Day 8
This day marked the beginning of the second segment of our trip - the real vacation portion - going to Disney World. We bought the 3-day pass and our first stop was Epcot Center. Uncle Kaka and Auntie Sally dropped us off before they went to the Kennedy Space Center.
With the Disney App, M1 was able to map out our itinerary showing the best times to visit the rides and attractions we were interested in. The top 2 the girls wanted to experience were the Ratatouille ride and the Guardians of the Galaxy ride. The Ratatouille ride was not as great as it was hyped up to be, but we all agreed that the Guardians of the Galaxy ride was our favourite. We were all pleasantly surprised by the Soaring Around the World ride and we actually went on that one twice. There was one virtual ride that simulated a rocket launch to Mars and that made M2, M3, and me want to throw up. Sometimes the virtual reality stuff is worse than the real roller coasters. We needed a break after that one.
We did a lot of walking on this hot day and luckily we had enough bottled water, heeding the advice of others who had gone before in the extreme July heat. It was 34 degrees Celsius (40 with the humidity) and we were constantly looking for gift shops with A/C in which to rest. When walking outside, M3 would ask to go inside every 2 minutes. Luckily when waiting in line for rides, most of the waiting was in a covered area with fans or A/C.
I liked seeing the different countries' exhibits at Epcot and watching the short video on China made me want to visit there. The Canada one was a bit weird though. There was a higher content of indigenous people compared to what we actually see everyday in Toronto/Markham. M2 was particularly amused by the song they wrote for Canada. She kept playing it in the car on the way home after finding it on the web somewhere.
For lunch, we enjoyed a savoury crepe and a dessert crepe at a French restaurant. We all agreed that the dessert crepes tasted much better but it would have been weird to just have dessert for lunch. I guess we could have - we can enjoy whatever we want on vacation, right?
For an afternoon snack, M2 got a caramel candy apple and M3 got a Mickey-shaped pretzel. I bought a Darth Vader t-shirt for myself, M1 got a cap, and we got a Japanese fan for Grandma.
There were fireworks at 9:00 so we decided to stay and watch them. They were quite spectacular, especially "The Grand Finale". After that we got picked up by Uncle Kaka and Auntie Sally.
It was a tiring first day at Disney but M1 summed it up as a "successful day"!
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