Rock'n Robin
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Today we started reworking our plans to see our favorites. I wanted to do Millionaire again, and DH wanted to do INdiana Jones (last year it rained and we were unable to see the final segment with the plane). We walked over, got there about 8:45, and went into the first Millionaire at 9:30. The CM in the queue was giving out "fastest finger" seats based on trivia questions and I got to sit in one! It is amazing how many people asked her if only the 10 of us had a shot--she explained that everyone has a shot at least a dozen times. I got 5th in the fastest finger, but even though we re entered for the 10:30 show 5th was the best I could do today.
We read that Atlantis characters were going to be in ANimation courtyard from 11-2:30, so we checked it out. It was 11:10, and Vinny had already been and gone! Princess kida was supposed to be there but we waited 15 minutes--the CM said she was "Stuck in traffic from Atlantis"--forget it, it was their first day there and they must have been messed up. We headed over and got into the noon Indiana Jones--I told DH to volunteer to be an extra and he got it! He was the male "screamer"! He had a blast, because he got to see some behind-the scenes stuff, and I have it all on tape!
We shopped and headed back to BWV--took the boat, but got off at the Swan and walked. Ate lunch in the room and pool-hopped to Stormalong BAy--what a cool place! This pool is hands down better than Luna Park. The slide is smoother, and it has much better areas for little ones--Luna Park only has one measly kiddy pool, but SAB has a couple of areas where it slopes in like a lake.
Afterwards, we cleaned up and got a snack at ESPN, then went to Epcot to explore Germany (saw the trains), Italy (one big building covered with a tarp under rehab), Japan and Morocca. We bought a few little things. We had a 7:30 PS at Rose and Crown so we hopped over France to the UK (I knew I wanted to spend a lot of time in France and USA so we skipped them today). I checked in at 7:10 but was told since I had a PS I would get a patio table, but it would be about 20 min and they were so busy they had just run out of pagers! The UK CMs were super, SUPER nice to my kids, playing soccer, getting out giant tennis balls, letting DD#2 talk their ears off about everything under the sun. We probably got THE best table for Illuminations, the last one on the patio before the gate! No one in front of us! Our waiter, Nick was also awesome. I taped Illuminations and can't imagine a better view. After that DH wanted to go on TT. He went on with DDs and I got a baby swap pass. DS fell asleep, and a CM came down about 10:05 and asked if anyone was babyswapping and it was just me. They got off and I ran on with the girls--it was only us! The other cars were empty! It was so cool that they knew I was coming and kept it going! As we left we were practically the ONLY ones in Epcot, it was really neat!
We walked back to BWV and crashed.
We read that Atlantis characters were going to be in ANimation courtyard from 11-2:30, so we checked it out. It was 11:10, and Vinny had already been and gone! Princess kida was supposed to be there but we waited 15 minutes--the CM said she was "Stuck in traffic from Atlantis"--forget it, it was their first day there and they must have been messed up. We headed over and got into the noon Indiana Jones--I told DH to volunteer to be an extra and he got it! He was the male "screamer"! He had a blast, because he got to see some behind-the scenes stuff, and I have it all on tape!
We shopped and headed back to BWV--took the boat, but got off at the Swan and walked. Ate lunch in the room and pool-hopped to Stormalong BAy--what a cool place! This pool is hands down better than Luna Park. The slide is smoother, and it has much better areas for little ones--Luna Park only has one measly kiddy pool, but SAB has a couple of areas where it slopes in like a lake.
Afterwards, we cleaned up and got a snack at ESPN, then went to Epcot to explore Germany (saw the trains), Italy (one big building covered with a tarp under rehab), Japan and Morocca. We bought a few little things. We had a 7:30 PS at Rose and Crown so we hopped over France to the UK (I knew I wanted to spend a lot of time in France and USA so we skipped them today). I checked in at 7:10 but was told since I had a PS I would get a patio table, but it would be about 20 min and they were so busy they had just run out of pagers! The UK CMs were super, SUPER nice to my kids, playing soccer, getting out giant tennis balls, letting DD#2 talk their ears off about everything under the sun. We probably got THE best table for Illuminations, the last one on the patio before the gate! No one in front of us! Our waiter, Nick was also awesome. I taped Illuminations and can't imagine a better view. After that DH wanted to go on TT. He went on with DDs and I got a baby swap pass. DS fell asleep, and a CM came down about 10:05 and asked if anyone was babyswapping and it was just me. They got off and I ran on with the girls--it was only us! The other cars were empty! It was so cool that they knew I was coming and kept it going! As we left we were practically the ONLY ones in Epcot, it was really neat!
We walked back to BWV and crashed.
Thanks for posting.
