Ive been on jury duty the past 2 weeks and finally had to go to the court house Wednesday. I got selected for a jury, of course. Thats the kind of luck I have its the third time Ive been on a jury. It was a complete waste of a day and waste of my taxpaying money. The case should have never have gone to court. 
I last left you during our break of our Epcot day. The boys had a great time in the quiet pool. We headed back to Epcot on the bus.
We took our time walking back to WS for our 6:25 ADR at Biergarten.
We signed in for our ADR and were given our pagers. DH was looking forward to eating here. I reminded everyone that we would be sitting with other people at our table and it would be a good prep for our cruise next year. DS8 got tired of standing around and found a quiet place to sit down to wait.
My pictures from inside didnt come out as good as I would have liked as I was using the old camera since the battery on the new camera was charging in the new charger DH had bought. The inside of the restaurant is large and makes you feel like you are at Oktoberfest. We sat down with 2 different couples and no other children. I whispered to the boys to make me proud and have good table manners. You never know with my boys.
The food at Biergarten was good. Better than I expected. DH was very happy. Dinner there is a buffet and some of the things we ate were schnitzel, sauerkraut, sausage, hot potato salad. Desserts were fresh fruit, slices of black forest cake (which was a little dry) and some other cakes and pudding. I had a German beer which was great. The entertainment was fun and I was surprised when the boys didnt ask to go down in front with the other children. I guess they were hungry. I would go back to Biergarten again and I would make sure to time our ADR with show-time as we lucked out with this one. Our ADR was at 6:25 which was perfect we could be seated, order our drinks, and start eating prior to the show.
After dinner, we just took our time walking around WS and taking in the evening atmosphere. I love it back in that part of Epcot and always enjoy being there. After walking around, we figured out it was time to start looking for a place to park for Illuminations. Every place we went to was not convenient with the ECV. Finally, I asked a CM if there was a viewing spot for disabled people and was directed to nearby Rose & Crown. According to the CM, only the ECV user and 2 other people could come in I asked nicely that we had 2 kids and he let us in. It was a nice spot for viewing Illuminations but it had some trees that blocked the higher fireworks. Next time, I would find a spot earlier in the evening. WS was more crowded due to F&W which did make it a little more difficult to navigate. The kids asked for some snacks so I gave them a KTTW. DS8 got popcorn. DS13 got his new favorite WDW snack a fozen strawberry bar.
I found my first Mickey ice cream bar of the trip YUM and I cant remember what DH had.
I gave the boys their glow stix which didnt work very well. I had gotten them at the Dollar store and I mustve bought them a long time ago.
Finally, Illuminations started and I teared up like I usually do when it starts. I love Illuminations and would never want to miss it on a trip to WDW. The pics I took did not come out at all. I really need to learn how to play with the new camera.
The reason I like this pic is because the fire shows the intensity and how much heat and light that it gives off.
After Illuminations, we took our time walking with the crowds back to the front of Epcot to get back on the bus. The boys needed to find the restroom and DH and I hung out under the ball near the entrance to SE and I took this pic with the new camera. I thought it was kind of neat.
The boys were taking way too long at this point and I sent DH into the bathroom to find them and they werent there. We called DS13 on his cell phone and he didnt answer. How many times can we lose our kids in one day? Were really not bad parents. The phone rang right away and it was DS13 who told us he couldnt get the phone out of the holder quick enough. He told us they were past the turnstiles so eventually we found them and got to the bus. There was a line waiting which I expected and DH rode the ECV to the front like he was supposed to. The bus came right after that and DH and I discussed that we would wait for the next bus because those people had been waiting. A lot of people heard us and thanked us. It was the right thing to do. It didnt take too long for another bus. Back to CSR and again I was thankful for the location of our room because we were there in no time. Time for bed. Another RD tomorrow morning and I was looking forward to TSM!
I last left you during our break of our Epcot day. The boys had a great time in the quiet pool. We headed back to Epcot on the bus.
We took our time walking back to WS for our 6:25 ADR at Biergarten.
