I'm finally braving the return update...again life took over I'm afraid and probably will do repeatedly, so as long as you don't mind, then I'll potter along and take a gazillion years to write this TR
So, we were in Epcot I believe, having dined with the Princesses and gone to the The Land pavillion. DD was tall enough for Soarin' so we acquitted ourselves with Fastpasses before going on...thrill ride of the century...Living with the Land....oh yes, we know how to live....
This had been closed when we were here in 2009 so we had no real concept of what it was....and the 0 minute wait made us slightly suspicious, but we needn't have been. We really loved this ride - very serene and generally relaxing
It was really fascinating to learn about the technologies - DD really enjoyed it. I mean...what's not to love about a nine pound lemon???
I just googled nine pound lemon to check that I got the weight right and look what came up
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=n...6oGgDA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=631
Seriously, who is the guy? Other than a nine pound lemon of course....I bet he's so proud. Bwah hah hah!!
Anyway, on with the tour...
Once we had lived with the land, we hopped (not literally, that would have been both stupid and time consuming, especially with a four year old...) over to the Seas to take a jaunt with:
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Oh yeah! We love this ride - granted, we love a lot of rides, but not ALL rides (I know, hard to believe but true) - DH, as we all know, hates teacups and anything that spins...me, I have a bit of a thing about Dinosaur...yeah...not good! On my second trip to WDW (in 1998) I went with a friend from University - this was when Animal Kingdom first opened and Dinosaur was called Countdown to Extinction....yes indeed, that long ago!!Well, I had no idea about what Countdown to Extinction was like (I suppose some might say I should have got the clue from the title but...hey, maybe I'm just a few coupons short of a toaster...
) Anyway, the point being, we did the ride and - given that I find the dark-bit-in-Space-Mountain section of the People Mover fairly creepy - I was TERRIFIED - believe you me the words I would use to describe my fear in its entirety would be way more censored than Blue Footed Boooby Birds (I know I've been writing this for a long time...this is referenced earlier in the TR!!!) The sheer
was evident when we went to look for our ride photo - we could not find it...it was gone...and then we looked again. There it was - our mistake when trying to find it was that we were looking for TWO people; me and my friend - we should have just been looking for her - yes, I was so blooming terrified that at the point the camera flashed I actually had my head in her lap
Yet another proud moment I can chalk onto my blackboard of life...Glory Be!!
Wow - tangent - sorry! I think we were just getting on Nemo until I reversed everyone's lives by fifteen years...
A question...has anyone ever seen the Nemo queue full...or even partially used? Whenever we go on it, the queue is merely an inconvient series of barriers preventing speedy clam-shell boarding. Now, I'll give you 3 guesses as to which part I find scariest....hmmm? What, you only need one guess?
DD is thankfully way hardier than me (not difficult, I know) - clearly got DH's genes for that. Mine for Teacups, his for scary rides.
I think our favourite section is the EAC section - so clever - but the end animations in the tank are fab too. Obviously, post-Nemo meant a trip round the Aquariums and the obligatory inside/next to sharks photos - we were really pleased that DD would pose this year - in 2009 she was too scared to get into Bruce - yet she loved the skeletons in POTC - go figure??
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I think she's very convincing! What we actually did was drop her in there and then run away really fast to get the real emotion...no...not really...honest...no children were harmed in the making of these photos...
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Ah, those mother, daughter bonding moments....
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do you think she was embarrassed????
I read on someone else's TR (I can't remember whose, sorry!) about someone having the idea of posing with the sharks with their feet hanging out - this I have to try!!!
So after our foray with the sharks, we headed to the manatees - DD asked questions which was great and we learned plenty about them - the 2 we saw were Lou (18 years old) and Vail (25 years old) - both male. The CM was telling us about their potential for release into the wild. Apparently Lou had been there for 10 years so was taking ages to be released but he had lost 90% of his tail which was causing huge issues in terms of release. One of the other conditions for release is that they have to have been free from medical intervention for a year. It was really fascinating. I know it's difficult to believe but I'm actually fairly shy when it comes to making conversation with strangers
but we all made a real effort this trip and were rewarded with much information!
After our lesson in manatees we waited for the next show of Turtle Talk - DD sat at the front with the other kiddies and we plonked ourselves down somewhere near the back - I remember it being fairly hard to see... We'd never seen this show before - how on earth is it done? I really can't fathom it. Some of you may well be thinking 'how can she not know? Gah!' but I refer you to my earlier comment regarding toasters and coupons....
We enjoyed it and would definitely like a chance to see it again with a difference audience if only to see how the responses change...
We pootled around FutureWorld/Land/Ville -still don't know - popping into Club Cool (Beverley - blearrrgghh) where DD became obsessed with a multicoloured Mickey toy that we resisted buying - and then spent a short time in Innoventions - I think that'll be somewhere for when DD is a bit older. For lunch we went to the Electric Umbrella which was paaaacked - mainly because it decided to rain like mad - if there was a smiley with an umbrella I would insert him _____ <--- here... DD and I had bacon cheeseburgers with fries, apple juice and a chocolate brownie. DH had a meatball sub with fries, coke and strawberry cheesecake. Whilst it wasn't what you might call gourmet, it filled a hole and we were dry - a win win situation I think you'll agree
We then went and Soared over California - we embarked quickly and DD loved it - hooray for a child with impeccable tastes
We fairly leapt onto Living with the Land again - see, I told you we'd enjoyed it.... and then off to the land of Imaaaaaaginaaaation. I always jump at the end sequence....such a wimp
One more photo before I leave this installment - we're off to the World Showcase next. I will try and post another update very shortly but I won't make any promises! Oh and of couse....I need to update my signature....and TICKER!!! Woo hoo!!!