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Looked like a great time at Epcot and La Hacienda! I've been there twice and personally like it so much more than San Angel, even though the latter has better indoor scenery....La Hacienda has the views of Crescent Lake and Illuminations! Give the nod to La Hacienda! The Fondue looks so good! Next time you go have the Botana appetizer, which is amazing! You'll love it!
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It's amazing how speeding time with someone you love just watching the world go by can be just as much fun as being in a park. DH and I usually take one day and just do that while resort visiting.
I missed your post before - you are so right. Having a longer trip made it easy to relax every day.
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All caught up again. Looks like you are really enjoying your time. I love the Queso Fondu too. Although I think the DH wants to skip eating in the Mexico Pavilion this year. : (
We have a hard time finding good Mexican food, so usually try to catch up at Epcot.
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Perfect timing missing the rain! I love exploring around the sides and backs of the pavilions and the UK area is beautifully done. Dinner looks very nice. I've yet to try La Hacienda. Nice shots of Illuminations from the room! Your room was at the perfect spot in the curve along the lake to catch a bit of the fireworks from MK, Epcot and I think you can also see Fantasmic! from there. .
It was a great room location - a little obstructed for Wishes, but just seeing some of them was fun.
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Wouldn't you know you'd post right before I went to lunch and when I was really hungry. Go figure.
At any rate, glad the rain held off just long enough for y'all to make it to dinner. Also, the shots of the fireworks are awesome.
What kind of camera did you say you were using?
i use a Canon 5D MIII, although many of the photos in this report were with the panasonic Lumix FZ1000.
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All caught up. What a nice day you had at DHS. Dinner looked delicious!
Thanks, Sharon . It was an easy day.
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That sky was ominous - glad you managed to avoid the rain. I love the photos of IllumiNations from your room, beautiful!
Reading your TR makes me feel like I am relaxing at Disney.
I'm glad - I always think our touring style is so relaxed, others might fall asleep reading about it
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We have enjoyed every meal we've had at La Hacienda. I'm going to remember that taco appetizer for a future visit. How cool to see glimpses of Illuminations from your room balcony!
Thanks, Cam - the taquiza appetizer has always been a winner for us, and is more than enough for a meal. Lou takes the extra flour tortillas and makes his 3 tacos into 6 smaller ones
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Looked like a great time at Epcot and La Hacienda! I've been there twice and personally like it so much more than San Angel, even though the latter has better indoor scenery....La Hacienda has the views of Crescent Lake and Illuminations! Give the nod to La Hacienda! The Fondue looks so good! Next time you go have the Botana appetizer, which is amazing! You'll love it!
I want to try the botana app! but it's so much food. We like the atmosphere at San Angel and usually eat lunch there, but prefer the food at la hacienda.
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Really enjoyed catching up on your TR. I couldn't believe Lou had never been to DHS. Glad he enjoyed it and all your meals looked great.
Thanks - I bet you are looking forward to your upcoming trips.
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Great timing with the rain! Dinner looks great! We love La Hacienda too
Thanks, Lisa.
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Glad you had a great meal at La Hacienda! Great pictures!
Thanks, Marnie. It was tasty.
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I've wanted to try La Hacienda. Sounds like it was a good meal.
Defintiely give it a try sometime.
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Your meal at La Hacienda sounds delicious!
How great that you got to see the fireworks from your balcony!
Thanks, Mayra.
I took a lazy day yesterday. I do have more photos ready to go, so will most likely do an update today.
Well, after reading about your meal at La Hacienda, I had to go and make an ADR for my Dec. trip. Now, I will be hitting both Mexican restaurants that trip as my CP meal is for San Angel Inn two days later. Can you tell I love Mexican food?
Wow, that is an amazing room location. You are right on the boardwalk! You could spend a day people-watching there!
Yes - in fact, we did spend a lot of time on the balcony
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What a nice relaxing day at DHS! Your pictures actually look like postcards - they're so beautiful!!!
Thanks - DHS was pretty relaxing.
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Well, after reading about your meal at La Hacienda, I had to go and make an ADR for my Dec. trip. Now, I will be hitting both Mexican restaurants that trip as my CP meal is for San Angel Inn two days later. Can you tell I love Mexican food?
Funny how we seem to like the same things - I love Mexican food, too. I also like to do an occasional solo trip
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Your meal at La Hacienda looks really good, and the taquiza appetizer looks like it would be there perfect size for a meal. I'll have to try that!
Definitely give the tequila app a try. It's a nice combo of flavors. Edit: That should be Taquiza app, not Tequila. Thank you autocorrect.
I've Lost Track of What Day it Is - Pretty Sure it's Wednesday, the second to last full day of the trip:
We slept in today, and grabbed some breakfast snacks from the Boardwalk Bakery - no photos !!! It rained during the morning, but started to let up at noon, so we ventured out to Epcot. The arrow in the photo below shows our room location:
We made it on the launch, but as we entered at the IG and headed to France, it started to rain - hard:
The rain let up enough for us to try to get something to eat. We each decided to get the braised beef tips on a waffle from Belgium - I should have picked the waffle with whipped cream and chocolate! This was just okay - perhaps the rain dripping on it didn't help the soggy texture. We shared the beer flight (I had permission from my doctor for a few drinks during the trip )
It's sunny across the way:
You can see how the rain helps to thin the crowds. I think being in the parks in the rain can be a lot of fun at times; wanting to get something to eat at the Festival wasn't the easiest thing for us to do in the rain (but, still kinda fun).
Our next stop was Italy & Poland. One nice thing about the Premium Package was, it made it easy for us to order from different booths. I had the Cheese Ravioli from Italy. Reviews are so so on this, but I really enjoyed it. Lou wanted to try the Kielbasa from Poland - he said this was probably the best item he tried.
Lou waits for his food, and chats with one of the CMs - as I mentioned before, they were all friendly. This photo also shows how some areas had one of the preexisting benches incorporated into the reserved area - it was nice to have a place to sit down.
We moved on to Germany, where Lou had the bratwurst, and I had the donut thingy with apricot filling (it was light and delicious). While waiting for our food, Lou had to go visit the train, and take a hundred photos - here are just a few:
Lou poses while we wait for our food from Germany - he wasn't really grumpy; he just decided I had too many photos of him smiling (even the kids comment whenever he smiles in a photo ):
I took some more photos as we completed the circle of the World Showcase, but finally put the camera away as it was raining off and on. We said a brief hello to China, Norway, and Mexico, before walking back to the exit. I decided we would wait for the launch, and as we waited ... it stopped raining again.
I had Lou take my photo as we waited for the launch. I ordered a couple of Frogg Togg rain ponchos before we left, and they worked great (although Lou just used his Disney umbrella).
The flowers were enjoying the rain:
It started raining again as we landed at the Boardwalk, and continued off and on for the next few hours:
Once again, we did not set any records. But, visiting 3 different Kiosks is about my limit for food at one mealtime. We were planning on visiting Epcot again the next day for lunch at the Festival.
You and Lou sound like Luke and me as I want to try the ravioli while he wants to get the Kielbasa again. I'm pretty sure I'd be in trouble if I every walked by the train display. The difference here is we both take lots of pictures.
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I've been there twice and personally like it so much more than San Angel, even though the latter has better indoor scenery....La Hacienda has the views of Crescent Lake and Illuminations! 
The Fondue looks so good! 
Next time you go have the Botana appetizer, which is amazing! You'll love it! 
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Great pictures! 
I love the photos of IllumiNations from your room, beautiful!
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