PassedTheEndorMoon
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Finally, my parents made it back! After a very brief chat, Tory and I left them in charge of Baby M, and went to ride Cosmic Rewind. We were so excited and had been building our excitement up for the past hour and a half.
I don’t know that I can add anything more to the discourse of how great Cosmic Rewind is. Going in, I thought the hype was quite high, and yet it somehow still cleared that in my mind. What an incredible experience! We sailed through the galaxy to the sound of Disco Inferno! It’s really amazing how there isn’t any lull in the ride. It’s just laugh and scream after laugh and scream. Truly amazing work! We never got to experience the Energy Pavilion that existed in this space before, so I can’t confidently say if Cosmic Rewind was an upgrade, but I am willing to bet it was.
When we got back out to my parents and Baby M, we learned that my parents also got Disco Inferno for their ride through space!
After that thrill, we briefly stopped in Club Cool before we slowed things down with a leisurely walk through World Showcase in search of more Festival treats. EPCOT was quite busy that day and navigating through World Showcase with a stroller proved to be a new challenge.
My dad wanted to buy me a beer, so we stopped at the beer cart in Norway for an Einstok, which is actually an Icelandic, not Norwegian, beer. I got to take another cool Disney dad photo!
Baby M spent a good amount of time studying the Festival Passport to decide where to go first!
We met up with my brother and SIL at this point. They had gone off on their own for the day so far. We all stopped at the The Painted Panda food booth to get the Char Siu Pork Bun. This was pretty good, but the sauce was quite sweet for a savory dish!
We didn’t linger too long in China and instead opted to hit the next food booth in Germany. We got the Red Wine-Braised Beef Short Rib with parsnip purée, broccolini, baby tomatoes, and balsamic glaze, thinking that Baby M would like to try the parsnips since he loves potatoes. We gave him some and his reaction was one of absolute disgust. I think that was the first time we had seen him spit something out. It was absolutely hysterical. I really liked the dish, though!
We spent a good amount of time in the stores in Germany. Tory really wanted to get Baby M an authentic Steiff bear. They unfortunately closed the Teddy Bear store, so we were wandering through all the other stores in Germany. We went in quite a few (all?) of the stores and we could only find a medium sized bear, so we purchased that. We cut through another store and came across the bigger bears. Not sure if we had missed them originally or not…? So anyways, we then had to loop back around and return the medium sized one.
After that little detour, we of course had to show Baby M one of the most underrated parts of EPCOT: the Germany trains!
Next stop was Italy, and Tory and I had one thing in mind: taking our traditional campanile picture, but this time with Baby M. My SIL did a great job getting these photos! We also had someone take a photo of the whole family!
Here's a collage from all four trips - oh how time flies:
It had been 2 or so hours since Baby M had woken up from his last nap, and knowing it wasn’t that long of a nap, Tory and I knew that we needed to find a place for him to nap if he was going to make it to dinner. We said a temporary goodbye to my family and went to the America pavilion where we went inside the American Adventure building. We had 15 minutes until the next show, and so we found a comfy bench in the lobby and sat down. Within 5 minutes, Baby M was already asleep. It had been a busy day so far for him and it was quite quiet in here. They soon announced that it was time to head in to the show. I suggested that we just continue to sit where we were, but Tory thought she could keep him asleep on the walk in. She was indeed correct. He stayed asleep in her arms all the way up the escalator and into the theater. We chose spots in the very back corner, in case he woke up startled. That wasn’t an issue though as he slept through the whole show!
The American Adventure was new to Tory and I. I am a fan of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland, and this gave me very similar warm feelings. I was amazed at just how many different animatronics are hidden on that stage! They did a great job of managing to cover all the highlights of U.S. history in just 30 minutes while keeping the show moving and engaging. A super neat stop, and I’m not sure we would have ever seen it had it not been for us needing a quiet place for a baby to nap.
When we exited the theater, Baby M was still asleep, so Tory and I decided to head right back into the lobby of the American Adventure to let him get as much quiet sleep as he could. He got another 10 or so minutes back in the lobby before some very loud kids barreled into the wall next to us. It was good though! Baby M woke up so happy!
All in all, it was another hour or so nap, which was good enough to get him through dinner. We texted my family that we would meet up with them at our ADR.
We had about 45 minutes before we needed to head out of EPCOT to make it to our ADR, so we continued our stroll around World Showcase. Our next food booth stop was Goshiki in Japan where we grabbed the Sushi Donut and the Wagyu Bun. Both of these were fairly tasty. In particular, the fish on the sushi donut was fresh and it was quite a pretty dish! Certainly glad we got to try it! We didn’t have the highest expectations, as my brother showed us a photo of his from earlier in the day and his fish was paper thin. Ours was sliced much thicker. We don’t remember any particulars about the wagyu bun other than its general tastiness.We gave Baby M some snacks as well.
