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First Full Day at Disney: Epcot
Feb. 20th, 2023 11:00 pmI got up really early (6:30 or so) and started breakfast. Despite hitting the button right at 7 am, I did not get a Cosmic Rewind virtual queue. Possibly because I was on cellular and not disney wifi? Not sure! Anyway. I bought us in, and then bought genie and T. set up a LL for ratatouille at 3:30. So that’s gonna be a thing.
We had breakfast and R. dropped A. and I off at Epcot. We got through bag check (my bag has a metal frame in it), the passholder line and into the early entry line for Test Track. After Test Track, we beat feet over to Soarin’, which had a 40 minute wait, but it was okay. We had fun. Then we sat in Sunshine Seasons and I got food — cookie, carrots, apple juice box, chocolate croissant but square, unsweetened ice tea for me. We also got into All the Lines. I set up a mobile order for lunch. I set up a mobile order for caramel corn. We went over to the aquarium and bought stuff in the gift shop and then looked at sea critters. Very fun! At 11, I got us an LL at Living with the Land. Then we went over to eat the lunch, ride Cosmic Rewind, shopped still more, ride Living with the Land, rode the Friendship Boat over to Morocco. I directed A. towards France, to find a shady, quiet spot with her phone and umbrella. Meanwhile, I speedwalked over to Germany, said I was there before I was, arrived, picked up the mobile order, speedwalked over to France, found A. using Find My and we went in to ride Ratatouille. It remains absolutely awesome.
After that, we refilled water bottles, got some caramel corn into A., and walked to park exit. We got on the monorail, then the other monorail, and then went to the Enchanted Garden bar at Grand Floridian. We were 40 minutes early for our dinner at Citricos (yeah, the one I was worried we’d be late for). I had a boulevardier and she had a ton of water. OMG, she just kept drinking water. Which is good!
R. arrived, and we went over to Citrico’s. T. arrived, and we all had dinner. I had the whisky drink that was NOT a manhattan, and that also had tequila in it. So. Tasty. I had the arancini again (split that with my sister last december) and the hamachi (also a repeat) and the apple rose (which I split with my niece last december). I talked to T. about the text from MIL. *sigh* He went back to the park to get one more ride. R. drove A. and I back to the hotel. I rinsed off in the shower, got into night time clothes, started laundry, brushed my teeth and blogged this.
Next up: son’s laundry. Because I suspect he doesn’t have anything clean to wear. Tomorrow is Hollywood Studios and I cannot even express how happy I am to have a sit-down lunch reservation. Goal for the day: ride Tower of Terror. A. was sad we didn’t get to do that last December. Obviously, I want to do the Star Wars Rides and Runaway Railway and Midway, too. We’ll see.
We had breakfast and R. dropped A. and I off at Epcot. We got through bag check (my bag has a metal frame in it), the passholder line and into the early entry line for Test Track. After Test Track, we beat feet over to Soarin’, which had a 40 minute wait, but it was okay. We had fun. Then we sat in Sunshine Seasons and I got food — cookie, carrots, apple juice box, chocolate croissant but square, unsweetened ice tea for me. We also got into All the Lines. I set up a mobile order for lunch. I set up a mobile order for caramel corn. We went over to the aquarium and bought stuff in the gift shop and then looked at sea critters. Very fun! At 11, I got us an LL at Living with the Land. Then we went over to eat the lunch, ride Cosmic Rewind, shopped still more, ride Living with the Land, rode the Friendship Boat over to Morocco. I directed A. towards France, to find a shady, quiet spot with her phone and umbrella. Meanwhile, I speedwalked over to Germany, said I was there before I was, arrived, picked up the mobile order, speedwalked over to France, found A. using Find My and we went in to ride Ratatouille. It remains absolutely awesome.
After that, we refilled water bottles, got some caramel corn into A., and walked to park exit. We got on the monorail, then the other monorail, and then went to the Enchanted Garden bar at Grand Floridian. We were 40 minutes early for our dinner at Citricos (yeah, the one I was worried we’d be late for). I had a boulevardier and she had a ton of water. OMG, she just kept drinking water. Which is good!
R. arrived, and we went over to Citrico’s. T. arrived, and we all had dinner. I had the whisky drink that was NOT a manhattan, and that also had tequila in it. So. Tasty. I had the arancini again (split that with my sister last december) and the hamachi (also a repeat) and the apple rose (which I split with my niece last december). I talked to T. about the text from MIL. *sigh* He went back to the park to get one more ride. R. drove A. and I back to the hotel. I rinsed off in the shower, got into night time clothes, started laundry, brushed my teeth and blogged this.
Next up: son’s laundry. Because I suspect he doesn’t have anything clean to wear. Tomorrow is Hollywood Studios and I cannot even express how happy I am to have a sit-down lunch reservation. Goal for the day: ride Tower of Terror. A. was sad we didn’t get to do that last December. Obviously, I want to do the Star Wars Rides and Runaway Railway and Midway, too. We’ll see.