We signed in for our ADR and were given our pagers. DH was looking forward to eating here. I reminded everyone that we would be sitting with other people at our table and it would be a good prep for our cruise next year. DS8 got tired of standing around and found a quiet place to sit down to wait.
My pictures from inside didnt come out as good as I would have liked as I was using the old camera since the battery on the new camera was charging in the new charger DH had bought. The inside of the restaurant is large and makes you feel like you are at Oktoberfest. We sat down with 2 different couples and no other children. I whispered to the boys to make me proud and have good table manners. You never know with my boys.
The food at Biergarten was good. Better than I expected. DH was very happy. Dinner there is a buffet and some of the things we ate were schnitzel, sauerkraut, sausage, hot potato salad. Desserts were fresh fruit, slices of black forest cake (which was a little dry) and some other cakes and pudding. I had a German beer which was great. The entertainment was fun and I was surprised when the boys didnt ask to go down in front with the other children. I guess they were hungry. I would go back to Biergarten again and I would make sure to time our ADR with show-time as we lucked out with this one. Our ADR was at 6:25 which was perfect we could be seated, order our drinks, and start eating prior to the show.
After dinner, we just took our time walking around WS and taking in the evening atmosphere. I love it back in that part of Epcot and always enjoy being there. After walking around, we figured out it was time to start looking for a place to park for Illuminations. Every place we went to was not convenient with the ECV. Finally, I asked a CM if there was a viewing spot for disabled people and was directed to nearby Rose & Crown. According to the CM, only the ECV user and 2 other people could come in I asked nicely that we had 2 kids and he let us in. It was a nice spot for viewing Illuminations but it had some trees that blocked the higher fireworks. Next time, I would find a spot earlier in the evening. WS was more crowded due to F&W which did make it a little more difficult to navigate. The kids asked for some snacks so I gave them a KTTW. DS8 got popcorn. DS13 got his new favorite WDW snack a fozen strawberry bar.
I found my first Mickey ice cream bar of the trip YUM and I cant remember what DH had.
I gave the boys their glow stix which didnt work very well. I had gotten them at the Dollar store and I mustve bought them a long time ago.
Finally, Illuminations started and I teared up like I usually do when it starts. I love Illuminations and would never want to miss it on a trip to WDW. The pics I took did not come out at all. I really need to learn how to play with the new camera.
The reason I like this pic is because the fire shows the intensity and how much heat and light that it gives off.
After Illuminations, we took our time walking with the crowds back to the front of Epcot to get back on the bus. The boys needed to find the restroom and DH and I hung out under the ball near the entrance to SE and I took this pic with the new camera. I thought it was kind of neat.
The boys were taking way too long at this point and I sent DH into the bathroom to find them and they werent there. We called DS13 on his cell phone and he didnt answer. How many times can we lose our kids in one day? Were really not bad parents. The phone rang right away and it was DS13 who told us he couldnt get the phone out of the holder quick enough. He told us they were past the turnstiles so eventually we found them and got to the bus. There was a line waiting which I expected and DH rode the ECV to the front like he was supposed to. The bus came right after that and DH and I discussed that we would wait for the next bus because those people had been waiting. A lot of people heard us and thanked us. It was the right thing to do. It didnt take too long for another bus. Back to CSR and again I was thankful for the location of our room because we were there in no time. Time for bed. Another RD tomorrow morning and I was looking forward to TSM!
I love him soooo much!!! How cool DS was the first one of the day and got some special Mickey time!
But, first we went on Star Tours with no wait in standby an attraction I was afraid of on our last trip but did it. This time no problem. There were a lot of people starting to get in place for Jedi Training and we were able to get a place in front as well. The boys had no idea what the show was about. The music started, the Jedi master came out and started selecting children to participate. At first it looked like he was picking younger children. DS8 was jumping up and down and waving his hand. YES! Luckily, the Jedi Master didnt want to ruin our day. 
. "Wake up dear - show's over - it's time to go!"
