Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - EPCOT and RAIN

Rain was in the forcast for this day, so we planned to go to EPCOT as many of the pavilions could be enjoyed indoors. Unfortunately we would find ourselves out in the open in the World Showcase when the torential downpour decided to unleash on us, which cut the day short, but not before we enjoyed some very special moments beforehand. Not sure why my camera decided not to come along for the ride with me on this day??? But thanks goes out to Disney, who captured some of these precious moments for us. I swear you can find these Photopass Photographers everywhere.

We took our time in the morning as the kids just really like hanging out in the hotel room and just being.

We made some stops in Future world upon arrival to Epcot. I'm not sure of how and when we did these things, but I do know that Riley and Hudson road on Soarin' for the first time, we made a stop at the must see Imagination and another stop to Nemo and Friends before heading to Lunch.
Lunch today was booked at 'The Rose and Crown' at the United Kingdom Pavilion in the World Showcase.

The rain was still at bay, so we decided to sit out on the patio overlooking The World Showcase Lagoon. I can't say how enjoyable it was sharing family meals together, listening the the conversations the kids would have with each other and just enjoying each other's company. This was another one of those great meals and special memories (and of course yummy English pub style fish and chips!!!)

We were soon to experience one of those 'you can't plan this, magical moments at Disney world', but we had to make a pit stop at the washroom for the girls. Why they think it is a good idea to have a boxwood hedge MAZE at the entrance to a washroom is beyond me, but the kids did have fun running through it.

The kids all wanted to go over to 'The Toy Soldier', the quaint little toyshop in the back corner of the UK.

And this is where we had our "moment". Emily and I were walking down an aisle in the tiny shop when there was a tap on Emily's shoulder - it was TIGGER!!!!! Then he grabbed Emily's hand and started hopping down the aisle with her to the back of the store where he gave her a great big hug. And then in came his friend Pooh!!!! The kids were so excited. Of course it turned into a big stuggle fest with Riley and Hudson, Pooh, Tigger and Emily. THey got right down on the floor with them, it was fantastic. And of course, the photopass photographer was right there. Such a fun moment!!!







After this magical moment we ended up getting separated. We continued on to France 'cause someone had a chocolate croissant craving and Riley wanted to continue to get her passport stamped at the many countries of the World Showcase. These passports are super cool. I raved about them on our previous trip. We were able to add a few more countries to our book, but we still haven't managed to get them all. The Kidcot funstops were still great for Emily's age too, as they had their masks that they could colour and which were stamped as well.




BUT they REALLY wanted to do the Kimpossible mission again, so we were going to go back and get geared up for that WHEN. The downpour, the torential downpour. And that was it for me. Our magical day came to an end. We ended up getting soaking wet, hopping back on the monorail and going back to the resort. I do think the the Chappell's decided to battle it out and stayed the afternoon and the skies cleared and they had fun, but that is very vaguely coming to memory.