The trip full of New Discoveries and Old Favorites (June 3-8, 2018) - Page 7 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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We started off the day by heading to Soarin for our Fastpass. We got there soon after Park opening. In my many trips, I have never seen a snake. But Tim and the boys spotted a black one in the bushes on our way into Epcot. I knew it wasn't a venomous one but I still didn't go over to look.
We got in line and no one was behind me so I asked if we could be in Section B since the rest of my family hadn't done the new version yet. They kindly obliged. And you can see what row they put us in.
They loved it, and of course I did too. If you are in the center, the images don't appear warped.
We then got in line for Living with the Land. I was texting with Mayra at this point and she was just getting to Epcot. The line when we got in said 20 minutes, but it was clearly longer than that. It took more like 40 minutes. Even though we had a Fastpass for this Ayer I knew if we didn't ride it now, we wouldn't make it due to dinner plans. So we got on it and had our happy ride.
After our ride, Mayra was waiting for us!
I was so happy to meet her and her family. We thought for sure we would meet up again because we were staying at the same resort, but we didn't. She had a Soarin' Fastpass to get to and we had a Nemo one, so we exchanged hugs and parted ways. I hope to meet up again because she is a sweetheart!
After finding Nemo we headed to Rose and Crown for lunch. We were seated on the patio and while it was warm, they had fans cooling things down.
Connie had the corned beef and cabbage.
Caden had the fish and chips
Preston had the shepherds pie
Tim and I had the strip steak and fish
Everyone really enjoyed their meals.
And then we shared some desserts.
Connie surprised us by having a birthday cake for Preston and Tim delivered to the table.
I'm not a cake fan generally but this was delicious. It was almost like pudding. We were stuffed but very grateful to Connie. I decided to bring the rest of the cake back to the room. The guys decided to tour the rest of the World Showcase and Connie decided to do some shopping. After a bathroom break and making our plans, Carol stopped us and asked what we were celebrating. We told her some birthdays and our anniversary. She made up a fun song for us and we thought she was fantastic!
I was glad we caught her show.
I snapped a few pictures on the way out of the park.
And I took some pictures back at the resort as well.
Oh I forgot to mention that I grabbed a cronut to snack on later on my way out of the park.
And then guess what? It began to rain. Like the crazy rains again. What were we going to do?
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Love the photos! Looks like everyone is having a good time. You meal at R&C looked very good and nice surprise by Connie!
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Glad you were able to get in the middle of Soarin', although to be honest, it shouldn't appear warped to anyone who rides it, no matter where they are. I do think that's a problem with the new version.
What a great time at the Rose and Crown - I loved the signed menu, and good to see someone from Stoke, 20 miles from where I grew up. You see, we can usually find someone from nearby whenever we go to the United Kingdom...
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Glad you were able to get in the middle of Soarin', although to be honest, it shouldn't appear warped to anyone who rides it, no matter where they are. I do think that's a problem with the new version.
What a great time at the Rose and Crown - I loved the signed menu, and good to see someone from Stoke, 20 miles from where I grew up. You see, we can usually find someone from nearby whenever we go to the United Kingdom...
I do agree that I wish it wasn't warped on the sides. But it sure was a treat to be in the middle. That is so neat you found somebody from close to home. I often do too, but I don't think it's as big of a deal as you. Lol!
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Looks like everyone is having a good time. You meal at R&C looked very good and nice surprise by Connie! 
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