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I did take just a few more photos than I did on day five.
Part 1 – Day 6 Tuesday, October 4
The alarm actually woke us up today. Thank goodness! We were all ready and on the bus by 8:33 AM. Surprise, Surprise! We made a restroom break before even entering the park. June’s coffee was working overtime. At Epcot June found a short bag check line, but then got selected to go through the scanner where she set off an alarm because she charged through with her backpack. I was hollering put your bag in the bin along with the security guys. At least all she did was create some laughter. Next we entered some long lines to scan our bands.
Once inside the park we were a mission to get to Test Track before the standby line was too long. We had opted for a Frozen Ever After FastPass this day and our next Epcot day had a FastPass for Soarin’, which meant our best option was getting to Test Track early on this day. Luke and I had never seen the new queue since we have always used FastPasses for this ride on previous trips. So join us for a walk through the Test Track queue.
The competition was on with our three teams making cars. The teams were Luke and Morgan, John and John, and Cam and June. June and I designed our car solely for speed. With every step in the process we tweaked for speed regardless of the looks. We also chose our favorite lime green for the color. When our family looked over the finished product, we were teased mercilessly that our cool car looked like a frog. So June and I nicknamed it The Frog.
Cam and June's creation
Morgan and Luke
John and John Paul
Nobody was teasing us though when we won the power portion of the competition. I think the competition with our family teams really made this one of the best Test Track rides ever. Everyone loved it.
Afterwards, the boys and Morgan played on some of the games at the end of Test Track while June and I went to the restrooms again. We met back up with everyone else at the exit to the ride. From here, we made our way down to Spaceship Earth, and passed through the scanners two minutes before our FastPasses were to expire. Once again the camera did not get our photos. We all enjoyed the calm and cool ride through the history of human communications. Once we entered the game area of Spaceship Earth, I knew that the kids would be interested in the games. John Paul and Morgan noticed the shuffleboard game, and immediately headed there. They just had to wait for two other kids to finish their turn, and then they worked to bring power to the city. They were a little slow at the start but quickly figured out what they needed to do and how to work together. Of course, they also had three or four adults coaching them on what to do, too.
We wandered a bit until we came to the Inversion Game. There was a young lady playing when we all walked up who was so good she made it look easy. When her game was done, Morgan tried her hands at it. At one point she groaned that it hadn’t looked that hard when the young lady was playing, but she didn’t do too badly by the end.
John Paul found it hard as well, and after a few rounds, asked Morgan to take back over. She coached him so he could finish himself. It was a lot like the electronic game Simon, which I got Luke one year for Christmas.
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I am the same way with restrooms! It's always the last thing I do before leaving the room and the first thing I do when we enter the park!
The games at the end of Test Track and Spaceship Earth are not something we usually stop for, but one of these days I'd like to do slow down a bit and find out what they are all about. Looks like your group had a fun time with them!
A great time in Epcot with TT and SE. Looks like the kids had a good time with the games!
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Lol at the frog car! The post-ride games looked fun too
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It was a pretty strange looking green car.
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Yay!! Your pictures are back!! What a fun mornings not at Epcot so far!! Glad to see the kids having a great time!!
The kids added an element to this trip that we just don't get when it is the two of us alone. Wish they could go with us more.
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I am the same way with restrooms! It's always the last thing I do before leaving the room and the first thing I do when we enter the park!
The games at the end of Test Track and Spaceship Earth are not something we usually stop for, but one of these days I'd like to do slow down a bit and find out what they are all about. Looks like your group had a fun time with them!
We don't stop for the games usually, but I remembered the kids had liked them back in 2013 when they were last with us. So I figured we'd be stopping. I enjoyed watching them play, but I don't think I'd want to play myself.
Yes, that does look like a frog! We did the design a car element for the first time this trip and we really enjoyed it. I can imagine it's a huge amount of fun for a big group to be able to compete like that.
What a great start to your day. TT would have been so good with the family competition. I think that SE has closed down its picture taking for the videos. The pictures have been so bad (with holes in the heads) for the past few years. I noticed when I went last month that there were no pictures in the video and the area where you could watch your video and send it by email seemed to be closed down.
Yes, that does look like a frog! We did the design a car element for the first time this trip and we really enjoyed it. I can imagine it's a huge amount of fun for a big group to be able to compete like that.
The competition really did make for an exciting ride as each team had to holler when their car one. And the fun part was that everyone's car won one round.
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What a great morning at Epcot so far!
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What a great start to your day. TT would have been so good with the family competition. I think that SE has closed down its picture taking for the videos. The pictures have been so bad (with holes in the heads) for the past few years. I noticed when I went last month that there were no pictures in the video and the area where you could watch your video and send it by email seemed to be closed down.
That is so sad about SE. I did really like seeing myself on the future body of me.
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At Epcot June found a short bag check line, but then got selected to go through the scanner where she set off an alarm because she charged through with her backpack. I was hollering put your bag in the bin along with the security guys. At least all she did was create some laughter. Next we entered some long lines to scan our bands. 
We all enjoyed the calm and cool ride through the history of human communications. Once we entered the game area of Spaceship Earth, I knew that the kids would be interested in the games. John Paul and Morgan noticed the shuffleboard game, and immediately headed there. They just had to wait for two other kids to finish their turn, and then they worked to bring power to the city. They were a little slow at the start but quickly figured out what they needed to do and how to work together. Of course, they also had three or four adults coaching them on what to do, too. 
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Your pictures are back!! What a fun mornings not at Epcot so far!! Glad to see the kids having a great time!!
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