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Earning My Ears
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- Apr 25, 2016
Day 3 - Epcot Part 1
Getting up this morning was made slightly easier by knowing that we were attending our first character dining meal of the trip! This of course was Chef Mickey’s and we had an 8:15am reservation. The buffet was fun, and it was nice to have a selection of breakfast food to choose from. Now I’m not usually much of a breakfast eater, I just don’t enjoy eating when I first get up, but I do love me some breakfast food like pancakes, bacon and eggs and waffles, especially when they are Mickey waffles! The food there wasn’t the greatest, but it was typical of a large buffet. The real reason we were there was to meet all the characters in one spot. We did a similar thing over in Disneyland which I’ll tell you about later.
So we had just sat down and who came up to meet us, none other than Mickey himself!
He was so pleased we were able to join him for breakfast, and couldn’t stop pointing out all of the food that was on offer! After he left us we went and grabbed some food before the rest of the crew came past. Unfortunately Minnie missed us both times she was making her rounds, but that was ok.
Must remind myself to teach Steve not to zoom in when taking pictures of me and characters...
Once we had decided we were definitely full it was time for us to make our way over to Epcot. We started our day there by jumping onto Test Track in the single rider line.
We both look like we are having such a great time on the ride don’t we! I need to remember to take my glasses off and hold them before a fast ride, as I’m always afraid they will fall off!
After being windswept in the lovely convertibles we made our way over to Sum of All Thrills, but it was closed, so instead we went on Ellen’s Energy Adventure. Wow Ellen is so young in those videos! By this point in the morning it was already quite warm, so it was nice to escape the heat for a while, and whilst I found the ride interesting Steve fell asleep!! I tell you, he can fall asleep anywhere!
Next we lined up for Spaceship Earth, which was another great attraction. As much as I love the roller coasters around the parks, the slower omnimover rides still do have their charm and can captivate audiences for their duration, plus it was great that you have someone like Judy Dench narrating the whole thing.
The Food and Wine Welcome Centre was our next destination which Steve was looking forward to. Steve enjoys his food and trying new things, whereas I’m the sort of person that would be happy with a simple chicken or beef dish every day. We had a good look around and eyed off a couple of gifts we could buy for people back home. We also stopped into the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company booth and loved the chocolate sculptures they had in there.
It was almost time for us to head into the World Showcase, but not before making 2 more stops. The first was into Club Cool to try some drinks, in particular Beverly. Well she was just as bad as people have said! After washing down the different tastes with some water we then headed over to Mission Space and decided to do the Orange Team. ‘How bad can it be?’, we asked ourselves... well let’s just say that I will only be riding this once and never again. Don’t know what it was about it, whether it was the small confines of the cockpit or the speed at which it moved around, but I was feeling so sick afterwards.
We decided to head to the left and walk around the showcase to try and find something for lunch. We ended up stopping at the South Korea stall and grabbed a couple of snacks to keep us going. It was then time for us to meet Anna and Elsa, as we had a bit of time to kill before our Frozen Ever After fastpass.
Both Anna and Elsa were so nice and quite chatty.
It was now time for our Frozen fastpass, and I was quite excited to see the new ride. I’ll happily admit that I’m a big Frozen fan as you will see from my costume later in the trip for the Halloween party. I loved the Olaf and Sven animatronics, but I’m still not 100% sold on the projected face animatronics for the human characters. Don’t get me wrong, the range of movement they can get out of animatronics nowadays is amazing but the projected faces just stand out a bit too much for me. Going through the fastpass line meant that you did miss quite a bit of the detailing that they have put into the line which was a shame as they have really outdone themselves.
Once we survived the icy breath of the snow monster and exited the ride, we spent some time exploring the rest of the Norway pavilion. I just love all of the detail that Disney puts into their parks!
We didn’t have anything else booked in for the rest of the afternoon until our dinner reservation, so we used the time to travel around parts of the world browsing the pavilions and shops.
Getting up this morning was made slightly easier by knowing that we were attending our first character dining meal of the trip! This of course was Chef Mickey’s and we had an 8:15am reservation. The buffet was fun, and it was nice to have a selection of breakfast food to choose from. Now I’m not usually much of a breakfast eater, I just don’t enjoy eating when I first get up, but I do love me some breakfast food like pancakes, bacon and eggs and waffles, especially when they are Mickey waffles! The food there wasn’t the greatest, but it was typical of a large buffet. The real reason we were there was to meet all the characters in one spot. We did a similar thing over in Disneyland which I’ll tell you about later.
So we had just sat down and who came up to meet us, none other than Mickey himself!
He was so pleased we were able to join him for breakfast, and couldn’t stop pointing out all of the food that was on offer! After he left us we went and grabbed some food before the rest of the crew came past. Unfortunately Minnie missed us both times she was making her rounds, but that was ok.
Must remind myself to teach Steve not to zoom in when taking pictures of me and characters...
Once we had decided we were definitely full it was time for us to make our way over to Epcot. We started our day there by jumping onto Test Track in the single rider line.
We both look like we are having such a great time on the ride don’t we! I need to remember to take my glasses off and hold them before a fast ride, as I’m always afraid they will fall off!
After being windswept in the lovely convertibles we made our way over to Sum of All Thrills, but it was closed, so instead we went on Ellen’s Energy Adventure. Wow Ellen is so young in those videos! By this point in the morning it was already quite warm, so it was nice to escape the heat for a while, and whilst I found the ride interesting Steve fell asleep!! I tell you, he can fall asleep anywhere!
Next we lined up for Spaceship Earth, which was another great attraction. As much as I love the roller coasters around the parks, the slower omnimover rides still do have their charm and can captivate audiences for their duration, plus it was great that you have someone like Judy Dench narrating the whole thing.
The Food and Wine Welcome Centre was our next destination which Steve was looking forward to. Steve enjoys his food and trying new things, whereas I’m the sort of person that would be happy with a simple chicken or beef dish every day. We had a good look around and eyed off a couple of gifts we could buy for people back home. We also stopped into the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company booth and loved the chocolate sculptures they had in there.
It was almost time for us to head into the World Showcase, but not before making 2 more stops. The first was into Club Cool to try some drinks, in particular Beverly. Well she was just as bad as people have said! After washing down the different tastes with some water we then headed over to Mission Space and decided to do the Orange Team. ‘How bad can it be?’, we asked ourselves... well let’s just say that I will only be riding this once and never again. Don’t know what it was about it, whether it was the small confines of the cockpit or the speed at which it moved around, but I was feeling so sick afterwards.
We decided to head to the left and walk around the showcase to try and find something for lunch. We ended up stopping at the South Korea stall and grabbed a couple of snacks to keep us going. It was then time for us to meet Anna and Elsa, as we had a bit of time to kill before our Frozen Ever After fastpass.
Both Anna and Elsa were so nice and quite chatty.
It was now time for our Frozen fastpass, and I was quite excited to see the new ride. I’ll happily admit that I’m a big Frozen fan as you will see from my costume later in the trip for the Halloween party. I loved the Olaf and Sven animatronics, but I’m still not 100% sold on the projected face animatronics for the human characters. Don’t get me wrong, the range of movement they can get out of animatronics nowadays is amazing but the projected faces just stand out a bit too much for me. Going through the fastpass line meant that you did miss quite a bit of the detailing that they have put into the line which was a shame as they have really outdone themselves.
Once we survived the icy breath of the snow monster and exited the ride, we spent some time exploring the rest of the Norway pavilion. I just love all of the detail that Disney puts into their parks!
We didn’t have anything else booked in for the rest of the afternoon until our dinner reservation, so we used the time to travel around parts of the world browsing the pavilions and shops.