The hour extra in bed did us good…both kids up bright and early, and ready for a fun filled day in the park..all before Paige’s morning wake up call…she had challenged us to be ready to go when she got to us the night before…success!!! Well done team fletch…also some more good news, Cosmic Rewind Lightening Lane secured…so psyched for that.
Skyliner to Epcot, my favourite park…couldn’t wait to take the kids around the world in a shorter time it took us to get to a Florida from Heathrow.
Skyliner drops us off at France (well Epcot's version, which bypasses the normal entrance and basically takes you directly to Ratatouille ride…score!! Only a 40 min wait, why not? Got to the front and the bloody ride breaks down, great like…40 mins of Frozen queue time wasted…but we did get complimentary fast passes as a result.
On to frozen then, but not before a breakfast of everything Caramel in the Germany Pavilion…such a hearty, healthy breakfast…we’re on holiday though and nothing is bad for you on holiday right? Right??!!
Anyways, Frozen next, Grayson was a miserable bugger this morning though which made the 45min wait seem like hours…worth it though, we all enjoyed the ride (although the ride pic says different…Jordan beaming, Alaska terrified, Me and Paige looked bored, and Grayson was picking his nose...FFS)… all the animatronics were working this time, unlike the last time we came and Elsa looked like she was auditioning for Nic Cages role in face/off.
Time for Cosmic rewind…slight panic that Deb and Chris were not gonna be off in time for our turn (they were on babysitting duties again for half hour or so…thanks guys)…Like a superhero, Chris comes bundling through the crowds in the nick of time and we manage to make our reservation...My god that ride was amazing…reminded me of Crushes Coaster in Paris on steroids…insane!!
Bit of food, and on to Fry Basket for the Fries Flight…fries never tasted so good, although Deb and Chris couldn’t fathom spending $7.50 on chips…didn’t stop Deb eating them though 🙄😂.
Test track next and we get to design our own car to be tested on the ride…we split into teams…Jordan and Deb vs Myself, Paige and Grayson...the competition was intense, we all had our fans cheering for us, there were scuffles in the streets and police present...which car would be the winner…well we’d have to wait and see. Probably the best time to say, Grayson has got fed up of being height measured for rides so makes sure to continually tell the cast members ‘I’m Grayson, and I’m four!!’…don’t make sod all difference kid, but whatever makes you feel better.
After we designed our cars we lined up to enter the test vehicles…Grayson so full of confidence he started abusing the other competitors in line…’our car is the fastest, yours is terrible’…he was right, we’d designed a monster of a car, and he was clearly proud!! Ok…time to test the best…4 rounds and an overall performance…we win round 1, Jo and Deb round 2, us round 3 and a draw round 4…conclusion…we beat them…well done Gray, fortunately your arrogance paid off and we didn’t look like a bunch of dicks.
Little browse around the shops, and on to ‘Club Cool’ to sample coke flavours from around the world…and the famous ‘Beverly’ drink that tastes of a mix of poison and poison, or so I assume…would you think me cruel if I said that I lulled Gray into a false sense of security by giving him the decent flavours before pouring him a nice glass for Beverly? Yeah?…well I did anyways….he was damn fuming mind…
Off around the world…starting at Mexico like it’s supposed to be done…Jo wanted the kids to meet Anna and Elsa, but Gray spotted Donald (his second favourite…but don’t tell Donald because it will break his heart). Split up: Gray to a Donald, Alaska to Anna/Elsa.
Gray was in full on serious Donald meet mode…he kept telling kids off for messing around in line and the giving them death stares to make sure they fell in line like a prison warden…’if your naughty you won’t see Donald Duck’….cue a flood of tears from his victim, forcing her to leave…wish he’d listen to his own advice as the next thing his proclaimed was…’This queue is bloody long!!!’ at the top of his voice…mental mun…met Donald, his little face lit up!!!, and Gray was pretty excited to meet him too…lush ❤️
Caught up with Jo and Alaska, and found they’re meet and greet pics hadn’t made it to our photo pass…devastating as she was adorable meeting the princess’….never fear we can do them again…unfortunately, they’d also be with Grayson…Damn he’s creepy around the princess’…they interacted with Alaska while he crept in the background and then ran away when they tried to hug him 😂…photos turned out lovely, and bonus was they found Alaska/s individual pics…phwew, no creepy Grayson in the background….Alaska was so damn cute with them though, and they all adored her…she can turn on the charm when she wants.
Now we were gagging for an ice cream brioche sandwich though so we powered to France again…bonus, Grayson asleep so we didn’t have to share…bloody shop was closed, we were devastated, Paige was raging…so we settled for a poor substitute in Italy (pumpkin spiced ice cream though…mmmm)…back to Mexico then (must of set a record for travelling thousands of miles across the world in about 15 minutes….such a dad joke). Ride on Gran Fiesta Tour and then off to the Seas with Nemo to via a few shops. Wanted some food and wine festival merch…but it was shit so settled for a Sprite instead.
Met up with Deb and Chris…the latter who tried to set up and epic globe lifting photo pass, only to royally misjudge it…poor effort, must have been the drink from last night…team D & C tap out early again…guess they were raging they hadn’t sponged anymore Pixie Dust and decided Epcot was no longer worth their while…we carry on our merry way (we’re not quitters).
Crowds were mental tonight, no idea why people come to Epcot to sample dishes that you can more or less buy from a restaurant nearby, but hey…add festival to anything and people go mental for it..me included I guess. Bit of Poutine and a mango margarita….Grayson hadn’t caught on to how the food and wine festival works as he kept telling people off for queuing for more food when they already had food in their hands…’Why are you having more food, you got some in your hands’…hes right though, greedy bastards….
Back to France to get back on Ronatelli (according to Gray) that had broken down in the morning…spotted a hat I needed…a light up Remy hat complete with animatronic rat popping out…amazing…the looks I got, I felt like a celebrity…everyone else felt embarrassed…if you’ve seen the hat you can probably see why.
Fireworks soon so needed to scout a spot…like a military trained sniper looking for a spot for the kill shot, Jordan spotted a secret hideaway with a perfect view…brilliant we had our place and we were camped for the duration…bit more food and a cider flight (we’d walked around the world to burn off the calories after all), and fireworks started…the kids face lit up…and not just because of the lasers and fireworks...they we loving life, and I couldn’t be happier…pure joy ❤️
Off back to the Skyliner to go home, and Grayson wanted to go on my shoulders which meant the ceremonial passing of the silly hat onto Paige…she really didn’t want to wear it…she’s shy and the hat drew a LOT of attention…didn’t help that Grayson clocked this and would tell everyone to look at his Aunt in her silly hat…dick 😂
Back to hotel for an earlyish evening ready for tomorrow…shopping morning and hopefully Fantasmic in the evening…wish us luck.
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