Joyciemc
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I did not mean to become one of those trip reports that petered out at the end and never got finished! Things have been so busy around here, I just haven't had time... but there's only a day left of the trip, so we'll be able to get the end, I promise!
When I left off, Ben and I had just finished completing all the Kim Possible Missions (along with a few drinks).
We still had quite a bit of time before our dinner ADR at Biergarten, but we were still having a blast in Epcot and figured we would stay put till dinner. But what were we gonna do for the next few hours?
Don't forget- it was still super duper hot and standing outside to figure out a plan was not an option. So we ducked into a store (I can't remember which country we were in) that happened to have a rack of 'Hidden Mickey' books just inside the door. It was nice and cool in there, and Ben picked up a book and started reading. We actually own this book, but I hadn't packed it. Since we weren't about to re-purchase a book we already bought, Ben thought we should take pictures of the pages so we could go on a World Showcase HM hunt.
It was kind of embarrassing, but no one was paying attention to us anyway. So we snapped a few pics of the pertinent pages.
And off we headed to find some of them!
Along the way, a kind stranger offered to take a picture of the two of us. What we didn't realize was that he was going to take the picture from as far away as possible. We ended up with a pretty amusing shot- teeny tiny Ben, Joyce and Spaceship Earth!
We took a picture of our own in the America pavilion.
We rode Mealstrom so Ben could see the HM in the mural, and so we could both try to find a Hidden Donald in this lady's shirt. We looked and looked, but I can still only sorta see it... maybe
I'm glad we rode Maelstrom, because we almost missed hanging out with this guy:
I think it was in the Norway store that I treated Ben to an impromptu puppet show. But I suppose it could have been Germany... find a store with these puppets, and that is where it happened. Luckily, we have proof:
And a picture of the puppet show cast:
After my amazing performance, we decided to try something new... the movie in France. Did we enjoy it?
Well... I fell asleep. Sitting up! My head didn't even tip over... and Ben got a kick out of watching me. All that drinking and running around in the heat had caught up with me. I needed a nap! But I did feel pretty good afterwards...
There was still quite a bit of time before dinner, and we had not ridden Test Track yet this trip so we headed off to Future World. The stand-by wait was quite long, so we headed in the single rider line. It was a very quick walk through the queue, and Ben and I were placed in the same car. Unfortunately, the family of 4 that was already getting settled in the car were not expecting us to join them. Dad and son in the front had left the middle seat empty, while the mom and daughter in the back were buckling their backpack into the seat between them. They looked up at me waiting to get in the car with total confusion. The little girl was saying, 'mom, mom, mom' over and over. I think she was scared of the crazy person trying to get in the car.
I just smiled and said, 'single rider line'. And waited for them to unbuckle their backpack. After traumatizing that family, Ben and I headed to Mission:Space. For the first time in a looooooong time, the wait for the Orange side was too long for us to wait. So we opted for the Green side. And wow, is that boring! Totally not worth the time it takes to get on the ride. For us, the best part of Mission:Space is the feeling at take off. On the Green side, there are not feelings of motion except for a few times when the car rumbles a little. But at least now we know!
It was finally late enough to head back towards Germany for dinner.
But not before stopping in to France for a pre-dinner Napoleon. What? We were hungry!
Ben apparently decided to document me making my selection...
Once that was taken care of, we checked in at Biergarten and got our pager. Somerfest was pretty crowded, but we found some seats at a table with a nice couple who offered them to us. So we got to sit while we waited, and chatted with them. They were very nice, but the topics of conversation focused on a series of tragedies they had recently been through. Heavy stuff for a 15 minute chat with strangers. I hope things get better for them!
On that note, we were finally being called for dinner. Biergarten is a family style restaurant, and if you are a party of 2 you are guaranteed to be seated with another group. In our case, we with a family of 6 who were at the tail end of a 3 week trip to WDW. 3 weeks! They were very nice and we had fun chatting with them about Disney in general.
Ben and I enjoyed this place, the ambiance and the music were great! As for the food, I found some things I really liked, but was not 'wowed' by the selections in general. The food was tasty enough, but nothing we're dying to head back for.
After dinner, the park was closed. We were finally at the end of our very long day, and headed back to the Poly. It was only 10pm when we made it back to the room. I passed out in about 30 seconds, after setting the alarm so we could get up in plenty of time to enjoy the MK on our last morning.
