Disney Trip Report: Day 4

Tuesday: Everyone woke up early, so we went to Epcot for early hours, getting there around 8:30am on the monorail. 

We did a couple of rides, including the Nemo ride and Turtle Talk with Crush. I highly recommend Crush. It was really cool. Fletch was just in heaven. And, because we were there so early, we were able to walk right into those rides, and not even wait for our FastPasses later in the day. In the same building as the Nemo ride, they also have a pretty cool aquarium, which I didn’t know about/remember from my previous visits. We could have spent a lot of time there because it had the same fish as most large aquariums but at a more manageable size. The only downside was that strollers aren't allowed so after a while, Deacon started to get fussy from being carried around, and we had to leave.

After that, we crossed over to the World Showcase in Epcot and went to lunch in "Italy" at Via Napoli, which had some of the best pizzas/food we've ever eaten. So good. And, the kids were well behaved, which was amazing. During lunch, it poured rain, but by the time we got out, it stopped and was sunny out. Deke and Fletch fell asleep in the strollers, so we did a round of visits with characters/princesses with Piper. She got to meet Jasmine (Fletch was actually still awake for this), Sleeping Beauty, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, and Alice in Wonderland. She was just in love with the whole thing. 

Fletch woke up while we were in line for Alice, and did his usual freaking out/crying when he wakes up still tired, and cried for 20 minutes. Then Deke started up too. We got them quiet and then went back to explore more of Epcot, when it started to pour. We did the two Innoventions buildings, tasted all the Coca Cola products, and just wandered around in the rain. The kids didn't mind getting soaked. I had ponchos in my bag but we didn't bother with them.

 

We left the park at 5pm, so we stayed the whole day. On the monorail on the way home, there wasn't room for all of us in the same train car, so Eric went in a different one. Of course, he got off at the wrong stop and had to walk back to our hotel from Magic Kingdom. I made it back to the hotel with the kids, and we ordered takeout food, and Eric met up with us. We got back to the room around 6pm, did baths, the kids ate dinner, and put everyone to bed. A long, but awesome day.