I made a little boo-boo on my report for day 6..I said we had dinner at the bula grill, but we didnt. While we were in US we had dinner at Finnegans. I really liked it. I want ed to have Bangers and Mash but they were out, so we had fish and chips instead. We also had scotch eggs as an appetizer. I had no clue what they were, but they were good! Hard-boiled eggs in a sausage ball and fried. I know that doesnt sound good, but trust me, they were. The boys liked them too, and they only like chicken strips and pizza.
Anyway, Day 7- EPCOT
We got up early. I wanted to get there at 8:30 or so (park opening 9). It was not an early entry day, so I was hopeful. But I was worried since the weather had been bad for 2 days if now the disney parks would flood and it would be unmanageable. We managed to get there at 8:40, close enough. (I forgot to mention that while we were at Disney quest, I went to the Disney marketplace guest services and bought my epcot tickets to save a little time, so we didnt have to wait in line for that) Anyway, they let us in at 8:50 to go to the rope-drop areas. There was already a pretty big mob there. The weather was beautiful BTW. At rope drop we went straight to Soarin'. The wait time said 45mins.
I was like whaaa????. I asked the attendant and they said it was betwen 15 and 45 mins. I think they just do that because the mob is unpredictable. It was about 15 mins. We rode that and it was fun. Very pretty. Afterwards we got a fastpass so we could come back later.
When we got off that there was already a huge line for Living with the Land. So we skipped it. I really like it, so I am disappointed. I think the Soarin people kind of mob into that after the ride. Its a shame.
we went back across to Mission to Mars (is that the name or is it Mission Space?) They have orange and green teams now. Green apparently doesnt spin. We did orange. No wait. 5 min MAYBE. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THIS RIDE. Since this is on the universal board, all you guys are used to way more thrilling rides than this. It was fun. I couldnt even tell it was spinning. I was a little nervous with all the warnings as you are going in, but unless you are really sensitive to spinning, dont worry about it. Its not scary. Its pretty cool. None of us had any problems at all.
We checked test rack next and the line was huge, and we couldnt get another fastpass yet so we went over to imagination pavillion and rode figment. Okay. This is lame. seriously. I am a total dork and this is lame. I thought they had redone it and was expecting a change. I think little kids would still like it but not over say..9. Anyway, we did Honey I shrunk the Audience. I still like that one. I know its old, but its still fun.
By now we can get a test track fast pass so we get one and then go back and ride soarin again. We were on the bottom row both times (we were hoping for the top) but we liked it a lot. Am I the only one who remembers the old Delta Dream flight ride in tomorrowland? This is like that , turbo-charged. Still a huge line at Living with the Land. Oh well.
Our test track fastpass is at 1230 so we decide to do lunch first and head into the world showcase. Kev thinks chinese so we head that way, but looking at the menu he changes his mind. We make our way to Germany and go to the Biergarten. Wow, good choice. We loved it. It was a buffet style and the boys chose a wide variety of stuff they usually dont try. (and the old standby chicken strips were there also.)
Now was time to ride test track. When we got there the line (fastpass) stretched all the way out and about 50 feet outside the entry gate area. What? this is fastpass. I thought there must be some mistake and said , well just come back a little later and see if it gets shorter. So we went into Innoventions for awhile and goofed around and went to the chill station place. When we went back and checked it was the same. So we waited. I timed the line. The fastpass line was 30 mins. the regular line said 45. the single riders line said 30 as well but I think it was wrong. Ok I like this ride its fun and all, but its not that big a deal. Anyway, we rode it, it was fun. I am gonna give a plug here for the hairspray in the gym at RPR. I braided my hair and sprayed it, but I thought this ride would do it in. Nope, Perfect. Not a hair out of place!
Next we went back to world showcase. We just visited as much as we could. We went to see the chinese acrobats, we love them, and saw the china movie.
We checked out the carvings and drums in the africa section. I sure wish I could afford some of that stuff!
Kevin loved watching the drum corps guys
Then he had to have a funnel cake
We made our way around, visited the england and canada areas, watched the canada movie. By now we were getting pretty tired. We decided we would go back to Mission to mars and ride that again, NO WAIT again. Still no problems. Its really fun. Do it, seriously. Then we did the Universe of Energy thing with Ellen. I still like it but it really needs some updating. Then a last ride on Spaceship Earth before we left. I still like that one too. We had a lot of fun. It was crowded but the only place it was bad was test track. I'm sure if we hadnt gotten our fastpasses early for Soarin that may have been a problem as well. But the fastpass line for Soarin was only about 15 mins when we went. All in all, a very good day.
We got home around 7. Of course more swimming and eating at the Bula grill. Brandon asked me "what are we doing tomorrow?" "anything you guys want"
Next....margaritaville
I wonder if we might have seen you Monday night at the pool, my kids wanted to go swimming and we were also down at the hot tub/whirlpool some that night (a bad mistake, as after being in the WARM water, the pool felt like ice cubes!). I thoroughly agree with you about the Bula bar, some of our best meals last week were from there! EXCELLENT!
We were at Universal the day you were at Sea World, and everyone's shoes/socks were so wet, DH had to dry them out with a hair dryer!! That was some storm Monday and Tuesday.
That's great...what have you been doing to lose 55 lbs???? 
Great report, love the pictures!
