Epcot let the food frenzy begin...

Today we went to Epcot. The wine and food festival is on, so we made sure to have  a light breakfast.... 

first on te agenda was getting a fast pass for Soarin, it was a sell out last time, so we aquired that and then went on a new ride to disney, Nemo's adventure. We boarded a clam shell and went under water.... so to speak, it was kewl tho' they superimposed the characters from nemo onto a fish tank with real fish swimmng around.

this sea horse was posing for me, once you get off the ride there is a huge aquarium to walk around, I think they are trying to step on sea worlds toes lol

outside the ride... another scorching day... this one the hottest so far.

we went on spaceship earth and at the end, they put the pictures they took of us at the beginning of the ride into a story after answering a questionaire. Me and Maddie were in the same car... funny ending!

test track - denied.... twice in a row. last time it was rain that shut us out, this time they are rebuilding it and it wasn't ready yet.

the world show case opens at 11 so we can head over to .... Canada. we watched the mini movie with martin Short bragging about Canada, it's funny when it starts there is snow and the narrater says Canada is always covered in snow.... but Martin cuts him off and says no no no and shows us the real Canada

getting my passport signed by fellow Canadian, The girl at the door was from Calgary. The people that work at the pavillions are from that country.

first food taste, What else from Greece? Greek salad. :-0

Ireland... Guiness beer and Lobster, seafood Fisherman's pie.

then in United Kingdom we went to the Rose and crown pub and ordered beers. Maddie had to sit on the side...

kids wall.... 18 at home but 21 here...

our beer choices...

then in France pastries... Maddie had cheesecake, Dean had Mousse and I had an almond triangle.... YUM

more dessert. It's hard to pass by crepes without getting one, I had chocolate and Maddie had strawberry

New Zealand... we shared a sea scallop with Kumara red curry puree and apple radish salad. so good!

Morocco, this was my fave... a kefta pocket, ground seasoned beef in a pita, Maddie had Baklava.

in the gift shop in Morocco, trying to decide which Nag Shampa brand to buy.

what else... sushi... a really nice piece of it! Spicy hand roll.... goooood

then in America, Starship was playing.... I was a much bigger fan or the Jefferson Airplane part of this band.... so I was disinterested.... but then they played White Rabbit.... and Maddie and flew out of the gift shop, leaving our goods behind for later.... They played White rabbit, perfectly and then don't you want somebody to love!!!! That was awesome.... after that they sang one more song and left the stage, promising to return in another hour.... that wouldn't happen.....

I loved the beer tap for this beer.... the one Dean tried tho was Cherry beer by Samuel Adams and it was really good.... I'll get one next time....

White Rabbit....

then the skies opened and POURED on us..... seriuos rain.... everyone started to run for cover... we ran to this cover and it turned out to be an \italian resteraunt, and when the doors opened the smell was just like my Grandmothers kitchen... so we waited to eat here...... we got in before they were full, and it was AMAZING! dean said it was the best pizza he had ever  had, and my pasta was to die for ! the sauce was so YUMMMMY and the sausage excellant!! Maddie had a pizza too, hers with articokes... we were all so full and didn't want to leave anything on our plates, but the portions were really big!

running in the rain.... still warm out tho.. until the wind picked up.... then it got chilly... but we wanted to see \Illuminations, so we were sticking it out.

inside Via Napoli

our appetizer... same yummy sauce....

the pizza ovens....

when we came out it was even worse......

we hid in the gift shop in Norway.... we saw this crystal castle.....

but after seeing the price those must be diamonds?????

we went on the Norway ride where we were chased by trolls.... when we came out, they had one that seemed to be tamed

the Mexican pavillion, they also had a ride a boat tour thru mexico...

these got out of order.... this was upon entering... Food and Wine festival!!

after the Nemo ride... Bruce got Maddie

hidden mickey...... ok that's it so far.... Friday is a free day, sleep in, play in the pool, eat at TGI' Fridays..... yak at ya later

Addicted to Butter beer

So today we entered the land, or Is"lands" of adventure.... it's always fun to start with a coaster, and there isn't many bigger, or faster than the Hulk.  Maddie has her own private victory with the Hulk from her very first venture here! 

good start to another great day.....

this time the lines weren't as long so we got on Spiderman with no waiting. And yep, you guessed it... I love this ride!

hmmm and still not grown up!

entering Toon Lagoon,

Jurassic Park.... the river ride is awesome :-) there I didn't say I love it... but I do lol

in Universal you can buy BEER!!!

don't ask me why, but whenever the Jurassic ride starts, they have the big gates closed, and the music starts, then the announcer from the movie, says... welcome.... to Jurassic park, and the gates swing open.... I get a lump in my throat.. like i said, don't ask me why, it just happens.

