Today Grandma Terry, Uncle Steve, Jayden, and I headed off to
Epcot with the primary goal of aquiring the new Figment Premium
Popcorn Bucket from the Imagination Station. Before leaving I had
attempted to get in the virtual queue for Guardians of the
Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, but I didn't make it in despite trying
right when the clock turned to 7:00am. There's always the 1:00pm
slot! Once we arrived at Epcot, we strolled through Gateway Gifts
while on our way to Guest Services so that we could reenroll for
Steve's Disability Access Pass (DAS). While at Guest Services, we
signed up for a return time to Soarin'. I also ordered the
popcorn bucket so that I could get a return time to pick it up. With
a little bit of time to kill before we could complete either task,
we headed over to the Land. We went on the Living with the Land ride
first, enjoying the slow moving ride through the greenhouse. It was
then time for us to get in line at Soarin', where we saw the
Soarin' over California version of the ride (I still like the
world version better, as the transitions between scenes help with
the illusion, and I don't like that the California version ends at a
Disneyland decorated or Christmas).
After our rides, we headed across the park to the Imagination
Station to pick up our popcorn bucket. By this point we were pretty
hungry, so we were searching for something to eat. We finally
settled on eating lunch at the Royal Eagle Smokehouse at the
American pavilion. This was my first time here, and I opted for a
cheeseburger that came on a garlic toast bun, which resulted in one
of the better burgers that I've had at a quick service restaurant in
the parks. Just wish it had bacon! After eating we headed over to
the restroom to clean up Steven, who had been carrying a funk with
him since using the restroom at our house this morning before
departure, likely due to a lack of proper clean-up when he was done.
So frustrating...
Speaking of frustrating - while we were waiting at the restrooms
I got a notice stating that Remy's Ratatouille Adventure was
temporarily closed and that I needed to select a new ride to utilize
Steve's DAS pass. While dealing with this issue, Jayden asked me how
it was going with the queue, and while she meant the Guardians of
the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind virtual queue that we had discussed
trying for at 1:00pm during lunch, I misunderstood and thought she
was talking about the DAS and ended up completely missing any
opportunity for the virtual queue. Sometimes I'm such a dumba...
well, you get the point.
With the Guardians out the equation, we continued our trek around
the World Showcase. We made a stop at the Tangierine Café: Flavors
of the Medina in the Morocco pavilion so that Grandma Terry and Jay
(and of course, Steve, as he would never say no to food!) could
sample the Chocolate Cake with Pomegranate Mousse and Pomegranate
Whipped Cream. Continuing our walk, we next stopped at the France
pavilion to show off Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie to Grandma
Terry. We decided to sample a few treats, including a baguette along
with a macaron lime raspberry for Jayden, a framboise for me to try,
and a bicuit chocolat (chocolate chip cookie) for Steve, although we
all shared and tasted things.
We decided that we were pretty much done at Epcot for the day, so
we wrapped out walk around the World Showcase. We did stop at the
Expression Section paint-by-numbers, which is located along one of
the walkways from the Imagination Pavilion to World Showcase. Jayden
wanted to participate in doing her part to contribute to the art
display. Once she finished up with the paint she was given, we
headed out to wrap up our day at Disney's Magic Kingdom! |