When I left off, Ben and I had just finished completing all the Kim Possible Missions (along with a few drinks).
We still had quite a bit of time before our dinner ADR at Biergarten, but we were still having a blast in Epcot and figured we would stay put till dinner. But what were we gonna do for the next few hours?
Don't forget- it was still super duper hot and standing outside to figure out a plan was not an option. So we ducked into a store (I can't remember which country we were in) that happened to have a rack of 'Hidden Mickey' books just inside the door. It was nice and cool in there, and Ben picked up a book and started reading. We actually own this book, but I hadn't packed it. Since we weren't about to re-purchase a book we already bought, Ben thought we should take pictures of the pages so we could go on a World Showcase HM hunt.
It was kind of embarrassing, but no one was paying attention to us anyway. So we snapped a few pics of the pertinent pages.
And off we headed to find some of them!
Along the way, a kind stranger offered to take a picture of the two of us. What we didn't realize was that he was going to take the picture from as far away as possible. We ended up with a pretty amusing shot- teeny tiny Ben, Joyce and Spaceship Earth!
We took a picture of our own in the America pavilion.
We rode Mealstrom so Ben could see the HM in the mural, and so we could both try to find a Hidden Donald in this lady's shirt. We looked and looked, but I can still only sorta see it... maybe
I'm glad we rode Maelstrom, because we almost missed hanging out with this guy:
I think it was in the Norway store that I treated Ben to an impromptu puppet show. But I suppose it could have been Germany... find a store with these puppets, and that is where it happened. Luckily, we have proof:
And a picture of the puppet show cast:
After my amazing performance, we decided to try something new... the movie in France. Did we enjoy it?
Well... I fell asleep. Sitting up! My head didn't even tip over... and Ben got a kick out of watching me. All that drinking and running around in the heat had caught up with me. I needed a nap! But I did feel pretty good afterwards...
There was still quite a bit of time before dinner, and we had not ridden Test Track yet this trip so we headed off to Future World. The stand-by wait was quite long, so we headed in the single rider line. It was a very quick walk through the queue, and Ben and I were placed in the same car. Unfortunately, the family of 4 that was already getting settled in the car were not expecting us to join them. Dad and son in the front had left the middle seat empty, while the mom and daughter in the back were buckling their backpack into the seat between them. They looked up at me waiting to get in the car with total confusion. The little girl was saying, 'mom, mom, mom' over and over. I think she was scared of the crazy person trying to get in the car.
I just smiled and said, 'single rider line'. And waited for them to unbuckle their backpack. After traumatizing that family, Ben and I headed to Mission:Space. For the first time in a looooooong time, the wait for the Orange side was too long for us to wait. So we opted for the Green side. And wow, is that boring! Totally not worth the time it takes to get on the ride. For us, the best part of Mission:Space is the feeling at take off. On the Green side, there are not feelings of motion except for a few times when the car rumbles a little. But at least now we know!
It was finally late enough to head back towards Germany for dinner.
But not before stopping in to France for a pre-dinner Napoleon. What? We were hungry!
Ben apparently decided to document me making my selection...
Once that was taken care of, we checked in at Biergarten and got our pager. Somerfest was pretty crowded, but we found some seats at a table with a nice couple who offered them to us. So we got to sit while we waited, and chatted with them. They were very nice, but the topics of conversation focused on a series of tragedies they had recently been through. Heavy stuff for a 15 minute chat with strangers. I hope things get better for them!
On that note, we were finally being called for dinner. Biergarten is a family style restaurant, and if you are a party of 2 you are guaranteed to be seated with another group. In our case, we with a family of 6 who were at the tail end of a 3 week trip to WDW. 3 weeks! They were very nice and we had fun chatting with them about Disney in general.
Ben and I enjoyed this place, the ambiance and the music were great! As for the food, I found some things I really liked, but was not 'wowed' by the selections in general. The food was tasty enough, but nothing we're dying to head back for.
After dinner, the park was closed. We were finally at the end of our very long day, and headed back to the Poly. It was only 10pm when we made it back to the room. I passed out in about 30 seconds, after setting the alarm so we could get up in plenty of time to enjoy the MK on our last morning.
I can't wait to see how things went at the MK! 
