We got an early start this morning with a fun day ahead of us. We were up by 6:30 and headed out the door for church at 7:30. I wish I hadn’t left my phone in the car when we went to church, because that church is just so beautiful and a few pictures of it would have been nice to post. After Mass, we headed back over to our resort to change and get ready for a day at Epcot.
First we needed to drop off the rental car back at the Dolphin. After that we walked over to the Boardwalk and got a delicious ham, egg, and cheese croissant at the Boardwalk Bakery. It was soooo good! The Boardwalk is so beautiful in the morning…and so peaceful.
After our light breakfast and stroll around the Boardwalk, we made our way to the International Gateway to enter Epcot. I love this entrance…it’s always so quiet and peaceful.
We made our way to Soarin’ to pickup a few Fast Passes and then went over to the Living Seas. Yes, I still call it the Living Seas. We found Nemo in the big blue world and then enjoyed watching the fish swim around. It was this attraction’s queue that inspired me to paint Abbie’s classroom to look like it was under the sea. I always wanted to be an imagineer. Speaking of imagineering, our next stop was the Imagination Pavilion to ride Journey Into Imagination with Figment.
This was my favorite ride when I was 4 years old, and I knew it had changed a few times since then, but man was it a letdown. It just never really got me using my imagination…and I do miss the Dream Finder. Anyhow…after that I snapped a few pictures of Space Ship Earth (SSE) from that different angle. SSE has to be the best photo subject in all of Disney World!
We walked from there over to Future World East to ride Mission: Space. We’re big kids, so we rode the Orange side…and then I got queasy. We figured a nice, serene attraction would be best, so we scooted over to Space Ship Earth. This is definitely my favorite Epcot attraction, and might even be my favorite attraction in all of Walt Disney World! The animatronics are fantastic and the smell of Rome burning always brings me back.
After sailing through the universe of time, we stopped by Test Track (or Fast Track 
) to pickup some Fast Passes for later. Then we made our way over to San Angel Inn for lunch.
Eating lunch at San Angel Inn is a tradition of mine going back years and years and is now a tradition with our family. The food is wonderful and the atmosphere is second to none. We had heard about how good the new Jalapeno Margaritas were, so Abbie decided to try one out. The rumors are true! It was one of the best margaritas either of us have ever had. I got the classic lime (left) and Abbie got the Jalapeno (right).
I ordered a steak and Abbie got enchiladas I believe. Both meals were amazing. After our meal we rode the Gran Fiesta Tour. Before we left Mexico, we made sure to get another Jalapeno Margarita to go.
We needed to walk off that wonderful meal, so we strolled around World Showcase, hitting the countries we didn’t see the day before.
Remember me mentioning how important it is to get good seats for Soarin’? Well, somehow we ended up getting sent down at the last minute to fill in the boarding group on Soarin’. Because we got pulled out of line, the CM wouldn’t let us wait on the next group, which forced us to sit on the very outside of the bottom row. The seats were horrible and it almost ruined the experience. We were pretty upset. But, we decided to shake it off and we headed over to Ellen’s Energy Adventure, one of my nerdy favorites in Future World. A lot of people don’t like this ride, or they think it is a snoozer, but I disagree. It is funny, educational, it moves, and it has dinosaur animatronics! How could you not love it?
I guess some kid on the ride got a little restless because we had a few announcements made during the ride for people to stay in their seats and rows. Right before the Final Jeopardy scene, the ride stopped, the CM revealed the outcome of the last scene (Brain Power, Alex) and told everyone that because that restless kid could not follow directions, the ride automatically shut down and we had to leave through a side door. It was very awkward, and actually my first time ever having to evacuate during a ride.
On our way towards Test Track to use our Fast Passes, we walked by the Wonders of Life Pavilion (so sad) and I snapped this depressing picture of what used to be.
Test Track was awesome (as always) and that jolt of energy helped us get back to the park entrance to head back to our resort. We waited FOREVER for our bus to arrive, but it eventually did and we got back to our room for some needed rest.
Day 3 was in the books, now onto our “dream sequence” as we rested up for Day 4…Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
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