Despite it being sweater weather in EPCOT, I had to get one of my favorite treats on the way out: the Grand Marnier slush from France! Tory thinks the slush is incredibly overrated and way too sweet (Editor’s Note: Yes, I do. I will die on this hill haha.) . Generally, I agree with her about sweet drinks, but this one just hits different for some reason. I sipped on it as we continued to head towards the park entrance.
We had wanted to stop and take part in the paint by numbers mural on our way out, but when we came upon it, the line would have been prohibitively long for us. Bummer. It was of Figment, and super cute!
Instead, we realized we had time for a new-to-us attraction! Journey of Water!
All three of us really enjoyed this! We appreciated that Disney found a way to make a Moana attraction make sense in EPCOT as edutainment about the water cycle! Baby M appreciated all the water fountains and rivers. I have to imagine he will love it even more in a year or two when he can run around through it! All the effects were working for us, and Tory got a cool video of me parting the rain!
We spent about 10 minutes wandering through here, and would have stayed longer if it was warmer out and we didn’t have an ADR to get to.
Bye, EPCOT! (Editor’s note: As we walked out, I realized we never got schoolbread and was heartbroken! All the more reason to book a return trip, I suppose!)
We made the long walk out to our rental car in the EPCOT parking lot. I texted my family that we were headed over to our ADR. My dad texted back that they were hanging out at Banana Cabana, right next to our ADR location: Sebastian’s Bistro!
Readers of our last trip report will remember me gushing and writing way too many words about Sebastian’s Bistro. On that trip, my parents skipped out on dinner at Sebastian’s, so this would be their first experience at Sebastian’s. I know that they had to be excited as I probably talked their ears off about it during our last trip.
This was our latest ADR on the trip at 6 PM. When we booked ADRs 60 days previously, that was the earliest I could get an ADR for 7 people. We figured that it would be fine for Baby M as it was family-style and the food would be out quickly.
We found my family sitting at a table at Banana Cabana having enjoyed some drinks and an app. I walked 5 steps over to the podium at Sebastian’s and got us checked in. We were seated right at 6 PM.
Our server Mo quickly came over and introduced himself. He explained the concept to my family and then asked if anybody had any allergies. My brother noted that he had a mild tree nut allergy. Mo replied confused and said, “Trees?” My brother clarified that he said tree nuts and not just trees. Mo understood this time and joked that he was wondering how someone could be allergic to eating trees.
It took longer than expected for food to be delivered, but Sebastian’s did not disappoint. Baby M loved all the bread, including the puff pastry mickey head. I especially loved the salad which was a nice break from all the heavy food we had been eating. The curry, vegetables, and meats were all on point. We were so busy eating, we only have one mediocre photo of the salad.
Fairly soon after our meats and sides were dropped, Baby M started to get fussy, so Tory took him outside. She had started to eat, so she didn’t miss out entirely by stepping outside. After 15 or so minutes, I went out to check on the two of them and found them sitting on a bench by the water taking in the lights. Baby M just needed some time outside of a stroller or high chair in a quiet environment.
We sat as a family of three for a bit longer before heading back inside. Dessert was being polished off by my family. They noted how delicious it was and I was momentarily bummed, before Mo rounded the corner to our table with a giant bag. He said he felt bad that Tory missed so much of the meal, and so he had the kitchen box some stuff up for us. I looked inside, and this wasn’t just leftovers. It was the entire meal for two people, including bread and dessert! We were so incredibly tickled and touched.
Mo made this meal! He was funny, attentive, and went above and beyond for us. He absolutely made this meal a special experience for our family. Between his presence and the delicious food, our meal at Sebastian’s was an absolute highlight of the trip for me.
With a giant bag of takeout in hand, we settled our bill and got a tired Baby M into the car for the short drive back over to AKL.
We got him bathed and ready for bed. He perked back up after his bath and spent a few minutes playing with his new Steiff Teddy Bear while brushing his teeth before falling asleep quickly in Tory’s arms.
Once he was down, Tory and I sat on the balcony overlooking the savannah and had some of the bread pudding (and ice cream!) Mo packed up for us as part of our meal to go. A great way to end another excellent Disney day!
Coming up next: A rest day adventure!
