[KittieKChick]

What a great TR so far. We were there the same time you were. Gosh it got hot, but it was nothing like the July weather we're used to.

I see you met the same Tink we did. I thought she was just perfect!

[Cielei]

The crystal ice cave was really cool. It would change color during the meteor storm. I remembered to take pictures of food! Well, ok, it was just my food cause I thought the way they did my Mahi Mahi tacos was cute. They were delicious. The boys made friends with "Patrick the starfish" who was hiding right by our table. (We watch a little spongebob around here)

[Cielei]

Originally Posted by tinkfans

I think it would look great in your back yard!!

Lol .. he thinks so too!!

[Cielei]

Originally Posted by KittieKChick

What a great TR so far. We were there the same time you were. Gosh it got hot, but it was nothing like the July weather we're used to.

I see you met the same Tink we did. I thought she was just perfect!

Thank you! .. I started reading yours and realized we were there the same time in the same hotel! I can't believe we didn't run into you somehow. I'm from South Carolina, and being stuck up here in Chicago, i liked it hot. Tink was great! I have a whole series of shots with her, but decided to spare everyone since I am probably already posting too many pictures! I have to go catch up on yours again when i get a minute. I am trying to catch mine up while I bake a banana pudding cheesecake for tonight.

[Cielei]

The lack of sleep and park hopping definitely caught up with us or maybe it was the mastodon margaritas ... whichever it was, it was time to say good night to the dinosaurs and slip into bed. The boys were out a minute after they crawled in bed.

[Cielei]

After a much needed good night's sleep, we were up bright and early for an 8 am breakfast at Epcot with the princesses. But first, we earned our co-pilot's license for monorail operation on the way.

[keljen]

Originally Posted by Cielei

Thank you! .. I started reading yours and realized we were there the same time in the same hotel! I can't believe we didn't run into you somehow. I'm from South Carolina, and being stuck up here in Chicago, i liked it hot. Tink was great! I have a whole series of shots with her, but decided to spare everyone since I am probably already posting too many pictures! I have to go catch up on yours again when i get a minute. I am trying to catch mine up while I bake a banana pudding cheesecake for tonight.

Just a FYI you can never post too many pictures. We all love pictures as it gives us a chance to visit from a far away place

[Cielei]

Epcot was beautiful with the flower and garden festival. I am so glad other people were better at getting pictures of all the wonderful topiaries because I meant to take pictures and then I would forget. I did get pictures of a few although mine always have people in the way. (I must confess this was by design though )

[Cielei]

We arrived for our royal appointment with time to spare and were ushered to our tables after a short wait. The princesses were wonderful and we thought the breakfast at Askerhaus was very good. The potatoes got 2 thumbs up from the table. Reagan, DBrother's girlfriend's daughter, just adored Cinderella.

[Cielei]

This is the point in our meal when we met snow white. She was so lovely, but she was having a minor issue this morning. I don't know how many tables she had visited before ours where no one had said anything to her; and certain people at our table wouldn't let my daddy or me tell her ... let's just say you have to see it. I did call our waitress over and asked her to discreetly pull Snow White aside and gently tell her to check the mirror.

[Cielei]

Next we got a visit with Ariel who suggested we go and see her friend Flounder who was playing hide and seek with Nemo. After we finished breakfast, we took her advice and headed to the Living Seas.

[KittieKChick]

Originally Posted by Cielei

Thank you! .. I started reading yours and realized we were there the same time in the same hotel! I can't believe we didn't run into you somehow. I'm from South Carolina, and being stuck up here in Chicago, i liked it hot. Tink was great! I have a whole series of shots with her, but decided to spare everyone since I am probably already posting too many pictures! I have to go catch up on yours again when i get a minute. I am trying to catch mine up while I bake a banana pudding cheesecake for tonight.

Yeah we got a ton of shots with Tink on the PP CD. I just ordered it. DD was a little under the weather when we met Tink, but still, the pics are priceless.

Banana Pudding Cheesecake sounds very yummy!

[Cielei]

Dude, it was now time to talk turtle with Crush. Crush chose to talk to my little dude Alex. Alex was very stoked about this, but the excitement made him forget a few little details like who he came with. It was at this point that we had to make ourselves known as the parental units by raising our fins. My DH and Crush then bonded over our little dudes and he had to admit that it was a little bit of a concern that he didn't know that the parental units existed. DH impressed me with his knowledge and use of turtle vernacular during this exchange.

[Cielei]

Next was a little trip into our imagination with figment.

[Cielei]

After we exercised our imagination, it was time to return to The Land pavilion to use our fastpasses for Soarin'. We then headed over to Mission:Space, Test Track and the Universe of Energy Ride. After completing those rides, it was time to say goodbye to my mom, dad, brothers and their girlfriends and Reagan. They made the drive back home to South Carolina and we headed to Japan for some early dinner. We took a chance and walked up to Teppan Edo where we were lucky enough to be seated almost immediately. The boys loved this and the food was really good. The boys who are usually pretty picky eaters even ate almost all their food here. They also insisted on eating with chopsticks which was hilarious to watch.