Chapter5 Rope Drop at Epcot????
Monday, August 1st was our first morning on Disney property. I was hoping to finally make rope drop. Jonathan and Andrew were going to join me, while Alison decided to continue enjoying her restful vacation and join us later. The three of us quickly got dressed, ate and headed out to the bus stop. After a short wait for an Epcot bus to show up, we were soon on our way.
We didnt quite make rope drop, but we walked through the gates just before they dropped the rope up ahead of us to start letting people invade the park. Missed it by thaattt much!!! The first place we headed was towards Soarin to ride and grab a set of fastpasses for later.
After Soarin we headed across Future World to Test Track and grabbed a set of FPs. We then headed over to Mission Space where the line for the Orange side was still fairly short. We were focused on finding more Hidden Mickeys and when we got done on Mission Space we spotted this one in the area where they have the games and Mission Control area.
Outside in front of the area where you approach Mission Space we found this one.
As we were leaving MS Alison texted that she was entering the park. We got back to the area just behind Spaceship Earth and met her. We had a little while before our late lunch ADR at Le Cellier, so the boys decided they wanted to spend some time in Innoventions West. Alison decided to just hang out in the comfy chairs while the boys roamed around and did some of the activities. I decided to walk and explore a little.
When I got to the area where the Fire Truck is located I decided to check it out a little. As I walked over to the backside of the fire truck I found a display with different patches from various Fire Departments, and then a display that you could search for a specific Fire Department.
I know my buddy Dan (FauntleroyFAN07) does some work with a local Fire Department where he lives, and has a lot of family that work in the FD. I texted him to find out which specific FD it was to see if they had the patch. Dan texted me back fairly quickly and indeed they had the patch. Dan informed me that his BIL was the one who provided the patch for Disney to use in their display on a previous trip.
I eventually worked my way around and back to the area where we entered Innoventions. Alison joined me as we headed around the loop again to locate the boys so we could head towards World Showcase for our LeCellier ADR. We arrived at LeCellier a little early and checked in hoping to get in early. We had to wait a few minutes to check in, and then they sent us down.
While we were waiting in the lobby the CMs were entertaining all the people waiting asking Disney trivia. The boys participated and got the answer correct a number of times. While I was waiting I found another HM.
I also got a picture of the desk that shows all the Canadian Provinces in honor of jenbear.
After what seemed like an extremely long time to get seated, with a number of people coming in after us being seated ahead of us, I asked the CMs what was taking so long. For some reason they had messed up and should have seated us a lot sooner, so they quickly worked to rectify the situation and get us a table. Since the last time we ate at LeCellier they had changed dinner to signature dining, so we decided to go with lunch this trip. We had a little more flexibility on what we could order this time since we were previously on the DDP.
Alison and Jonathan split the Tomato Stack Appetizer.
Love the Pretzel Breadsticks
Drew ordered the Baked Macaroni and Cheese to go with his Spicy Chicken and Chipotle Sausage Appetizer
Alisons Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken was part of her LeCellier experience.
Jonathan had the Le Cellier House Burger, which he really enjoyed.
My steak and potatoes, which went really well with the remainder of Drews Chipotle Sausage he couldnt finish.
This time we opted to share the Chocolate-on-Chocolate Whiskey Cake for dessert.
It was already getting really hot, so after finishing lunch we decided to use our FPs and head back to the room to cool off and hit the pool. Since we only had three Soarin FPs from earlier I opted to let Alison ride with the boys and I went to ride The Land and search for some more Hidden Mickeys.
One of the many Hidden Mickeys and the only one I was able to get a picture of this time through the ride. But I spotted quite a few more that I was better prepared to capture later in the trip.
We headed back to the room where the boys wanted to go to Community Hall, so Alison and I headed to the pool. For the first time this trip I found out the pool wasnt going to be much relief from the heat. It had been hot for so many days now in Florida that the pool water was quite warm. Eventually Drew was tired of Community Hall and wanted to go to a water park. Jonathan decided he wanted to hang around the resort so Alison and I headed off with Drew for an afternoon at Typhoon Lagoon. While Drew headed off to ride a lot of the slides, Alison and I just basically relaxed at the wave pool and the lazy river, but at least I finally got cooled off. It was going to be a long, hot week.
Next Up Chapter 6 DHS Rope Drop and DISMeet
Monday, August 1st was our first morning on Disney property. I was hoping to finally make rope drop. Jonathan and Andrew were going to join me, while Alison decided to continue enjoying her restful vacation and join us later. The three of us quickly got dressed, ate and headed out to the bus stop. After a short wait for an Epcot bus to show up, we were soon on our way.
