Our Thanksgiving trip - day 3

[LuvN~Travel]

Epcot today

We were up early and caught the bus after a short wait.
Got there before 9:00 waited for rope drop, rented a wheelchair for the week ( wish they'd told us about it the day before, though), and headed right to Mission Space. Rode it, great ride. We had none of the problems others have spoken of, but DD claimed to feel a bit nauseous. I know her though, I bet she was hoping to get back on. Kid feels no fear! Got FPs for Test Track, also got a free pass for Honey I Shrunk, at the same time. We headed for the Electric Umbrella for breakfast, then to Honey, to ride it. We had PS for Le Cellier, did that then watched O Canada, while there. Then we quickly hurried back to Test Track for our FP time. We exited from a great ride, bought the picture, too, and as we left at about 2:30 pm, noticed that all FPs for the day were gone! Get there early folks!
We then rode Universe of Energy, Spaceship Earth, ate a snack, and did the Living Seas (which we had missed last time).
We headed back to the resort, ate at the Pepper Market, then let the kids play in the arcade for a few minutes. DS almost lost the backpack he was entrusted with. By the end of the trip, we were almost tempted to super glue it to him
Note here: In looking at things to get him interested in collecting I tried to get him to do the penny press machines. Well he did, and liked it. HOWEVER, he and his sister then found a new love. Those PINS! I believe that by the end of the trip, they each had a nice collection of pins. Luckily, most of them came out of their spending money.
Uhhh, we won't mention how many Mom came home with, though....
Kim

 

[pumba]

sounds like someone has the pin bug.....ROFL......thanks again

 

[Zurgerific]

how would you say the crowd levels and ride wait times were on saturday 20th, sunday 21st, monday and tuesday ?

 

[LuvN~Travel]

We went in May of '97 during the 25th anniversary and I would say it was about the same. But, if you went early the crowds didn't really seem to matter that much. By noon, though on each day, it would really get crowded, so luckily for us we usually had a PS by then and could escape it for a while. Then we would hit a few more rides, and go back to the room, or in one case, DTD to shop. The only day we really didn't get much accomplished was the first day at MGM (Tuesday) when Faith had her seizure. We really had only gotten three rides in with our lunch PS. that day. For some reason it was harder to move. However, the next day, on the other side of the park we seemed to move a lot better. I think the crowds down Sunset Blvd just make it so hard to move fast. And, that's the day that I overheard someone who'd just heard a CM say that Wednesday had been the most crowded MGM had seen it that week.
Kim

one other note: I don't think I ever saw any Stand By times of more than an hour, too. Most times I think I saw about 45 minutes.

 

[Minniespal]

Great report ~ Thanx for sharing.