Thursday, October 18, 2007:
Today we went to Epcot. After we got our stroller rented,and the free paper “crowns” that they gave us there, Alex, Alyssa, Angela and I headed over towards Test Track. Rich and Ashley quickly walked over to Soaring, and got fast passes to use later in the day, and then meet the rest of us over at Test Track. Alyssa was tall enough to go on this ride, so she decided she wanted to try it. Rich took Alex, Ashley,and Alyssa with him and Angela and I played outside while they went on the ride. (When you look at the pictures you’ll find lots of pictures of Angela and Alyssa outside… goofing off. They had to wait a lot for us to go on the “thrill” rides twice since we had to take turns, but they did great and really were content and happy to just talk and play during those times). When they came out Alyssa said she liked it, but not enough that she wanted to go on it again. Alex and Ashley went on it with me for my turn and she stayed back with Rich and Angela.
After that we went over to “Mission Space”. Last year Rich and I rode it and went on the spinning/orange side of the ride. Both of us almost got sick and it really put a damper on my day for a few hours. This year I went with Alex and Ashley on it and we rode the non-spinning/green side of the ride. This was much easier on my stomach and we had fun. I think Rich had flashbacks to last year and just did not have any desire to go on the ride, so we didn’t swap kids for that ride.
Then we went over across the park to “Soaring”. (We parked the stroller outside the pavilion area and left the four paper crowns sitting on top of the stroller canopy. Later when we finally got back to the stroller- the paper crowns were gone. I’m sure they just blew away in the wind, but the girls were a little upset about it.) Soaring is the ride that I didn’t particularly like last year- I’m afraid of heights and unlike most thrill rides where you have that fear and then the adrenaline chases it away because your going fast up and down the roller coaster track- Soaring gave me that fear of heights gut twisting feeling the whole entire time… way to long for my comfort level. Rich loves the ride, so he took Alex and Ashley on it while Alyssa and Angela and I hung out in the cafeteria next to it. Alyssa was on a major “DADDY” kick during this trip, so she was not happy when Daddy left and she couldn’t go on the ride because she was too short. I had to pull out the snacks and my cell phone and let her play a game on the phone and eat snacks to keep her happy that time. We followed that with an Alyssa friendly ride- “Finding Nemo”. Actually the ride was down when we first went, so we went to the other side of that building and looked at the fish tanks and saw all the neat stuff over there, then we went on the ride.
After that we headed back to the Pavilion that “Soarin” is in and had some lunch. They had great kids lunches and the kids inhaled the mac and cheese in their lunch. They didn’t care for the cornbread muffin, but they couldn’t eat the cup of chocolate pudding fast enough! I had a turkey and meunster sandwich with a chipotle mayo on it… yummy. Then we went on the rides in the pavilion there, and saw a movie they have there. We then went over to the next pavilion over where they have more science things. We went on the Imagination ride and had fun playing with the interactive things at the end of that ride. Then we went outside and it was pouring down rain. We ran over to watch the “Honey I shrunk the audience” show.
One thing I do not like about Disney is how they handle large crowds for their shows. They have everyone go into these “holding rooms” where everyone has to stand up and wait for like 15 -20 minutes… You feel like you’re a cow in a herd being bunched up, and there’s nothing to sit on or lean against… just everyone crowded in together. Of course right as we are about to go into the theatre… Alyssa had to go to the bathroom. There was no way we would find a bathroom and get back into the Theatre before they started, so Alyssa and Angela and I hiked out to find a bathroom and Alex and Ashley and Rich stayed to watch the show. Apparently Alex freaked out with the 3-D part of the show and Rich spent most of the time trying to calm him down (something he didn’t tell me until the next day… I’ll tell you that story later). We then went on a few more rides, and then headed over to the “World Showcase” part of Epcot. Of course we had to stop and see what the wait time was for “Test Track”. It was about an hour so we got fast passes to use later and then went on over to the World Showcase.
Now I knew that we would not take our time and look at all the different countries like Rich and I did last year. The kids just do not have that same interest in other countries to slowly walk around and learn about them, so we just went on the Mexico boat ride, and walked through the next few countries without really stopping and looking at anything. We had reservations for Biergarten and were not sure if we would use them because we weren’t certain the kids would like anything on the menu. When we got to the Germany showcase area we went back and asked what items were on the menu that were kid friendly. They had the pre-requisite of mac and cheese, so we decided we would go ahead and use our reservations. Inside they seat you at long tables and if your family isn’t big enough to fill the table, you share the table with another family. There was a family of four next to us from New York. There is also a german music show going on off and on throughout the dinner hours. They play german songs on unique German instruments. It was really neat to watch and the kids really got into the music. We all had a great time.
Our kids and the kids in the family next to us really really enjoyed the vanilla pudding that they had on the buffet line. They kept wanting more and more. The boy sitting next to me from the other family was telling his mom how good the pudding was. He told her it’s better than her life… she asked him is it really? You would give up your life for more of it? He then said “No mom, it’s better than YOUR life” She and her husband and I just cracked up laughing (Rich was off at the buffet with one of our kids). She then said she needed to drink more of her beer…. Which they had HUGE mugs of…. Lol! The food was good, Lots of yummy German food. Rich and I enjoyed it a lot, and the kids filled up on their mac and cheese and pudding. We all had a great time.
After dinner we headed back to Test track. We went on it- in two shifts, and then the kids had fun playing in a water area next to test track. They got soaked. By then it was dark and we headed back to the hotel for the night.
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