Here is a little note that is important to today. DH never really was too excited about Disney. He said from the onset we would not be back for at least another 5 years.
I have always loved Epcot! It is my favorite of all of the parks!
Moonk and I had looked forward to seeing the world and visiting all of the different countries.
Big Boy and Bits were excited to see the big ball!
So we got up, not too early, but by 7:00.
Everyone, except Moonk, had some breakfast.
Okay, side note here…has anyone else rented those dang refrigerators at POP? I could never get the temp adjusted just right that we didn’t have ice chocolate milk and frozen apple juice. Which I have to say, if you are hot after the parks…that is some good stuff! But in the morning…shocking to the system.
Sooooo…Moonk decided no milk shake for breakfast and only nibbled on her pop tart. I stuck food in my bag for her.
We met my parents at the buses and we were off. We actually arrived earlier than I thought we would. The park had not been open that long. We of course had to check out the facilities upon arrival…they seemed up to par…
The line at the ball was short, so we jumped in line…
And we waited….
Didn’t move….
Waited some more….
Then a CM came out to inform us the ball was broke.
She invited us all to stay in line (not!).
We left there and headed out for Nemo.
From off in the distance the kids heard their friends calling, so they answered them.
Mine…Mine…Mine…Mine…This went on for a few minutes.
We walked thru the mile long cue to load into our clamshells. There was nobody there…creepy really!
The kids loved it. We got off and looked around a bit.
Then it was time to talk with Crush.
Big Boy had waited MONTHS for this! HE had his question ready. I explained to him that not everyone gets picked, he said no problem.
We went in, the three most beautiful children at Epcot that day went and sat up front. (They are mine, so of course they were beautiful!)
They sat patiently waiting and watching and laughing…then the show was over…
Oh no! I got to Big Boy and there they were…the tears.
“Mommy! I had a great question for Crush!”
“I know baby. Maybe next time. Remember, there were a lot of kids in there and he couldn’t talk to everybody.”
“Okay” sniffle, sniffle…
Oh! His question…”Crush, are you married?” Cute Huh?
So we came out for a picture. Where we waited for this one mom to pose her kids 15 gazillion times! Yelling at her kids the ENTIRE time!!! I mean…this ain’t portrait time! Get on with it!
We got our quick pics, I collected everyone’s tickets and ran ahead to Soarin’…and I do mean ran! Then only to get caught off by a woman trying to go to the same place.
Next, I meet the family downstairs for The Land…I love this ride…I love to garden…don’t do it well…I just love to try!
I mean, look at those veggies!
We got off of there and it was yet again time for a potty break. I said let’s head back to the ball and see if it is working. It was! LONG LINE!!! Oh well…by now, Moonk was STARVING!!! We grabbed her a Coke. She needed a sugar boost. We don’t usually give our kids too much soda…but WDW calls for that extra energy sugar and caffeine Coke can offer.
I offered up the stowed away granola bar and she took to it like a starved lion cub. She felt much better.
My artistic piture of the ball.
The line moved pretty fast. Big boy started to get his worry on. He saw that the ramp went INTO the ball…where did he think the ride was?
I asked him to ride with me. He thought that to be a good choice. Plus Moonk wanted to be with Daddy. Bits was nice and small so he rode with Memaw and Pepaw.
We got inside to the walkway of death and loaded up. Big Boy hunkered over near me. We were off. I have to say, I don’t remember the incline being so steep, I know it was, but even I got a little concerned. Not sure why, just did.
We talked the whole ride, Big Boy REALLY enjoyed it.
When we got off, he wanted to go right back on!
We went and emailed our pictures to ourselves. Don’t laugh at mine! I’m not sure what I was doing! Maybe worried…again, don’t know where Big Boy gets it from?
She came out of the ride fine, just repeating "too scary" over and over. Oops. I'll have to start saving now for her therapy.
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