I don’t know that I can add anything more to the discourse of how great Cosmic Rewind is. Going in, I thought the hype was quite high, and yet it somehow still cleared that in my mind. What an incredible experience! We sailed through the galaxy to the sound of Disco Inferno! It’s really amazing how there isn’t any lull in the ride. It’s just laugh and scream after laugh and scream. Truly amazing work! We never got to experience the Energy Pavilion that existed in this space before, so I can’t confidently say if Cosmic Rewind was an upgrade, but I am willing to bet it was.
When we got back out to my parents and Baby M, we learned that my parents also got Disco Inferno for their ride through space!
After that thrill, we briefly stopped in Club Cool before we slowed things down with a leisurely walk through World Showcase in search of more Festival treats. EPCOT was quite busy that day and navigating through World Showcase with a stroller proved to be a new challenge.
My dad wanted to buy me a beer, so we stopped at the beer cart in Norway for an Einstok, which is actually an Icelandic, not Norwegian, beer. I got to take another cool Disney dad photo!
Baby M spent a good amount of time studying the Festival Passport to decide where to go first!
We met up with my brother and SIL at this point. They had gone off on their own for the day so far. We all stopped at the The Painted Panda food booth to get the Char Siu Pork Bun. This was pretty good, but the sauce was quite sweet for a savory dish!
We didn’t linger too long in China and instead opted to hit the next food booth in Germany. We got the Red Wine-Braised Beef Short Rib with parsnip purée, broccolini, baby tomatoes, and balsamic glaze, thinking that Baby M would like to try the parsnips since he loves potatoes. We gave him some and his reaction was one of absolute disgust. I think that was the first time we had seen him spit something out. It was absolutely hysterical. I really liked the dish, though!
We spent a good amount of time in the stores in Germany. Tory really wanted to get Baby M an authentic Steiff bear. They unfortunately closed the Teddy Bear store, so we were wandering through all the other stores in Germany. We went in quite a few (all?) of the stores and we could only find a medium sized bear, so we purchased that. We cut through another store and came across the bigger bears. Not sure if we had missed them originally or not…? So anyways, we then had to loop back around and return the medium sized one.
After that little detour, we of course had to show Baby M one of the most underrated parts of EPCOT: the Germany trains!
Next stop was Italy, and Tory and I had one thing in mind: taking our traditional campanile picture, but this time with Baby M. My SIL did a great job getting these photos! We also had someone take a photo of the whole family!
Here's a collage from all four trips - oh how time flies:
It had been 2 or so hours since Baby M had woken up from his last nap, and knowing it wasn’t that long of a nap, Tory and I knew that we needed to find a place for him to nap if he was going to make it to dinner. We said a temporary goodbye to my family and went to the America pavilion where we went inside the American Adventure building. We had 15 minutes until the next show, and so we found a comfy bench in the lobby and sat down. Within 5 minutes, Baby M was already asleep. It had been a busy day so far for him and it was quite quiet in here. They soon announced that it was time to head in to the show. I suggested that we just continue to sit where we were, but Tory thought she could keep him asleep on the walk in. She was indeed correct. He stayed asleep in her arms all the way up the escalator and into the theater. We chose spots in the very back corner, in case he woke up startled. That wasn’t an issue though as he slept through the whole show!
The American Adventure was new to Tory and I. I am a fan of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland, and this gave me very similar warm feelings. I was amazed at just how many different animatronics are hidden on that stage! They did a great job of managing to cover all the highlights of U.S. history in just 30 minutes while keeping the show moving and engaging. A super neat stop, and I’m not sure we would have ever seen it had it not been for us needing a quiet place for a baby to nap.
When we exited the theater, Baby M was still asleep, so Tory and I decided to head right back into the lobby of the American Adventure to let him get as much quiet sleep as he could. He got another 10 or so minutes back in the lobby before some very loud kids barreled into the wall next to us. It was good though! Baby M woke up so happy!
All in all, it was another hour or so nap, which was good enough to get him through dinner. We texted my family that we would meet up with them at our ADR.
We had about 45 minutes before we needed to head out of EPCOT to make it to our ADR, so we continued our stroll around World Showcase. Our next food booth stop was Goshiki in Japan where we grabbed the Sushi Donut and the Wagyu Bun. Both of these were fairly tasty. In particular, the fish on the sushi donut was fresh and it was quite a pretty dish! Certainly glad we got to try it! We didn’t have the highest expectations, as my brother showed us a photo of his from earlier in the day and his fish was paper thin. Ours was sliced much thicker. We don’t remember any particulars about the wagyu bun other than its general tastiness.We gave Baby M some snacks as well.
