chcmama
Mouseketeer
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- Jun 30, 2007
Day 3: Epcot
We got up had breakfast at GKTW and then headed to Epcot, once again got to park in medical overflow right up front We managed to get there at 9:30…pretty close to rope drop Got some fun pictures after we were in.
We headed straight to Soaring, then Living in the Land, Journey to Imagination and the Nemo, we were going to do Turtle Talk with Crush but it wasn't working…I mean they couldn't find Crush because he was out surfing or something But I did take this pic, i had one from the last time we went to WDW and I was feeling a little sentimental so took one here again.
There were lots of people waiting and the sun made it hard to see what the picture was like, so i didn't notice 14yo dd had her eyes closed. Here is the one from our other trip
Now that the journey down memory lane is done, the kids were all starting to get a little crabby. Caleb was hungry, I don't remember the deal with the other kids so we thought now would be the perfect time to try out our special pass to get in the Siemens lounge in Spaceship Earth. Once we found the entrance and went in, it was a great place to regroup for a bit, they had a soda machine, coffee machine, hot water, tea, hot chocolate, cold water, clean nice bathrooms and some fun interactive screens. One of the employees that was there for a meeting showed us how to use the screen. Here are a few pictures from inside, I know others planning MAW trips are interested in seeing these.
The blocks on the floor behind the kids in this pic you can change the color on one of the screens there, the kids had fun changing them to their favorite colors. There was another thing on that screen called magic mirror (I think) and they all had fun playing with that
After some time to relax and regroup, use the bathroom, get a drink, look through all their pins, we were ready to head out again and when you leave the lounge you can get a VIP entrance into Spaceship Earth so that is where we headed next. After finding out what we would be doing in the future, we had a need for speed and went to Test Track
Then dh wanted to do Mission Space, I opted out of this ride, I knew that I wasn't up for the spinning side and I recall that the other side was kind of boring, so dh took the kids and I sat out and enjoyed the sun. I did forget to mention to them about the 2 sides as I knew dh wouldn't remember and the kids don't pay too much attention, I was a little concerned that 14yo dd would not feel good if she went on the spinning side. Eventually they came out and dh took them all on the spinning side and sure enough 14yo dd did not feel good. Caleb was still hungry and really complaining now so we decided to head into world showcase…but first a stop at club cool. I really liked some of the new flavors they had since the last time and just for fun, my family all tried Beverly again just so I could take a picture…I could not believe they would willingly do this, I distinctly remember dh saying it tasted like skunk spray the last time he tried it
Once finished there we decided it was time to travel the world and find some food. I had been dreaming about the school bread in Norway since our last visit so we headed toward Mexico, passed right by and went to Norway. 17yo dd and I both had school bread
I guess I was so excited I didn't take a picture of what anyone else got…but can you blame me? 14yo dd had some kind of cream horn I think and dh had the lefse, his mom used to make it so it is very sentimental to him. Caleb wanted nothing here, he wanted meat, this is what my boy wants when he is hungry. So after we finished that we headed to Germany to find the boy a brat. While dh was getting him that I was perusing the Karamell-Kuche because one thing a love is caramel.
The girls decided to get some kind of cheesy potatoes or mac and cheese or something there while Caleb got his brat and he was finally a happy boy again (although not in this picture).
DH and I went in and got some delicious caramel selections, I got the milk chocolate salted caramel (seriously heaven right there), he got a caramel smore, and 17yo dd wanted a caramel. I couldn't resist the caramel popcorn so we got a bag of that too. Now that we all had some nourishment we were on our way traveling the world again. We walked our way around and in the America showcase 17yo dd saw the funnel cakes and really wanted one, we walked a little bit further to Japan and found place to sit, I got Caleb and 14yo dd kaki gori and went back and got 17yo dd a funnel cake.
We continued walking around the world, stopped in the United Kingdom for a bit.
My soccer playing girl wearing a soccer hat
Of course we had to take one in the phone booth
Next in Canada
Since we pretty much skipped Mexico, we went back and rode the ride and tried on hats.
Caleb had seen a boy playing with a Chinese Yo-yo while we were sitting in Japan and he really, really wanted it, so we made the quick trip to China and bought him the yo-yo. Now we were done being world travelers and decided to head back to test track for another ride.
We were going to ride again and were in where you design your car and the ride quit working so we left. Everyone was done for the day so we decided to head back to GKTW but first one more pic.
