Day 6 of our trip we headed over to Epsot to spend the day. We had been there twice already, but only to eat at the character dining, so we really hadn't been able to see what else Epcot had to offer.
A large portion of the park is dedicated to celebrating the many cultures around the globe and each area/culture has a section unique to it with the cuisine of that country, music and arts and entertainment. Sinc eour kids are still pretty little we decided to forgo most of that and visit the more kid-friendly areas. We hit up Innoventions, which saw a little of on our first night of the trip.
Instead of playing the piggy game right off the bat, we played a "trash game" which focuses on how to reduce, reuse and recycle! The kids got to push around a mini-trash truck to each station and play the games at each station, all about how to reduce waste. Yea, may not sound interesting, but the interactive games they have at each station are pretty fun, for kids and adults! We even got to come up with a name for our team, "Tristan's Trash Troop"
And we got a certificate of completion at the end!
Aftr the trash game, I think we did hit up the piggy game a few more times, but also managed to explore a couple of other areas too! Tristan and Parker both really liked this game where you are preparing for a big storm/hurricane by getting all the essentials you need and putting them in the correct spots on the table. At first Tristan was the only one doing it and then Parker decided he needed to get out of the stroller and join in...he actually did really well!
We spent some more time checking out all the other neat stuff Innoventions had to offer and then headed out of the building to journey into the park. While we were outside, an employee from the ice cream stand came up and asked me if he could make my son's day magical by giving him a free ice cream! Now, that sure is one way to make a three year old's day, wouldn't you say!
We rode a couple of rides, including Test Track, a race car that journeys through the whole pre-testing safety part of building a car and gets up to 60 mph! We got the Parent Pass for this ride so that we could both go with Tristan since Parker was too little for this ride and Tristan had no problem riding twice, he loved it! We also rdoe the space ride that goes all the way up and throughout the Epcot ball (or teh ginat gofl ball as Tristan called) and a couple of other rides.
But, my favorite part of the day was the character greeting. At Epcot they had one character spot where you could get in line and meet all the characters (or at least of the major ones!). It was awesome and the line wasn't even that long.
The funniest part was Parker. By this point in the trip, he had the character greeting down to an exact science...he would take his autograph book up to the character, get it signed, turn around and fling the book at us and then back up into the character's arms, smile and say cheese! It was absolutely hilarious. So, as we approached the front of the line and Parker got a glimpse of the first character he started screaming and yelling. Everyone around us thought he was scared, but he was just so excited he could hardly contain himself. I had to physically restrain him before meeting each character, while he was screaming and throwing his arms around, unwil it was his turn. And as soon as it was his turn, I'd let him go and he'd dart off to start off his routine. PRICELESS!
Although Tristan and Parker love all the Disney characters, I think they had the most fun with Donald that day. He ran behind the backdrop partition to hide from the boys,a nd naturally they chased him. He even held their autogrpah books just out of reach so they'd have to jump to get them...such a little character that Donald was!
That pretty much summed up our day at Epcot. We went back to the hotel, ate some dinner and settled in for a good night's rest since we were going to spend our last full day at Magic Kingdom.
We decided our last day on vacation we would hang out all day at Magic Kingdom and hit up all of the boys' favorite rides...Big Thunder Railroad, Goofy's Barnstormer, Mickey's House, the horse carousel, It's a Small World, race cars, etc. We stayed the whole day, ate dinner at the park and watched the fireworks one last time.
I didn't snap many pictures that day since we'd already been there two days and I just wanted to enjoy the time with kids. I tried to get a few that evening before leaving the park but It hink the kids were just exhausted and ready to head back at this point! The day was great and was wonderful just riding rides all day with no pressure to see as much as you can...definitely one of my favorite days of the Disney trip!
After we got back to the hotelt hat evening we stopped at the food court for a little nightime snack. Parker got a hold of a Mickey mouse shaped rice krispie treat (EVERYTHING is Mickey shaped) and went to town on that! Then we headed off to bed for the last time.
We got up the next morning, got packed, ate some breakfast and headed to check out. We had a little time to kill before our bus was leaving for the airport so Victor and Tristan went on a little boat ride at the hotel. Afterall, we were staying at the Caribbean Beach Resort, so there were little beaches and and "ocean" (more of a lake, but who's really paying attention?).
Parker was not the least bit excited that he didn't get to go on the boat ride and he made his point known!
After the boat ride, we caught our bus and headed to the airport to go back to reality. Just like the trip to Disney the kids most the made of their time in the airport...afterall, it was just one big playground to them! They both kept lining up next to the metal walls to "measure up", something they had to do the whole trip to see if they were tall enough to ride.
We boarded the plane, and both kids slept most of the flight, as did Mommy and Daddy. It was a nice to be going home to our own beds, but sad too. The time really flew by while we were there and it was definitely a lot of work to go with a just turned 3 year old and 18 month old, but most definitely worth it! Tristan still talks about the trip today (3 months later!) and thinks most planes he spots are going to Mickey's house! I can't wait to go back, hopefully for Parker's 3rd birthday!
2 comments:
Sam, those are wonderful pictures! I love how you write about your days! At Epcot is where we got nearly all our Character pics too...it was a blast! Abby still talks about her trip too (and that was almost a year ago!). Thanks for sharing and I'm so glad you guys enjoyed your trip. :) miss ya!
Hiya, all these pics are great one. Hope you have had a good time at Disneyland. Thanks for share.
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