I snapped this moments before the big plunge.... I'm being a daredevil!!

even dinosaurs prefer Coke!

OH MY GOSH!! Harry Potter was everything and more. The details in this park are amazing... so so so kewl!!!!

welcome to Hogsmeade... oh my gosh, brain overload!!!

first thing we see as we enter, is the butterbeer cart, we didn't know what it was, but we knew we wanted one...... or 3 or 4 as the day went on lol

what it is, is magical, buttery,frothy addicting goodness in a cup. It's a secret recipe so I don't know what it is.... but oh my, when can I get another!!

the cauldron shop.... so kewl! most of the windows had something animated in them, you had to watch everything. There was a dress shop, and the dress floats, then on the suit, the tape measure goes up and down. The pen quill writes itself, and violins play.... magic everywhere!!

inside the candy store Maddie found the chocolate frog! and the every flavour jelly beans

Hogwarts express... stopping at station 9 3/4

kewl.......

inside Olivanders, and there were literally wands from floor to ceiling!

Hogwarts.... you fly thru the classrooms, and all over the land, evading deatheaters and dragons. You could stay here a week and not see everything, Details details details. Even thru the line was amazing, we are going to go back and take pics in the line ups. We had supper at 3 broomsticks... great food!!! and I don't need to tell you the building was amazing!

the 8th voyage of Sinbad stunt show, we sat in the splash zone, and got soaked!! All fun tho' when the temp outside is in the 30's.

inside 3 brromsticks...

down the street

in line for the wand show, which wand will choose me??

sneaking a peak

Hogwarts from a distance

Suess Landing

Dean conquered the Hulk

"I feel like there is a cloud over my head"

city walk at night, I like that Disney and Universal have coke everywhere :-)

at Bubba Gump's for night time snacks and drinks..... home to bed, and start all over again tomorrow :-)

Magical Kingdom

Ok the internet connection here is something else... and fast isn't one of the things I would say, regardless.... I seem to have a good one now... so I will go while I can. We arrived in Orlando very late/early as I said earlier, and then up early the next morn to head to Magic Kingdom. Ok so I cried.... but this time I had a partner... apperently I passed the crying gene onto Maddie.... so both of us, on sight of the castle were "happy" to see it. As soon as we walked into the park, Marie was there, we had never met her before, so we had to get in line. We figured we would only see "new" characters.... to us anyway, and the must sees, like Alice for Maddie and Baloo for me :-) 

 us and Marie the cute little aristocat

 kewl Halloween Decorations on the lamp posts, and the castle in the background

check one off the list, Alice and a bonus, the white rabbit. They were so curious about Maddie's hair, the white rabbit had a handful of it in is paw, looking over all the charms in her hair.

 we took the steamboat around the bay, and as we passed the haunted house, a big puff of steam passed in front me, gave it an ominous look. Sadly in Florida, they do not change the haunted house over to the nightmare before Christmas, that is only in California... I didn't know that :-(

 but they do have a very kewl haunted graveyard you can walk thru while you wait in line. The amount of fantastic things along your walk thru the lines is amazing.... I can't believe how interesting they make it. In the graveyard there was this large tomb, and all kinds of instruments covering the walls of it, when you ran your hand over them.... they made there own sound! Very kewl!

 last time we were here we were denied Splash Mountain, it was broken and closed for the day, so we never got on it. We headed over to make sure we got on this time... and we did. i love this ride, but as Dean pointed out, I say that about them all! lol Anyway, this pic was taken just before the big drop into the thorns below.....

Yay Pirates of the Caribbean! I love this ride...hahaha but really I do! At the end of the night when we were killing time before Wishes.... we went on it 3 times in a row!

 then we found our spot to enjoy the magic of Wishes.... a fantastic fireworks show.... and as soon as the song Wishes started.... me and Maddie's face got wet.... must be from the rain, right?

 I got fed up trying to take pics with no flash inside the ride, and just used the flash on one :-)

 a round of Mickey shaped pretzels :-)

the end of day 1, Beautiful, fun, awesome, I do love Disney!

Arrived

We arrived safe and sound, late last night or rather at 2 am, so there was no blogging. And today we spent the day in Magic Kingdom, and just arrived home, ready to upload photos. I was called a slacker today by my blog follower.. AKA Kash, so I figured I better get something up, at least to say we were safe and sound.... photos to follow.