The next day was Saturday and we headed to Epcot. When we got to the parking lot, they had us park on some grass? That should have been a signal to us that some weird stuff was going on. We were just glad that we were parked so close. We eventually got through the bag check line (HATE the bag check line) and made it in:
The first ride we wanted to go on was the new "Frozen" ride. They were out of fast passes online, so we were doomed to the stand-by line.
The line (once we got inside) was really cute, like being in Arrendale, complete with Oaken's sauna and everything. The ride was super adorable too (here is Olaf and Sven!)
After that ride, we headed to the Test Track, which is always fun, but I decided I liked the "Cars" land version from Disneyland better. We eventually wandered over to the Nemo ride/aquarium, which is always fun.
Somewhere in here we discovered that it was ridiculously crowded. Seems like a number of promotions were going on simultaneously, in addition to it being a Saturday. It was "Dapper Day" (where you dress up fancy and come to Epcot), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (a swing band) was appearing, it was the "Food and Wine Festival" (where you come to Epcot and eat a bunch of fancy food, AND, it was apparently "Drink Your Way Around the World Day" (I am not kidding), where you get a little passport, and each time you purchase a beer or cocktail in a country in the world showcase, you can get a stamp on your passport. The lines for the food carts (which also sold drinks) were INSANE. There were people just everywhere. Lucky for us, we had reservations at the restaurant in China, but it took us quite a while to fight our way over there.
After lunch, we rode Mission Space a couple of times, and it is always fun to mess with the kids by pushing their switches and buttons. We also listened to some singers in the America section which was nice. We wanted to ride on Soarin', but the line was something like 80 minutes long, and I am not that patient of a person. We walked around and sampled the soda pop from around the world (if you are ever in Italy and someone offers you a drink called "Beverly," DO NOT DRINK IT.
It was so crowded that we decided to call it an early night and head home. I made Cora pose for a picture on the way out:
And then we ate cheap dinner at the house and SWAM!
The next day (yes, we are getting a little tired by now) was Disney Hollywood Studios! This place felt more Christmas-y than Epcot did.
The first thing I wanted to do was go on the Tower of Terror! They are closing this ride at Disneyland to change it into some sort of Guardians of the Galaxy ride or some other such nonsense that I oppose wholeheartedly. But at least this one is still here.
Hooray for the Tower of Terror! I love the atmosphere of this ride.
Here is Preston, getting ready to go on the service elevator. The girls skipped this one, but Daxton ride it and belly-laughed the whole time we were going up and down. It was awesome.
We had Fastpasses for Star Tours, which Cora was very excited about. Dax was hoping he would be the rebel spy, but no such luck. He decided he would be okay if he got to pose on this speeder:
Preston wanted in on the action and made a line of little children wait while he climbed on and struck a pose.
We watched the Indiana Jones stunt show, we watched the Little Mermaid Show, we went to Muppet Vision, we did some shopping and we rode on the Toy Story ride (yay for FastPasses!)
After that, Arden said she wasn't feeling very well. We went to the Frozen Sing Along show, (which was pretty entertaining and funner than I thought it would be) and watched the Beauty and the Beast show, avoiding the rollercoaster to hopefully let Arden's tummy recover from lunch. She still wasn't feeling great, so we decided not to try to stick it out until Fantasmic. We headed home a little early again, but no one seemed to mind too much. We still had two days to go, and you have to pace yourself!
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