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After our trip to Mars we headed over to the World Showcase. We checked out a little bit of the Food and Wine Festival and we rode the updated boat ride in Mexico and Maelstrom. It was now getting close to baby's naptime and we were all getting hungry so we decided to head over to the Land for lunch. As we were walking over Gabe fell fast asleep in his stroller. Not wanting to wake him we decided to eat at the Electric Umbrella since you can't take strollers inside the Land anymore . The food actually wasn't too bad though. After lunch we grabbed FPs for TT for that night and it was time to use our FPs for Soarin'. My mom stayed with Gabe and the rest of us headed to the Land. Unfortunately we were in the bottom row on the far left side (my 2nd time in this row in only 4 or 5 rides total) but the ride was still amazing. After Soarin' we got ice cream at the Edy's place and decided to head back to the hotel for a break.

At the hotel DH volunteered to stay with Gabe in the room and the rest of us headed to DTD on the boat. I just love DTD so I was thrilled at making a second trip there. We only stayed for a little while but I bought some stuff at the Virgin Megastore. We headed back to POFQ to get ready to head back to Epcot. Our intention was to visit the World Showcase and the Food and Wine festival more and use our FPs for TT. We decided to grab dinner at the Food Court at the hotel though and it was tasty as usual. Here's Gabe waiting for his dinner.

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I think it was about 6:30 when we got back to Epcot that night but as we arrived at the gates my niece realized she left her ticket in the room so she and my dad headed back to POFQ and DH, my mom, Gabe and I decided to head over to the World Showcase. As we walked in people were POURING out the gates. We were excited because we thought it would be empty......WRONG! Seriously I have never seen the World Showcase so crowded - it was literally wall to wall people! I really wanted to go to the shop in Japan so we headed in that direction and eventually we made it. Yikes! At this point my dad and niece were back at Epcot and we agreed to meet at TT. We made our way back around WS and it was really no fun. I led the way with the stroller and tried to make a path for us. Finally we escaped the mayhem and exited into Future World. There was still some time before our FPs for TT so we shopped for a while and bought some souvenirs. Finally it was time for TT. TT was fun as usual, but it broke down as we were waiting to unload and we literally sat there for about 15 minutes. My niece and I were cracking up though about trying to escape the cars. We had wanted to see Illuminations that night but there was no way we were up to fighting with the crowds that night so we headed back to the hotel for bed.

Day 3 was a great day! Epcot is definitely a favorite for me - I only wish it hadn't been so crowded. Note to self - avoid Epcot on Saturday nights during the Food and Wine festival in the future.

Day 4 tomorrow.