Going north, south, east and west - UPDATED 12/18
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elisa1006 · 11-28-2008, 05:33 PM

Another great update! Love the pics.

Lemap760 · 11-28-2008, 07:30 PM

Just getting caught up with everything. All the food you've been sampling looks delicious.

Minnie Lor · 11-28-2008, 08:47 PM

I didn't know the Segway display was still up. I'll have to look into that next year. The black with silver Epcot shirt sounds really cute. I needed more time and more funds to shop last trip.

How about you take a picture of the shirt and post for us? Please

**DyanKJ130** · 11-28-2008, 09:53 PM

Just catching up!! Sounds like you've been having a wonderful time! I

all the photos, especially this one of you!!

Looking forward to more

**DrDolphin** · 11-28-2008, 09:58 PM

Great update Cheryl!! Other than Test Track and Soarin' -your afternoon at EPCOT was very productive!

**disneydani** · 11-28-2008, 10:08 PM

Glad you are really maximizing your time in FW after some yummy treats at F&WF...glad the crowds are mostly cooperating and that TT was back up and running.

danielle

mcc0313 · 11-28-2008, 10:16 PM

What a great day at Epcot...sounds like you had a variety of yummy snacks over at the F&WF. That is the one experience that I must get too sooner rather than later

. Can't wait to hear about more of your day...

travismom · 11-29-2008, 01:00 AM

Gotta love Fastpasses!! Your day at Epcot sounds wonderful and fun filled. Can't wait for more!

DH1 · 11-29-2008, 03:34 AM

Chez says sorry, but we came home to a dead computer and our laptop will not connect to the server

.(works around the world but not at home) She hopes to resume normal service asap! Please be patient why we try and solve this electrical short.

DH1

**chezp** · 11-29-2008, 06:04 AM

Thanks to Mark for that update - and his first post on the boards. Welcome!

As he said, the computer has suffered a very nasty death - fortunately almost everything was backed up, so that's at least something, but we can't get Windows to re-install in it right now and the laptop is steadfastly refusing to connect to the Internet at our home, so we could be offline at home for a while.

I will be updating this as often as I can from work - either before I start in the morning or in my lunch-hour, so bear with me. In the meantime, as I doubt I'll be back online before Monday, here are two updates to keep you going.

**chezp** · 11-29-2008, 06:04 AM

Monday 20 October – part four: I can’t believe I did that!

So it was on to Living With The Land and this said a five minute wait, but it did look like it could be longer and I wasn’t surprised when the Cast Member handed me one of those lanyards to measure the time taken until you get on to the ride. The instruction was simple. All I had to do was give it to the Cast Member when we boarded the ride. Only I don’t know what went wrong, but I didn’t do that I think it was the two guys in front of us, who went past the Cast Member and found a row of their own. The CM didn’t see them go past and gave a family of four that row – strangely enough, they had to wait for the next boat, as they couldn’t all squeeze in. Anyway, I think that’s how it happened, as I wasn’t really concentrating. I totally forgot about the lanyard. I found it just before we finished and Mark told me that I should hand it back, but it was a bit late by that point and I figured that it would make a nice souvenir, so I hung on to it. Wrong, I know, but hey, it’s not often that you get a chance like that. As we walked along, Mark kept imitating security alarms going off to tell me that I should’ve handed it in, but I haven’t been caught for my crimes…. Yet!

As we came out of there, Mark spotted Chip and Dale. I don’t know how he does this, but he has this way of seeing characters from miles away. We got in line and a great chat with the Japanese couple behind us, who were on their honeymoon. The girl was obviously a huge Chip and Dale fan, with a bag and toys attached to it. After we had finished with Chip and Dale, I told them that they would like the girl behind us and I was right. They loved here.

Mark didn’t do too badly either. They loved his shirt, which had them and Donald on it and the autograph they did said from Mark’s nutty buddies.

We were going to go into Character Connection, but that had closed, so instead it was off to Club Cool to get some liquid refreshment. We tried to get someone to try the Beverly, but sadly they already had. I love the watermelon one in there from China and the ones from Germany, Israel and Japan weren’t bad either.

We were getting near to our Fastpass time for Test Track, so we headed for the Festival Centre, which this year is in the former Wonders of Life pavilion. It’s good to see this used at least, but as we walked round, it was also very odd to see the remnants of the former attractions in there. I just wish that they would either bring this pavilion back into use or get rid of them. It makes a good meeting space for events like this, but to have the attractions still there (or so it seemed to me) is just wrong. It’s also pretty out of the way from World Showcase, which to me, just makes no sense on it being used as the Festival Centre, as everything else to do with the festival is in that end of the park.

Finally, it was time to walk over to Test Track, but as we got there, we knew something wasn’t right, as there was no sound of cars running and when we got closer, sure enough, that was true. All the doors to the attraction were closed and it was definitely down. We went to see a Cast Member about our Fastpasses, as we wanted to make sure that they would work for us. She was doing her usual spiel that they would be good for the rest of the day and, to be honest, I wasn’t convinced that it would be up any time soon, so she signed them to say that they would be good for any time tomorrow.

Next: now what are we going to do for dinner?

**chezp** · 11-29-2008, 06:05 AM

Monday 20 October – part five: now what are we going to do for dinner?

We stopped for another couple of Photopass pics as we headed back towards World Showcase:

As we walked through World Showcase, we found Alice in the United Kingdom and just had to get our photo with her:

That done, we walked out and headed back to the room, getting some lovely shots of the sunset on the way back:

We had Narcoosee’s booked for 9.50, but it soon became clear that there was no way we would make that. I think we had finally hit the wall. I started to think about alternatives and then Mark suggested room service. Well, why not? A quick double check and yes, as I thought, it was included on the Deluxe Dining Plan, for two credits. Well, that’s what we would had paid for Narcoosee’s anyway, so that’s fine. We went for the shrimp cocktail for Mark for appetiser and the New England clam chowder for me, then the shrimp primavera for me and the fillet mignon for Mark for entrée.

That was followed by chocolate mousse cake for me and fresh fruit for Mark.

It was a huge indulgence and would’ve come to $130 for the two of us, but it was just what we needed and the food was first class, just like you’d expect from any good signature restaurant.

That’s the beauty about the Deluxe Dining Plan. It allows you to do things that you would never otherwise do, like this. I have really enjoyed having it and would consider it again for a short period of time, so we could sample more signature restaurants without having to worry about the bill.

Food eaten, we watched a bit of CSI Miami and then it was time to turn in.

Total: $212.59
Amount saved on Deluxe Dining Plan: $72.61
Total saving to date: $193.32

Today we walked 5.33 miles
The weather today was hot and sunny in the morning, with more cloud in the afternoon and temperatures in the 80’s.
The best thing today was grazing the booths at the Food and Wine Festival.
The worst thing today was how tired we were in the evening.
Today we tried Segway Central
And the result was it’s a lot of fun and well worth doing.
The most magical moment today was enjoying Stormalong Bay.

Next: would you like a second ride?