We had ADRs at 4:15 for Le Cellier, so werent planning to spend a long day at Epcot beforehand. DSILs parents were coming by for breakfast/brunch and a visit in the morning. I had been looking forward to a Flower Power Concert by the Nelsons after dinner, and whoever wanted to would stay for Illuminations. Before Le Cellier, we planned to walk around world showcase and see whatever struck our fancy. We also hadnt made it to Innoventions yet, and there were always neat things to do there.
First of all, we wanted to get our special Visa character greet and photos this day, so DD and I had planned that we would wear our matching Mickey resort outfits. DH was NOT pleased thought it was dorky to wear matching outfits AGAIN!!
However, he wore it to make me and DD happy.
So we all donned our outfits and they got ready to meet the in-laws in the food court for breakfast. DD suggested that Dreamy and I might want to go on to Epcot ahead of them so that he could be sure to get to ride his two favorites, Test Track and Mission Space again.
We knew it might be tough to get TT in after the park filled in the afternoon. So we grabbed our breakfast early and off we went for another adventure.
I really loved this topiary.
We scooted along and got our FPs for TT and then went back to ride MS. Since we were riding the green side there wasnt much of a line. Dreamy loved this whole thing and took it very seriously. I took a couple of pictures so he could remember the pre-ride part.
After the ride, we stopped for the flight simulation exercise, and then he was very excited to play the game. We sent ourselves postcards from space, too. Then we went into the gift shop and bought Dreamy a space name tag for his pin lanyard and a pin.
We started out of MS and my phone rang. It was DD wanting to know where we were they had been trying to call us for a while because they were already at the park. Guess its hard to get through to space!
Oops, I didnt realize they were coming so soon. We met them back at Test Track, and got FPs for everyone. Dreamy and I were going to go ahead and use our FPs now, but when we got into the queue we discovered the ride was down, so turned around and left and caught up with the others. DD had gotten a stroller for Wild Child, as she seemed a little tired this morning.
Okay, now what? We decided this would be a good time to do our character meet, so we headed for Innoventions. Uh-oh, surely this wasnt the line? Yes, it was.
A lot of other people thought this would be a good time also. I got in line with the stroller and suggested DD and DSIL take the kids to play the video games nearby. DH went to find someplace to sit down. When I got close to the rope, DSIL rounded up the kids to come stand in line. It was still a 20-30 minute wait, and I was beginning to wonder if it was worth it. I was a little nervous because this was my idea, and I didnt want to make everyone miserable waiting around when we could be doing something fun. And our TT FP time was coming up soon. (And remember that DSIL wont use a late FP.)
DSILs eye started bothering him and feeling like he had something in it, and by the time we got up to the entrance he couldnt stand it any more and went off to find a bathroom and see about it. Oh well, best laid plans oft go astray, (or gang aglee), so we had a picture of
almost the whole group!
The characters were Mickey and Pluto, so the kids really liked that. Here are a couple of views.
With this over with, we went to try to find DSIL and get over to TT. DH said once was enough for him, so we sent him ahead to Mexico to sit and wait for us. After the typical miscues, we tracked DSIL down. He had extracted a small rock from his eye, but it was kind of scratched so he didnt want to ride TT and irritate it with the wind. So we sent him along to catch up with DH, and DD, Wild Child, Dreamboy, and I headed for TT. It was back up and running, and we made it through quickly, much to Dreamys pleasure.
We met the guys in Mexico and visited the three caballeros. I had kind of expected a little more of this revision, but it was okay. I grabbed margaritas for DD and me and a coke for DH before we left the area! We took our time and meandered on through the world, with a stop here and there. We watched the wood carver in Africa, saw the train in Germany, watched some jugglers, and picked up a bottle of wine for later. Here are DH and Dreamy waiting for the drawbridge.
It was getting pretty hot by now, so we headed for Canada without too much delay. The crew didnt seem to be feeling the magic this afternoon - WC was tired and droopy and Dreamy was cranky.
He even got mad at the drawbridge for holding us up while they took out the fireworks barges!
The guys were kind of blah as well. I surely hoped that Le Cellier would live up to its reputation.
So glad it turned out OK in the end
Here is the content of the call.
We had mentioned dining at Boma, but he skipped out on Boma last time we were here, so he didnt really know where it was. The important thing at this point was that he was all the way on the opposite side of WDW, and we had an ADR in 5 minutes or so.
And we didnt even get in a discussion about who said what. Were at Disney World, its all good!!
Glad you gave DH your phone! I pay alot for mine to have a phone, which he never has when I need to reach him. 
I had heard a little of their stuff, but not for a long time. I hurried around to the arena and got there in time to get a pretty decent seat. It was a fun concert, with a large contingent of us oldies singing along with all the old songs, and some of their younger fans as well. 
