**Quick shout out to Maureen ... Woooo hooooo!
**more photos tomorrow, its 1AM EST. and I have a slow internet connection... where's a St. arbucks when you need one!
Well, here is how the day went...
Left the airport hotel early - 8AM (5AM CA time) hopped on the Disney Magical Express to get shuttled to Walt Disney World Resort. Man, this place is big! The ride was pretty cool too!
We checked in to the Beach Club Resort (and spa) and headed over to Epcot with our "keys to the kingdom" really cool - it is your room key, passport to all the theme parks, charge card and passport to the Disney cruise as well (that comes in three more days).
We walked (briskly) through a couple of the nationally themed 'lands' (actually called the World Showcase) to our first destination, to get fast passes to the "test track" ride. We came back to that ride later - a must ride for anyone who likes to go fast! The kids (including Darrenn) went back and rode it 3 more times just before the park closed.
Then it was a little shopping, ride on Nemo's adventure, then we all went visting in the aquarium and checked out the manatees (Darrenn was sad there weren't any womanatees) and then a quick stop at the Coca-cola place where we sampled coke products from around the world.
I heartily advise trying the Beverly soda from Italy. YUM! But you don't have to take my word for it, just ask Tim & Michelle!
Then off to my first favorite stop - The Rose and Crown Pub for lunch. (said in the best cockney accent I can muster) Stopped for a bite of some bangers and mash - well actually I had fish and chips. Then off for more adventures. On Wednesday night we will come back to Epcot to "eat around the world" - this is apparently a self guided tour through all the nationally themed "lands" where one must endure the pain of sampling ONE dish from that particular land - this is something that the Lasch's and Platt's discovered last time and I actually am looking forward to it!
So, back to Epcot... We toured a few more areas then went back to the hotel to get our rooms. Then off to the pool, er... more like a small water park. You see while the northern US suffers from snow and ice, we are enjoying HUMID 85 degree weather - in DECEMBER. Well after a slide down the huge water slide, a swim across the LARGE lake sized, sandy bottom pool, it was time for dinner. We went back to Epcot to grab a bite at the nation of Japan.
Some Udon, Miso, Curry and Teriyaki washed down with some green tea and we were ready for a pastry, or three, from France (where I comfortably ordered a glass of water in the native language) - then off to bed. WHEW... and tomorrow, MGM!
Dawn has already started saying... We are doing this again!
**more photos tomorrow, its 1AM EST. and I have a slow internet connection... where's a St. arbucks when you need one!
Goodnight!
4 comments:
Wow I got tired just reading you Blog! Sounds like fun was had by everybody. Make me want to book a Disney Trip! NOT!! Have a great day tomarrow and we are all ooking forward to reading more of your fun advantures. Great Job! Now go to sleep!
the last TWO times I've been to EPCOT, I've eaten at the Rose and Crown Pub for some bangers and mash, and a snake bite. I love that place.
I'm glad you are having fun. Thanks for the updates!
Thanks for the daily updates. Sigh... makes me almost feel like I am there with you guys. Oh well, 5 more years (at least). How is Jenny feeling by the way?
Thanks for acknowledging the Trojans in the middle of vacation. Glad Mickey is a Trojan fan as well. ;)
FIGHT ON! BEAT THE ILLINI!
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