Wow - I had the laptop in our villa but never checked this board during the nine days we were gone. All these posts!!!
Got the Gac with absolutely no problem on our first day at Epcot. We had already done
MNSSHP and a day at MGM and Fantasmic. Knowing Evan (DS, 13, my Asperger's boy) wanted to do Test Track, Soarin' and Mission Space and knowing crowds on a Saturday, I stopped off at Guest Relations and got it. No problem there.
Saturday is Epcot's busiest day. All FP for TT and Soarin were gone for the DAY by noontime. Spoke to Cm's at both attractions, showed them GAC and they were absolutely unable to help. Unwilling, unable, invisibledisability - not sure. I let it go, took him and DD to Mission Space, where he did manage the 45 minute wait, met nice people online and loved the ride!
Luckily we had extra time to come back to Epcot. He wanted to do Dinosaur and Kali at AK - both CM's at the line let us go right to the fastpass line.. but this was on Monday. Unfortinately, we got right up inside with the skeleton when it was announced that the ride was down!! This happened 2 years ago also. DS was very angry but we avoided a meltdown as I observed the boy in line behind us who was dancing around and covering his ears. I asked the woman if he had autism...and when Evan observed how upset that boy was, he somehow straightened himself out...
At Kali - they let us right on FP line though the last FP was long gone and standby was 40 minutes. He loved it.
About the Land Pavilion and Soarin'... I hate the building, love the rides!!! Love Circle of Life and the Living with the Land Boatride. Soarin' is absolutely gorgeous, exhilarating, energizing, renewing - AHHHHH!!! Wish we hadn't had to wait 2 hrs. for the FP to kick in. We went to lunch at Coral Reef - 1st quiet meal - sitting right next to the tank was very soothing for Evan.
Disney Quest?? I was surprised at how much I loved it - not overstimulating at all. Well designed, soothing spaces, dark even in some spots.True Disney Magic. We got there at 3 PM on a Friday. Stayed til around 8PM. Because there were different levels, so much space and few lines, Evan was absolutely fine. Actually - he was calmer in there than in any of the parks this time, where he was sooo anxious to get to the NEXT attraction.He loved the Cybercoaster and spent some souvenir money on the DVD. Because he's a real video game buff, he was thoughtfully evaluating games as he went and was able to wait for his turn and chat with other kids. And after we got the layout down, I felt comfy enough to sit in the Wonderland section by myself with excellent coffee from Cheesecake Factory and let them go. At the ticketmania price, the cheesecake, the burrito and extremely accomodating CM's - I would be back to DQ in a minute and wonder why I was so afraid to go!!!!
Any questions, comments - please feel free! thank you all so very much!
melomouse
