Day 4- EPCOT (with Genie)
0615 up for 0715 bus stop
0700 SUCCESS: guardians VQ for 1100 and Remy's LL for 1250
0805 at rope drop for 0830 entrance. Rope drop Soarin
0833 in line for Soarin
Because we had VQ and LL for the rides we really wanted, Remy's and Guardians, we decided we would rope drop Soarin, another favorite of ours. We were able to spend most of this day in the front of the park, doing rides like Nemo, Test Track, Guardians and Living With the Land. We really only ventured back to the world showcase for our
lightning lane for Remy's. The nice thing about spending 3 days in Epcot on this trip is that we felt no urgency to rush through things. We knew that we would have plenty of time back in the world showcase on future days.
0855 Livin with the land
0930 Moana- fun to play with the water. Fun to watch the little kids.
I really found this new water feature to be delightful! We were able to see it both during the day and the evening on this trip, two very different experiences for us. It was fun to watch the children play and it was fun to get in there and play ourselves. It was a nice little diversion.
0940 guardians WOW!!! Amazing. A TEENY bit queasy.
off ride at 1020
We were absolutely blown away by Guardians! What of fun ride! We're very pleased that we will be in this park more days and we'll have another opportunity to ride it again. I usually get sick on spinning rides, but this one did not cause me any trouble at all. Well... maybe a tiny bit queasy but nothing worth mentioning.
1038 test track- single rider
One fun thing about going with just adults is you can ride the single rider line without any worries. Ray and I rode in separate cars but were just one right after the other and had a great time.
All FP gone for Frozen. Chose Soarin'.
Since all of the fast passes sold out for Frozen very quickly, we ended up just skipping it. We've ridden it in the past and although it was enjoyable, it wasn't anything that we felt we had to ride again.
Killed 90min with Festivals art, painting, aquarium.
Festival of the Arts was going and this was our first taste of some of the extra fun. We didn't do a whole lot with the festival this day, but we did get to paint the mural and that was a good time.
1236 soarin (all good LL taken and all other return times "now") will wait until return times are later
By about noon, all of the "good" fast passes were used up. Everything that was left or rights that we could walk on. We realized quickly that Epcot is a park who's fast passes are less valuable than others. We decided that in subsequent days we will not be using Genie plus in this park.
1300 boat to France (instead of hoofing it to Remi's)
1311 landed in France
1318 Remi's LL
DELIGHTFUL!! Remy's astonished and delighted me! I was so surprised by this ride and it's quality. I loved loved Loved it!
Les Halles- Napoleon, strawberry tart, lime and raspberry macaroni
On this first day we started our" snack around the world" journey in France. These three little patisseries were quite yummy. Our very favorite of all three was the Napoleon. Highly recommend!
1400 Boat back
1420 rested on a bench (to kill 30 minutes)
1450 Test Track LL
1600 Rose and crown-relaxed meal. Sticky toffee pudding
Oh my goodness! If you've never had the sticky toffee pudding in the rose and crown, you're missing out! I believe that this was our favorite dessert of the entire trip.
1730 Wander to all the front things we haven't done. Walk on with Fast passes
In order, all with LL, all walk-ons. It was the principle of the thing:
Figment (not quite a awful as I'd remembered)
Pixar film festival (surprisingly cute!)
Living with the Land (Fast pass because we CAN!)
Awesome Planet (movie)- pretty nice and a chance to rest our feet
Nemo-2nd time
Turtle talk- really good! Some belly laughs
Mission Space(green)- fun
2030 in place for Luminous
2100 Luminous and leave (photo retrieve for guardians on the way out, the guy at the camera center was great. No line. Helped us for a number of minutes and was successful)
Luminous was cool! I am always a sucker for tear jerker songs and they had some. The fireworks were great! We jetted out of there and we're at the hotel by just after 2200.
Today's close time - 2100
15 rides or attractions total
9 miles