Tuesday, July 7...
Epcot today!
Nelson picked Nancy and Katie up at POR and brought them back to our room for a quick breakfast... very quick... cinnamon rolls, croissants, juice and coffee...
We wanted to get to the International Gateway at Epcot before the park opened. We arrived at the Gateway and there was nobody there except the Security Guard checking bags and two people at the turnstiles... It was 8:55 and Epcot opened at 9:00... They let us in!
It was nice to snag a few pictures in Epcot with few to no people in them:
I had to take this picture of my stepmother... She has a "real" picture like this from one of her high school trips to Europe...
Nelson and Katie had taken off to get FP's for Soarin. Nancy and I meandered on over... When we got there, Nelson and Katie were no where to be found! We assumed that they had got the FP's and hopped in line for Soarin'... So we hopped in line for Soarin... we were about halfway there when Nancy's cell phone rang... They had been in line getting FP's the whole time!
We offered to wait until there part of the line made it to where we were but they said no... So Nancy and I continued on into Soarin'... I just
this ride so much. My favorite is the citrus smell....
Our ride was over
and we waited for Katie and Nelson... Our FP's were only 40 minutes away and the World Showcase was not open yet so we hung around, checked out the fishies and stuff...
This guy eluded my camera when we ate at Coral Reef the week before!
I think we did the boat ride and the Circle of Life thing... I
Pumba and Timon... Did I ever tell you that I have a friend that has two adorable shar pei's ... One is named Timon... they couldn't name the other one Pumba because it is similar to a dirty word in Portuguese...
Dogs name is Isaac!
Our FP's were ready and we hopped on Soarin' again... Did I tell you how much I
this ride?
There were some on and off again rains, so we sucked it up and walked around... I took this picture of my little sister...
Then decided that I needed to be in the picture...
(photo has been cropped to hide the Portuguese rolls hiding beneath the shirt)
We went over to Norway, saw the move, rode the ride... It wasn't so bad... But during the part of the ride where we could see outside, we discovered our own Maelstrom... The rain was coming down in sheets, visibility was zero! The wind was real bad too!
We hung around in the shops for awhile where I discovered that I cannot afford to visit Norway. I picked up a $500 sweater!
And promptly put it back down...
Katie and her new boytoy!
The rain had slowed enough for us to convince them that we should go to an indoor sit-down, enjoy your meal, restaurant to wait out the weather... We were able to drag them over to Nine Dragons... We were seated, Katie took one look at the menu and proclaimed... "This is Chinese food like at home"....
No, Katie it is not... so they left... which was ok with us...
We had our usual... Honey Sesame Chicken... We both love this dish so much... We actually have the recipe for it at home... Do you think we ever make it?
I managed to get Nelson to use the chop sticks...
Until about 1/2way through the meal... then they became spears...
We left Nine Dragons very satisfied and decided to head back to the resort... I was in need of a shower....
On the way back we found this guy...
He was silly!
We made it back to our room, had a wonderful shower and a quick nap before guess who showed up at our door....
"Let's go to Downtown Disney"
Me: oh. yes. lets.
It wasn't that bad... but I do not know where all their energy comes from...
We bopped around DTD, did a little shopping in the WOD, typical DTD stuff... Katie wanted to eat at Rainforest Cafe... the wait was 1.5 hours... Nancy didn't want to wait that long so we ended up at Earl of Sandwich... fine by me - I like this place. Katie, on the other hand was not happy...
She wanted Rainforest Cafe, had a hissy fit... and refused to eat at Earl of Sandwich...
This was the first time things got a little hairy.. I have a very interesting relationship with my step mother and I was dreading this... I hate the way she treats my sister sometimes.. although, the way she treated me growing up was much worse... (even the judge agreed... and I moved out of my fathers house when I was 16)
We went through some more stores with Grumpy Kate and finally got her to take this picture...
Nancy would not let her buy any candy or anything b/c of the whole dinner situation so being the good brother in law he is, Nelson bought her some junk food while I distracted Nancy and smuggled it to Katie once we dropped her off at her hotel....