The great race
We woke up bright and early the next morning and dragged ourselves out of bed, Mum would be joining us later. We walked to Epcot since it would probably be quicker than taking the boat. We got there at around 7:45 and there was only a small crowd at the International Gateway which we got to the front of. I saw this adorable little girl dressed as Belle, I had a little conversation with her which made my day. I love seeing all the little princesses in the parks!
The gates opened at 8, and im delighted to tell y’all that I was first through the turnstiles. I waited up for the others but we were still the first family through! We walked briskly in the direction of Soarin but it was too much for Emma, who had to take it slower. But Katie and I went on. Another man who had got through the turnstiles just after us started trying to overtake us. We weren’t having that. So we walked faster so he started running and we started running. There wasn’t anyone about so the cast members didn’t seem to mind.
WE WON THOUGH! Of course, we weren’t gonna let anyone beat us. We were probably in the first soarin ride of the day, which is always good! You know it’s gonna be a good day when you’re the first people to ride soarin! Dad and Emma even managed to catch up and ride with us which was great!
Soarin was every bit as magical as I remembered, the music, the film, the smell, Patrick, EVERYTHING! It’s just so amazing!
After we’d got off Soarin, we headed over to Living with the Land, not before grabbing a fastpass for later though. The return time was perfect!
We enjoyed Living with the Land very much, I love learning about the Land and all the plants in the pavilion! It’s a great experience.
Next we went to the character spot which was due to open at 9, we lined up at the door and we were second in line! When it opened, Mickey came to the door to greet us and then led us through where the queue would be, all the way to where he meets the guests! It was so cute!
He was first up, we had an awesome meet with the mouse, you really can never go wrong!
Next was pluto!
Last but not least, Minnie, who was super sweet and gave us all hugs! She loved my shirt which had her face on it!
Then we went on Journey into Imagination for the very first time! I absolutely loved it; it’s so cute and cheesy! We all really liked it, Figment is adorable! It’s so inspiring as well!
Then we went back into the Land to ride Soarin again, which was awesome! Dad then went to get us all Test Track fastpasses while Emma, Katie and I went on The Sea’s With Nemo and Friends which was so cute!
We all met up outside Turtle talk with crush which we watched next! I absolutely love seeing this, I find it hilarious! We had an extremely dull cast member running it, however it didn’t ruin the show at all, we all really enjoyed it! Lots of laughs!
We then split up, I went to Mission Space and the others went to The Circle of Life. I chickened out of the Orange side and opted for Green instead. I was met this nice Spanish lady who spoke English luckily! I wasn’t as good at Spanish back then and im still not that great! We were both terrible at controlling the spaceship and kept pressing the wrong buttons at the wrong times! It’s a good thing it didn’t rely on us pressing the right buttons because otherwise we all would have died!
It was fun, but I kind of wish I’d gone on the other side now since I found the Green side rather dull, however it was still fun!
I headed over to Spaceship Earth where we’d agreed to meet, but the wait was quite long. I did some pin trading while I waited for them to meet me.
We decided to leave Spaceship Earth for another day since we weren’t going to wait 15 minutes! We headed to the front of Spaceship earth where we had some photopass pictures!
Our test track window opened up then, so we headed towards test track. I offered to go and get Maelstrom fastpasses, so I went ahead in the blazing heat. I stopped on a bench to reapply my sun cream since today was particularly warm. Once I’d obtained the fastpasses, I met the others at Test Track.
At the time it was down so we waited outside, we were at the front of the line.
Before long it opened back up and we went in to design our car! This was a very cool feature, it was so fun to do!
The ride itself was great, I give new test track a huge thumbs up!
Up next- around the world in 3 hours, character editon
