That was good, can we ride again - Day 4

[Bones78]

Day Four - Monday, 4th October 2010
Epcot

Our early start consisted of a timeshare talk in order to get cheaper Pirate Dinner Show tickets . After getting the hard sell from the timeshare man - Bill who showed us round a very nice resort and told us wonderful things. His smile vanished when we told him that we would need to think about it some more before signing away any savings. Was it worth it - not sure, it was an hour and a half of our time to save $140+ - you decide?!?

Arrived at Epcot at just after 10am, got some photopass snaps done.





Whilst I went to get fast passes for Soarin, the others joined the queue at the character spot. I joined them there a short time later, whilst skipping the queue to join my family I noticed that the Americans were all "sure no problem" when I explained I was just joining my family - the Brits were more daggers in my back looks whilst I passed. That doesn't say much for us does it?!?






After meeting and greeting Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald and Goofy we were off to Mexico via a stall selling hats (Ethan got a Pluto hat and Chloe got some more Minnie ears = $41.43, courtesy of Dad).



We went on the little boat ride and enjoyed the atmosphere. Brian and the kids ordered meals from the little cafe - Chloe didn't like her meal to I ate some of it . We walked on to Norway and China. We went into the film for China which I enjoyed and then tried our hand at plate spinning.




In Africa we tried to make some music with the drums before giving up and the girl got a hotdog seeing as she missed her lunch earlier. The boy had an ice-cream which melted quicker than he could eat it.

We headed back for Soarin (getting fast passes for Test Track on the way) which we all really enjoyed. After Soarin we went on the Living with the Land (stopping for candyfloss on the way) then on to The Seas with Nemo and Turtle Talk with Crush which again was really good fun. This was an interactive show and was a lot of fun for both kids and adults alike.

Test Track was another first for us all and we really liked it, though kids were a little apprehensive about the speed of the car and whether the brakes were going to work!



After Test Track hubby and the girl went on Mission Space (Green Team) which only had a 10 min stand by wait time. As the boy was too small he spent some time getting wet waiting for the others.




After a few minutes sitting in the shade we went back to World Showcase, going clockwise this time.

We got as far as Canada, watched the Scots-Canadian band Off-Kilter for a while until they started playing things we didn't know then watched the 360 degree film here. It was now around tea-time and the girl was getting a little grumpy due to the heat, feeling hungry and not getting her own way at all times :angry:.

We decided to leave World Showcase to finish another day and head on home. We got as far as Spaceship Earth which had no wait time at all so decided to go in. We really liked it here and spent quite some time after the ride playing about with all the games and stuff afterwards. When we came outside it had gotten dark - it was 7.45pm! We left the park before it got busy with people coming in to watch Illuminations.





We stopped at Subway on the way back for a late snack tea and headed to bed to get a good nights sleep.

Todays main spends:
La Cantina - Nachos and 2 x kids meals, kids choc milk = $30.77
Subway - Veg & Cheese footlong, Roast Chicken footlong, Tuna 6" and bag of chips = $15.34
Sorry - no other receipts for today but I imagine the hotdog and ice-cream in Epcot was no more than $10.

[scotsprincess]

great day and lovely pics

[summersun]

great day and pics

[macdonald88]

love the pictures of epcot at night.

[Bones78]

Hubby is a bit of a photo geek, everything has to be just right lol. I have to admit they have came out well though.

[liverbird]

Lovely day at Epcot!

[Guest]

I loved those little lights in the pathway (easily pleased I know) wondering if I can get those in my garden path

[thewatsons]

love epcot great pics

[happy08]

Great day and pictures

[Bones78]

Originally Posted by MorayFirth

I loved those little lights in the pathway (easily pleased I know) wondering if I can get those in my garden path

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How cool would that be