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Day 4 Epcot
We are all up early this morning, eager to get the ticket mix-up sorted out. I pop down to the foodcourt to get Lucy a muffin and
apple juice for her breakfast whilst Sheila makes the phone call to Virgin. We are told that the mistake had been made back at MK
on day 2 and to resolve it we must go back to guest services there. we waste no time in getting things ready for the day at Epcot
and get the next bus to MK.
We get there for 9, Martyn and Sheila go over to guest services while myself Rob and Lucy go and wait on a
bench where the boats come and go. Its in the shade and already the heat is unbearable. Its amazing watching all the people coming
to the park, we must of seen thousands coming from the boats, monorail, buses and there own cars. It looked like it was going to
be a very busy day in MK. We have been waiting around 45 minutes when Martyn and Sheila make their way back from guest services.
It turns out we have been misinformed at Typhoon lagoon and we have had the correct tickets all along. The young girl who sorted
it all out for us gave us some more fast passes, some for Epcot and some more MK for our visit next week plus a free ticket to Typhoon Lagoon/Blizzard Beach each. We do feel slightly
miffed that we had wasted 2 mornings, but we waste no more time and head up to the monorail.
One turns up within minutes and we get on. We have to change onto another one at the transportaion and ticket place. Its nice
seeing disney from a different view and the views of the castle and MK are amazing. When we get to Epcot the monorail circles the
park and then were off.
Me and Lucy on Monorail
Rob and Sheila on on monorail
A bit of waiting around while we pick up the fast passes at the guest services. Again Sheila
and Martyn get this done while Rob and i take Lucy into the little shop to cool down in the air con. We buy some water and go and
sit in the shade. Martyn and Sheila are now with us and we make our way into the park.
We have a look around the "leave a legacy" and decide that this is something we must do but it can be done later after the rides. We
go for something to eat first as its now almost 11:30 and if we eat now we can get on with the rest of the day. We eat in Innovations
East. The boys have burgers....... again. Lucy has a hot dog and Sheila and i have a fruit cup.
First stop is The Living Seas. Lucy loved this attraction, looking for Nemo and all his friends.
Me and Lucy looking for Nemo
Next its was onto Honey i shrunk the
audience. Lucy's not quite sure what to make of this. The lion and the snake leave her a bit shaken but we all love it. The bit
where the mice get loose is hilarious. The more adventurous of us would like to do test track, needless to say i give it a miss. While
Martyn, Sheila and Rob are on TT myself and Lucy browse around "Mouse Gear". This shop is fab, and we certainly didn't get bored waiting
for them. Lucy must of built about 4 different potato heads. She also chose some things thats she's going to get from the World of Disney.
I then have to explain to her that we are going back on the plane and if she did buy the biggest Minnie in there that we would have to leave
her in Florida. She decides on a smaller Minnie dressed as a ballerina. They return from TT and make our way over to Mission space. Martyn
and Sheila have been waiting to do this ride. They have the FP's from erlier so we won't be waiting long for them. Well we didn't
have to wait for them at all as they were back straight away. Apparentley the ride had been closed down. They weren't told why though
so we thought it must of broken down. It wasn't till the following morning that we found out from the news that the 4 year old little boy had
died earlier.
We now go over to the world showcase. Its very hot and not a cloud in the sky.
A rare occasion where were all together in a picture.
This is definately the hottest day so far. Starting
off in Canada, we watch the film all about ...Canada. While in here Lucy asks me to pick her up and within minutes she asleep on my shoulder. ahhhh
She doesn't murmour when i put her back in the stroller either. We have a walk around the UK, skip past France, have a little look round Morocco.
We stop at a little shop thats selling things from all the countries and buy a union jack arial topper. It really is hot so we stop in Germany for a Bratwurst and a beer. Well the boys have beer, More water for us and Lucys still alseep. The girls in here were
the first CM's i had come across that weren't very friendly. We buy some Ritter chocolates from the little German shop and they get opened staright away.
Lucy is still asleep and its hard to keep her in the shade, Seila buys her a lovely parasol from China to keep her covered. There was
lots of lovely things in China and i could of spent a fortune. On to Norway and we use one of the FP's we were given for the Boat ride.
We go on first then Sheila and Rob. Its now time to wake Lucy up as shes been asleep a little over 2 hours now. It takes us ages to wake her
but when she finally comes to, she's happy on seeing her new parasol. Its now onto Mexico. We do the boat ride here which was lovely, very pretty and it was very cool
in there too.
