Disney World, Part V

Well-rested and ready-to-go again, we headed to Epcot Tuesday morning. Actually there were Extra Magic Hours that morning, so we got to go in early! The monorail to Epcot was down for some reason that morning, but we still made it shortly after Extra Magic Hours started. We spent most of the morning doing rides, shows, and activities at the "Future Worlds" part at the front of the park, including:
* Spaceship Earth
* Mission Space
* Test Track
* Soarin
* Journey Into Imagination With Figment
* Innoventions East & West (including creating video games featuring the kids that were emailed to us)
* Living with the Land (boat ride through greenhouses where they grow some of the food served at Disney)
* The Seas with Nemo & Friends










Kaylen tried the Kim Possible Adventure, which was fun, but very time-consuming. We had lunch reservations in the park at 1:20, so we just did one part of it, and when she got her phone, we asked that her first assignment be near our reservation location. We returned it after lunch, because we knew we wouldn't have time to complete any more assignments. While we waited for our lunch reservation, we also rode Maelstrom Viking boat ride, and Daddy and Elijah had fun in the Norway gift shop.



Our lunch reservation was at the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, where we met Belle before we were seated.







Then we dined while Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel, and Aurora walked around to greet each table. The princesses also periodically do a grand parade march around the restaurant, and they invite the kids to follow them, which the girls excitedly did. Elijah was more interested in eating his lunch. The princess lunch was excellent. The appetizer was a buffet but could have been a lunch all on its own. Then we had a choice of entree, after which they brought us three different traditional Norwegian desserts.

With full bellies, we headed back to our hotel room for naps. After naps and returning to Epcot on the monorail which was back up and running. We walked around the World Showcase part of the park for a couple hours.



The kids weren't entirely impressed with the World Showcase, but Kaylen liked the Japan pavilion. We paid for her to be able to pick an oyster from a tank. The oysters each have cultured pearls in them, so she learned a little bit about how they are grown. I then helped her pick out a charm to set the pearl in, and a chain. She loves the necklace, and is taking good care of it.

Josephine enjoyed dancing to a rock band we stopped to listen to at the England area. Elijah just sat and watched/listened - I think he was worn out, despite the nap. Kaylen thought it was funny that some of the songs they played/sang were popular when Daddy and I were in college. :)

We finished (quickly) visiting each country's area just in time to find a good spot for the IllumiNations fireworks show. I snagged us some crepes with ice cream to enjoy during the show, just as the crepe stand was closing.