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Lunch looks delicious!!! And so do those snacks!!! Still bummed that we never got to meet up
I know, me too. Do you know when you will be back?
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Looks like more great fun at Epcot. The snacks look so delicious!!!
Thank you.
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Just found and caught up with your trip report. Thanks for posting and bringing some disney magic into my lounge. . Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.
Great! Thanks for reading. I'm glad I could bring you a little piece of Disney.
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Great afternoon at Epcot! Love the caramel snacks
Thank you. It was a great day.
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We love Teppan Edo and you can always count on a great meal there! Our favorite snack in Germany Caramel Shop is the dark chocolate with sea salt!!! We do love the popcorn too though.
I love Teppan Edo, but we only go when we are in a big group. I'm just not sure about sitting with people I don't know. I'm not anti-social or anything, but I've looked at people sitting with strangers there and they looked miserable. I'm scared they will sit me next to someone who ends up hating us, lol.
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Seeing your pictures from Teppan Edo makes me want to eat there again. Great exploring of the WS, too.
The food was delicious.
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What a great time at Epcot with some great eats!
Thanks Marnie.
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We love Teppan Edo. Glad you enjoyed your meal!
Thanks Liz. Did I read somewhere that you are going back to WDW and/or US in June? We will be there in June also. Maybe we can finally meet.
Liz, I am hoping maybe to go to US in June depending on my oldest DDs camps and such. My oldest DD and I are dying to see the WWoHP!! Keeping my fingers crossed. That would be so cool if our times worked out the same!
All caught up - looks like a great day at Epcot. Those kids are too darned cute.
Thank you.
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Liz, I am hoping maybe to go to US in June depending on my oldest DDs camps and such. My oldest DD and I are dying to see the WWoHP!! Keeping my fingers crossed. That would be so cool if our times worked out the same!
Ooh, let me know your dates when you figure it out. We are currently booked at WDW from 6/12-6/27 and will probably do a day or 2 at US.
After our delicious snacks, the boys finished up their Agent P mission and we made our way around a few of the countries.
finishing up the Agent P mission in Germany
quick stop in Italy
We stopped in Morocco as it looked like Mo’ Rockin’ was taking the stage. We sat on a bench, thinking how lucky we were to walk up just as they were about to play. Then we waited, and waited, and waited some more and then …..they left. It ended up just being a sound check. I wish someone would’ve told us. We were a little disappointed, but I guess the break was nice.
We decided we should show Morocco some love and spent quite some time there.
I’m not sure the boys were too thrilled to stand in line for Princess Aurora, but they seemed fine when it was finally our turn. DH waited in the shade and all of a sudden I see this fairly drunk lady go up to him and have a full conversation. She was apparently asking him who this princess was and telling him she did not remember her at all, lol. I’m surprised DH knew and told her she was Sleeping Beauty.
the photopass pictures are better, but I will post those later
Next we checked out the gift shop. They had some pretty neat things there, including these berets.
I’m not sure how I could possibly eat anything else, but there was no way I was passing up L’Artisan des Glaces. I had read so much about this place; I couldn’t wait to try it. DH found some seats while the boys and I headed inside to get some ice cream. Jared and I had a very difficult time deciding what to order. DH and Aidan are from another planet and did not want any ice cream. Jared got caramel and I got coconut white chocolate. Jared didn’t love his and we ended up trading halfway through. I preferred mine, but I guess I like my kid more than ice cream and didn’t mind switching. Well, I minded, but I did it anyway.
Aidan really wanted to check out Club Cool, so we headed there next. For some reason, he wanted to try Beverly again. He didn’t believe us when we said it was nasty. We tried a few of the other flavors and didn’t really care for any.
We headed to Mouse Gear next since Aidan was itching to spend some of the birthday money he’d saved. After looking around for what seemed like forever, he decided on a Stitch costume for his Duffy bear and a Tinkberbell tag-along.
This was so cute. It was basically a magnet that made it look like Tink (or whatever character you choose) is sitting on your shoulder. We all took turns wearing it throughout our trip and had a lot of fun with it.
I had been texting my friend Cary, who was on her way to visit us with her family. Cary’s husband, Ed, was DH’s best friend growing up. They moved to Tampa sometime in the 90’s and we didn’t get to see them for a while. Then during our 2011 Christmas trip to WDW, we made it a tradition that we would spend time together at Disney any time we are there.
Anyway, back to my trip report, we decided we would meet our friends at Innoventions West. We basically collapsed on the floor against the wall until they got there. Everyone was so happy to see each other, especially all of the kids (they have two boys ages 18 & 16 and a girl that’s 14). The kids all went to play The Great Piggy Adventure while the adults sat on the floor, talking and catching up.
Aidan and Tink making their way to Innoventions
We love this game
Up Next..... Epcot rides and dinner at Sunshine Seasons
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I’m surprised DH knew and told her she was Sleeping Beauty.
Jared got caramel and I got coconut white chocolate. Jared didn’t love his and we ended up trading halfway through. I preferred mine, but I guess I like my kid more than ice cream and didn’t mind switching. Well, I minded, but I did it anyway. 
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