After a good nap from a morning at Sea World and Da'be finished up her classes for the day, we headed over to Epcot for the remainder of the afternoon and, of course, we stayed until closing - we're on vacation right! Lee says that we couldn't have done any more than any other family with a 2 year-old. What was he expecting - I'm only 7 months pregnant?!! I drug them all over the parks and told them that they better not let me out-troop any of them!!! By the time that we got to Epcot, the crowds weren't bad and we walked right on all of the rides that we could ride and wanted to. I really hate that we didn't get to ride Soarin' but Addison didn't meet the height requirement - I guess we will just have to go back!
I made the executive decision that we were better off to wait in line to meet all (or at least as many as we could) of the characters at Epcot than to try and battle the lines at the Magic Kingdom (definitely proved to be a good decision). It was only a 40-45 minute wait and we got to meet several all in one building (that was air-conditioned!). Addison made a friend while we were waiting in line and they definitely enjoyed keeping each other company! Addison was so much fun to watch the closer that she got and she could finally see Mickey Mouse (he was first). We already knew that she is not real fond of large characters and things that move and talk that don't really resemble real people so we were anxious to see her reaction. She was soooo excited anticipating getting to see everyone that she watches on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and she would jump and smile and tell all of us to look and who was up there, but needless to say, when it came time to go up there and talk/touch one of the them she was back-paddling and putting a death-grip to mine or Lee's arms or legs! It was so funny! Excuse my dorky looking shoes with my dress, but I wore flip-flops to Sea World and started to feel tingling in my feet and decided I better start doing all that I could to prevent swelling! I am sure none of you have forgotten what my feet/legs/and everything else looked like from swelling with Addison!
Meet your pal - Mickey!
Next was Pluto!
Minnie Mouse - she was once again real excited to see Minnie as she waited for the girl in front of her to finish up!
By the time we reached Chip-n-Dale, she had gotten a little more comfortable, but I'm sure it helped that Lee and I were on either side of her!
Meet Goofy (or Goopy as Addison calls him!) - she had no interest in feeling his whiskers!
After traveling to space in the "giant ball", we played around in some of the exhibits. Above, Addison and Da'be make a little music and lights with their "dancing feet"! Below, we try to escape a "shark attack"!
After riding "Nemo"
After we rode everything that we wanted to and saw a couple of shows, we headed to the back to try and explore a few countries. We didn't leave ourselves enough time because once we got back there, it was a lot bigger and a lot farther around that lake than we thought and we didn't have enough time to eat, explore, and be back at the front gate before park closing. So we headed to Mexico and grabbed some supper and found a spot for the Illuminations show at dark which was a gorgeous display of lasers, lights, and fireworks.
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