OMG mom can't we just go back to the hotel and swim?...lots of pics!!...updated 4/24

[goofy's_gurl]

we might have extra room in our suitcases if you want to join? probably going to try PH next trip.

 

[akayek31]

we might have extra room in our suitcases if you want to join? probably going to try PH next trip.

My kids would skin me alive if I tried to go without them My son keeps saying he is ready to go now. Which is funny considering how he acted the last trip.

 

[goofy's_gurl]

you dont have to tell them where you going what they dont know wont hurt now would it?

 

[jasmine72]

When is the next update?

 

[akayek31]

When is the next update?

Welcome. I will try to update tomorrow.

 

[akayek31]

double post

 

[akayek31]

So when we last left you we had found a new favorite ride at Epcot with Test Trac. My dear darling DS then comes out of no where and says "mom lets go ride Mission Space next" OK now my son has lived with me for 16 years and knows that I am scared to death of small places. I tried to fight it at first. I said "why should I face my fears when you won't even ride Haunted Mansion" I made excuse after excuse until I finally gave in. I figured if I face my fears then maybe DS will too. For some reason I faced a lot of fears this trip So I go to the door and who is our trainer (i think that was what he was) but Lt. Dan! I love Gary Sinise. OK now they have two sides as some of you may know. The green side for chickens like me and the orange side for the brave. So which side did we do? DS made me go on the orange side OMG it made my claustrophobia kick into high gear. It made my teeth hurt with some of the sensations. Oh and remember those blisters on my poor feet? Yep those hurt too. It was AWESOME though. I am glad I did it. BUT after it was over I saw those barf bags in the ride and I was like OK thank goodness I didn't need that lol. So in the end I am glad I did it but will I do it again? Probably not. If I do I will choose the green side. DD said she was not riding again because she almost had to use those bags...YUCK! I was way to scared to take pictures before the ride. But I got these after.

After this I wanted to go get fast passes for Soarin. We left MS and went to the land. But first the kids wanted something to drink and I had just the place to treat them to it

This is what the kids looked like after drinking Beverly...that will teach them to drive mom crazy lol.

DD did not like it as you can tell. She did like this one from China

So after this we got our FP for Soarin. The FP return time was after 5. It was time to go to our ADR in the WS. This is the one ADR that I did not mess with the whole time I was planning my trip. But first along the way we ran into Max.

This is where we had lunch.

I was so excited to get here. I had been drooling over the Cheddar Cheese soup for months. Notice the clear blue sky in the pictures. Anyway we got there at 1:36 PM. We waited and were treated to trivia about Canada. We were seated about 1:55. I looked at my menu and it was a dinner menu. Our waitress was Lauren and I called her over and she said that they had over booked and were going with dinner only. Now I had printed menus off of Allears and my kids wanted the prime rib sandwich. Lauren said that the kitchen could make burgers but that was it. I wanted the soup and creme brulee so I got that and the kids got cheeseburgers. I figured that I would not spend over $40 here.

Now I had heard so much about the soup and the bread that I had such high expectations. I thought the soup was OK and I liked the sourdough bread better than the pretzel bread. The kids said their burgers were OK. So for dessert I ordered the Maple Creme Brulee and DD said she wanted the Chocolate Moose. The Creme Brulee was really good and is what saved the meal for me.

So all in all I spent $60 on soup and 2 burgers and 2 desserts. I don't think what I had was worth what we spent there. I was very disappointed in the meal and it will not be on my must do list. I thought about trying it again on the DDP when we go in December but my wise Disney tutor told me that there are too many good restaurants in the WS to go to one that I didn't like.

Up next: We tour the world, Who turned on the rain again? My mission to find a certain princess in the world, and a Dis meet in line.

 

[kmartin555]

Great update! I have never heard of anyone else seeing Max before! Fun!

 

[akayek31]

Great update! I have never heard of anyone else seeing Max before! Fun!

Hey! We just walked around the corner and there he was. We found a lot of characters this way....until we got to US/IOA and then it was like pulling teeth to get to some.

 

[veraletta]

Your pictures come out really nice, I can't believe how clear and bright they look.
The pictures are really close up too.
We just got back and the pictures my daughter took are not as nice as your pictures came out.
You guys really look like you had a great time.
Looking forward to your next up date.

 

[akayek31]

Your pictures come out really nice, I can't believe how clear and bright they look.
The pictures are really close up too.
We just got back and the pictures my daughter took are not as nice as your pictures came out.
You guys really look like you had a great time.
Looking forward to your next up date.

Thanks. I wanted all of DIS to see the yummy pictures of the food so if it wasn't good it was retaken. We had our ups and downs on the trip but for the most part it was great.

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy le cellier as much as you thought you would. I've only been there for dinner and have always been on the dinning plan so I never really looked at the prices. I'm sure I would feel differently if I was paying out of pocket.

Yes, there are lots more restaurants for you to enjoy. Hopefully you find one that exceeds your expectations.