Despite it being sweater weather in EPCOT, I had to get one of my favorite treats on the way out: the Grand Marnier slush from France! Tory thinks the slush is incredibly overrated and way too sweet (Editor’s Note: Yes, I do. I will die on this hill haha.) . Generally, I agree with her about sweet drinks, but this one just hits different for some reason. I sipped on it as we continued to head towards the park entrance.
We had wanted to stop and take part in the paint by numbers mural on our way out, but when we came upon it, the line would have been prohibitively long for us. Bummer. It was of Figment, and super cute!
Instead, we realized we had time for a new-to-us attraction! Journey of Water!
All three of us really enjoyed this! We appreciated that Disney found a way to make a Moana attraction make sense in EPCOT as edutainment about the water cycle! Baby M appreciated all the water fountains and rivers. I have to imagine he will love it even more in a year or two when he can run around through it! All the effects were working for us, and Tory got a cool video of me parting the rain!
We spent about 10 minutes wandering through here, and would have stayed longer if it was warmer out and we didn’t have an ADR to get to.
Bye, EPCOT! (Editor’s note: As we walked out, I realized we never got schoolbread and was heartbroken! All the more reason to book a return trip, I suppose!)
We made the long walk out to our rental car in the EPCOT parking lot. I texted my family that we were headed over to our ADR. My dad texted back that they were hanging out at Banana Cabana, right next to our ADR location: Sebastian’s Bistro!
Readers of our last trip report will remember me gushing and writing way too many words about Sebastian’s Bistro. On that trip, my parents skipped out on dinner at Sebastian’s, so this would be their first experience at Sebastian’s. I know that they had to be excited as I probably talked their ears off about it during our last trip.
This was our latest ADR on the trip at 6 PM. When we booked ADRs 60 days previously, that was the earliest I could get an ADR for 7 people. We figured that it would be fine for Baby M as it was family-style and the food would be out quickly.
We found my family sitting at a table at Banana Cabana having enjoyed some drinks and an app. I walked 5 steps over to the podium at Sebastian’s and got us checked in. We were seated right at 6 PM.
Our server Mo quickly came over and introduced himself. He explained the concept to my family and then asked if anybody had any allergies. My brother noted that he had a mild tree nut allergy. Mo replied confused and said, “Trees?” My brother clarified that he said tree nuts and not just trees. Mo understood this time and joked that he was wondering how someone could be allergic to eating trees.
It took longer than expected for food to be delivered, but Sebastian’s did not disappoint. Baby M loved all the bread, including the puff pastry mickey head. I especially loved the salad which was a nice break from all the heavy food we had been eating. The curry, vegetables, and meats were all on point. We were so busy eating, we only have one mediocre photo of the salad.
Fairly soon after our meats and sides were dropped, Baby M started to get fussy, so Tory took him outside. She had started to eat, so she didn’t miss out entirely by stepping outside. After 15 or so minutes, I went out to check on the two of them and found them sitting on a bench by the water taking in the lights. Baby M just needed some time outside of a stroller or high chair in a quiet environment.
We sat as a family of three for a bit longer before heading back inside. Dessert was being polished off by my family. They noted how delicious it was and I was momentarily bummed, before Mo rounded the corner to our table with a giant bag. He said he felt bad that Tory missed so much of the meal, and so he had the kitchen box some stuff up for us. I looked inside, and this wasn’t just leftovers. It was the entire meal for two people, including bread and dessert! We were so incredibly tickled and touched.
Mo made this meal! He was funny, attentive, and went above and beyond for us. He absolutely made this meal a special experience for our family. Between his presence and the delicious food, our meal at Sebastian’s was an absolute highlight of the trip for me.
With a giant bag of takeout in hand, we settled our bill and got a tired Baby M into the car for the short drive back over to AKL.
We got him bathed and ready for bed. He perked back up after his bath and spent a few minutes playing with his new Steiff Teddy Bear while brushing his teeth before falling asleep quickly in Tory’s arms.
Once he was down, Tory and I sat on the balcony overlooking the savannah and had some of the bread pudding (and ice cream!) Mo packed up for us as part of our meal to go. A great way to end another excellent Disney day!
Coming up next: A rest day adventure!
And congratulations!! 
Sounds like you encountered some fantastic cast members on your trip. I agree with you that the magic is still there! I also agree that the level of planning required can be frustrating and I also feel badly for the casual guest who is at such a disadvantage if they haven't "done the homework." I have made notes to investigate the guava pancake situation as well as the Steve special. Looking forward to hearing more about your trip.
Their loss!
