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Great job! Nice that you got some applause as you got off the bus!
I wonder if the round-about trip on the way to Epcot was because buses were being re-routed around the race routes?
Great job! Nice that you got some applause as you got off the bus!
I wonder if the round-about trip on the way to Epcot was because buses were being re-routed around the race routes?
Thanks! The applause was fun. There was a mom explaining to her toddler what was going on. She was quite enthusiastic.
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Congrats on the race!
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Congrats on completing the race!
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Congrats on the race!
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It sounds like the race went really well. Those lines to see the stormtroopers were insane though!
Thanks. It would have been a bonus to get pics with the Stormtroopers. Oh well. Maybe next time.
Glad you completed the race and enjoyed it! Well done!
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Those runners and the photos! For many of us, that's what it's all about. The race is secondary - they just want all the photos!! I know some people who stop for every photo and it ends up taking them about 1.5 hours to finish the 5K. *ahem* me *ahem* All the running/sprinting is done in between photo ops! Runners are crazy.
Love the applause after the bus ride though! That's really cool.
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Glad you completed the race and enjoyed it! Well done!
Thanks!
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I'm so glad that you and your family had sugh a positive experience with your first 5k! Congratulations to all of you!
Thank you. I'm glad the kids want to do it again!
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Those runners and the photos! For many of us, that's what it's all about. The race is secondary - they just want all the photos!! I know some people who stop for every photo and it ends up taking them about 1.5 hours to finish the 5K. *ahem* me *ahem* All the running/sprinting is done in between photo ops! Runners are crazy.
Love the applause after the bus ride though! That's really cool.
I wouldn't have minded stopping for some photos, but it was our first time and we wanted to see how well we could do in the race.
After spending a couple of hours in the room, we ventured back to Epcot. Since Soarin' was down for refurb and the FandG was going on, we started out our day a little diffently than usual. We headed straight over to Sum of All Thrills and waited about 20 minutes until it was our turn to design a virtual ride. In the past, dd has refused to program a loop in her ride, so Dh and I take turns being her partner. This trip she was eager to try a loop, so she and Ds partnered. This is the first time Dh and I have designed a ride together. All four of us were happy with our designs. With plenty of twists, turns, and loops behind us, we worked our way over to WS. Why? To eat of course! That is the best thing to do after flipping upside down, isn't it?
Our plans for dining were to snack around WS for favorites and to try anything of interest at the food kiosks. This was lunch. We had ADRs for Tutto Italia for dinner.
Our first stop was to try the grilled jerk grouper at a FandG kiosk. Dh and I shared and it was so good. The kids were not interested. They were waiting until we walked our way around to their favorites. Ds always gets a pretzel in Germany and dd always gets a chocolate crepe in France. Always!
I am not a big fan of shopping. However, something caught my eye after we finished the grouper. One of the temporary garden shops had these mosaic bird feeders on display. They had the most unique shape. It was similar to a tire. The mosaic decorated the entire exterior and the interior was hollow and empty. The empty interior base is where the bird feed is placed. The entire feeder was suspended from a cable. It could be hung from a tree or a garden hook in the middle of some landscaping or garden. This was made for my mom. She loves items like these. Her birthday was a week earlier and we didn't make it up for a visit. The weekend after the Disney trip we had plans to be at my sister's house for a birthday party for her sons. I gave Mom her gift at the nephews' party and told her I thought she needed another squirrel feeder! I do hope the squirrels stay out of it. Anyway, she already had the perfect place picked out to hang it. I think she liked it.
Purchase made and papers filled out to pick it up at the end of the day, we headed to Mexico to ride a boat and look for Donald. We got inside the building and then waited for Dh to use the restroom. As we waited for that short amount of time, we noticed that there was no one in line for the ride. Yay! We were going to get a whole boat to ourselves! Dh comes back, we head over to the line and this huge group of young adults swarms in. We held back to let them all stay together and to put a little distance between us. They were noisy. The longer we waited, the more people entered the building and went straight for the line. Oh well, so much for that boat to ourselves! We hopped in the quickly moving line and were soon sharing a boat with a few other people. The ride was fine. I'm ready to take a break from it, but my kids love it.
Next: finishing a day at Epcot and that something Fabulous
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For many of us, that's what it's all about. The race is secondary - they just want all the photos!! 
I know some people who stop for every photo and it ends up taking them about 1.5 hours to finish the 5K. *ahem* me *ahem* 
All the running/sprinting is done in between photo ops! Runners are crazy.
We hopped in the quickly moving line and were soon sharing a boat with a few other people. The ride was fine. I'm ready to take a break from it, but my kids love it. 
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