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Love the safari and photopass pics What kind of camera do you have?
Brunch sounds great - I keep reworking our possible restaurants and have now put Tusker House down for a late breakfast.
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Great pics of the safari. The animals were really on the move.
Glad you got to visit with Neil!
Love the photo of the gorilla!
The tigers are just gorgeous.
Great pics of the safari. The animals were really on the move.
Glad you got to visit with Neil!
Love the photo of the gorilla!
The tigers are just gorgeous.
Thanks!
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After we had returned to POP, we headed to our room to rest a little and change clothes – then we were ready for our evening in Epcot!
On the way to the bus, we stopped to take a few photos!
We got to Epcot around 3:45 via bus.
Once we walked through the gates, we stopped for a few Photopass Photos!
Then we walked onto Spaceship Earth ~ and managed to snag a few photos of our story at the end!
We wanted to take advantage of the Chase Visa Meet & Greet, so we headed to Innoventions and met Minnie & Goofy!
Then we were starting to head for World Showcase, but found these guys on the way ~ so of course we had to stop!
Finally – it was time to start tasting!!!
First stop was Hawaii, where we had the Kalua Pork Slider with Sweet & Sour Dole Pineapple Chutney & Spicy Mayonnaise and a Kona Brewing Company’s Big Wave Golden Ale. This slider is AMAZING!!!
We had popped into one of the gift shops to look at the F&WF merchandise ~ and had a little fun!!! I also had purchased an apron for a friend back home that Emily was staying with for the weekend! It had different wine sayings all over – it was perfect for her!
Then we were ready for more tastings – so we split up and each got into separate lines (it was busy!) and then met up on a bench to share all our goodies!
We had Greece: Grilled & Marinated Calamari, Htipiti, Eggplant Dip, Olives & Pita Bread and Domaine Skouras Moscofilero.
And Refreshment Port (I just wanted the shrimp – didn’t realize it was a whole meal!): Fried Shrimp with Dole Pineapple Sweet & Sour Sauce.
And Canada: Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup, Seared Rainbow Trout with Bacon, Frisee & Maple Minus 8 Vinaigrette, and a Moosehead Lager.
The shrimp was okay ~ pretty ordinary. The calamari was fantastic! I don’t do olives, so can’t speak for those. And from Canada, I only had the soup – which was really good – but it was hot out, so made it a bit hard to really enjoy!
Next stop was Ireland for one of my favorites: Lobster and Seafood Fisherman’s Pie and Bunratty Meade Honey Wine ~ the wine was a bit too sweet for me.
We continued walking around and found Mary Poppins out and about!
And then continued to France, where we had Crème Brulee au Chocolat au Lait and an Eiffel Sour Cosmo Slush ~ OH MY!!!! That Eiffel Sour could be just AS dangerous, if not more, than a Grand Mariner slush!!! SO GOOD!!!
While in France, we had a few photopass photos taken of us enjoying our goodies!!
Scott wanted to try New Zealand for the Steamed Green Lip Mussels with Garlic Butter & Toasted Bread Crumbs and Mohua Sauvignon Blanc.
I headed for Morocco for a Sangria!
We stopped in America for a bit to watch some of the concert ~ Starship starring Mickey Thomas! They sounded really good – and everyone was singing along!
Scott stopped in the Hops & Barley for a Samuel Adams Oktoberfest!
We wanted to check out the Chase Visa Lounge, as we had missed it last year. It was in the American Pavilion, and we had to wait a bit as there was a private party happening up there, and then they only allow so many people at a time up there. I think we only waited maybe 15 minutes or so. As you can see, there were quite a few people up there! We relaxed and I had a free Diet Coke and charged my phone a bit! And of course, called Em to check in on her – who was having a grand time with her friend and didn’t really miss us – just wanted to know what we were eating, who we were seeing and what we were riding!!
After exiting the lounge, we backtracked just a bit to the Germany booth, as I wanted something sweet now ~ so we tried the Apple Strudel with Werther’s Original Karamel & Vanilla Sauce, and Scott had an Altenmunster Oktoberfest in a souvenir mug.
There was a photopass photographer in China, so of course we stopped!
Our last booth for this evening was Brazil ~ as we kept hearing all about the scallop dish and a frozen drink they had – so that’s what we got! Seared Scallop with Ragout of Tomatoes, Peppers & Hearts of Palm and a Frozen Caipirinha featuring LeBlon Cachaca. The scallop dish was AMAZING!!!
We then headed over to Future World – the park was open until 10pm again tonight – so we took advantage of everyone watching Illuminations and we were able to ride Test Track and Mission Space.
It was time to say good night and we headed out of the park before the masses to catch our bus back to POP. It was a really good thing we were not using a rental car this trip!!!
Up Next: DHS Fun!
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Oh darn it - looking at your photos, I just realised I missed the shrimp and the Dole Pineapple sweet'n'sour sauce. Oh well, a reason to go back, I guess!
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What kind of camera do you have?
Liz 
the safari photos!!! The animals knew you were coming!!! 
Oh well, a reason to go back, I guess! 
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