Disney 2014 Day 3: Epcot

Day 3 of our trip was spent at Epcot. We were looking forward to using some of our snack credits at the Food and Wine Festival. We also had lunch reservations at Akershus, so we would be meeting several princesses. 

 We visited Epcot on our last trip and I wasn't a big fan. Just seems like there is not a lot to do with kids. I think I also get tired and irritable because there seems to be little shade in Epcot. 

 Our first stop was Spaceship Earth. Anna Grace again acted scared and didn't want to get on, but we took her anyhow. She was ok on the ride. We then went to the Nemo ride. AG enjoyed the Nemo ride. We spent some time looking at the fish and dolphins before heading to the World Showcase to get a few snacks. After snacks, we headed to Soarin'. Trey and the big girls rode while AG and I watched a few ducks. We then went back to the World Showcase for a little bit before our lunch. We rode the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros. This was a cute and fun ride in one of the restaurants in Mexico. We will probably try the restaurant the next time we visit Disney since we are all big Mexican food lovers. 

 We went to lunch and had a picture taken with Belle before being seated. The girls enjoyed seeing the princesses. We met Cinderella, Ariel, Snow White, and Aurora. Lunch was ok. There was a large appetizer buffet with salad, fruit, cheeses and meat. Then we also ordered an entree. Trey ordered a meatball dish. I tried it, but did not like it at all. I ordered a roast beef sandwich which was ok. We also had a variety of desserts to share. Brooke also received a cupcake for her birthday. After lunch, we headed to character spot. We had a fast pass, but there was very little wait. We met Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Minnie Mouse. We then headed to Innoventions to take a complimentary picture with unknown characters since we are Chase card holders. We had to wait in line for awhile and had no idea what characters were behind the curtain. We were excited when we saw Mickey and Minnie together. We had a family picture taken and were told we could pick up the free picture in about thirty minutes. 

 The girls played in Innoventions for a few minutes before we went to Test Track. Brooke, Audrey and I rode first. Trey let AG play in a little splash pad area while we rode. Trey rode Test Track with Audrey while I headed to the picture area to try to pick up the picture. I waited in line several minutes to find out they didn't have the pictures and only one picture from the photos with Minnie and Mickey were appearing and it wasn't a good one. I was told to come back later and maybe the pictures would be there. By the time Trey arrived, I was tired and ready to go back to the hotel. He did go in the photo shop and the pictures were there when he looked. So he picked a picture for printing and we then headed back to the hotel. 

 We made it back around 6pm and the girls wanted to go swimming. We took them to the pool and I tried to get in, but it was freezing. I'm not sure how they did it, but they managed to stay in there for an hour. I kept asking AG if she wanted to go back to the room, but she wanted to stay in the water. We finally went back to the room and changed and headed back to our hotel's restaurant for dinner.

 There were a ton of options, but you had to go to a specific area to order and not all of the food options were at every counter. I knew I wanted to order the girls the corn dog nuggets, so I got in that line. Trey wanted pasta so he waited in that line. My plan was to order for the girls and then go to another line to order what I wanted, but I quickly realized it was going to take too long to do that. So I ordered a hamburger. It was good and the girls enjoyed their meal as well. After dinner, we headed back to the room to relax before the next big day.