We take the bus to EPCOT and find our Legacy Tile to show the kids and grandparents. DH and I had bought our Legacy Tile back in 2002 when we visited WDW on our 10th wedding anniversary. The kids weren't with us so instead of putting pictures on our tile, we had all of our names put on it. The kids got a kick out of seeing the tile with their names on it when we visited in 2004 and were proud to point it out to their cousins and grandparents.
I sent the rest of our party on to the Honey I Shrunk the Audience show while I ran to the Land to get us all Soarin' fastpasses. I met up with them in the holding area and we were soon greeted by the cast member who said.... "HELLO.OOOO....FAMILY". (We were the only ones waiting to see the show). It was really funny and we all giggled. We enjoyed the show and I was a little surprised at how few people were in the audience for the show. We then visited Figment next door and, after the ride, emailed pictures to family using the Kodak displays.
By this time, BIL and my sister were arriving at the park and I had their parkhopper passes so I ran out to the entrance to meet them while the rest of the family headed on to the Seas to ride the new Nemo ride. BIL, sister and I arrived at the Seas and stopped to take pictures of the seagulls in front. I point out to BIL and sis that if you wait long enough, the seagulls soon say: "MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE.....". They thought it was beyond funny and the "MINE" line gets used over and over again for the rest of the trip. We board the clam shells quickly since they let sister park her scooter and "cut" in line to get on the ride right away. The ride is cute and we soon get off and try to locate the rest of the family. The line for Turtle Talk with Crush is extremely long so we skip it and find the rest of the family did the same and were sitting outside waiting for us.
We head over the to the Land to use our Soarin' fastpasses and waited for about 20 minutes before getting on the ride. The family enjoys the ride so much that we get fastpasses for later so we can return and ride again. Next is the Living With the Land boat ride - we get on very quickly as we bypass the line following behind sister on her scooter. FIL is very impressed with this ride and wants to take the behind-the-scenes-tour with DH. At first, I'm skeptical that we can get them on the tour on such short notice but I call reservations during lunch and make arrangements very easily for the 2 of them to take the tour that afternoon. DH and I had taken this behind-the-scenes tour in 2002 and found it very very interesting. FIL has an interest/hobby in growing veggies and such so this tour is right up his alley.
We have lunch at Sunshine Seasons in the Land and I have to say that this was my favorite counter service meal of the entire trip. The choices are astounding and we have so much food it's just obscene. Everyone splits up to order what they want but MIL and I decide to get an assortment of foods to share so we get several sandwiches: Grilled Vegetable Cuban Sandwich,
Black Forest Ham and Salami Grinder, Turkey and Muenster Cheese on Foccacia with Chipotle Mayonnaise. For dessert, we ordered from the bakery and had a huge rice crispy treat (my favorite), chocolate cake, and cheesecake. All of this food was on the dining plan and was just delicious (so delicious that I forgot to take a picture until we were almost done!).
After lunch, DH and FIL go on their tour, sister returns to the resort to rest, and the rest of us head to Spaceship Earth - DD's favorite ride.
We then head to Innoventions and the kids have fun playing a variety of games especially Rhys who is, like any boy his age, a serious computer game addict.
We gather to "build a robot" and I team up with one of the twins (still haven't figured out which one it was, lol). The game is sponsored by the plastic industry and we choose attributes for our robot and give it a name. Then, everyone playing the game votes on which robot they like the best in a beauty pageant of sorts. We then get briefed on how the robot race will work - we stand on a pad and can run in place to make the computerized robots go forward, we can navigate right and left by stepping on the corresponding pads on the floor and can make the robot jump. We get to practice a bit and it's obvious that this is going to be a little tough to do. The race gets under way and I'm running like crazy while my niece controls the jumping. We have to navigate around barriers, jump over walls, through nets, and through fire pits. I'm exhausted by the time we get to the finish line but all the hard work pays off as we take 2nd place in the race. We also take 2nd place in the "style pageant".
After we get done, everyone is invited to make their own plastic robots which we take home with us.
We visit Club Cool to try all of the different types of Coke products from around the world. Some of them really aren't too bad but a few are just horrible including the one from Italy. BIL and I check out the line for Test Track and it's very long at this point. We meet up with DH and FIL who enjoyed their tour and after riding Soarin' one more time using our fastpasses, we headed towards the Canada Pavilion. We were a little early for our 6:30 pm reservation at Le Cellier so we took the kids to the Kidcot station at Canada and they enjoyed coloring their masks. At 6:30, I went to check-in for our reservation and were told that they were running about 20 minutes late. I returned 30 minutes later to the check-in podium and was told that our table was being cleaned up. After another 20 minutes, we were finally called and seated at our table. It's past 7:30 by the time we finally get settled down and place our orders. This is the longest we've ever had to wait with an ADR but it was worth the wait.
DH orders a Canadian dark beer called "Trois Pistoles" and declares it's the best beer he's ever had. Our waiter tells us that the company who brews this beer only exports their product to Disney and nobody else. For appetizers, I really liked the Cheddar Cheese soup that MIL and DD ordered. I had the Crab and Salmon Timbale - smoked salmon layered with Canadian rock crab, mascarpone cheese, and citrus syrup. I was great. I then order the filet which is absolutely delicious and have the creme brulee for dessert which was pretty good.
DD has the ice cream sundae and she declares the sprinkles on her sundae the best that she's ever had. 2 "bests" in one meal - wow.
We are all very impressed with this restaurant and head back to the resort beyond satisfied with plans to visit again on our next trip - Le Cellier has become one of our new favorites despite our long wait.
>>NEXT POST<<
No comments:
Post a Comment