The Promise of Spring: Flower & Garden Festival 4.0 -- A Cam and Luke TR COMPLETED 8/27 - Page 61 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great morning in Future World and nice that you got to ride Soarin again!
Your first tastes in World Showcase look yummy!
Wow! I'm surprised that you've never ridden on the monorail! But now that I think about it, unless you're staying at a monorail resort, you really have no need to ride it.
You did a great job on catching the monorail picture with the flowers in Epcot. It was a perfect way to start your day with a Soarin Fastpass! All your food and drink purchases sounded delicious and the Tiki drink that Luke got just might have to be added to my drink list for the F&W trip, so hopefully they're still have it at the Joffrey's stand then.
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So glad to hear you picked Soarin' as a top ride. We are very excited about flying in the new scene. I really like your Monorail picture, it is perfect timing. We ride the Monorail in our November trips because we Resort hop to see all the beautiful Christmas decorations, and my DGS loves riding too.
I love yellow flowers as well. They just brighten up any space.
It's the last full day. We still have a half day left after this. I've loved yellow flowers forever. My wedding bouquet that Luke got me was yellow sweetheart roses.
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Great morning in Future World and nice that you got to ride Soarin again!
Your first tastes in World Showcase look yummy!
Wow! I'm surprised that you've never ridden on the monorail! But now that I think about it, unless you're staying at a monorail resort, you really have no need to ride it.
We've ridden the monorail almost every trip, but we realized we'd never ridden it on this trip, an unusual occurrence for us.
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Originally Posted by patclairesmom
Luke is well trained in spotting the monorail. The pictures came out great, looking like a postcard! Your food also looks delish!!
He is! Thanks! Luke took the best monorail/Epcot/F&GF photo with his phone, but I realize now that I never got him to send it to me so I could post it.
You did a great job on catching the monorail picture with the flowers in Epcot. It was a perfect way to start your day with a Soarin Fastpass! All your food and drink purchases sounded delicious and the Tiki drink that Luke got just might have to be added to my drink list for the F&W trip, so hopefully they're still have it at the Joffrey's stand then.
Thanks! I realized when we got home and uploaded all my photos to the computer that I took a lot of photos of the monorail. Luke is really hoping the Tiki Torch is still there.
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So glad to hear you picked Soarin' as a top ride. We are very excited about flying in the new scene. I really like your Monorail picture, it is perfect timing. We ride the Monorail in our November trips because we Resort hop to see all the beautiful Christmas decorations, and my DGS loves riding too.
We usually ride the monorail every trip just to be riding the monorail, so we can't figure how why we never rode it this trip.
Great time in Epcot on your last full day with some good attractions and you had some great eats in WS in Mexico!
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We usually ride the monorail every trip just to be riding the monorail, so we can't figure how why we never rode it this trip.
I'm the same way and somehow a trip to WDW is not complete for me without doing this at least once! It was even better with my stays at the Poly (2009) and GF (2010) with multiple trips!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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I'm the same way and somehow a trip to WDW is not complete for me without doing this at least once! It was even better with my stays at the Poly (2009) and GF (2010) with multiple trips!
I loved being able to walk over and catch the monorail to MK and Epcot when we stayed at the Poly, a huge benefit of this resort.
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Oh my gosh! Of course you've ridden the monorail!
I figured you had just misread that it was just for this trip.
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What a great start in Epcot on your last day!!
It was a very nice start, and we were both thankful for the milder temps, too.
Our first after-lunch adventure found us in Mexico. We climbed the steps and entered the pyramid with plans to ride Grand Fiesta Tour with the Three Caballeros. I even capture a few good shots while on the ride.
When we exited the ride, something in Arribas’ Mexican Crystal shop caught my eye. We had been looking for some with Tinker Bell to bring back for Luke’s mom, but had not had any luck so far. I remembered that there is usually a selection of Tinker Bells here. Luke’s mom loves to sew and actually makes blankets to sell at the seniors’ center where she goes. With that in mind, we initially picked up a thimble with a very tiny Tinker Bell on top. As I waited in line to make our purchase, Luke continued to wander the store. In just minutes he was back with a larger Tinker Bell figure for the same price as the thimble. We figured it would be easier for everyone to see Tinker Bell wherever Mamaw displayed her. He took the thimble back, and before long it was my turn to check out. Thankfully, they wrapped Tink very well and she arrived home and over to Mamaw’s house with out any harm.
Only in Epcot can one walk straight from Mexico right into Norway. World travel is so easy there. I had marked on my calendar some we very much wanted to do in Norway on this trip – meet Larry Dotson again and pick out another print or two of his. I make it a routine now to check his website prior to a WDW trip to see if he will be showing his art anywhere while we are there. Our dates just barely included his art show this time, but we’d catch the first day and that worked for us as we’d already planned to be in Epcot. I was a little surprised to learn that instead of being in the Art of Disney shop, he would be set up in The Puffin’s Roost. Not sure what the connection is, but that is exactly where we found him. He was taking care of another customer, so we took some time selecting the two prints we wanted – one of Kidani Village (we already have Jambo House) and one of elephants to remind us of our Caring for Giants tour. When it was our turn to pay, he chatted for quite a while with us and signed each print. When we returned home, I told Luke I didn’t want to wait forever to get frames for these. The last prints we bought were unframed for almost a year. When we saw wall frames were 50% off at Hobby Lobby, we immediately went in to get two frames like the other one in the safari bathroom. As we walked back to the checkout lanes, we noticed the cutest giraffe and baby elephant framed prints, which were also 50% off. I couldn’t pass these up. Included below will be the new prints (all four of them) plus the other giraffe prints in our two bathrooms.
With our purchases in hand, we returned to wandering the World Showcase. As we neared the American Pavilion, I told Luke I knew just what I wanted at The Smokehouse outdoor kitchen – Warm Chocolate Cake with bourbon-salted caramel sauce and spiced pecans. The line here was a little long so I used the time to photograph the queue. Unfortunately, I totally forgot to get a picture of the cake. I did eat it very, very quickly.
At this point we turned around and began retracing our steps back through World Showcase.
NEXT: Trains, Monorails, and Fast Cars
P.S. When I was retrieving the photos of our prints I came across a few souvenirs that I'm pretty sure I've failed to include.
First, my Tinker Bell spin toy, which was in my lap in the car on Tomorrowland Speedway, is here on my kitchen countertop. It actually now sits on a wooden filing cabinet in my scrapbook room now.
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The pictures came out great, looking like a postcard! Your food also looks delish!!
It was a perfect way to start your day with a Soarin Fastpass! All your food and drink purchases sounded delicious and the Tiki drink that Luke got just might have to be added to my drink list for the F&W trip, so hopefully they're still have it at the Joffrey's stand then.
It was even better with my stays at the Poly (2009) and GF (2010) with multiple trips! 
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