Chapter 14 Soarin and Living With the Land
We arrived at Soarin and headed into the FP line. The wait for Soarin was actually the longest wait Ive experienced with a Fast Pass. Also, I was annoyed in this line because my DSis was talking to her DBF on the phone while we were in line and she kept apologizing to him for something that she had no control over (maybe that the phone cut off while she was talking to him last night?) and I was really annoyed because she kept saying it like he was blaming her for it. (She already knows Im not too fond of her DBF because hes 32 and shes 18 and was still in high school when they started going out. Other than that, I dont know him very well but its very hard for me to get over that fact.) So, I was doubly annoyed in the line because the long wait was making me listen to this annoying conversation.
We finally got on and we got to be in the front! I was happy about that.
I had wanted to be in the front, but didnt want to ask and therefore wait longer. Maybe things would start looking up!
I did think this ride was awesome, but I really dont see why it has such a huge following here on the Dis. I have been on rides that are way better than Soarin. (Sorry to all you Soarin lovers!!) And I would never wait for longer than 20 minutes to ride it. I guess my expectations were so high after all the praise here, I was a little disappointed in it.
We decided to ride Living With the Land since were already there. I wanted to see the Mickey shaped pumpkins! We got on the ride and DSis started to complain that she felt like she was back on Small World because it was a boring boat ride. I kind of agreed with her. Once we got into the greenhouse, it was much cooler, but I dont know if Id ride it again.
I only took one picture before we got in the greenhouse because it was dark and I didn't think they'd turn out very well. (I didn't want ot be annoyed at my camera, too!) It was a picture of a gopher because DSis and I have a running joke about gophers. (RachelNinja: I did have to laugh when I just saw the picture because of course the one picture I took has a Buffalo in it! Sorry!)
Never head of a Jackfruit befoer, but took this for DSis because she's in love with Jack Wilson.
Mickey pumpkin!
We got off the ride and were trying to decide what to do. DBF, DSis, and I werent really hungry (we had stuffed ourselves at Ohana
seriously, I thought I was going to throw up because I ate so much. Now, that youve had that lovely picture
). However, DBF and I had decided earlier in the trip that if we started snapping at each other it was because we were hungry or thirsty and we had to get food/drink ASAP. (This actually worked really well. We dont usually get snappy and short-tempered with each other and realized once we ate we didnt do it anymore, so that was a sure sign our blood sugar was too low.) Apparently, Id been snapping at him because he suggested we stop and get a snack since we were right by a food court. It was shortly after 11 at this point. I agreed because I was really trying to get out of my bad mood and didnt want DBF to end up in one because of me. DBFs parents had a different idea, though
We told them we were going to get a quick snack and then wed head over and get in line for HISTA. We grabbed two cookies and then went to look for them. We couldnt find them anywhere. They were in line. Ordering lunch. Oy.
DBFs mom hadnt eaten much at Ohana so she was probably hungry and again this is not something that would have annoyed me had I not already been in a bad mood. We ate our cookies and now had to kill time waiting for them to eat and then wed be hungry later and have to stop again. I didnt want to sit around and watch them eat, especially since I hadnt been planning on it.
Even Jack shared some cookie!
We decided to split up. Wed grab FPs for HISTA and call them with the time to meet us there. They agreed. We headed over for FPs and they werent that far away. We called and told them to meet us there at our FP time. We had probably a half hour to kill so we headed over to Image Works and Journey IntoYour Imagination since it was right there. We played in Image Works for a little while and then rode with Figment.
Making some music
Figment
I thought the ride was fairly cute, but was glad it was a walk on! DSis hated this ride with a passion. The funny thing was that when we were in Image Works and she saw all the Figment merchandise, she thought he was cute and almost bought something with him on it. After we got out, she had changed her mind entirely!
By this time it had started to pour down rain again. We ran over to HISTA (luckily, a short run!) and waited in line. It felt like we waited forever in that line. It was just as well, though, because while we were inside it was pouring and the line inside kept getting longer as people were trying to escape the rain. I enjoyed the show. (I just realized we didnt take 3D glasses pictures!) This was one thing I actually remembered doing at Epcot on my very first visit.
After that, we decided to walk all the way back over The Sea to see if we could get into Turtle Talk. Will we make it this time?
Up Next: The day starts to get better and we eat at a "fancy French restaurant"
My camera just...well, it stinks. I didn't notice before we went (isn't that always the case?) but all of the pictures I'd taken within the last year and a half had turned out grainy and the other camera's had been blue since we bought it.
. Funny thing is, I think this is the first time I noticed the gophers! I always just see the buffalo so I don't think I ever really paid attention to the gophers! It's a nice, dark picture so it kind of spotlights on that little guy in the middle. Doesn't mean I didn't quickly scroll down ... haha.
