Day 5 Part 5- The End of a Super Long, Very Un-TGM Like Day!
When I last left off we were on our way back to the room after the TL EMH was over and the boys were asking which park had EMH that night. I looked in my handy dandy notebook and it was Epcot. “Well, let’s go!” they replied!
I, as the TourGuide extraordinaire was a little nervous. We had already done MGM, got in a fight, more MGM, napped, went to TL, and now go to another park?!? I don’t know about this. I’d also never been to an evening EMH anywhere besides MK. I knew MK EMH’s were awesome, but would Epcot’s be a disaster? Worst of all we were to make rope drop tomorrow at MK. Tired guest don’t make happy memories as TGM would say!
I decided to go with the flow though. Everyone wanted to go to Epcot, they were all in happy moods, and we might as well just do it! We went back to the room, changed, and headed to Epcot!
Now, Chad’s girlfriend (the GPS unit) wasn’t on in time for me to navigate us to Epcot clearly. I was driving and got us completely lost. I think we had to get on and off the highway like three times. Finally Chad’s girlfriend got us back on track and we arrived. We had a pretty good parking spot and I thought the EMH might not be half bad.
As we headed in, I hoped everyone’s lighthearted moods would last through the evening. We were all laughing and getting along. It might have helped that Chad brought himself a little drinky-poo. He poured out part of a 20 ounce bottle of Coke and poured in some Crown Royal. This went right past security with no issue. No, I’m not condoning bringing in your own alcohol, but I was glad because my brother is definitely more pleasant when he’s been drinking. Sad as that may sound.
Right when we got inside the park there were several deserted strollers that people had taken clear to the turnstiles. I figured these were open for the taking so I grabbed one and told Halie to jump in. She enjoyed her one night of being in the stroller!
First we headed to Soarin’. It had a 30 minute standby. I don’t do lines. I’m a TGMer. I’ve never waited that long for anything. But, I was going with the flow, so we got in line. It was actually kind of fun being in the standby line. We’d never been in it long enough to play the interactive games. Chad was really in to it which made it fun!
Rob and Halie in line…
The line ended up being about 40 minutes, but finally we got on the ride. We all loved it! Chad and Halie thought it was great. Halie was scared last time she rode it, so I was glad she enjoyed it this time. Chad taped the whole thing on his camera phone. I loved when he was taking pictures or video. I knew he was truly enjoying himself when he would do that!
After Soarin’ we went to the Sunshine Seasons to eat. I was disappointed because it’s one of my favorite CS places because of the variety. Well, during EMH there isn’t any variety. It was practically all closed. We all ended up getting ham sandwiches and Halie got a kids meal mini-sub.
Halie’s meal
My meal with Strawberry shortcake
Rob got Key Lime Pie with his.
And Chad got Butterfinger Cheesecake.
I guess I also got a picture of Chad’s very exciting beer!
During this meal, Chad took a picture of Halie holding his beer with his camera phone. He texted it to her mom with the message, Living it up at Disney World! It was funny!!!
After we ate we went on Living with the Land or whatever that boat ride is called. We really liked it. We think that ride is so interesting. The funniest thing that day was when Halie said, “Somebody has green fingers in here!” I think she meant a green thumb. It was so cute!
Next we headed to Figment. It was good. Then over to TT. TT had a 50 minute wait. By then everyone’s energy level had started to droop so we decided to head on back to OKW. Overall, Epcot’s EMH was okay. Not as good as MK’s. Next time, I’d like to try doing the WS during and EMH.
Chad and Halie on the way to the car.
When we got to the parking lot, Chad found a wheelchair and started playing in it. It was really funny! He was doing wheelies and everything!
We were back to the room at midnight. We passed out as soon as we hit the pillows!
Up Next: Will tired guests make happy memories at the Magic Kingdom?