5:30 now and theres still no clouds, looks like we won't get any rain today. Sheila and Martyn are off to "Soarin", another ride
Rob and I decide against. While Sheila and Martyn trek back across the park, Lucy cools down in the kiddies dancing water. At first she
only puts her arms in, (she's a very girly girl, and doesn't like getting her clothes dirty and/or wet) but by the end she is soaked to the bone and
she had loads of fun. Lucky i had brought spare clothes. We go and sit on a bench near MS and get her dried and dressed. Sheila and
Martyn are buzzing when they get back and they persuade Rob go on Soarin' with Sheila. We all go over to The Land. While they go on Soarin.
Lucy has a croissant and Martyn has a Cinnamon roll. We have already decided we would grab something to eat back at ASMO later.
Martyn really wants me to go on Soarin with him, I agree to go on but pray that i am sitting on the back row as i am terrified of heights.
I'd read on threads that the back row was the lowest so i would be ok there. Did i get the back..... No. We were sat on the front
row. Ths ride was amazing though. I'm so glad that i did it and would certainly do it again. I did feel a bit funny up there and it was
so realistic with the smells. We all agreed that it was a great ride.
Its getting on now and we make our way to watch the fire works. As we are getting the bus back were not allowed to go to the waterr. (the men
tell us, we'll stay here and that way we will beat the crowds) We decide to stand next to the big water fountain, the fireworks start and they are fantastic. We wish we were
a little closer so we could see more but what we did see was great. We get rushed out just as the display is coming to an end and
get on the first bus back to ASMO.
First we have to go up to the rooms to get the cups, Sheila and i are volunteered for this job. We then have to go and get the food.
I had the chicken Quesadias. I had them the night before and they were realy nice but tonight they were very greasy. Put me off them.
Sheila had salmon and Rob had chicken, Martyn had a burger and Lucy had a muffin. The food court is very conveniant for when you have been
at a park all day and you dont fancy going out for food.
We seem to finish most nights off with a little walk around the shop then up to the room.
At last its Typhoon Lagoon tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to a day in the sun and playing around in the water.
A wash then into bed. The TV doesn't even go on tonight and the lights are off.
Day 5 coming soon
We are all up early this morning, eager to get the ticket mix-up sorted out. I pop down to the foodcourt to get Lucy a muffin and
apple juice for her breakfast whilst Sheila makes the phone call to Virgin. We are told that the mistake had been made back at MK
on day 2 and to resolve it we must go back to guest services there. we waste no time in getting things ready for the day at Epcot
and get the next bus to MK.
We get there for 9, Martyn and Sheila go over to guest services while myself Rob and Lucy go and wait on a
bench where the boats come and go. Its in the shade and already the heat is unbearable. Its amazing watching all the people coming
to the park, we must of seen thousands coming from the boats, monorail, buses and there own cars. It looked like it was going to
be a very busy day in MK. We have been waiting around 45 minutes when Martyn and Sheila make their way back from guest services.
It turns out we have been misinformed at Typhoon lagoon and we have had the correct tickets all along. The young girl who sorted
it all out for us gave us some more fast passes, some for Epcot and some more MK for our visit next week plus a free ticket to Typhoon Lagoon/Blizzard Beach each. We do feel slightly
miffed that we had wasted 2 mornings, but we waste no more time and head up to the monorail.
One turns up within minutes and we get on. We have to change onto another one at the transportaion and ticket place. Its nice
seeing disney from a different view and the views of the castle and MK are amazing. When we get to Epcot the monorail circles the
park and then were off.
A bit of waiting around while we pick up the fast passes at the guest services. Again Sheila
and Martyn get this done while Rob and i take Lucy into the little shop to cool down in the air con. We buy some water and go and
sit in the shade. Martyn and Sheila are now with us and we make our way into the park.
We have a look around the "leave a legacy" and decide that this is something we must do but it can be done later after the rides. We
go for something to eat first as its now almost 11:30 and if we eat now we can get on with the rest of the day. We eat in Innovations
East. The boys have burgers....... again. Lucy has a hot dog and Sheila and i have a fruit cup.
First stop is The Living Seas. Lucy loved this attraction, looking for Nemo and all his friends.
