Day 4 continued: March 16, 2010
We left off finishing up our Oktoberfest beer and checking out the rest of Germany. They had the most hilarious shirts in one of the gift shops. They had guys and girls versions of the shirts..and they were meant to look like we were wearing the tops like they do at Biergarten, which is a place Kristen is trying to talk me into eating at with them. Were going to check out the menu and prices, so well see. Id love to hear anyone elses experiences when eating there.
As we were leaving Germany, we ran into these interesting bonsai trees (I think thats what they were- I cant remember!) :
As we were walking into China, we saw this little guy:
He was made out of corn and some other stuff. Again, it was amazing to see how much detail they put into the F&G Festival for just a few months of magic. Ive always seen pics of the Festival on the DIS from others TRs etc. and it was exciting to be seeing everything in person!
Walking in China
Fiancé waited behind me a few steps and took a pic of me walking haha:
I dont know if you can tell, but Im looking around. Im always doing that at WDW. Im trying to take everything in. Its something I do everywhere we go there. Its my happy place and Ive waited and planned for so long to be back there
so I want to take it all in and remember it when Im back home again. Please tell me that some of you are like that too!
We walked inside the building and instantly, our eyes were drawn up to the ceiling. It was amazing and beautiful. How had we not gone in here before?!
It was honestly so busy in there that we decided to leave, so we didnt get to really check out the place as much as we wouldve liked to. Normally, we dont let crowds and such bother us that much, but the people here were just being rude. I was being pushed and bumped into so many times!
We walked by The Lotus Blossom Café as we were heading to leave China. The menu doesnt look too bad. Anyone been there before? We kept walking and saw this guy made out of corn:
The sign is talking about how 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. Seriously, we were amazed at the things they can make out of random things!
Up next: Norway. Fiancé loved the architecture here:
Norway is one of the countries that I can relate to a little besides the US, HA. I am part Swedish, so they sometimes have Swedish stuff in the gift shops here. But, it usually is never anything too exciting. Maelstrom is a usual with us, but the wait was 30 minutes! Heck no! We are not waiting 30 minutes for that. So, well just have to check that one out in July!
I had remembered that they sell some fleece stuff here, so we decided to walk into the gift shops and check out how much their fleece jackets were. Wowza- SO EXPENSIVE. I cant remember how much they were exactly, but it was ridiculous. We carefully put it back on the rack and walked away. HAHA. Thats how I feel in the perfume part of the shop too. Its like, you have to keep saying in your head, Do not break anything. Do not bump anything. Just look quick and get out! HA.
As we left the gift shops and Norway, we had to take a pic of the awesome Viking:
And some more of Norways architecture:
Just by looking through all the countries, isnt it amazing how different the architecture is in each one? Like here in Norway, I noticed how dark the wood and everything is. But, then in Mexico, everything is bright, lively, and full of color. Thats what makes Epcot so amazing..we get a little taste of these countries that most of us will never get to experience in real life.
We left Norway and walked back into Mexico, which we had already explored earlier in the day. We decided to head back over to Nemo and see if the wait went down. But first, I wanted to take a pic of where we were sitting way over across the lagoon in Germany. Can you spot it?!:
We walked a few more steps, looked down and saw these guys:
They were obviously not afraid of us! We watched them for a few minutes and then went on our way. Yes, people looked at us like we were nuts for watching them..but its the little things in life that we like. Being from the Midwest, we love our animals! haha
We made our way to Nemo and saw that they were not weaving outside anymore! Thats a good sign. We got closer and saw that the wait time was only 5 minutes! We made our way inside and kept walking
and walking..and walking..and walked right on the ride! I swear, the 5 minutes was just the weaving to get onto a clam-mobile!
Oh, how I love Nemo. The one thing that annoys me is when people are constantly taking pictures with their flash. I understand a pic or two..but not during the whole.entire.ride. Okay, rant over.
After singing along with Nemo and his friends to Big Blue World, we made our way into The Seas and over to the aquarium. Now here is where we had the best surprise of the night!
We were just watching the fish swim by and I talked about how Uncle Joey and Uncle Jesse did their radio show from in there (Thats a Full House reference for all you fans!)..when we saw some divers jump in from the top! Soon more divers jumped in too! They stayed at the top for a few minutes, then made their way under water. The group of divers were all watching a few instructors, who kept giving everyone the ok sign, which they had to give back to them to say they were alright. Then, they started swimming, and thats when a whole group of people run up to the glass next to us. They had video cameras out filming and cameras out taking pics. The little boy in the group kept yelling Thats my daddy! It was so cute! They were all the family of the group of people scuba diving! It was so neat to watch them all excited and enjoying the experience with the group in the water. As theyd swim out of view from one glass window, theyd run to the next one so they could still see them. We watched the divers for awhile, then decided to head back out to FW.
We were getting hungry and decided now would be the perfect time to eat at Sunshine Seasons. It wasnt too busy there because we were eating close to 7 pm. We got our food choices and found a table right away. As you can guess, I had the California sushi rolls and a fruit bowl. Fiancé had the chicken and a fruit bowl. Of course, the food was good as always. While we were eating, we decided what we wanted to do next. We wanted to get one more ride in on SE before we headed to check out the GF.
As we headed that way, we decided to skip it and just head over to the GF. As we were walking past, I had to take a pic of the beautiful sunset on SE:
As we headed to the exit, we saw this sign thanking us for visiting the Festival:
I could not believe that we were coming to an end of another day. Isnt it amazing how fast the days go by when youre having fun?! I pictured us walking in to Epcot earlier that day
full from our wonderful breakfast at Kona. We were excited for the day to come..and now it was already almost over. Yes, I overthink things like this all the time. HA.
We made our way to the bus stops and checked out the list to see what number we needed to go to. This just goes to show you how long it has been since weve stayed at a monorail resort! There are no bus stops for these resorts. So, we headed back over to the monorail. There was a huge line and it was packed up there! The monorail that was here was jam packed with people. After a few minutes, the monorail was STILL not moving. We then realized that a door towards the front of the monorail was jammed and was not shutting! There were several CMs there trying to fix the problem. We were really hoping that all of these people already on the monorail were not going to have to be unloaded! It was already packed up there as it was for the next monorail! Luckily, a few minutes later, they got the door shut and the monorail was on its way. Since that one had taken so much time in the station, there was already one nearby waiting to pull in; so we didnt have to wait too long!
~Up next:
Our night at the GF
I act like I was a deprived child when I definitely wasn't
