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What a pretty view from your balcony at sunrise! Sorry your meal at BOG was just mediocre We've generally had a pretty good lunch there but the wait time even with the FP last trip was almost 40 minutes before we actually got to be seated! My DH and I ate dinner there a few trips back and weren't impressed with the food at night. It's such a large restaurant that I just felt like they couldn't get all that food out and have it all be hot when it reached the table.
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After being at the resort for a quick rest and refresh, we headed over to EPCOT to meet up with DSis and DS. On the way to the park, I decided to see if I could switch out our Soarin’ FP for Test Track and lucky me found a perfect switch in the system. So our 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Soarin FP became a 4:20 pm – 5:20 pm Test Track FP. Great! We finally made it to EPCOT and by this point it was nearing 2:00 pm so as soon as we got through bag check and into the park I texted to see where the two were. DSis texted me back and said they were just about to walk out of Mission Space and we all decided to meet at the exit.
After meeting up, we walked over to the Food and Wine Festival Welcome Center to look around. Nothing really jumped out at us so we walked over to Ellen’s Universe of Energy show. Let me tell you, I could fall asleep on that ride. So after our 45 minute journey, we decided to head over to The Sea’s and take a quick ride with Nemo and Friends. After our ride, we spent some time just watching those adorable manatee’s just swim around and play. It was close to our FP time for Test Track so we made our way back over to that side of the park. We were on and off the ride in no time.
We then headed over to The Land and did a quick ride on Living with the Land before our 5:50 pm ressie at Garden Grill. It was nearing 5:30 pm and we decided to go and check in. They quickly seated us and soon we were enjoying a nice, relaxing dinner. I notice as the days go on, the pics become less and less…I guess we were all pretty tired and just enjoying the last bit of time we had. I did get these though:
Here is DSis with her favorite guy:
I picked up this adorable bracelet:
One of the F&FW Booths:
Some French goodies:
I don’t have much from my notes, but I know we did walk around the World Showcase,ate a little bit more, I did some shopping in Japan and we skipped our other FPs. I promise next time to take better notes and more pictures LOL.
Hey all! I haven't forgotten about this trip report. Life, work, and Chance's soccer conditioning have taken up most of my time lately. I do hope that everyone is doing well and very excited for the Holiday Season!
I'll make sure to set some time aside this weekend to finish up this TR.
I am so sorry your trip hit such a rough spot with your MIL. It is terrible she was hurt but Disney and you all tried to make it easy on her and she just really was not making it easy on you. I think taking her home was the best thing, I just feel bad that your DH had to miss quality time with you.
It looks like you all were having some great times afterwards. We love Yak & Yeti, one of our favorite spots at AK.
We finished packing up and took all of the luggage to the car. We made our last sweep across the room to make sure we didn't forget anything and I then headed done to the lobby to check out. We were soon on our way to Poly for our breakfast ADR.
We arrived at Poly and found the place a mess! Construction was going on and it made it very difficult to navigate the parking lot. We finally found a spot and made our way into the resort. It did not look like the same place we had been on previous trips
We checked into Kona Cafe and were quickly seated. Our waiter was very attentive and we were soon ordering.
I ordered a coke to drink and the Samoan. I was utterly delicious.
DSis ordered Tonga Toast and a coke to drink.
DS ordered blueberry pancakes and a coke to drink.
DH ordered french toast and grits with a coke to drink.
Everything was wonderful...this is a tradition, to eat here on our last morning before heading home.
We payed the check and made our way to the car. We were saying goodbye to Disney
Our trip had its ups and downs, but I loved being able to hang out with my sister for those 5 days.
Now on to our next trip! June 2015! Keep a look out for my next PTR!
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We've generally had a pretty good lunch there but the wait time even with the FP last trip was almost 40 minutes before we actually got to be seated! My DH and I ate dinner there a few trips back and weren't impressed with the food at night. It's such a large restaurant that I just felt like they couldn't get all that food out and have it all be hot when it reached the table.
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