September 19th 2016 WDW Fort Wilderness and EPCOT

It rained quite a bit in the night. The rear of the site pretty much became a swamp. But it was very cool with the sounds of the critters and the birds looking for breakfast. The sounds of the bull frogs in the very early morning hours was nice. I got a nice little video of the birds having breakfast the next morning while I let the dogs out.

We decided before this trip to try and do lots of things we have not tried before. We rode rides Jim and I couldn’t remember riding in our lives. And we had a really good time. Thankful for the Salute Passes available to military families we were able to have 4-day park hopper passes. Four days always makes me feel rushed, but without it who knows how infrequently we would be able to go. And we get to experience all the parks.

My big safety tip for those with children. Every morning after everyone is dressed each girl gets her own picture taken with whatever bag, hat, sunglasses for the day. If they have sunglasses or hats I get a picture with and without. This way I have a good record, helps me organize pictures from the trip and last and hopefully never to be used pictures to help find them should they get lost.

We found Mary Poppins this time. It was so much fun for the girls to interact with her. I love our video of the experience!

This time, we got to ride the new Frozen Ever After ride and made it further around the World Showcase than we ever have. We tried some crazy CocaCola flavors. Ali decided she likes the infamous Beverly. And Jim and I really liked VegitaBeta – This Japanese beverage combines apricot and passion fruit flavors. The one Eli liked was Sparberry – This raspberry cream-flavored soda has been a favorite in Africa since 1955.

The sky really opened up about an hour or so before our fast pass on the Frozen Ever After ride. So we ducked into the Mexican area of Epcot world showcase to get out of the rain. We rode the Three Caballeros ride for the first time ever. This was a very nice ride and a great little market area in the building. On our way out Ali caught sight of Donald and we made a quick u-turn and got in line 2nd to meet with him. It was fun. He kissed the picture of Daisy in the book next to his page on the photo/autograph books we made for the girls.

After we rode Frozen Ever After we hung out for a while in the gift shop. But the rain wasn’t quitting so we started to head back. We found visiting with Anna and Elsa with a 5-minute wait! So we ducked in took our ponchos off again and had a fun little visit.

Still raining after that we put the ponchos back on and moved as best as we could from one shelter to another trying to make our way out of the park. We did stop by to see Joy and Sadness but decided the line was more than we wanted to wait. We found a snack cart for the mandatory Mickey bars and back to the rv.

See our video here!