One day left in the parks - we are all beat - but doing really well considering all that we‘ve done!!!
Before I blog about yesterday, I wanted to update you on the cruise situation. As you probably heard, Costa Maya and Belize were both hit by Hurricane Dean - especially Costa Maya. Yesterday, out itinerary change was made official:
Saturday - Port Canaveral - Boarding
Sunday - Key West
Monday - At Sea
Tuesday - Cozumel
Wednesday - Progresso
Thursday - At sea
Friday - Nassau
Saturday - Port Caneveral
Losing Belize was a bummer because that is where we were going to go cave tubing.
Yesterday, we got a late start (made even later by the fact that we forgot a ticket and had to go back to the hotel!) But we got to EPCOT with enough time to visit The Living Seas with Nemo and friends. I have not been on the new sub ride yet at Disney, but the new ride at the Living Seas uses much of the same technology - and we all REALLY enjoyed the ride. It was very neat! The ride exits into the Living Seas, where we checked out the dolphins, the rays, the sharks, and the sea turtles. We also got to watch the divers come in and feed some of the sea creatures! Way. Cool.
After a stop at Club Cool to sample soda from around the world, we went over to the fast rides. Cori and Angie rode Test Track while the rest of us rode Mission Space. Then we left EPCOT, grabbed the monorail, and went back to the Magic Kingdom trying to get to the Crystal Palace for our lunch reservations.
Lunch was a yummy buffet, and we got to meet Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet. Andrew and Cori also got to march in two parades!
After lunch, we saw Mickey’s Philharmagic (Cori was so cute trying to catch all of the 3-d things!!!) and then went to Tomorowland to use our Space Mountain Fast Passes, while Cori took a little nap.
We took a brief ride on the TTA, and then saw the new Monster’s Inc. Laugh Factory - which uses the same technology as “Turtle Talk with Crush” to interact with the audience. The premise is that they have learned that human laughter powers Monstropolis even better then screams, so they opened up a night club to do stand up and collect the energy from our laughter. They put people up on screens and made jokes, but nothing too humiliating. It was funny! You could also text message a joke before the show and they would use some in the show.
It was time to use our Winnie the Pooh fast pass, and then head over to Splash Mountain. By now, it was getting particularly humid - the worst night yet, so getting wet felt awesome! After the ride, we found a place to watch Spectromagic, Grant’s favorite parade of all. Sitting on a bench behind us was a family from Canada - the little girl, Stella, was 4, and had a fantastic time playing with Cori while we waited for the parade… guess who got the TinkerBell pin??? (o:
We left the park after Spectromagic, trying to beat the crowds who were staying for the fireworks. Kevin and I ran through Swiss Family Robinson on the way out, and then we got to the ferry in time to watch the finale of the fireworks show on the ferry as we crossed Bay Lake to the TTA. We hopped the monorail back to the EPCOT parking lot, stopping at Walgreens for cold medicine for Angie and McDonalds for our dinner.
One more day at the parks… Animal Kingdom!
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