blabbermouth
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2008
We're fair weather golfers, fair weather bike riders etc. so it's a big deal for us to go out in the rain. However, we were at Disneyworld, so obviously we couldn't stay in our room all night! We had been looking forward to Tangierine Cafe, so we decided to head back to Epcot.
We arrived back at the park at about 6:45ish. I had one umbrella, so we had a nice cuddly walk from the bus to the front gate and into the first store on the left where Jason decided to buy a second umbrella! They were $12ish, which we thought was a great deal since the ponchos are $8 and we'd actually use the umbrella at home too! So we gained our independence and hoofed it over to Morocco. At the back of the park! Haha.
It was nice and quiet in Future World, but we were too hungry for rides.
The long walk was worth it!
We both got Shwarma platters and baklava. Jason had the lamb and chicken combo and I had the chicken.
Seriously, so much food! Everything was delicious. The chicken with the tzatziki was flavourful, the pita was soft and the hummus silky smooth. The couscous and tabouli salads were light and fresh tasting. We had no hope of getting through our meals and desserts, so we got a to-go box for our baklava and a bag to carry them in. This was handy because our umbrellas could share a bag with our dessert
I really like the ceiling and the light fixture here...
but boy did it ever LEAK! We had to adjust our chairs so we didn't get dripped on. Weird! We made sure we relaxed here to digest so I didn't regret eating so much again... I'll learn, I think!
After our lovely dinner, we decided to head over to Mitsukoshi (it was still raining). We spent like half an hour browsing here. I bought an origami kit and DH bought a thingee to go on his motorcycle (haha, so descriptive!)
I'll take one of these please!
So many stuffies!
Domo
Some cute, super expensive mini houses
And some amazing dishes that I'd love, but also quite expensive
Japan had the friendliest CMs! They always offered to take our pictures.
Cute!
Mini trees! Apparently I have an affinity for mini things.
We wandered towards USA and stopped for a potty break and to try and track down our friends since we had just overheard that Illuminations would still be happening! We didn't expect it would, so we were happy to hear that and stick around for it. Our friends decided to pass, I can't remember where they were though, DTD maybe? They did a lot of shopping in DTD.
So, we decided it was finally time for a GGS!!!! Grey Goose Slushie
We stood under a big umbrella next to the stand to stay out of the rain (still!). But it wasn't a very good place to watch the show, so we headed left towards the bridge and went down to the lower viewing area and grabbed a spot near a planter. We stood under our umbrellas drinking the sweet amazing GGS and waited for the show to start.
It's hard holding a phone for pics, an umbrella and a GGS at the same time. But I mostly wanted to just relax and enjoy the show, so I didn't take many pics.
Not sure why that guy is looking at his phone and not in the direction of the globe.
Halfway through the show, the rain stopped, hurrah!
I like Illuminations, but don't love it. It was nice feeling the warmth of the fireworks though and we had a pretty centred view which was nice.
We wandered slowly out of the park, into the England store for a minute.
And through Canada because I love home, haha. But just for a second.
I'm not a fan, but a lot of people love Tim Horton's coffee. This would be good to know in case you want to brew your own while you're in WDW.
Love the ball at night, and one of my fave pics of the trip.
And then we headed into Mouse Gears!
We both really liked these cups, but never bought one.
I was looking up, these gears move!
Jason tried on a shirt, haha, but decided not to buy it. He did fall in love with Perry this trip though!
Continued in next post...
We arrived back at the park at about 6:45ish. I had one umbrella, so we had a nice cuddly walk from the bus to the front gate and into the first store on the left where Jason decided to buy a second umbrella! They were $12ish, which we thought was a great deal since the ponchos are $8 and we'd actually use the umbrella at home too! So we gained our independence and hoofed it over to Morocco. At the back of the park! Haha.
It was nice and quiet in Future World, but we were too hungry for rides.
The long walk was worth it!
We both got Shwarma platters and baklava. Jason had the lamb and chicken combo and I had the chicken.
Seriously, so much food! Everything was delicious. The chicken with the tzatziki was flavourful, the pita was soft and the hummus silky smooth. The couscous and tabouli salads were light and fresh tasting. We had no hope of getting through our meals and desserts, so we got a to-go box for our baklava and a bag to carry them in. This was handy because our umbrellas could share a bag with our dessert
I really like the ceiling and the light fixture here...
but boy did it ever LEAK! We had to adjust our chairs so we didn't get dripped on. Weird! We made sure we relaxed here to digest so I didn't regret eating so much again... I'll learn, I think!
After our lovely dinner, we decided to head over to Mitsukoshi (it was still raining). We spent like half an hour browsing here. I bought an origami kit and DH bought a thingee to go on his motorcycle (haha, so descriptive!)
I'll take one of these please!
So many stuffies!
Domo
Some cute, super expensive mini houses
And some amazing dishes that I'd love, but also quite expensive
Japan had the friendliest CMs! They always offered to take our pictures.
Cute!
Mini trees! Apparently I have an affinity for mini things.
We wandered towards USA and stopped for a potty break and to try and track down our friends since we had just overheard that Illuminations would still be happening! We didn't expect it would, so we were happy to hear that and stick around for it. Our friends decided to pass, I can't remember where they were though, DTD maybe? They did a lot of shopping in DTD.
So, we decided it was finally time for a GGS!!!! Grey Goose Slushie
We stood under a big umbrella next to the stand to stay out of the rain (still!). But it wasn't a very good place to watch the show, so we headed left towards the bridge and went down to the lower viewing area and grabbed a spot near a planter. We stood under our umbrellas drinking the sweet amazing GGS and waited for the show to start.
It's hard holding a phone for pics, an umbrella and a GGS at the same time. But I mostly wanted to just relax and enjoy the show, so I didn't take many pics.
Not sure why that guy is looking at his phone and not in the direction of the globe.
Halfway through the show, the rain stopped, hurrah!
I like Illuminations, but don't love it. It was nice feeling the warmth of the fireworks though and we had a pretty centred view which was nice.
We wandered slowly out of the park, into the England store for a minute.
And through Canada because I love home, haha. But just for a second.
I'm not a fan, but a lot of people love Tim Horton's coffee. This would be good to know in case you want to brew your own while you're in WDW.
Love the ball at night, and one of my fave pics of the trip.
And then we headed into Mouse Gears!
We both really liked these cups, but never bought one.
I was looking up, these gears move!
Jason tried on a shirt, haha, but decided not to buy it. He did fall in love with Perry this trip though!
Continued in next post...