Springtime Surprise Trip Report
Thurs April 18
Up at 6am for our flight at 10. My son and I were traveling this day and my husband would fly down Friday. My husband teases me because I have to get to the airport so early, but I'm just going to be pacing at home waiting for it to be time to go, so I may as well get all the airport stuff out of the way and pace at my gate instead.
I was bringing down all of my medals from the past season, so my backpack got some extra attention as we went through TSA. The flight was uneventful and we even had an empty middle seat! It's been a long time since that has happened. Our room was ready when we arrived so we unpacked a bit and then headed to Epcot.
We had a Swan resort view balcony room. I prefer the smaller size of the Swan, plus the newly renovated rooms have hard floors, which I love. But it's usually more expensive, so I often end up at the Dolphin instead. Which is fantastic too, don't get me wrong. You can't beat that location.
We had a tree next to our balcony and it had baby birds in it! They were old enough to be out of the nest but stayed pretty close to the tree most of the time. I really enjoyed watching them all weekend.
Ok, on to Epcot. My notes remind me that it was very hot outside, so I was pushing my son to remember to hydrate.
I love all of the Flower and Garden topiaries.
I tried a Kolsch style non-alcoholic beer from the Trowel & Trellis booth and thought it was good. I've mostly stopped drinking so I've been experimenting with mocktails and other non-alcoholic options lately.
We snacked our way around Epcot and rode a few rides: 3 Caballeros, Figment, Nemo, and my son rode Guardians, where the ride photo shows he continued his tradition of looking chill on thrill rides.
Then we hopped over to Magic Kingdom. We were wondering if we should eat more before we left Epcot because my son pointed out we were hopping to the park with the worst food.
He was right, we should have eaten more at Epcot. We had patty melts from Cosmic Rays for dinner and they would have been ok except the were wrapped in foil and soggy! At MK we rode Peoplemover and my son rode Tron. We watched the fireworks from behind the castle, then headed over to Haunted Mansion for our last ride of the day, where I was, yet again, not walked off the ride. *sigh*
This is such a great location for watching fireworks.