 

[akayek31]

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy le cellier as much as you thought you would. I've only been there for dinner and have always been on the dinning plan so I never really looked at the prices. I'm sure I would feel differently if I was paying out of pocket.

Yes, there are lots more restaurants for you to enjoy. Hopefully you find one that exceeds your expectations.

I may give it another chance one day...I think I will try Coral Reef for my son's birthday dinner. I swore after this trip I would never go again without the dining plan.

 

[mefordis]

I like your pictures a LOT!

 

[akayek31]

I like your pictures a LOT!

Thanks. I took way too many according to my kids I hope to update tomorrow night. I have lots more character pictures to get to.

 

[akayek31]

So when we last left you we had just finished lunch in Canada. We were off to tour around the world. I wanted to tour each country but what it turned into being is a search for the elusive Germany and I knew my favorite princess was in Morocco which is Jasmine.

We left Le Cellier and I wanted to see the movie O Canada that the hosts at Le Cellier referenced when doing the trivia. Walking to the movie we saw this

After the movie we went to England and had to get in these

Now remember that pretty blue sky? Well it was getting dark now and we ran into these guys. DD was the only one who would take a picture with them

Now I knew that Winnie the Pooh was in England and wanted DS to see them again since I vetoed the breakfast with them. We walked into the room and this is who we found. I had to jump into the picture with DD.

Now we asked where we could find Pooh and some man said they were not in England. Well we asked a CM and were told they were in the same place that we were. The funniest thing happened while we were seeing them. There was a big clap of thunder and Eyoree hid behind the curtains.

This is where he was hiding. The photo pass CM got a better picture of the moment than I did.

I never did get a picture of Piglet. That may be my next mission in December. Now after this last picture we got caught in a down pour. We tired to get out of the rain by standing in the doorway of Rose and Crown pub but we still got soaked. We did finally get to go inside but by then we were soaked. After almost an hour I finally said lets go since we were already soaked and I was tired of waiting. We got France and came across more characters

Now after this we were walking though France and I was on the hunt for the drink that Hlrababy told me about. I found one and OMG it was so good. I only got one since it was $10

Next we found Jasmine and Aladdin in Morocco. Notice DD pants? Thats how soaked we were.

I was still looking for SW and we got to America and saw this

I can't remember where we were here

I get to Germany and go to the place where Snow White was supposed to be. It was 5:45 and she was supposed to go in at 6 and she was no where to be found. It was threatening to rain again and I was beginning to believe I was going to miss her. This was the only scheduled day at Epcot. Well at 5:54 she came out! I had to get pictures here. Again DS wanted no part of the pictures

Next we found Mulan in China.

Now when we got to Norway I had to have another thing that I saw on DIS.
I got the school bread

We got to Mexico and went on the Grand Fiesta ride.

I am going to conclude the day in next post so I don't run over with picture limit.

 

[akayek31]

So we head back to the land. We still had FP for Soarin. We rode a ride that I can't remember the name of but it was where you were in a boat in their greenhouse. I want to say the Circle of Life but I can't remember. We rode Nemo and then went to Turtle Talk

I waited patiently to get a picture of my kids in the shark mouth. When the family was finally done I started to step forward and this very rude family came out of no where and jumped in front of me. I got so mad that I just left. DS said he would say something to the family but by then I was so mad I didn't go back. Kinda put a damper on the Disney magic when someone is rude like that.

Next we finally went to use our FP for Soarin

This was the longest FP line we had been in the whole week. I think it was about 20 or 30 minutes. But while in line we had a Dis meet with the family in front of us. I noticed a lime green mickey on their bag and to my kids horror asked what their screen name was. After 3 months I think it was dad2twins or something like that. I was so excited that I finally saw someone off the Dis that I didn't write his name down. Now Soarin was a ride that I was nervous about because I am deathly afraid of heights. But hey why not concur another fear. I love this ride and can't wait to do it again.

After the ride I was hungry it was about 9:45 and it had been 7 hours since lunch. I had planned on getting a rotisserie pork chop at Sunshine Seasons but that part was closed so I got a Turkey sandwich and DD got a kids mac and cheese. It was delicious.

We missed Illuminations while waiting for Soarin. After we ate we were leaving the park when I decided to ride Spaceship Earth. I laughed when I saw what it was after skipping it that morning.

We got back to the room at Midnight and this is what we found

This was the only one we would get during our stay but it made DD day and she still has it on her bookshelf today.

Next up: We hit Hollywood, eating in a car, karma returns to me, and will I brave the TOT?

 

[micandminforever]

Great EPCOT pictures, I love all the pictures of the princesses. You had a long day, but as least you were welcomed back to the room with a nice surprise.

 

[akayek31]

Great EPCOT pictures, I love all the pictures of the princesses. You had a long day, but as least you were welcomed back to the room with a nice surprise.

Thanks. I think the only princess that is missing now is Ariel. We are going to Epcot for 2 days at Christmas so I can slow down a little.

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I had a grey goose slushy in France too but I missed out on the schoolbread in GErmany. How was it?