Orlando Continued

I got up early and went and worked out yesterday. I will not use the fitness center again, too many very attractive, thin people. I felt totally stupid. So, I will just jog for my workout for the remainder of the trip! But I still felt good that I got up and worked out!

Yesterday was a day at EPCOT. The crowds are still up in volume so it was not great, but still good, always good to be at DisneyWorld! We were in a wandering mood, so we just meandered and did not stress about hitting any of the rides. We did hit Captain EO, first thing. Karl and I did not remember much about it from the 80's, except that we remember being disappointed in the song. Nothing has changed, the dancing and 3D effects are still great, but the song itself is weak. I was not terribly bothered by Michael Jackson's death, at the time that it occurred, but watching the film yesterday really did get to me. What a waste.

After EO, we just wandered around, since we did not have our lunch reservation at Tutto Italia until 2:00. We did go to Club Cool, where we drank way too much sugary pop and ended up with tummy aches and that caused us to move even more slowly, especially poor Malachi. We headed over to Canada so that I could see Off Kilter and drool over men in kilts, which is my favorite part of EPCOT, but the first show was not until 2:30. And I never made it back, so....will be hitting Canada again later this trip! We spent a lot of time in the Great Britain pavilion because I love the shops there and it is always peaceful back in the garden area, and we were ready to sit out the crowds for a moment. I did slip in and purchase some shortbread squares for every one to eat, to offset the sloshing of the pop. ANY excuse for shortbread!!

We wandered so slowly that we nearly missed our lunch reservation, but we made it just in time and had a FABULOUS lunch! We all tried something different and everybody loved their meals. Mine was spinach gnocchi in a creamy parmesan sauce...it was DIVINE!!

After lunch we just wandered some more. Ended up back in the front where we used our fast passes for "Soaring". I still do not love that ride because of the fear of heights thing, but I don't hate it either. Then we went and sat and watched fish in the Living Seas area until we all realized that we were sooooo tired. A ride on Mission to Mars and Spaceship Earth was all we had in us so we did those two things and then came back to the room without seeing the fireworks, we were just too tired.

We rented "Escape To Witch Mountain" (the new one) and decorated family t-shirts with fabric paints after we ate here in the room. It was a good night. Then we crashed.

I did wear my pink tiara today. I got a lot of "Hey Princess" comments and smiles from the cast members. And, to end our day, we got on the bus to return to the resort and the bus driver smiled and said, "Hello beautiful princess!" I smiled and thought nothing of it, but after the bus was full and we were about to pull away, he made an announcement that everyone on the "coach" had to be on their best behavior because this coach was carrying a royal princess. And yes, I had to stand and curtsy, again. It was delightful. I did turn red, but I loved it!

Oh, one uber funny story from the day...When we were at Guest Services Will Call, picking up our annual passes, Karl was chatting with the older man who was serving us. This gentleman was commenting on the names of our children and how unusual and lovely these names are and asked where the names originated. Karl was explaining (in that Egbert manner of explaining...with WAY too much detail, just like his father) how Kodren and Seviah came from ancestors while the two of them were also working through the details of getting the passes issued. The cast member asked for Seviah's birthdate. Because of his train of thought, Karl assumed that the man was asking for the birthdate of the great grandmother that Seviah was named for. He looked at me in a panic, since I am the genealogist of the family. I did not know what was the matter until he started to try and give the man an approximate date for Great Grandmother Seviah's birth. Then I just lost it. So did the guy behind the glass. Karl looked at me and said, "Oh no, I am my dad." I had to walk away because I hit the snorting point very quickly, I was laughing so hard. I am laughing as I try to type this. Karl was so chagrinned that I had to gather myself and come and work with the cast member to finish our passes. It was so hard. I managed and as soon as I had them in hand, I had to remove myself again so that I could just laugh and guffaw and bray like a donkey. Perhaps that was why I was so tired, so quickly at EPCOT....hmmmm....