Our day started early since we wanted to get to Epcot as soon as it opened. We managed to just catch the bus from the hotel so we ended up at the front gates with plenty of time. This was our second day at Epcot so we had a good idea of what we wanted to do. We still had the map from the first day so we crossed off what we'd already seen and marked the items that we still wanted to see. This included "Soarin" which is a 4D experience where you are suspended over the screen. Callie loves this so even though we had a Fast Pass for it later in the day we decided to try to get on as soon as we got to the park.
When we had tried this last time it was already a 60 minute wait but this time we got there with only a 10 minute wait time which was perfect. Now that we've done "Soarin Over Canada" this one doesn't seem quite as good. There are so many people that you can see feet above you and the sides of the screen when you are on the edge. Callie still loves it though. I think her favourite part is when we fly over the orange fields and they spray an orange scent at you. Very realistic.
Immediately after the ride we ran into our first set of characters with a reasonable line. Chip and Dale were there with only about 6 groups in front of us. Carter was initially very apprehensive but was okay by the time we got to the front of the line. After the characters we headed over to "The Seas" which is a ride with Nemo. The ride is okay but the highlight is the "Mine, Mine, Mine" birds outside. Every few minutes they start talking and there are always at least a few people nearby that join in. I think Kerry is planning on getting a coffee mug with them on it.
As soon as you get off the Nemo ride there is an aquarium that is quite well stocked considering it's just part of a theme park. We got to see feeding time at the Manatee exhibit. On today's menu they got full heads of Romaine lettuce. I would have expected it to be slightly past due from the restaurant, however it looked quite fresh. I think he got about a dozen heads while we were there. There was also a fun looking fish sitting on top of the aerator for the tank. It made it look like he was smoking a pipe.
Our next scheduled ride was Mission Space and we had some free time so we stopped for lunch and then headed to Club Cool which is a coke exhibit. Lot's of coke merchandise and some tasting machines where you can sample Coke products that are sold around the world. All were sweet but some were definitely tastier than others. We also checked out "Universe of Energy". When we asked for directions the person said "it was a good napping ride". Right up my alley and didn't disappoint. It's probably a good one for schools but was definitely kind of slow at 37 minutes.
It was now time for "Mission Space". We had fast passes but when we got the ride we discovered it had two options. Green and Orange. Green was apparently quite tame and Orange had more spinning. Green had no wait and Orange had a wait so we decided we would all go on Green and if Carter liked it he would go back on Orange with Kerry. It wasn't too bad but Carter decided it was enough for him. Callie went on too though she wasn't happy about it until about half way through when she realized it wasn't going to do anything crazy.
We had dinner scheduled for 4:15p so we wandered over to the country pavilions. The first one we stopped at was Mexico. Callie wanted to go on the boat ride which toured various aspects of Disney's version of Mexican culture. When we got off we saw the line for Donald was quite short though we almost got unlucky when they had to switch Donald's right before we got to the front. The new Donald had more jump in his step and when he approached Carter he grabbed Blueosaurus. Carter thought that was the funniest thing on earth. We got a pretty good family photo.
After Mexico we headed to Norway because Callie wanted to do the "Agent P World Showcase Adventure" clue hunt again. This time it ended with discovering a sword behind the water fall in the picture on the right. When you got the clue right it actually stopped the waterfall so you could see it. Quite amazing how they've incorporated real world events into the hand held game unit. We also took some time to colour a Perry on a stick. Once you were done you could wander around and get it stamped at each country. Colouring kept the kids busy for at least 30 minutes.
We finished our day at Epcot at the Coral Reef restaurant. This was definitely the most expensive of the restaurants. Food was pretty good and they had some great desserts. We said goodbye to Epcot since we wouldn't be back this trip unless we decide to wander by via the monorail. We headed back to the hotel around 7:00p and we all headed to the pool. Carter loves the water slide and shoots off the end into deep water but with his life jacket bobs right back up. We also got to see the fireworks from the pool before heading back to the room for the night.
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