on. Geez....this wasn't a great start.
So, back to the plan. We walked over to the TTC, stopping on the way to pose by the tikiman.
Notice...he has shoes on!
And we arrived at the TTC and waited for just a bit for the monorail
And finally...on our way.
Trust me, the sun was in his eyes...he isn't mad at me.
I just love arriving at Epcot via monorail. You get some great perspectives of future world.
We weren't very far back from the turnstyles, but for some reason, I always picked the lines that didn't move. So it took forever to get through once they opened up. But we walked straight over to Soarin and walked right on.
We had the second row. Some people hate it if they can't be in the first row, but it never bothers me. I like it no matter what. I think I am in the minority, but I can take or leave Soarin. It is neat, but it isn't something I would EVER wait in line for.
After Soarin, I wanted to eat breakfast, but Bradey said he wasn't hungry yet, so we walked over to Living with the Land. This is one of Bradey's favorite rides because he loves to garden.
After this we had breakfast. Last July I had tried the breakfast panini with Dani and we just loved it. I mean, so much so that I have dreamed about this sandwich. So I ordered it again.
It was okay. Not nearly as good as I remembered it last year. But still edible. Bradey and Sara both got the cinnamon bun. They enjoyed them both.
After breakfast we walked over to ride Nemo. While we were there we saw the Crush show. Bradey was upset (actually crying) because he wanted to sit up front and interact with Crush, but he didn't want to be without me and there were no spots for us to sit up there. See....told you he was very shy.
But once the show started he perked up and it was fun. After that we got the usual Bruce photo.
I really had wanted to try Test Track this trip. It was closed last year, so I have never ridden it. But I knew we needed to do Soarin, and by the time we got over to TT the return times were just too late for our plans.
We were still too early for WS. So I asked Bradey what he wanted to do while we waited. He said "the fountains...the fountains". So off we went back across the park to the jumping fountains over by Figment.
Bradey and I tried to catch one.
We missed that one. But he knocked my sunglasses off. Oops.
Don't worry, they weren't broken, just the lenses popped out. These are perscription, $300 sunglasses, but I have had them since Bradey was 6 months old. They are very scratched already, so I didn't care at all. It was funny. I think we laughed about that for a good 10 mins.
I got Bradey with a couple of the jumps, then he went over to the ones he can reach.
You can kinda see how wet he is in this next one...
At about 10:45 we started over towards WS. It was then that I remembered that I had wanted to try the Agent P adventure. So we picked up a communicator and got our assignment. Bradey picked Mexico, so we headed over there.
I have to admit. This activity is very neat, but don't do it right at opening. Everyone else is at the same place finding the same hidden things you are. It ruins the fun when you have to wait for the person in front of you to get done. You can't really find the things yourself. And Bradey was a little young for this. The kids really need to be able to read the instructions themselves to get the full effect.
Sara took pictures of the Mexico pavilion while we saved the world.
After we saved Mexico, you could decide to keep going with a new mission, or turn in your communicator. Since he didn't enjoy it that much, we decided to give it up.
Up next....continuing around the world.
I had Epcot rope drop planned this day. So we got up and dressed fairly early. We were out the door and heading down the stairs by 8:00. As we got to the second floor landing Bradey says to me "Mom.....ummm, just wondering....am I supposed to have shoes on??"
MOM OF THE YEAR HERE! "Yes hunny....lets go back up."
So Bradey and I trudged back up the stairs and put his shoes on. Geez....this wasn't a great start.
So, back to the plan. We walked over to the TTC, stopping on the way to pose by the tikiman.
Notice...he has shoes on!
And we arrived at the TTC and waited for just a bit for the monorail
And finally...on our way.
Trust me, the sun was in his eyes...he isn't mad at me.
I just love arriving at Epcot via monorail. You get some great perspectives of future world.
We weren't very far back from the turnstyles, but for some reason, I always picked the lines that didn't move. So it took forever to get through once they opened up. But we walked straight over to Soarin and walked right on.
We had the second row. Some people hate it if they can't be in the first row, but it never bothers me. I like it no matter what. I think I am in the minority, but I can take or leave Soarin. It is neat, but it isn't something I would EVER wait in line for.
After Soarin, I wanted to eat breakfast, but Bradey said he wasn't hungry yet, so we walked over to Living with the Land. This is one of Bradey's favorite rides because he loves to garden.
After this we had breakfast. Last July I had tried the breakfast panini with Dani and we just loved it. I mean, so much so that I have dreamed about this sandwich. So I ordered it again.
It was okay. Not nearly as good as I remembered it last year. But still edible. Bradey and Sara both got the cinnamon bun. They enjoyed them both.
After breakfast we walked over to ride Nemo. While we were there we saw the Crush show. Bradey was upset (actually crying) because he wanted to sit up front and interact with Crush, but he didn't want to be without me and there were no spots for us to sit up there. See....told you he was very shy.
But once the show started he perked up and it was fun. After that we got the usual Bruce photo.
I really had wanted to try Test Track this trip. It was closed last year, so I have never ridden it. But I knew we needed to do Soarin, and by the time we got over to TT the return times were just too late for our plans.
We were still too early for WS. So I asked Bradey what he wanted to do while we waited. He said "the fountains...the fountains". So off we went back across the park to the jumping fountains over by Figment.
Bradey and I tried to catch one.
We missed that one. But he knocked my sunglasses off. Oops.
Don't worry, they weren't broken, just the lenses popped out. These are perscription, $300 sunglasses, but I have had them since Bradey was 6 months old. They are very scratched already, so I didn't care at all. It was funny. I think we laughed about that for a good 10 mins.
I got Bradey with a couple of the jumps, then he went over to the ones he can reach.
You can kinda see how wet he is in this next one...
At about 10:45 we started over towards WS. It was then that I remembered that I had wanted to try the Agent P adventure. So we picked up a communicator and got our assignment. Bradey picked Mexico, so we headed over there.
I have to admit. This activity is very neat, but don't do it right at opening. Everyone else is at the same place finding the same hidden things you are. It ruins the fun when you have to wait for the person in front of you to get done. You can't really find the things yourself. And Bradey was a little young for this. The kids really need to be able to read the instructions themselves to get the full effect.
Sara took pictures of the Mexico pavilion while we saved the world.
After we saved Mexico, you could decide to keep going with a new mission, or turn in your communicator. Since he didn't enjoy it that much, we decided to give it up.
Up next....continuing around the world.
How can you miss ANYTHING with a 10 day trip?? I just don't get it!
Trying to stretch it out because I don't have another trip planned yet. Although....I was looking at dates today 