Next its was onto Honey i shrunk the
audience. Lucy's not quite sure what to make of this. The lion and the snake leave her a bit shaken but we all love it. The bit
where the mice get loose is hilarious. The more adventurous of us would like to do test track, needless to say i give it a miss. While
Martyn, Sheila and Rob are on TT myself and Lucy browse around "Mouse Gear". This shop is fab, and we certainly didn't get bored waiting
for them. Lucy must of built about 4 different potato heads. She also chose some things thats she's going to get from the World of Disney.
I then have to explain to her that we are going back on the plane and if she did buy the biggest Minnie in there that we would have to leave
her in Florida. She decides on a smaller Minnie dressed as a ballerina. They return from TT and make our way over to Mission space. Martyn
and Sheila have been waiting to do this ride. They have the FP's from erlier so we won't be waiting long for them. Well we didn't
have to wait for them at all as they were back straight away. Apparentley the ride had been closed down. They weren't told why though
so we thought it must of broken down. It wasn't till the following morning that we found out from the news that the 4 year old little boy had
died earlier.
We now go over to the world showcase. Its very hot and not a cloud in the sky.
This is definately the hottest day so far. Starting
off in Canada, we watch the film all about ...Canada. While in here Lucy asks me to pick her up and within minutes she asleep on my shoulder. ahhhh
She doesn't murmour when i put her back in the stroller either. We have a walk around the UK, skip past France, have a little look round Morocco.
We stop at a little shop thats selling things from all the countries and buy a union jack arial topper. It really is hot so we stop in Germany for a Bratwurst and a beer. Well the boys have beer, More water for us and Lucys still alseep. The girls in here were
the first CM's i had come across that weren't very friendly. We buy some Ritter chocolates from the little German shop and they get opened staright away.
Lucy is still asleep and its hard to keep her in the shade, Seila buys her a lovely parasol from China to keep her covered. There was
lots of lovely things in China and i could of spent a fortune. On to Norway and we use one of the FP's we were given for the Boat ride.
We go on first then Sheila and Rob. Its now time to wake Lucy up as shes been asleep a little over 2 hours now. It takes us ages to wake her
but when she finally comes to, she's happy on seeing her new parasol. Its now onto Mexico. We do the boat ride here which was lovely, very pretty and it was very cool
in there too.
5:30 now and theres still no clouds, looks like we won't get any rain today. Sheila and Martyn are off to "Soarin", another ride
Rob and I decide against. While Sheila and Martyn trek back across the park, Lucy cools down in the kiddies dancing water. At first she
only puts her arms in, (she's a very girly girl, and doesn't like getting her clothes dirty and/or wet) but by the end she is soaked to the bone and
she had loads of fun. Lucky i had brought spare clothes. We go and sit on a bench near MS and get her dried and dressed. Sheila and
Martyn are buzzing when they get back and they persuade Rob go on Soarin' with Sheila. We all go over to The Land. While they go on Soarin.
Lucy has a croissant and Martyn has a Cinnamon roll. We have already decided we would grab something to eat back at ASMO later.
Martyn really wants me to go on Soarin with him, I agree to go on but pray that i am sitting on the back row as i am terrified of heights.
I'd read on threads that the back row was the lowest so i would be ok there. Did i get the back..... No. We were sat on the front
row. Ths ride was amazing though. I'm so glad that i did it and would certainly do it again. I did feel a bit funny up there and it was
so realistic with the smells. We all agreed that it was a great ride.
Its getting on now and we make our way to watch the fire works. As we are getting the bus back were not allowed to go to the waterr. (the men
tell us, we'll stay here and that way we will beat the crowds) We decide to stand next to the big water fountain, the fireworks start and they are fantastic. We wish we were
a little closer so we could see more but what we did see was great. We get rushed out just as the display is coming to an end and
get on the first bus back to ASMO.
First we have to go up to the rooms to get the cups, Sheila and i are volunteered for this job. We then have to go and get the food.
I had the chicken Quesadias. I had them the night before and they were realy nice but tonight they were very greasy. Put me off them.
Sheila had salmon and Rob had chicken, Martyn had a burger and Lucy had a muffin. The food court is very conveniant for when you have been
at a park all day and you dont fancy going out for food.
We seem to finish most nights off with a little walk around the shop then up to the room.
At last its Typhoon Lagoon tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to a day in the sun and playing around in the water.
A wash then into bed. The TV doesn't even go on tonight and the lights are off.
Day 5 coming soon
I'm glad you got it sorted out 
