We drove home after a fun day at HS and immediately went to the bus stop near our hotel room and waited for a bus going to EPCOT. It didn't take long; we never waited more than about 15 minutes for a bus to pick us up.
The EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival was going on during our trip, so we had some extra things to see and do. The first thing we came upon was the Ocean Spray Cranberry bog. There was even a cranberry farmer in the bog! He was educating everyone on what exactly the bog was-it was very neat and even M was major impressed.
We were all hungry, so we headed directly to the International Showcase area to get some food. During the festival, there are lots of station set up that serve tapas size food items and drinks that you can try from various countries and parts of the world. They also had chicken fingers-meltdowns avoided tonight!
I had beef and rice and a fruity drink from a Caribbean station-major yum. Todd tried a craft beer from another country (sorry can't recall and I'm not going to ask him or he will sit and watch me/read as I compose this post)-he said it was very good. Mac gave his nachos and cheese and chicken fingers 4 stars!
There was SO MUCH food and drink available during this festival. The Showcase is known for having the best food in WDW, so this fest is a major highlight.
We walked around and took in the sights and sounds from all of the different countries represented and located a good spot to watch the park's fireworks show called "Illuminations." Everyone we talked to about WDW had told us NOT to miss this show...I will give it a 7/10.
Not to be a crab, but first off, the music was just weird. It was a mix of techno and muzak and so repetitive-I couldn't get the tune out of my head. There was a narrator to the show, and I thought his voice was weird, too. The show is about the world and how its evolved, I think. Can you tell I was not that impressed? I will put it like this: its a fireworks show. Its definitely a more impressive show than say what my neighbors put on for the 4th of July.
After the show we joined the masses exiting and found our way to our resort's bus stop. Each resort has their own area where you wait for your personal resort bus. Its a very large waiting area...because there are alot of people waiting...and you wait...and wait...for your carriage to arrive to take you and your extremely sleepy family home. The consequence of staying at a park till closing-you are gonna have to wait. We met some nice people in line and that helped the time pass. The weather was great and we were at DISNEY WORLD...so, a line didn't get us down.
I PROMISE our trip gets more exciting...stay tuned!!
Tracy
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