After breakfast, we drove back to OKW. Steve had enjoyed his morning. He had slept and read. It was his idea of heaven.
We went out on our patio while Steve got ready to leave the room.
Apparently they wanted to be our friends.
because, they kept coming....
Our room was not far from the bus stop, so it was a short walk and we were waiting for our bus. The ride from OKW to Epcot was super quick.
Soon we were in the park. We made a stop at Club Cool to try the new flavors. Then we went on to to catch a quick ride on Journey into Imagination. It ended up taking a bit longer than we had anticipated because a cast member who was sweeping decided to give us a history lesson on marathons. It was interesting and factual. He then went into a story of when he out of the blew decided to run a marathon. He managed it in some ridiculous time. (I can't remember off the top of my head but it definitely made m
) Not that he couldn't have been fast. It just wasn't much more than the time I took for my half just a couple days before. So with little to no training and on a "whim" I just found it unlikely. I remember telling myself that his story was true to him...and not a lie, but that he probably was mistaken and thought it was a full when it was actually a half marathon.
At this point, Kira was starting to stress about where her husband and brother were. We had fp+ reservations and she was sure they would miss them.
However, the two (who decided wearing matching shirts was cool) showed up just as we did. We were in line and waiting soon after.
We asked to be assigned B row 1. So they scooted us to the side and we waited a bit more. Meanwhile Josh was feeling left out. He felt as though no one was taking pictures of him. So I snapped one quickly of him.
After our ride, it was time for some lunch. After having such a great meal there the previous year, Steve knew he wanted to share a pizza with Alex.
I can not remember where Kira and Josh went. I know they had dinning credits to use, so I think they just got a cs meal.
edited to add that we had lunch at Via Napoli
I however wanted to get started with this.
It was nice just being the 4 of us.
We also picked up a couple desserts to share. I must say, I LOVE TIW for this over the
ddp. So nice to just get a pizza and a couple desserts to share. We came away not feeling stuffed.
Once lunch was over we met back up with Kira and Josh. Since Josh had never seen the travel promo movie in China, we decided it would be our next stop. He had other ideas though and barely made it into the theater before the show began. I think the doors had actually shut. What was he doing? Looking for critters outside.
I think Kira was about to kill him. We just decided to chill as we waited for him.
We then went on Maelstrom. Which then meant a visit with the troll.
We had skipped our fp+ for Turtle Talk, so everyone really wanted to not miss what was next scheduled. So we started on our way to LWTL. Why is this needed as a fast pass?
While hustling, Zoe noticed that Duffy was out and there was little to no line. Now, Zoe is getting to an age where she isn't as into the characters. She rarely wants to see them. So when she requested quite emphatically to see him what could a mother do? Well, this mother decided that Zoe seeing Duffy was more important than riding LWTL.
Zoe and I stayed behind while the others continued on.
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We got a LOT of pictures. Good grief I don't think we have ever received as many shots with one character.
Then Zoe was on a mission to catch up with everyone and ride LWTL after all.
Sadly, they were on the boat when we arrived and poor Zoe was distraught. I think that all the lack of sleep was catching up with her. She sobbed. A cm got another cm to take Zoe on a "private tour" While we waited for our family to get done with their ride. It was very very nice of the girls. Basically it was just a little diversion. We were brought to the art wall next to the entrance and told various tid bits about it.
It only worked for a short time and then she was back to crying. When everyone finally arrived she was visibly upset enough that Steve looked like this when he approached.
In case you are curious, that is not a mad face but rather a
one.
We went ahead and rode the ride (as did everyone else). Then we decided everyone needed a nap. Since there was not enough time to go back to the resort before dinner we opted to make use of Ellen's Universe of Energy.
Next Up:
1/13 - 3 ADR's in a day and Epcot Part 3