The One With All The Birthdays - Day 14 MK, Epcot & HDDMR

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Woke up at 8:30am today, Woohoo! Lie-in! LOL


Anne had got up and made it to the gym and back before we had even got up this morning :O that's some serious dedication! Though somehow she was still the last to be ready to leave... Oops! Lol. We had breakfast in the room consisting of toast/bagels/cereal before heading to AK. We arrived at about 10:30am.


I had booked us fastpasses for Mickey and Minnie meet and greet so we headed over there first. After a short 5 min wait we had a wonderful meet. Mickey and Minnie loved our t-shirts and made a huge fuss of us :D


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After we said goodbye we made our way over to It's Tough To Be A Bug. I love this show/ride. I always have to sit next to my mum and tell her when to close her eyes and when she can open them again (she doesn't like spiders).





We then had a fastpass for Nemo but we were cutting it close to making it in time. We made the mad dash over there only I was a doofus and went the wrong way :( I took my parents with me and Sy took his parents the right way... They got there and saved us seats at the back, whoops! We luckily did make it in time, phew.


Nemo was good, I know its a favourite of many but for me it drags just a little bit, it could be 10 mins shorter. I probably don't have to do this show on every trip :O Let's be honest, it's no Festival of the Lion King ;) ;) I'll prepare for my stoning and shunning now hehehehe


Our next fastpass was for Kali but we had a little bit of a wait in between so we grabbed some frozen drinks and found somewhere to sit for about 20 mins in the warm sunshine (oh how I could use some of that sunshine right now).


Kali was fab, its definitely my favourite ride in AK. Though it was quite chilly in the shade once we were wet.


We decided it was then time to head over to Epcot. We wanted to get changed first as we were soaked - all apart from Cliff who stayed pretty dry, so he went straight there on the bus to get a return time on the DAS card.


We stopped outside AK for some pics, I offered to take pictures for one family and then they returned the favour.





We quickly got changed back at Kidani and headed back out again, dry and feeling happier we made our way over to Epcot. On a Saturday. During Food and Wine festival. Yes, we were crazy. We hadn't really spent any time eating our way round world showcase, it had been in the plan a few times but had to be dropped cause things were taking a lot longer than I had anticipated, so now we were attempting it early afternoon. On. A. Saturday. The car park should had been enough to put us off... But we ploughed on undeterred...


We met up with Cliff near the fountain and then made our way to Mexico to start our tour of the showcase. I know full well people say stay away from Food and Wine at the weekend but OMG I didn't realise it actually got as bad as this! The queues for the booths were 50 people deep, the queues were 4 times longer than the queue lines. We walked past a couple of booths thinking it must just be those but by the time we got to China I was properly freaking out. The crowds were crazy! We couldn't get near anything so we decided to chalk it up to experience and head back out of WS the way we came in. Mum and I went ahead as we were on our scooters - we have to just go when there is a gap, you can't just stop and wait for your party to catch up as you hold everyone back and you cant go around people as its dangerous so we just had to agree to split up from the others and meet them back over the bridge the way we had come from (anyone whoever wants to say using a scooter in Disney is easier than walking has NO IDEA what they are talking about and this just goes to show one of the reasons why). Unfortunately Sy led the rest of them right past us and towards Soarin' (as that's where we were going to next) so we had to make our own way there.


We were all really hungry by this point, it had been a long time since breakfast and we had been planning to eat a bit round the world so we decided instead to have something to eat inside Sunshine Seasons. I got a kids chicken wrap which was actually really good, I'd definitely have it again! Cliff had some kids Mac and Cheese, he had it there a few years ago and remembered how much he liked it. Not sure what everyone else had though.


After we all had something to eat it was then time to ride Soarin! It was actually really cool knowing we would be going to see some of the places in the film as we are heading to California in May :D


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We then made our way over to Test Track for our last ride of the day.


Our cars...


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It was then time to make a move, we had dinner at Hoop De Doo tonight so we needed to head back and get changed. We stopped on the way out for a couple of pics.


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Back in the room we showered, changed and had some drinks before heading back out to Fort Wilderness. I was a little unsure how long it would take to get there, we were seeing the 8:30pm show but we were driving over there and then getting the bus over to Pioneer Hall so I wanted to make sure we left with enough time... We left Kidani at 7pm and arrived at Pioneer Hall at 7:45pm. Oops! A littler eager lol. The guys got some drinks at the bar while us girls went to look around the shop of course. My mum bought some super cute kitchen containers that I had been eyeing up, I gave her a whole speech about looking after them on her journey home, make sure you put them in your hand luggage etc, totally clueless that as soon as we walked out of the shop mum handed me the bag and told me to carry it as it was mine *awwwwww* thanks mummy!! She aid her and dad had talked about it already and wanted to buy me a little something to say thank you for organising the holiday :D


We rejoined the guys who had now been served and sat with our drinks. Those drinks coupled with the ones we had in the room before leaving meant everyone was feeling quite merry by the time we were due to go in ;) well apart from me, someone has to do the driving after all ;) (not that I can really drink anyway). Drinks finished we went to check in and get a picture, we didn't bother with the photo last time but as we had the memory maker this time it was included so we thought, why not?!





It came out pretty well too. We then lined up with everyone else and waited to head inside. There's no real need to line up as its assigned seating but there wasn't anywhere else to wait. I took a few pics to pass the time.


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We waited for about 15 mins before we were allowed in, our table was right at the front, stage left. The show was as fabulous as I remembered and everyone really enjoyed it. Our parents said it was one of the best things they did all holiday!


Our server was fab, we were very well taken care of. The food was hot and plentiful. Sy and I were picked on a bit for having our Just Renewed our Wedding Vows badges on though we refused to get up and dance (I say we, it was more like me who refused), and then we were all picked on for our birthday badges :D The cast made a fuss of our table, I think it was because we were all having a great time and up for fun. I was quite relieved we weren't picked to be a part of the final show, though it might have been nice to see one of the dads dressed up as the fairy hehehe.


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Once the show had finished we hopped on the bus back to the car park and I drove us back to Kidani. In bed by midnight after another busy but brilliant day![/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL]
 
Another great day! Oh, so you're of to California in May ...... are you going to Disney.... and are you doing a TR? Would be interested to read as we might be thinking of going west next year :rolleyes1

Claire :)
 
We are off west in May :) and yes I'm working on a trip report though I dunno where to put it... Probably in the west coast trip reports section though I will put a link in my signature ;)
 















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