Abigail – I was grumpy and hungry but then we got some food and went to see Nemo. I got a Squirt, but it was too busy to see Crush. Then we did the states. I liked seeing all the different places and everything was my favorite. I got all the shapes for my mask. And in Japan I got a pearl. It was cool. They showed it to everybody and said it was very nice. All the people wanted me to pick theirs. At dinner we ate with all of the princesses, and I didn’t like the food. Then they did fireworks, and they were awesome. They were really loud and one of them scared me ’cause it made a huge boom with lots of fireworks.
Jon – Both Abigail and I were tired and grumpy when we got to the park. Kathy was fighting a cold the entire trip and was her chipper self. How does she do it?
We started off by getting Abigail her Stitch jacket since it was very chilly. After that it was time to get some breakfast, but first we had to get some autographs. We got Minnie Mouse and Meeko and then headed to breakfast. Abigail scared us by falling off her stool, but she was OK.
We went over to the aquarium and saw all the fish and Abigail did a craft thing. After the aquarium we went to lunch at the Coral Reef. It was a very cool restaurant with an entire wall that was part of the aquarium. Kathy had a lobster special, and I had salmon. It counted as two sit-down meals on our plan, and we agreed that it probably wasn’t worth it.
We then started our tour around the world. We started in Canada which was kind of lame and then went to England. We saw an entertaining street performance and found the store with the children’s activity, a mask, and Abigail started her mission. Kathy also found the passport so Abigail could do that. We also got a picture with Winnie the Pooh.
Next was France and we found Belle and the Beast along with Aurora. From France we went to Morocco and saw Genie. While we were waiting for Genie, we heard the Japanese drums and Abigail talked to a nice young girl who was also collecting shapes for her mask. Kathy also saw the Fez and lamp that eventually found their way into our stuff.
In Japan Abigail got to pick and oyster and watch as they opened it up to find the pearl. She got a very nice 6 3/4 mm pearl and was very excited. She wanted to go back later and watch again. From Japan we entered the USA and didn’t see anything exciting. Then we went to Italy and Kathy saw some cool dishes that she couldn’t pass up. Next was Germany and Abigail didn’t want to practice any of the German she knows.
After Germany we stopped and did some drumming with some very nice African drummers. Abigail particularly liked the dreidel song. Next was China and they had very cool items. I almost bought some silk pajamas. Abigail met a cute Chinese boy named Andrew and they played some tag and hide-and-seek. It was so cute. Abigail had a little accident during hide-and-seek when she fell in the bamboo and scraped her knee. We said goodbye to Andrew and his parents and headed to Norway.
Norway didn’t have anything really exciting. They had some very nice sweaters for $280. We took some pictures in the hopes of having some made to match what we saw. Norway was also where we were going to have dinner, but we were about an hour early. We decided to head to Mexico where Abigail got a tiny sombrero and the next to last entry in her passport and the next to last shape for the mask. Since we had time to kill, we headed back to Canada so Abigail could finish her passport and mask and get her prize.
Then it was time for dinner with the princesses. We waited for about 20 minutes and then got to enjoy some traditional Norwegian food. Abigail got to see Ariel, Belle, Alice, Snow White, and Cinderella but didn’t find much to eat. I had salmon for the second time in a day and it was quite good. After dinner we had about an hour and a half to kill before the fireworks. We went to the pin shop, and I finished my pin collection with some special edition pins. We tried to go to the Illuminations exhibit, but it was closed. Instead, we went back to Japan and Morocco to kill some time. Kathy decided to call her mom from Morocco to be silly, I think.
At about 9 we found our spots for the fireworks, and I played around with the camera to try and figure out how to get good shots of fireworks. I ended up with 400 ISO, -1 Exposure, and no flash. It seemed to do an OK job, but I need to see what the best settings for fireworks are. The show was simply amazing, and we had perfect seats. We all really enjoyed them and had a wonderful day at Epcot in spite of Abigail’s and my grumpiness.
