Okay....where did I leave off.....
After our trip to the bathroom, we found the butterfly garden and the Pixie Garden...
It was really cute.
Then we found this guy in the butterfly garden...
We were going to World Showcase and then DD8 saw the Kimmunitcators...
We went to the kiosk and got our ticket for when and where to pick up our Kimmunicator. 2:45pm
We decide that it is time for lunch and I for one was hungry!
The girls wanted chinese, Dh wanted German brats and sauerkraut and I want Norway. DH didnt like the idea of everyone eating separately but I was okay with the idea.....in fact that was the only argument that we had all week.
He is very big about eating together as a family. I told that World Showcase was the only place that we can have this type of variety.....He smartly answered "at the foodcourt at the mall"
SMART @$$
So the girls got their chinese and we sit with them and watch them eat. I head to the bakery in Norway for my turkey sandwich that is only on one piece of bread with jarlsburg cheese and a single little pickle slice that I "americanize" and put mustard on.....
You've got to be kidding me!
They dont serve it anymore and all their sandwiches now have two slices and are grilled....
I am heartbroken! I have been looking forward to that sandwich all week!
I meet back up with my brood and I am just heartsick
The girls are done eating and we head around the world looking for lunch.....
We come to the American Pavillon and I look at the MENU board...SCORE...Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich!!!
I get the pulled pork with a side of coleslaw and a chocolate dessert....DH got a bacon cheeseburger and fries and a mickey rice crispie treat for his dessert. He found us a table inside while I grabbed toppings.
When DH went up to the topping bar for something else...DD5 snitched his Mickey rice crispie treat and started gnawing on it. He came back to the table and acted surprise when he saw a couple bites out of rice crispie treat. It was a long time since I had a pulled pork sandwich that was THAT good!
After lunch we head back to Mexico to catch the Three Amigos ride since BOTH girls love that ride.
Then we slowly went through the counties until it was time to get our "Kimmunicator"....Wade told us to head to China....wait wasn't I just there for lunch
The China Pavillion was really crowded and it was REALLY hard to hear...plus the girls kept fighting over who got to hold the phone and who got to look for the clues. I was not that thrilled with it....but someone else might be so please dont go by my opinion...I love the idea behind it but only one phone is allowed per family and that was a problem for us.
Ahh, Beverly!!
I just that that this was too cute!!
DD5 participating in the Pledge of Allegiance with the Fife and Drum Corp at the American Pavillion
Again, the backside of DD5....playing the the fountain at the American Pavillion
We sat and watched the Fife and Drum Corp at the American Pavillion and kept going around the world when we happened upon these two lovely ladies in Great Britain
Mary Poppins was absolutely delightful and Alice was just as enjoyable.
Tea, Anyone?
We worked all the way around the headed back to future world and to Innoventions. We didn't get to do that last time we were at EPCOT....DD5 is exhausted and getting to be unbearable....I told DH that I was going to buy one of those $50 strollers that Disney was selling and call it a day. HE was not happy about that and we had some words about that too, just not as heated as earlier. I head into MouseGears and I looked high and low...no strollers...Ah ha! I see something else that might help the situation. I pay for my purchase and go find my family.
I walk into Innoventions (i have no idea if it is East or West) and find the brood....I get the stick eye from DH....that is no stroller...nope...its even better.....FOOD!
There was a Mickey rice crispie "bouquet"!
Four small mickey rice crispies...dipped in different colored chocolates and tied together to look like a flower bouquet. SCORE!!
We found a quiet place to sit and nibble on our treats. DH went to find the little boys room and I sat in a chair and held DD5 in my lap....she drifted off to sleep...DH came back and took DD8 to the other innoventions to play. DD5 slept for 45 mins and I think I drifted off too for a minute or so. But SHHH, dont tell DH because I had the backpack next to me.
After she woke up, we rode Spaceship Earth and then went over to the Seas and rode Nemo. We waited about 20 mins for Spaceship Earth and walked right on Nemo.....of course it takes you 15 mins to walk through the empty cue line at Nemo
It was almost time for our dinner ressies at the Rose and Crown.
So we left the seas and headed back to Great Britain.
We check in 40 mins before our ressie.
The Waiting Game
It wasn't until 10 mins after our time that we were finally seated and we were seated inside right next to the bar...
Not happy about this because the bar area was loud and the piano lady was playing...
I look at the menu and I am floored......where the heck is the Shepherds Pie??
I am at the Rose and Crown and there is no Shepherds Pie??????????
You have got to be kidding me!
I dont eat lamb or sausage.....what the heck am I going to eat?
I ordered the Vegetable Curry.....surprisingly it was pretty decent...not too spicy
DH got the Bangers and Mash...and he loved it better then when my Brother-in-Law from Scotland (who now lives in London) made his Bangers and Mash. I promised that I wouldnt tell Gregg about that!
The girls ordered pizza from the kids menu.
Unbeknownst to me, DD8 order the Tinker Belle punch drink and when drinks were served all that was holy broke loose from Hell. DD5 in her exhausted state got very upset and the blessed little waitress immediatley came back to the table and gave DD5 the little Tinkerbelle that lights up that comes with the cup. She was appeased for a few moments but then she wanted the same cup too. I tried to distract her...it helped when the waitress brought out our food and she had a full tummy.
Get this, I know that the tinkerbelle drinks have to be paid out of pocket and are not part of the Dining Plan....our little waitress only charged us for the one cup and not the second light up tinkerbelle.....Disney Magic!
Wishes had started and we watched a little bit but we had been at the park since 8:30 and we were so stinkin' tired that we started towards the entrance of the park and towards the bus stop. We shared our seat on the bus with some very nice people from Canada and had an enjoyable ride back to the resort.
I gave the girls their bath and DH went to refill our mugs and phone home. The arrangements for his aunt were set. The viewing was Wednesday and funeral on Thursday.....well this was Tuesday. Scott called Southwest and since it was NOT a immediate family member...they could change his return ticket at no extra charge but to change all four of our tickets was going to be big $$$
DH did not like the idea of missing his aunts funeral, especially since he was asked to be a pal bearer....but he hated to leave me and the girls alone in Fla even more....so he called his dad back and explained the airline situation and his dad completely agreed about not leaving me and the girls alone....
We hated that we missed the funeral but when we got home we called his cousins and apologized about not being at the funeral....of course they were very understanding and both of the said the Aunt Mary would not have wanted us to cut short a vacation on her account.
I know thats what you are suppose to say but I still felt really bad about not being there.
for the magical bus driver
for knowing the lyrics to the imagination ride
That 20 minutes from MK to POP can seem like an eternity! So nice to have the entertainment! 
...yum! I have a minivan and in tight parking lots, I have to three point turn to get fully out of the spot and to a comfortable position to go. I had backed up out of the spot, pulled slightly forward to so that I could do a wider turn to back completely out of the spot....well before I could back up the second time