We didnt quite make rope drop, but we walked through the gates just before they dropped the rope up ahead of us to start letting people invade the park. Missed it by thaattt much!!! The first place we headed was towards Soarin to ride and grab a set of fastpasses for later.
After Soarin we headed across Future World to Test Track and grabbed a set of FPs. We then headed over to Mission Space where the line for the Orange side was still fairly short. We were focused on finding more Hidden Mickeys and when we got done on Mission Space we spotted this one in the area where they have the games and Mission Control area.
Outside in front of the area where you approach Mission Space we found this one.
As we were leaving MS Alison texted that she was entering the park. We got back to the area just behind Spaceship Earth and met her. We had a little while before our late lunch ADR at Le Cellier, so the boys decided they wanted to spend some time in Innoventions West. Alison decided to just hang out in the comfy chairs while the boys roamed around and did some of the activities. I decided to walk and explore a little.
When I got to the area where the Fire Truck is located I decided to check it out a little. As I walked over to the backside of the fire truck I found a display with different patches from various Fire Departments, and then a display that you could search for a specific Fire Department.
I know my buddy Dan (FauntleroyFAN07) does some work with a local Fire Department where he lives, and has a lot of family that work in the FD. I texted him to find out which specific FD it was to see if they had the patch. Dan texted me back fairly quickly and indeed they had the patch. Dan informed me that his BIL was the one who provided the patch for Disney to use in their display on a previous trip.
I eventually worked my way around and back to the area where we entered Innoventions. Alison joined me as we headed around the loop again to locate the boys so we could head towards World Showcase for our LeCellier ADR. We arrived at LeCellier a little early and checked in hoping to get in early. We had to wait a few minutes to check in, and then they sent us down.
While we were waiting in the lobby the CMs were entertaining all the people waiting asking Disney trivia. The boys participated and got the answer correct a number of times. While I was waiting I found another HM.
I also got a picture of the desk that shows all the Canadian Provinces in honor of jenbear.
After what seemed like an extremely long time to get seated, with a number of people coming in after us being seated ahead of us, I asked the CMs what was taking so long. For some reason they had messed up and should have seated us a lot sooner, so they quickly worked to rectify the situation and get us a table. Since the last time we ate at LeCellier they had changed dinner to signature dining, so we decided to go with lunch this trip. We had a little more flexibility on what we could order this time since we were previously on the DDP.
Alison and Jonathan split the Tomato Stack Appetizer.
Love the Pretzel Breadsticks
Drew ordered the Baked Macaroni and Cheese to go with his Spicy Chicken and Chipotle Sausage Appetizer
Alisons Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken was part of her LeCellier experience.
Jonathan had the Le Cellier House Burger, which he really enjoyed.
My steak and potatoes, which went really well with the remainder of Drews Chipotle Sausage he couldnt finish.
This time we opted to share the Chocolate-on-Chocolate Whiskey Cake for dessert.
It was already getting really hot, so after finishing lunch we decided to use our FPs and head back to the room to cool off and hit the pool. Since we only had three Soarin FPs from earlier I opted to let Alison ride with the boys and I went to ride The Land and search for some more Hidden Mickeys.
One of the many Hidden Mickeys and the only one I was able to get a picture of this time through the ride. But I spotted quite a few more that I was better prepared to capture later in the trip.
We headed back to the room where the boys wanted to go to Community Hall, so Alison and I headed to the pool. For the first time this trip I found out the pool wasnt going to be much relief from the heat. It had been hot for so many days now in Florida that the pool water was quite warm. Eventually Drew was tired of Community Hall and wanted to go to a water park. Jonathan decided he wanted to hang around the resort so Alison and I headed off with Drew for an afternoon at Typhoon Lagoon. While Drew headed off to ride a lot of the slides, Alison and I just basically relaxed at the wave pool and the lazy river, but at least I finally got cooled off. It was going to be a long, hot week.
Next Up Chapter 6 DHS Rope Drop and DISMeet
Hmmm, didn't realize you needed one of those!!! 
As long as I can walk part of it, hopefully I wouldn't 
You know how hard it is for us old guys to keep up........ 
because you think I am
Never too old to run... I am an example of that. 
Maybe Dan can tell us if his BIL had to do anything special to submit it.........
Just make sure you cross your ankles and dig your heels in a little... Otherwise water goes everywhere especially where it doesn't belong. 
