Day 2 - Epcot continued
After some playtime in the TT post ride area, I send Kythe and Brad to Mission Space Orange to use up a FastPass. They never really needed an FP for this at all as Orange side's queue was never above 15 minutes that I saw our entire trip.
While they do Orange, I rest and cool off in Innoventions' benches near the microscope area. There is one bench that doesn't have a speaker directly above it, and it's the most peaceful one. It's 3:21 pm, 91 degrees and still pretty humid. The sun is very bright, and there's not a cloud in the sky. I am starting to tire, but I'm hoping for a second wind after dinner at Chefs so we can explore WS some more in the evening!
After their Mission Space we all go to Spaceship Earth to see if we can use our FastPass. We can! Yay! I love this attraction. I love making funny faces for the personal photo and I love spending time with Dame Judi Dench while she narrates. I still get chills whenever she says "poised to shape the future of this... our Spaceship Earth". Kythe and Brad tolerate it for me, but will only do it once a trip. They do really like playing in the game area at the end of the ride though!
Afterwards, we move back over to World Showcase again and clouds and thunder start moving in. We stop to take some photos along the way to WS. Here's Kythe holding her precious purple Lucky Cat
Our reservation at Chefs is at 5:30pm, but we check in a bit early for my official Birthday dinner! They let us in right away and we get a table near the front of the restaurant. I have a lovely view of the fountain, and I love the paintings on the ceiling.
Brad enjoys speaking French with our server (I don't speak French). We order from the Prix Fixe menu. We both get French Onion soup. He orders the Shortrib and I get the Chicken. Kythe gets pasta and chicken strips. Brad got the Creme Brulee for dessert, and Kythe and I both order the strawberry cream cake. The soup is truly fabulous, a huge portion and I would be plenty satisfied with just the soup and dessert.
Brad and Kythe enjoyed their entrees, but my chicken was so dry I couldn't eat it. I was pretty full anyway though from the soup and bread. All the desserts were AMAZING.
Before dessert Brad told the server (in French so I couldn't understand) that it was my birthday. So they all came out and sang to me and I got a candle on my dessert to make a wish. I teared up a little bit, the servers and my family were being very sweet.
While we were eating a rain shower moved through the area, but it was 100% gone when we finished eating and the sun was back out again. Perfect timing
The rain cooled the temperature a bit too, and I did get my second wind!