We had a busy evening at GKTW so I will continue that in the next post
We got up had breakfast at GKTW and then headed to Epcot, once again got to park in medical overflow right up front We managed to get there at 9:30…pretty close to rope drop Got some fun pictures after we were in.
We headed straight to Soaring, then Living in the Land, Journey to Imagination and the Nemo, we were going to do Turtle Talk with Crush but it wasn't working…I mean they couldn't find Crush because he was out surfing or something But I did take this pic, i had one from the last time we went to WDW and I was feeling a little sentimental so took one here again.
There were lots of people waiting and the sun made it hard to see what the picture was like, so i didn't notice 14yo dd had her eyes closed. Here is the one from our other trip
Now that the journey down memory lane is done, the kids were all starting to get a little crabby. Caleb was hungry, I don't remember the deal with the other kids so we thought now would be the perfect time to try out our special pass to get in the Siemens lounge in Spaceship Earth. Once we found the entrance and went in, it was a great place to regroup for a bit, they had a soda machine, coffee machine, hot water, tea, hot chocolate, cold water, clean nice bathrooms and some fun interactive screens. One of the employees that was there for a meeting showed us how to use the screen. Here are a few pictures from inside, I know others planning MAW trips are interested in seeing these.
The blocks on the floor behind the kids in this pic you can change the color on one of the screens there, the kids had fun changing them to their favorite colors. There was another thing on that screen called magic mirror (I think) and they all had fun playing with that
After some time to relax and regroup, use the bathroom, get a drink, look through all their pins, we were ready to head out again and when you leave the lounge you can get a VIP entrance into Spaceship Earth so that is where we headed next. After finding out what we would be doing in the future, we had a need for speed and went to Test Track
Then dh wanted to do Mission Space, I opted out of this ride, I knew that I wasn't up for the spinning side and I recall that the other side was kind of boring, so dh took the kids and I sat out and enjoyed the sun. I did forget to mention to them about the 2 sides as I knew dh wouldn't remember and the kids don't pay too much attention, I was a little concerned that 14yo dd would not feel good if she went on the spinning side. Eventually they came out and dh took them all on the spinning side and sure enough 14yo dd did not feel good. Caleb was still hungry and really complaining now so we decided to head into world showcase…but first a stop at club cool. I really liked some of the new flavors they had since the last time and just for fun, my family all tried Beverly again just so I could take a picture…I could not believe they would willingly do this, I distinctly remember dh saying it tasted like skunk spray the last time he tried it
Once finished there we decided it was time to travel the world and find some food. I had been dreaming about the school bread in Norway since our last visit so we headed toward Mexico, passed right by and went to Norway. 17yo dd and I both had school bread
I guess I was so excited I didn't take a picture of what anyone else got…but can you blame me? 14yo dd had some kind of cream horn I think and dh had the lefse, his mom used to make it so it is very sentimental to him. Caleb wanted nothing here, he wanted meat, this is what my boy wants when he is hungry. So after we finished that we headed to Germany to find the boy a brat. While dh was getting him that I was perusing the Karamell-Kuche because one thing a love is caramel.
The girls decided to get some kind of cheesy potatoes or mac and cheese or something there while Caleb got his brat and he was finally a happy boy again (although not in this picture).
DH and I went in and got some delicious caramel selections, I got the milk chocolate salted caramel (seriously heaven right there), he got a caramel smore, and 17yo dd wanted a caramel. I couldn't resist the caramel popcorn so we got a bag of that too. Now that we all had some nourishment we were on our way traveling the world again. We walked our way around and in the America showcase 17yo dd saw the funnel cakes and really wanted one, we walked a little bit further to Japan and found place to sit, I got Caleb and 14yo dd kaki gori and went back and got 17yo dd a funnel cake.
We continued walking around the world, stopped in the United Kingdom for a bit.
My soccer playing girl wearing a soccer hat
Of course we had to take one in the phone booth
Next in Canada
Since we pretty much skipped Mexico, we went back and rode the ride and tried on hats.
Caleb had seen a boy playing with a Chinese Yo-yo while we were sitting in Japan and he really, really wanted it, so we made the quick trip to China and bought him the yo-yo. Now we were done being world travelers and decided to head back to test track for another ride.
We were going to ride again and were in where you design your car and the ride quit working so we left. Everyone was done for the day so we decided to head back to GKTW but first one more pic.
We had a busy evening at GKTW so I will continue that in the next post