Oh the Places We Go, The People We See ...Dream Trip Report

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And I finally took a picture of the new Disney Dooney I had purchased a few days earlier.

Finally Claire was fresh and clean and we headed out to the bus. But wait. She reminded me that she had not yet been over by the Ariel icon. I had walked around the pool in the morning and took pictures the day before, but she never did yet, so we went the long way around.

She was very chatty this morning and talked about all the fun she had been having and how she couldn’t wait to tell her friends at school about her trip. 2 of her best friends were going to be traveling to Disney in the next few weeks, so she had many tips to give them.

We arrived at Epcot around 9:45. Not a super early start, but not the worst either. Sadly we really short changed Epcot this trip and this day we still didn’t give it all our attention.

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There was one ride that Claire insisted we ride right away this day. Figment! ...Journey into the Imagination. We had missed it the last trip together and she was disappointed that she hadn’t been on it in a while.

I figured it was best to tackle it right away and make her happy.

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We had a nice ride, but we all know the old version was better!

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We had to make another quick stop.

If we wanted any chance of riding Soarin’ later today we had to get some Fastpasses, so we collected those quickly. Well it’s never quick because I always get behind the family with like 15 tickets.

And Claire was a bit hungry at this point too. So I told her we would get something here that I always wanted to try.

The Strawberry Shortcake. MMM! It was pretty darn good and it was a nice treat to share to give us enough energy till lunch. Well actually at this point, with deluxe dining, I was almost full at all times of the day. LOL. But it still tasted good.

And then we headed back out after our tasty treat.

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It looks crowded in the picture, but it was actually less crowded than it had been for our entire stay, but the crowds never did dwindle down much while we were there. I had heard that after we left it, so did everyone else. It was much quieter the rest of the week…darn it.

 

 

Isn’t this such a sweet picture. I wish I knew who the parents of these kids were and I would send them the picture.

 

 

I am thinking that I took this picture to get those flower arrangements, but people are in the way.

 

 

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I guess I tried to get those flowers again.

Looking at my pictures, it looks like we were taking some crazy kind of walk. I think we must’ve used a restroom in this area.

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And then we headed to Spaceship Earth.

I remember the line being longer than I like, but it moved fast and we didn’t have much of a wait.

I didn’t take any pictures during most of the ride as I have taken so many in the past, that I just rested this time around.

Of course it’s always fun to take pictures of your video.

It looks like I have a heck of a lot of teeth is my picture.

And out back to the park we went.

And I had a plan. We have NEVER gone in Club Cool before and we were going to remedy that now.

It was really neat inside and I loved all the holiday Décor.

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Of course we had to try a few beverages.

Now I am not the mean Mom and didn’t play tricks on Claire. I told her that some would be better than others and some were supposed to be darn right nasty.

We tried them all and some were pretty good and even though I didn’t care for the Beverly, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It was drinkable. (that picture shows the Beverly as out of order, but other drink dispensers DID have it) Claire really liked some of the fruity tasting ones though and had a couple of cups full.

After we had our fill of Coke products from around the world, we headed back out to the park once again.

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And we wanted to try something else new.

We had never done the Kim Possible adventure before, so this was a totally new experience for us.

We got signed up and were given some quick instructions.

Our mission was in Mexico, so off we went.

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Well not without a few pictures of the tree first.

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I loved these trees. They were real too!

Hello Mexico!

We got right to work.

I am going to tell you upfront now. Claire LOVED this and I didn’t. I couldn’t hear much and Claire was hogging the phone so that I couldn’t play along, which was fine, except that she didn’t understand everything, so then I would have to try to figure out how to replay it so I could hear it and help …or at least guide her the right way.

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As time went on though, she seemed to catch on more, but it seemed to be sooo long!

I took pictures as we walked around in there. Some of the pictures are of things happening, but looking at my pictures I really can’t tell which ones are just random shots and which are from the mission.

This one is from the mission. See the lighted numbers on the bottom of the piñata’s?

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I believe there was a clue here, but I don’t remember what it was.

And this was a clue as well.

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On with our Mexico mission……I believe this Skeleton did some sort of dance.

And I think the parrot talked to us.

One thing I did notice was that there were several others doing a mission here as well and they were not going in the same order was we were, so I am guessing each country has several different mission orders to keep people from bumping into each other too much.

We had a few people ask us what we were doing as well and we told them and many seemed interested in trying it out as well, but I did warn them that it was kind of long.

I don’t remember if our mission took us outside or if we just went out to decide what to do next.

But I did take several pictures while we were out there.

I think Claire was trying to convince me to do another mission, but I was telling her not right now, but maybe later and we put the communicator in my backpack.

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The decision was then made to go back inside Mexico and ride the Gran Fiesta.

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We always enjoy this simple ride.

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I always try to take a picture here and it never turns out nice.

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And I always try to take the ceiling fireworks, and again, I just can’t catch them right.

Once we got done with Gran Fiesta we headed back out once again.

We pretty much did a leisurely stroll around World Showcase.

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I don’t think I have never been in Karamell Kuche, so I believe we went inside quickly and took a look around. I can’t believe I didn’t take any pictures. We didn’t buy anything either. (Maybe I went in on my solo trip in 2011?)

It was now close to our lunch time ADR and we headed that way.

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Via Napoli!

I have read many reviews about this place. Some love it, some hate it, and some say it’s just OK. So I went in with an open mind, but I was kind of excited to eat here.

We didn’t have to wait too long to be seated, mostly it was due to a slower staff at the check in desk.

This place was MUCH bigger than I thought it was.

We checked out the menus.

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This place was just really neat inside. I loved it!

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We made our orders and bread was served. I have to say I was slightly disappointed we had a female server. I had heard how hansom all the men were there and I was hoping for a little eye candy. LOL!

Before long our appetizers arrived.

Claire got the fruit dish which had many of her favorites in it.

I believe I got the Arancini - fried risotto balls filled with mozzarella and meat ragu.

These were fantastic and I could’ve eaten a whole plate of just these.

After a bit our entrées came out. Claire went with basic pizza. I had heard they really don’t allow changes to what’s on the menu, so we just got her cheese pizza.

I am not sure if that is true, but I didn’t want to upset the balance of things.

I got a pepperoni pizza.

I took some of my pepperoni and put it on Claire’s pizza for her. The waitress saw it and worried she had brought Claire the wrong pizza, and I assured her it was right and that I just added a few pieces of my pepperoni to it.