So, the truth is I had dropped 10 pounds on this vacation
when I woke up, this morning. Then we
went to The World Showcase at Epcot.
Don't expect another vacation weight update. We have been eating all day long...
We have this rhythm that goes with our world showcase
days. Today we started slightly off,
because we had breakfast reservations at 10:50am at Akershus, which is a really
weird time for a reservation there, but whatever. We made it work, met some princesses, and ate
fabulous food. If there's any question
about the quantity of food available at Akershus, let's just say we had bacon
left over. That never happens. I will say that the character greetings felt
very rushed again, which is just not something we're used to at Disney. After each of our character meals, so far, I
have thought to myself, "We really might have been better off just waiting
in line to meet these characters."
Character meals have always been a convenient way for us to see a lot of
characters without the wait times, and hey... everyone has to eat! I don't anticipate doing Disney again with
kids who are the right age to care about character greetings. Believe me, it has been like pulling teeth to
get some of these older kids of mine to give the princesses some love. And yet, they all jumped up for Snow White,
which is really ironic. They don't even
like Snow White. I was so confused. At any rate, I think we've had OK character
meal experiences on this trip, but they have seemed a little less magical than in
the past:
Once we finished breakfast, we began our usual pattern of conquering
the world. If everything goes as
planned, we will leave each country with a picture, a pressed penny, a stamp on
Duffy the Disney Bear (only Miah participated in this), and a culinary
experience.
As an added bonus, since it is Epcot's Food and Wine
Festival time, we had some additional options for our taste testing. This is what we ate, today: churros, a
chocolate covered soft pretzel, sweet and sour chicken, steamed rice, buttered chicken
with micro cilantro, naan bread, bratwurst, a salty soft pretzel, paprika
chips, ravioli, steak, fries, broccoli, a rocky road brownie, kakigori,
baklava, a chocolate éclair, a croissant, fish & chips, and victoria sponge
cake. If you can believe it, we didn't
get to Canada in time to eat anything. I
hear we have to go back for some maple sugar.
We'll get there eventually.
Truthfully, though, I'm not sure I ever want to eat again! That will probably pass...
One of the cutest things ever was that Miah insisted on trying
to say hello in every native language throughout the showcase. She would just get the hang of it, and we'd
move on to another country. I actually
cannot believe how much fun she had. Unfortunately,
the Kidcot stop in Canada was also closed by the time we got there, so she will
have to take Duffy back in to get her Canada stamp. Since it rained on and off, all day long, she
has the worst looking Duffy I have ever seen.
It's probably nothing that some markers can't fix!
I kept thinking back to our first trip around the world,
with kids, that we did in an hour and forty-five minutes. My goodness how things have changed! It would not be difficult for me to spend a
couple of days in the World Showcase. My
girls could sure do it, too, because they love going through every single
shop. Other than the fact that Miah felt
the need to touch every breakable thing imaginable, that was fun, too,
especially because she was so excited about everything.
How about some pictures:
Mexico:
Norway:
China:
African Outpost:
Germany:
Italy:
The American Adventure:
Japan:
Morocco:
France:
United Kingdom:
Canada:
This day was just huge.
Sleep would be great!
L.
Pictures Taken Today: 264
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