BONUS DAY 2: EPCOT
Finally, time for the wife and I to partake in something that this trip has been desperately lacking; alone time. We're still weary from getting dragged and slagged across the Magic Kingdom, so we focus our attention on Future World. Or whatever parts of it aren't blocked by construction barricades. We never left World Showcase during our honeymoon, so this is all new to us. Plus, it's right there when you walk in. Kinda hard to miss.
The SIL recommended Nemo & Friends, so we swing by there first. Ten minute wait, although those ten minutes are spent speeding around empty switchbacks. Whiplash, courtesy of Disney.
Next up is Living with the Land. Twenty minute wait. Better yet, I don't feel obligated to spend that time glued to my phone planning our next move. I can be in the moment. Leave the apps and spreadsheets to the SIL and her small army of adorable 3' hooligans.
This is the Disney of my honeymoon. I don't need to wrack my rage-addled brain analyzing opportunity costs. I wanna do something in the parks? Hell yeah son, this is your party; you do that thing!
I'm finally having fun.
Oh, but we can't overlook the festival food. Our diet is no longer shackled by a woman who thinks a "adventurous pallete" stops at ordering the spicy nuggets from Wendy's. Spoon bread, pork belly, chorizo, rich and decadent mole sauce. I get to imbibe a alcoholic beverage that doesn't taste like it was brewed for Jimmy Buffet cover bands!
We want more, but I can feel the concrete vibrating further past my ankles with each step. Not that we mind. For the first time on this trip we got to experience the Disney that we remember.
DAY 3: UNIVERSAL