Days 2 and 3

Hi there,

Sorry for the delay in posting. Between only having Internet for 24 hours at a time, late nights at the parks, and major technicaal difficulties, this daily blog idea isn't exactly what I had hoped, but better late than never. I had this post all ready and then lost it when uploading a video, so no more of those.

Anyway, we spent Thursday at Epcot. We rode Test Track, Mission Space, and Soarin', the last two of which Jared had never been on but really enjoyed. Good thing for Fastpass- the lines for Soarin' were over an hour all day long. We had lunch at the Coral Reef, where they had an amazing chocolate dessert, and then took a behind the "Seeds" tour at the Land (photos) where we got to see all the different and "unique' ways Epcot is growing food (our tour guide said unique about 500 times). We spent some time with Nemo and his friends at the Living Seas, and after that we traveled back in time aboard Spaceship Earth and the Universe of Energy. We had dinner with Mickey, Pluto, Chip and Dale at the Garden Grill, and then hopped over to the Studios to catch a nighttime showing of Fantasmic. This was the video yesterday that lost me my post, so you'll have to do with still pictures instead :o).

We spent yesterday at the Disney studios, formerly known as MGM. We started our day with breakfaast at the Polynesian resort at 'Ohana with Lilo and Stitch. Unfortunately Jared is fighting a cold, so he didn't try out for the American Idol show they have here. When we got to the Studios, we immediately goot fastpasses for Toy Story Mania, and it's a good thing since at 10am they were already giving out for 5pm! (note, they've moved the lockers at the Studios as well). The studios had star Wars charcters all over for Star Wars weekend. We visited the Muppets at Muppet Vision 3D, and then took a flight to the moon of Endor on Star Tours. We had lunch at one off my favorites, Sci Fi Theater, where yyou sit in a 1950s drive in at cars and watch all sorts of B-movie trailers. After lunch we went on the Great Movie Ride and saw the Indiana Jones Show. We alos saw the always good Beauty and the Beast show, and then finally got to ride Toy Story- my new favorite ride! You wera 3D glasses and shoot at various targets all over the screen and earn points. Hard to explain, but tons of fun and a must do whenever you come here. We picked up our rental car after that and drove back, and then did the Backlot tour before dinner. I think the backlot tour used to be much better than it is now. We hadd dinner at the 50s Prime Time Cafe, but unfortunately had a very boring waiter who wasn't into playing his part. Anyone who has eaten here knows that your waiteer can make or break your experience. By this time we were tired and were planning on getting up very early, so we came back to the hotel to try and get some sleep before getting up to drive to the space shuttle launch...

... only to find out that it was scrubbed at 3 this morning. we woke up at 4:30 to drive over and a toll taker told us it had been canceled due to a leak in a tank. If only we had known sooner, so we turned around, dropped off the car and camee back to the hotel to sleep in a bit. But now I think I'll wake up Jared so we can figure out the rest of our day. I'll post tomorrow about the rest of today and tomorrow.

Oh, Nikki and Alan, you'll be happy to know I got a new hat.