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Love your recap format And we have to do 7DM at night this trip
I thought since I had made a daily to-do list while trip planning, I'd recap after each day's post to see what we actually scratched off the list. I had hoped to ride 7 Dwarfs during the day too. I didn't get to see a whole lot since it was dark and we zipped through the queue.
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Just jumped over to your trip report and loving it. I'm debating whether to go for the fast pass for wishes and the parades., do your report is really helping me with my decision making. Thanks
Just jumped over to your trip report and loving it. I'm debating whether to go for the fast pass for wishes and the parades., do your report is really helping me with my decision making. Thanks
Thanks for reading! I really liked the reserved spot for Wishes!
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Today, we were headed to Epcot. The weather was gorgeous! On our way to the bus stop, we stopped at the pool for a few pics.
There was only about a 5 minute wait for the bus, and soon we were entering Future World. I took a few pictures as we walked over to Seas with Nemo. We had a FP, so we went there first. We hadn't done this ride in several years, and we wanted to check out the aquarium afterwards.
and then a little photo-op fun!
Afterwards, we started looking for lunch. We walked over to World Showcase, and ended up stopping for a snack at the F&GF food kiosk in United Kingdom.
Peter got the Pear Cider-brined Shredded Corned Beef with Braised Cabbage and Pears and Branston Dressing $5.25 or 1 snack credit, we shared the House-made Potato and Cheddar Cheese Biscuit with Smoked Salmon Tartare $5.00 or 1 SC, and I tried the Land-harvested Field Greens with Apples, Dried Blueberries, Stilton Cheese and Apple Cider Vinaigrette and a bottle of water which I paid OOP for. ($6.50)
Very tasty!! We planned to try more of the food kiosks, but we never got around to it. We discussed our options for lunch and decided on France. We had the best lunch there last year and felt it was worth repeating.
My favorite WS country....
We both ended up choosing the Ham & Cheese Croissant and Cokes, and for dessert Peter got the parfait.
I knew exactly what I was getting.....a macaron! YUM!
$28.47 or 2 CS credits
We walked the rest of the way around WS, stopping in Germany for some caramel goodness!
We both chose the Pecan Caramel Cluster (actually, Peter chose two) and we used 1 counter service credit instead of 3 snack credits since we would have a couple of CS credits left at the end of the trip = $14.35 or 1 CS.
We headed over to Test Track next as the time for our FP was open... (and checking out the new vehicles afterwards).
After taking a few more pictures, we decided to head back to the resort to get in the pool (it was HOT today!). We would come back later tonight for dinner and fireworks!
**side note**
I am going to do a separate post devoted just to Flower & Garden Festival pics!
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I had hoped to ride 7 Dwarfs during the day too. I didn't get to see a whole lot since it was dark and we zipped through the queue. 
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