Or as my sister put it...I am now 50-something...YUCK!!! But that's ok it's just a number.
I needed a Disney fix in a bad way...so off to EPCOT I headed for the Food and Wine Festival.....woohoo what a blast.
First we went to a Blue Man show on Thurs nite....that is an amazing almost 2hrs of color, sound and activity. Was not like anything I'd ever seen before...it was truly amazing. Everyone should go once. We went to the show that was on Universal's City Walk....so after the show we had a wonderful time walking around City Walk. There is a HUGE...Hard Rock Cafe there and a terrific Margarittaville....it was not crowded at all, so it was really nice to just stroll. We ended up having dessert at Bubba Gumps's....dinner had been an Landry's Seafood.....so this was perfect.
It was getting late and was time to head to the hotel.....I had to work a 1/2 day the next day and then off to EPCOT.....
Fri...Oct 12....Happy Birthday to me!!
I was up early to work and it was a gorgeous day. About noon I logged off and we were ready to head to Disney....I just love the Food and Wine Festival.....you get to try so many cool things. We took our time and hit many kiosk for samplings. And I had to get my first bag of Werther's popcorn...Very tastey!! Once we were full for the moment we ventured over to Future World side to get in Turtle Talk with Crush and ride a few rides.....crowds were not bad and with very short wait times. Except for Soarin'.....it was a 60min wait, so we decided to skip it since we've done it so many times....that was fine. Crush was wonderful and we were off to try out Coke around the world....some are pretty ok...some are NOT...but still fun to do. Then it was time to head back to Food and Wine. Once again we went slow and had a nice evening. Still the crowds were down so we really enjoyed it. We happened upon a concert by Smash Mouth...had never heard of them, but they play "classic rock"...otherwise known as oldies....so we knew many of the songs.....we really enjoyed that. Then it was time to explore a new area....Italy. They have really expanded this area and it was nice. Now it was time to stake out a spot for Illuminations.....so we stood in this one place by a railing for about 45min....but it was worth it.....they have the best fireworks show.
Totally whooped and with aching feet was time to head to the hotel. It had been a wonderful birthday!!!
Joseph and I at EPCOT.....thanks for the passes .....and we're so glad you came and spent time with us.
Saturday was Magic Kingdom day.........it was totally crowded but we still had fun. We were told about the new area....seems Toon Town is gone and the new area will be a circus type atmosphere. It is very cute for little kids...they even have a water fountain play area now....those kids were having a ball...it was rather warm. I was wishing I had extra clothes...getting wet lookd very inviting!!
Then we went over to the area that has Belle's Castle (it is a facade but still cool....nothing like Cinderella's Castle) and theer was a Belle ride....and coming soon a 7 Dwarf ride and Little Mermaid ride. There is a new table service restaurant Be Our Guest, and a new quick service...Gaston's Tavern that serves a very good pork shank that we had for lunch...yum....sure beats the normal hotdog hamburger stuff. Then we headed back to Main St to get a good spot for the 3p parade.....it was very good but rather short only about 15-20min. Then we headed over to ride Space Mtn...the wait was about 45min, but at least it was in A/C!!! Love that roller coaster.....then a quick hotdog and headed home. Another wonderful day and a terrific birthday weekend.
Belle's Castle
A view down Main Street....love all the fall decorations.
Thanks Denny and Joseph for the Disney trip!!
And thanks Mom for starting off my birthday weekend on Wed, with my favorite pork and sauerkraut dinner and a chocolate cake for dessert. YUM-O!!! and I will enjoy my massage certificates very soon.
Now back to cube-world and reality...so I can go again!!!
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